Gotham's OPS Fired For Neglecting Duty
New York September 26 A police captain Sergeant and patrolman were summarily suspended soon after midnight by Police Commissioner Waldo after a personal investigation into Chinatown gambling activity found gambling houses running openly. The suspended officers are Captain Frans J. Sierney Sergeant Owen J. Reagan and Patrolman Louis Gray.
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New York
Waldo
Chinatown
Frans J. Sierney
Owen J. Reagan
Louis Gray
Resinol Ad Promotes Relief From Severe Itching
A Baltimore advertisement recounts Mrs. Maude Schmechel’s case of a small hand spot that grew worse, then healed after using Resinol Soap and Ointment. The testimonial claims itching and inflammation improved after the first application and the full condition disappeared with continued use.
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Baltimore
Maude Schmechel
Bresbury St
Pennsylvania Railroad to Sell Anthracite Holdings
Philadelphia September 26 President Ha announces the board will sell its security holdings in the Susquehanna Coal Company and related anthracite firms. The move follows DOJ scrutiny of hard coal railroads under antitrust law. Pennsylvania owns about 17,000 acres of coal lands and a 42 million dollar stake in Cambria Steel.
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Philadelphia
Hea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Susquehanna Coal Company
Cambria Steel Company
Washington
Department of Justices
LackaWanna
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
Rea
Department of Justice
Safe in Mexico as in Atlanta says 30 year resident
H K Fogarty a San Luis Potosi resident and guest at the Fledmont hotel declares Americans in Mexico largely support Huerta and oppose Wilson's policy. He has lived in Mexico 30 years and plans to stay, calling Wilson's warnings exaggerated. Fogarty is in Atlanta briefly en route to New York City.
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Mexico
Atlanta
H. K. Fogarty
San Luis Potosi
Fledmont Hotel
Wilson
Huerta
Republic
Fogarty
la Fose
Mr. Fogarty
New York City
Wasp Sting Proves Fatal To Lady Molesworth In England
In Trewarthenie England Lady Molesworth formerly Miss Janet Frost daughter of Brigadier General PD M Frost died after a wasp sting struck her jugular vein. She married Sir Lewis William Molesworth in 1875 and his death occurred in 1912. The incident occurred September 26 in Cornwalk. She died within twenty minutes.
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Trewarthenie
Cornwalk
England
Lady Molesworth
Janet Frost
PD. M. Frost
S. A
Louisiana
Lewis Wiliam Molesworth
Sulzer Campaign Funds Under Scrutiny In Trial
Testimony ties Governor Sulzer to campaign fund use for Wall Street stock speculation. Phillip Boyer of Boyer Griswold Co testifies about Colwell buying 200 shares of Big Four stock with checks and cash. other witnesses discuss donors, repayments, and questions of intent. Judge Cullen rules on admissibility as impeachment proceeds.
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Wall Street
Phillip Hoyer
New York Stock,exchange
Boyer, Griswold @Co
Cotwell
Sulzer
Theodore JW. Myers
John Lynn
Lyman
Spalding
Edward F. O'Dwyer
John W. Cox
Frank W. Strauss Company
Sand
John 'T. Dooling
Duhamel
Brooklyn
Independent League
Stanch- Weld
Cullen
Culen
Tanid
Sulver
New York
Mr. Blanchfield
Stanchfield
Daniel M. Brady
Sulj
Senator Bussey
Thas
Hervick
Brady
John T. Dooling
Dooling
Figh J. Reilly
Reilly
Phillip Boyer
Boyer, Griswold & Co
Harald
Frederick 2
Theodore W. Meyers
Wyman A. Spaulding
Frank VY
Colwell
Harvey D. Hinman
Henry Morgenthau
Congress
Milan
Italy
Internationa
Mystery surrounds death of a Young white man in Georgia
September 26 reports from Statesboro and Sparta cite ambush shootings. Davis son Obediah Davis, a farmer, was found shot by the roadside. In Hancock County, W E Chapple, a farmer, was shot on Beaver Dam Creek road. he survives. A warrant names W S Cox, Mt Zion merchant, with bonds posted. Cox denies firing. alibi to be shown. Other testimony covers campaign funds for Governor Sulzer and related political finance disputes in New York courts.
