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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1923
Page
6
Aimee flits through chapters with Billy alias Spencer entering a Sphinx venture. Georgina suspects a burglary at Jervaulx as Lady Erythea and household search for emeralds. Police alerted, alarms trigger rush through the manor as tensions rise over a bold theft and deceit.
Inspector Panke arrives as a motorcycle thief gang, led by the Climber and Calamity Kate, strikes Lady Brythea's estate. A torn skirt fragment points to Kate while the inspector outlines a spate of country-house burglaries and vows swift pursuit.
An Iowa report on 1922 wife desertion indictments highlights family strain and rising prodigal tendencies among both genders. The sermon urges parental guidance and church involvement to steer youths toward God, home, and steady moral conduct. It contrasts worldly temptations with Christian truths and promotes the “third son” who stays in the home.
Billy Spencer sits in a dark house in a thoughtful mood as he senses trouble involving the partner. He reflects on not wanting to pry yet fears something untoward may be afoot and considers when it would help to call for aid.
Billy wakes, eavesdrops, and secretly follows a trail from Aimee's window using footprints and a cycle. He plans a late night journey with the Flying Sphinx to Jervaulx Abbey, revealing his alert, capable side beyond the carefree surface. The scene ends with a hint of further adventures to come.
The Michigan department of the American Legion plans a six acre site northeast of Flint for a children's colony called the American Legion Billet. Orphans of war and children of disabled veterans will live in cottages with widowed mothers chosen by the Legion, receiving meals clothing and shelter funded by the organization. The project, led by Paul A. Martin, aims to open in early spring with several hundred children housed and educated nearby.
MARION Illinois January 20 five defendants faced a jury in the Herrin riot case rising from the June 21-22 1922 deadly conflict at the Southern Illinois coal mine. Indictments total seventy seven with forty eight charged with murder and the rest with lesser offenses.
The only living sphenodons in the United States are at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Four were brought from New Zealand by Prof Charles C. Nutting to study these rare reptiles. The species is the sole living member of its order, with fossils found worldwide.
Pedestrians outnumber drivers on U.S. highways by about fourteen to one according to historical observations emphasizing the scale of foot traffic.
A concise reflection noting that consciousness of the whole signals a sound mind, with no further desires at the present moment. Plato.
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