Judge Borrelli Targets Chicago 42 Gang In Show of Force
In Chicago on December 4 the judge disguised himself to infiltrate the 42 gang, learned its two-part structure from veterans to young recruits, and sparked a police sweep arresting 31 suspects. He fines six and orders four held for investigation while others were discharged. He told how arrests would follow.
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Chicago
A “Pal
Francis Borrelli
Detective Bureau
West Side
Borrelli
Rainey of Illinois a towering Democrat with long service
Washington reports Henry T Rainey of Illinois a broad shouldered long time Democrat set to lead the House Democratic majority. He helped Bryan in 1896 started as his advance man and has since pushed a liberal agenda including opposition to tariffs and support for higher taxes on the wealthy and friendly trade with Russia.
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Washington
Henry T. Rainey Ofllinois
House
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Lincoln
Rainey
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Circus
Russia
Young Britain’s Girl Skipper Finds Barge Mastery
A nineteen year old, Lizzie Meadows, runs a Grand Junction Canal barge with veteran skill. The feature notes she began at sixteen and demonstrates notable competence for her age in this canal trade.
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Girl
Britain
Lizzie Meadows
Grand Junction Canal
England
Diva Sued Lily Pons For Breach Of Management Contract
Maria Zenatello former opera singer sues Lily Pons in New York claiming the diva breached a contract that would have made Zenatello Pons manager. The suit centers on obligations tied to representation and performance in the Metropolitan Opera era context.
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Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Maria Gay Zenatello
Miss Pons
Mrs. Zenatello
Lizzie Overcomes Hardship After Parents’ Death
Lizzie, left to raise a younger brother and sister after her parents died, has faced a life of struggle. She has been a cripple since childhood and continues to fight her way in the world.
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Lizzie
Bodies of Miners Pulled From Capouse Shaft Tragedy
Three miners died and two were injured when roof rock collapsed in the Briggs slope at Capouse colliery Penn Anthracite Co Scranton. The victims were Arthur Jones 37 Andrew Galaida 20 and Henry Skeec 19 all of Scranton.
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Scranton
Capouse
Penn Antracite Coal Company
Briggs
Arthur Jones
Andrew Galaida
Henry Skeec
Kelly Hunt Found Guilty on Perjury Charge in Prohibition Case
Kelly Hunt, a confessed bootlegger in Wichita Falls, was found guilty by a jury of perjury after denying paying federal agents for immunity. Judge W. H. Atwell deferred sentence on charges of receiving and concealing evidence and conspiring to defeat prohibition laws. Hunt has prior convictions for sale and possession of liquor and for a Dundee bank robbery, with a ten year state penitentiary sentence issued last week.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
U.P
Kelly Hunt
Prohibition
W. H. Atwell
Hunt
State
Dundee, Tex
Oil Driller Struck by Falling Block in Reiser Field
Riley Barlow a 24 year old oil driller was critically injured when hit by a falling traveling block at a derrick in the Reiser field late yesterday. One leg was mangled requiring below knee amputation. His left arm was broken and he received treatment at a Laredo hospital.
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Laredo
Tex
Riley Barlow
Reiser Field
Third marriage for Covington and Smith in Birmingham wedding
Edmund H. Covington 93 and Beatrice Smith 58 wed in Birmingham Alabama marking their third marriage for each. Covington had not married in 52 years and nearly forgot his best man before a witness helped. The ceremony included the traditional obey vow at his request.
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Edmund H. Covington
Beatrice Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Covington
Lindberghs Move Into Remote New Jersey Home
The Lindberghs new residence near Princeton New Jersey is nearly ready for occupancy. The house sits high on secluded New Jersey hills, far from main roads, reflecting a private country setting for Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
New Jersey Hills
Princeton
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Thieving Gang
Associated Press
St. Louis
Buffalo
Boston
Secret Service
Diva
Pat and
Mac
WDAG
E. E. Finklea
Polk Street
Jacksonville
Florida
Woodbury’s
Lock
Schulte United Thrift
Schulte
Thrift
Schulte’s
Jae
Krank’s
Karess
Coats
Holywoop Dress Shopve
Polk ST
Monthly
Clow Gasteam Heating CO
14Th Ave
THE
Lindberghs
Dad
Big Brother
Blackburn
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
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