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Statesboro
Davis
Obediah Davis
Cone
Mt Zion
Cox
Hancock Superior Court
Chapple
Edothing
James Temple Gwathney
New Yorks
Sulzer
George W. Neville
New York
Jonn W. Cox
Theodore W. Myers
Myers
Kresger
Brown
Sven
Duhamel
Wa Aboula
Cullen
Rey Brackett
Ready to Testify Declares Murphy Ready to Testify
New York September 26 Charles F Mursby leader of Tammany hall said this afternoon if they want me to testify at Albany there is no necessity of a subpoena being issued for me. Let them call me up on the telephone and it answer right away. I will be willing and ready to go.
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New York
Charles F. Mursby
Tammany Hall
Albany
Police Find Mother of Deserted Infant in Dublin
In Dublin on September 26 the police solved a sensational case by identifying the mother of a baby left on the doorstep of Madge Dasher, a negro woman. The infant was found in a basket on her steps and later returned to its mother who pledged to care for it. The episode stirred local debate and excitement for a time.
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Dublin
Special
Madge Dasher
Confederate veterans invited to Moline reunion
The greater Moline committee invites the United Confederate Veterans association to hold its next reunion in Moline along with East Moline Rock Island and Davenport. Officials believe the Hook Island arsenal and cemetery with Confederate prisoners' graves will interest veterans and will seek war department cooperation to honor Chattanooga's prior hosting.
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Moline
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
East Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Hook Island
Arsenal
War Department
Chattanooga
G. Alr
Penfield Receives New US Ambassador in Vienna
Vienna September 25 Emperor Francis Joseph received the new United States ambassador Frederick Panfield of New York who presented his credentials and letters of recall for retiring ambassador Richery C. Kerens of St. Louis.
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Vienna
Austria
Francis Joseph
United States
Frederick Panfield
New York
Richery C. Kerens
St. Louis
D Box Child Dies From Blood Poisoning After Nail Injury
Eugene Latneweber, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lebneweber, died Thursday morning from blood poisoning caused by a rusty nail. He injured his foot about ten days earlier while playing with other children to climb a fence. The scratch received care but infection set in and efforts to save him failed.
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Neil
Eugene Latneweber
Non
A. FE. Lebneweber
Leineweber
Wilson Bryan Cabinet Secret 1920 Secret Meeting Revealed
Washington September 28 1912 details emerge of how Woodrow Wilson and William J Bryan kept secret the cabinet offer. A chance White House encounter with Charles Fury exposed Bryan had been asked to join as secretary of state after initial talks in Trenton. The secrecy continued through December 21 when Bryan accepted the post.
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Washington
Howwell Woodrow Wilson
William J. Bryan
White House
Charles J. Fury
Trenton
N. J
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Fury
Mr. Wilson
German Soldier Servant Kills Pursuers Then Commits Suicide
In Germany on September 26 an enlisted orderly attached to a Dragon regiment officer opened fire during a theft pursuit. He fatally wounded two soldiers and mortally wounded another before killing himself with a final cartridge in an attic hideout.
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Hhim
Germany
Dragon
Nean
Women of One Acre Farms Embrace Simple Happiness
Observations describe Littlelander women tending small plots with seed ing irrigation and weeding. They display neighborliness and community spirit, finding contentment in honest toil and sunshine, living with clear desires and little dread for the future. The narrator feels envy for their serene life.
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Porches Lindsay
Jippincott
Little Acre
Effects of the Tango in Paris and New York World Dispatch
Paris doctors warn that dancing after meals worsens a fashionable malady dubbed the mud tangoins. A simple remedy is to lie with legs elevated for half an hour after eating. Deauville crowds note many young women prop cushions under their feet on deck chairs.
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Paris
New York World
Deauville
Indolent. From Judge Remarks on Tonos and Mazy
A judge mocks Tonos as lazy and criticizes Mazy as nameless, noting he will stroll into a revolving door and wait for someone to turn it. The remark portrays a courtroom aside with sharp humor about idleness and character.
