Nick Carter Stories No. 11, November 23, 1912: Nick Carter Strikes Oil; or, Uncovering More Than a MurderCarter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 11, November 23, 1912: Nick Carter Strikes Oil; or, Uncovering More Than a Murder
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
The names of 2,785 Indians residing in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
are given in the petition of the plaintiffs, who base their claims to
the land on old treaties with the Federal government.
This Big College Man a Needle Expert.
Andrew J. Onderdonk, junior, a third-year student in the Harvard law
school, a giant in stature, and the possessor of a voice that puts to
shame a tugboat’s siren, arrived in New York recently from Europe with a
trunk filled with lace handkerchiefs, which he had made himself.
Instead of playing shuffleboard, deck quoits, and other boisterous
shipboard games, “Fancywork Andy,” as the girl passengers called him,
kept busy with his needle from the time the steamer left Antwerp until
it reached Quarantine.
So expert has Fancywork Andy become with the needle and thread that the
girls on board said he made a stitch for every revolution of the liner’s
propellers. Nothing could persuade him to leave his needlework, and the
only way his fellow passengers could get him to knock off work for a few
minutes was to steal his thread.
“I have hundreds of handkerchiefs I made while abroad,” said Fancywork
Andy. “They make such pretty presents for girl friends. I do all kinds
of fancywork, although I prefer filet work best. I don’t see why any man
should be ashamed of embroidering. It is just as artistic as painting a
water color.”
Hazers Expelled from New York University.
Drastic steps to stamp out hazing at the University of North Carolina
were taken as the result of the faculty investigation of the death of
William Rand, the Smithfield freshman who recently was killed while
being hazed by sophomores.
Four students accused of forcing Rand to dance on a barrel, when he fell
and cut his throat on a broken bottle, were expelled. Two other students
who witnessed the hazing also were expelled for aiding and abetting the
principals.
Ten members of the student body who were known to have engaged in hazing
either during the present year or last year, were suspended from the
institution for one year.
New York Taxes Increase.
When the city tax books were opened in New York to the public it was
shown that real and personal property assessable for 1913 totals in
value slightly more than $7,640,000,000, a net increase of nearly
$200,000,000 over figures for the present year.
Andrew Carnegie, with an assessment of $10,000,000, leads the personal
list. The estate of John D. Rockefeller, John Jacob Astor, and Joseph
Pulitzer are assessed at $5,000,000 each, Cornelius Vanderbilt
$8,000,000, Mrs. Russell Sage $2,510,000, and Isidor Straus $2,000,000.
Real estate owned by J. P. Morgan is assessed at $1,875,000, Charles M.
Schwab $1,700,000, Mary Payne Whitney $1,225,000. The Grand Central
Station is assessed at $15,000,000, the Equitable Life Building at
$11,000,000; the Metropolitan Life Building at $12,415,000, and the
Mutual Life at $10,000,000.
Youngest Postmistress.
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