Nick Carter Stories No. 143, June 5, 1915: The sultan's pearls; or, Nick Carter's Porto Rico trailCarter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 143, June 5, 1915: The sultan's pearls; or, Nick Carter's Porto Rico trail
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
“Oh, that the law was more severe in such cases,” said Judge Maxwell.
“I have the utmost contempt for a man who will buy liquor for a man who
is forbidden to buy it himself, and would like to send you to jail for
a longer period, but the law does not allow. However, I will give you
the fullest penalty, and that will keep you behind the bars for at
least six months,” said the judge, in passing sentence.
Another Canton man has been arrested on the same charge, but will fight
the case.
This Cow is Strong for Twins.
James Billingsley, a farmer residing near Axtell, Kan., has a Red
Polled cow that has made a record in raising calves. The animal, though
only eight years old, has given birth to eight calves, four of which
were born within a period of thirteen months. A year ago she gave birth
to twins, and recently she gave birth to a set of twins.
The cow is a fine milker, and all of her calves have brought prices as
high as fifty dollars a head.
Lone Hunter’s Tragic End.
“Have been torn up by a brown bear. No chance to get out. Good-by.”
Mortally wounded, and with his right arm incapacitated, King Thurman,
a lone hunter and trapper on Chickaloon Flats, Alaska, crawled to his
cabin, printed the above note with his left hand, and then shot himself
with his rifle.
This was the story that was read by the hunters who found Thurman’s
body in his cabin two weeks ago and reported the tragedy to the
authorities at Seward, Alaska.
Twin Brothers Marry Sisters.
Ashland, Pa., had a novel wedding, when Lewis and James Baglin, twin
brothers, were married to Ruth and Ada Maurer, sisters, by Reverend M.
H. Jones.
Refuses to Quit on Pension.
Thomas Strong, of Pine Meadow, Conn., who has been a trackman on the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for more than forty years, and
is nearly eighty years old, has refused to be retired on a pension,
saying he wants to die in harness. He says he wouldn’t know what to do
with himself if he quit work.
Mustn’t “Cuss” by Wireless.
Radio operators in the United States can’t cuss each other out or use
profanity or indecent language of any kind “in the air.”
A few days ago an operator in the commercial station in Massachusetts
ended up a message with a word that shocked the inspector in the
government station at Boston, where it was picked up. The department of
commerce has sent the offending operator a strong letter of reprimand,
warning him to be careful of his language in the air in the future or
he would lose his license.
Cat’s Cradle Cost One Hundred Dollars.
Louis Newman, of Bayonne, N. J., owns a cat which is the possessor of a
litter of five kittens which Newman values at twenty dollars a piece,
despite their being decidedly common cats, of the back-fence variety.
Two weeks ago Newman left his safe open and later missed a roll of
bills, containing one hundred dollars. Chief Michael S. Reilly, of the
Bayonne police, and the entire detective force examined the premises
and found them clewless.
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