Mystery slipper at Sherry's draws Van Braun and Edith together
Gramercy Van Braun finds a white satin slipper on a city street and a mysterious call from Cinderella. A London cable links a bootmaker to a hidden Vaurigard red diamond in the slipper heel, drawing Van Braun into a customs probe and reunion with Edith La Fontaine.
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Mr. Gramercy van Braun
Forty-second Street
Forty-fourth Street
van Braun
Wyoming
Regina
Bar Association
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Gramercy van Braun
Sherry
Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Plaza
Neddy
Mr. van Braun
Miss Williams
London
United States Customs Service
New York
Vestrys
Edith
Xyz
Edith la Fontaine
Advertiser
United States
Europe
Miss la Fontaine
Billy
Billy the Duke
Aunt Jeanne
Sallie Minturn
Vaurigard
Sallie
France
Brazil Valorization Plan Reveals Coffee Price Control Role
Testimony before the house committee shows three New York banks and Crossman & Sielcken helped fund Brazil's plan to limit coffee output. Herman Sielcken cites patriotic motives for Investment while noting a 15,000,000 pounds sterling loan. 4,000,000 bags remain held by a seven‑member valorization committee.
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Washington
Money Trust
House
New York
National City Bank
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
First National Bank
Brazil
Herman Sielcken
Crossman & Sielcken
Sielcken
United States
Sao Paulo
Samuel Untermeyer
Steicken
Untermeyer
Valorization Committee of Seven
Byrnes
Mr. Steicken
Accounts Of Col Green Show Itemized Detective Charges
Governor's special detective L M Green had his May 13 itemized account honored by the comptroller general. Earlier unitemized claims were rejected, then refiled with per diem expenses including salary. The comptroller noted auditors must see exact services and that contract reasonableness lies with the governor, with May 13 statement covering work from March to May and approved by the governor.
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Columbia Record
Col. L. M. Green
Comptroller General
Green
Comptroller
Jones
Colonel Green
Col
L. M. Green
Columbia
S. C
State of
South Carolina
Col. Green
Floyd Allen Declared Guilty in Carroll County Murders
Wytheville Virginia May 17 Floyd Allen jury convicts him of murder in the first degree in the Carroll county killings. Death in the electric chair set as penalty. Jury agreed after a tense deliberation and Judge Staples cautioned jurors on reaching a verdict. The trial also names other defendants Claude Victor Allen Byrd Marion and Sidna Edwards awaiting trials. Allen resists death, claiming friends in Carroll county. The case follows the Hillville Massie Foster sheriff and juror murders.
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Wytheville
Floyd Allen
Allen
Carroll County
Hillville
Claude
Friel
Victor Allen
Byrd Marion
Sidna Edwards
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Staples
Commonwealth
Foster
William M. Foster
Carroll Court
Thornton L. Massie
L. F. Webb
Elizabeth Ayers
Augustus Fowler
Allens
Massie
Virginia Court of Appeals
If Wishes Were Wings and Fear of Backslide
A reflective dated aphorism discusses wishes as wings and good deeds. it notes many believe progress comes from forward motion while fear of retreat keeps effort steady. The text blends moral instruction with caution about complacency.
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Anderson
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Ws Eee
Berkeley
Thornley
Brittingham
Ing Olar
Dormake
Moncks Corner
Olaf
Charleston
Denmark
Mount- Weis
Hampton and
Sanders
County of
Richland
Blackburn
Journal
Carpathia
Hartford
the Waldorf
Joseph H. Mailey
Lloyds’ Committee
Hartford Times
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