Gold Shipment En Route to Brazil Sealed in 220 Kegs
New York reports the first $11 million of a planned $36 million gold transfer to Brazil to support its monetary realignment. 550 thousand $20 gold pieces are loaded in 220 kegs aboard the Pan American liner, guarded by armed crews and armored cars. Insurance and storage costs are calculated as the bullion moves toward Brazilian shores.
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New York
Kidd
Morgan
Munson Line
Brazil
United States
Pan-American
Federal Reserve
Financial
Not Responsible Sign Fails to Exempt Garage
Supreme Court ruling in W. S. Lankford v E. P. Nevin held the garage not liable for theft of a car left for repairs despite a not responsible sign. Nevin’s vehicle was stolen after an employee moved it outside and left the key in place. sign did not exempt liability per the court.
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Supreme Court
Austin
W. S. Lankford
E. P. Nevin
Nevin
Lankford
Reward of Merit Prized With Fido Kisses at Sun Office
A playful notice asks readers if they shaved or brushed hair and manicured before offering a kiss to Fido. It invites visit to The Sun office to obtain typewriter carbon ribbons and paper.
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Fido
The
Sun Office
Typewriter
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Promises Guaranteed Relief
Sore gums and pyorrhea sufferers offered a bottle of Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy with a money back guarantee. The Bow Wright Drug Co. advertises a unique product claimed to produce certain results and asks customers to try it with confidence.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
The Old Time Country Store Remembered by Sappington
Joe Sappington recalls the old country store with its plank front and wares from plows to candles. He remembers boyhood visits, the store’s smells, jokes, religious patrons, and the storekeeper’s trials. He longs to revisit that bygone era and its simple, vivid scenes.
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Joe Sappington
John Smith
Father
Billy
Sally
Paul
George Washington Smith
The Guillotine's Graphic Fall In The Idiot
In Feodor Dostoevsky's 1873 novel The Idiot a Paris execution is described by Prince Muishkin. He recalls the use of a guillotine where a framed man is beheaded by a swift blade, a brutal mechanized act witnessed with chilling detail.
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Feodor Lostoevski
Muishkin
France
The Scaffold Fear in a Dreadful Preparation Scene
In a discussion about execution Muishkin contemplates the terror of the moment before death as the crowd gathers. The dialogue notes the crowd including women and the chilling certainty the instant the head is severed.
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Muishkin
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Barbee
the Country Store
Gladden
H. G. Webster
Whitewright, Texas
Davidson & Barbee
City Property
S. H. Montgomery & Son
Insurance and Loans
ODE Crowell Dray
Grove’s
Grove
Morrow, Armistice
Planters National Bank
John Hollingsworth
Pace & Graves
Hollingsworth
Amd
Ata
Ics
Bob Sears
Eddie Cantor
Andrew Tombes
Claire Luce
Frances Upton
Ucky
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