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Judge
Mazy
A Natural Reply in a Medical Scene from October Lippincott’s
The patient asks about his symptoms and the doctor replies that he will prescribe something for the pains. The fragment hints at civic politics with a line urging Hancock for alderman and mentions Atlanta and council members.
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Tye
October Lippincott
Atlanta
W.A. Hancock
Progressive 10 Run From Every District
Fifteen members of the Progressive National Committee in New York announce plans to nominate a Progressive candidate in every U.S. district at the next congressional election. The joint campaign committee includes Theodore Roosevelt and Beveridge allies and will draft a strategy to run straight Progressive candidates for Congress next year.
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New York
Progressive National Committee
Avery
United States
William Hinebaugh
Ilinot
Repub
Progressive Party
Progressive Congressional Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Beveridge
Walter F. Brown
George W. Perkins
Medill McCormick
Hinebaugh
Frances Keller
Congress
Half Starved Woman Found Wandering Near Carroll Ga
Misa Alice Palmer of 100 South Moreland Avenue was found half starved and naked in woods near Carroll by policemen led by Captain W M Mayo. She was taken to a home, fed and clothed, then to a sanatorium near Smyrna. The cause of disappearance is unknown, and she is thought temporarily deranged. A search by friends and police followed Thursday into Friday after she vanished with her shepherd dog.
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Carroll
Misa Alice Palmer
Moreland Avenue
W. M. Mayo
Smyrna
Shepard
Will Attempt to Pass Old Immigration Bill in Congress
Washington September 26 a push will be made before the adjournment of the special session to pass the Burrnett Dill immigration bill with an intersee test likeTaft vetoed. The house immigration committee ordered it reported and Democrats backing the measure plan immediate caucus endorsement to ensure consideration this session. The bill nearly passed over the veto and the house composition has shifted since.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
House
Predestination and Election on the Rail Tunnel Walk
Two ministers, a Presbyterian and a Methodist, stroll along a rail tunnel saying good naturedly their views on predestination. When the Methodist suggests entering, the Presbyterian declares he will exit if a train comes. The other quips that what is to be will be, though he hopes not inside the tunnel. October Lip nicknack’s.
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Yas
Nincatt
There's a Reason from October Lippincott's poem fragment
A fragment from a verse about a careless young lady named Anna who steps on an emperor banana. Bystanders exclaim Hosanna as the scene plays out in a mock biblical frame.
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Lippincott's
Anna
Music Master Joins Gotham Alimony Club
Concert master Gregor Skolnik of the Chicago Opera company is jailed in Ludlow Street for alimony arrears. He was arrested after Clara Skolnik alleged separation and posted a $2,500 bond. Skolnik plans a Chicago engagement of seventeen weeks and reportedly kept his violin to entertain fellow inmates.
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New York
Gregor Skolnik
Chicago Opera Company
Elith
Ludlow Street
Salt
Atrs
Clara Skolnik
Jal
General Toate and the Quinine Iron Tonic Tale
A fragmentary note praises a tonic named General Toate containing quinine and iron. It mentions groves, Tone fg equalls valuable and driven out Sfateria, with a dubious mix of terms. The passage reads like an old patent medicine blurb without coherent narrative.
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Tetor
Cranber
Atu
Ries
Ioumtry
Missouri Brand
Meadew
Butte
T “Produce
Ssion Co
Watur Street
DR. Gault
Inman
Broad Stree
Pennsy
Knox
Carlton
Whitehall
Senaton
Kiesel
William J. Blas
William Hoffmann
Senator Stadler
Hoffman
Elias
Lewis J. Conlon
John B. Stanchfield
Conlon
Sarecky
Judge Conlon
Sparta
Murphy
Eugene Leineweber
Bryan
Progressive
National Committee
Cash Gro. CO. Warde
New York State
Postell
Morris & Co
Barnes
Cash Grocery
East
Mitchell
Concord Grapes
Matt
Cincinnati
Louisville
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