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...York. Herman Rittner (alias John De Leon, John Bennett, John Meyers, Joseph Gunay, Robert Schmidt, Edward Paulsen, Nick Swansen), 45, 5 ft. 7 in., 133 lb., blue eyes, foreign accent, for grand larceny. A one-job-a-year man he hires out through an agency as a window-washer steals as much as $50,000 worth of jewelry at a scoop. Crime is his only vocation. Police want him for a $30,000 "window-washing" robbery last year...
...change. One of the newest of Dora's progeny, however, possesses a truly embarrassing gift. This is a change maker which, when presented with legitimate coin of the realm, silently and efficiently performs its functions. If, however, some thrifty and dishonest Briton insults it with a slug, a washer, the robot angry, cries: "Please use good coins only...
...model house which the inventor shows consists of five rooms. Arrangements are made so that the servant problem is solved by having most of the household work done automatically. One of the features of the plan is the electric washer which washes and dries clothes within three minutes after they are placed in it. The library contains all kinds of maps, a moving picture projector, typewriters, and a mimeograph as well as various other handy means of getting knowledge...
...that Mirabeau B. Lamar was also a President of Texas. TIME hereby acknowledges receipt of 28 other letters in regard to TIME'S error, including much historical data from the following: Geo. C. Powell; Terrell, Tex.; J. D. Campbell, Beaumont, Tex.; Boyd Lee Spahr, Philadelphia, Pa.; Nat. M. Washer, San Antonio, Tex.; Horace M. Mapp, Prairie Lea, Tex.; John K. Whaley, McRae, Ga.; Henry Sweeney, Ladonia, Tex.; William L. Sherrill, Charlotte, N. C.; Thelma L. Aldridge, Waxahachie. Tex.; David R. Locke, Ingram...
...free from the prejudice. Their actors are all animals, wild, and photographed in their native state in Africa. Mr. Johnson is a wanderer of some eminence, having at an earlier date been associated with Jack London on the cruise of the Snark in the role of cook & bottle washer. Later he acquired a wife and a taste for photography. For his latest film he went through British East Africa with wife and camera. Four years ago Mr. & Mrs. Johnson established themselves in the jungle, set up their picture takers, and invited the animals to "see the birdie." Their reels reveal...