One Thrill of War and a Diamonds Chase Across Borders
Alma Waite flees a Belgian border town with a fortune in diamonds after her uncle, a diamond merchant, is arrested as prophesied during wartime. A loyal smuggler Bayard aids her, a dog relays the gems, and a Paris reunion follows with the diamonds delivered to safety and the family’s fortune secured.
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Alma Waite
Adrian Bond
Commonwealth
Paris
Alma
Belgium
America
Zephera Dacre
Mr. Dacre
Dacre
Germany
Medamoiselle
Bovard
Bayard
Alia
France
Mad as a March Hare Phrase Origins in Indiana
The Indianapolis Star notes March weather prompts hare imagery and traces the saying mad as a hatter to a misheard term meaning venomous as a viper. The piece connects the phrases to seasonal language and common misinterpretations.
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Indianapolis Star
Toledo Seed Market Seed Cash Bids
Clover seed cash bids rise with imports at 20.40 and domestic 22.75, December 17.30, February 17.50, March 17.47 percent. Timothy cash bids at 2.55, December 2.85, March 3.00.
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Toledo
Clover Seed Cash
Timothy Cash
For Sale Listing Includes Dress Overcoat Size 36
Classified ad notes a good black dress overcoat size 36 for sale with a phone contact 437. Also advertises dressed turkeys geese ducks and chickens for Christmas delivery with a blue 604 contact and code 25S8t3eodtf.
Crawfordsville Ladies Aid Bazaar Set At Church Basement
The Crawfordsville Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will hold a bazaar in the church basement on Tuesday December 14. Fancy work aprons rugs and Heys candy will be on sale at 7 00 P M A hot lunch will be served at 12 o'clock. Fur seals are among the greatest rovers in the world with Arctic marked animals found in the Antarctic but they return to familiar beaches at breeding time.
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Crawfordsville
Arctic
Antarctic
Chicago Cash Corn Prices Reported For Dec 18
Chicago market notes No 2 mixed at 77 to 73 percent No 3 mixed 72% to 73% etc. Yellow white and other grades listed with bid ranges. A Paria dispatch mentions 40 000 germs in a kiss.
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Chicago
Sains
Paria
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Mary Lyle Warner
W. G. Chapman
Osc
Axminster
Axminster Rugs
Axminster Rus
Japan
Phoenix and
Iron Clad Hosiery
Beacon and
AMANA
Frank L. Wilson
Corbin
Is Barrett Bootery
Frank L. Wilson & Co
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