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U. S. Weather Bureau officials last week waited breathless as tornadoes stuck down their twisting, grey trunks to send buildings flying in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas. Worst damage was at Bethany, Okla.-25 killed, 57 seriously injured.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. has a fine racetrack, several modern hotels, nightclubs, innumerable gambling places and speakeasies. Almost completely ignored by the thousands who descend upon Saratoga every summer for a brief fortnight of track betting are the 25 curative, State-owned mineral springs which brought the town its first...
The Yellow group of cab companies did not flounder when Mr. Hertz resigned and the control passed to Parmelee Transportation Co. Parmelee was begun in 1853 as a service between terminals in Chicago, has carried the person or baggage of almost all people who have passed through the city since...
Then ensued what observers described as "an orgy of baccarat." Itinerant gamblers for miles around, learning that Dashing Jack was at the "shoe," flocked to and swamped Frank Jay Gould's place. They came in morning coats, they came in knickers, some came in trunks, bathing suits, beach robes...
Months ago, with trunks full of silver and an iron constitution, General Wu Ti-chen went to Mukden to give a few parties for Chang, to make a final attempt to win him permanently to the Nationalist government. Smart Son Chang enjoyed the parties. At Wu's expense they ate...