Narrow miss: burglar nearly becomes New York policeman
A civil service applicant named Croughan nearly secured a police post in New York. An alert detective uncovered his burglary past and army dishonorable discharge, prompting arrest before appointment. Had the warning come later, he would have joined the force as a notorious felon.
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Kew York
Father Knickerbocker
Catts
Uwian
Police Department
Croughan
Fred
Rhay
Gen
Hingham
Standard Oil Prepares for a Historic Melon Cutting
Standard Oil net profits for the first half of the current fiscal year approach 40 million dollars with 23.6 million in dividends and a total surplus near 210 million dollars. The piece discusses government prosecutions, expected fines, and the impact on shareholders and company structure including possible dissolution into subsidiaries.
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Standard Oil Company
Landis
Sac
Canrt
Reclaiming Hobos Through Industrial Alliance Efforts
The Industrial Christian Alliance believes most so called hobos can become productive with help, citing 16 years of experience and plans for a $200,000 ten story building at Lafayette and Bond. It notes many applicants are skilled workers with drink cited as a major downfall and reports high adherence to its abstinence and work rules.
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Christian Alliance
Alliance
Hobo
Central Park
First Aid
Dawny
Lafayette and
Bond Streets
Harvey Graeme Yurbay
The
Avery
Drink
Stokes to stump for husband in East Side campaign
Rose Pastor Stokes plans to campaign for J G Phelps Stokes as Socialist Labor candidate for the New York Eighth Assembly district. She will speak and act as cart tailer while her husband runs. Brother in law Robert Hunter seeks Congress in the Tenth. both see a real chance to win.
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New York Assembly
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Socialist Labor Party
Ghetty
Robert Hunter
Congress
East Side
Hunter
Stokes
Mr. Stokes
Jacob Banken
Yanken
James G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor Stokes
Jobes
Fight Between Two Alligators Ends In Fatal Brawl At Bronx Zoo
In New York a day of spectacle at the Bronx Zoo ended with Whitey the alligator tearing off Captain’s front leg and securing a death grip as Captain’s body drifted away. Spectators and keepers fought the churned water to pry open Whitey’s jaws, then Captain’s remains were recovered. Philadelphia witnesses record swift marriage between Charles Mac Gregor and Estelle Myers Snack in four hours and 55 minutes, with Rev Neely performing the ceremony after a chance encounter at Broad Street Station.
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New York
Bronx Zoological Gardens
Mason and Dixon's
Whitey
Bronx
Captain
Gators
Raiso
Philadelphia
Charles MacGregor
Estelle Myers Snack
Baltimore
MacGregor
Miss Snack
Atlantic City
Broad Street
David T. Neely
Asquith Street Presbyterian Church
John J. Robinson
Rockefeller Increases Greenwich Land Holdings Near Estate
William G. Rockefeller, of Greenwich, Conn., has purchased two adjoining tracts totaling 42 acres east of Zacheus Mead's lane and part of the Mills Hasted estate. The acquisitions broaden his 400 acre Greenwich estate, adjoining land of George Lauder and overlooking Long Island Sound from high ground north of the village.
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Greenwich
Conn
William G. Rockefeller
Mills Hasted
Oliver D. Mead
Greenwich National Bank
Zacheus Mead's
George Lauder
Andrew Carnegie
Rockefeller
Long Island Sound
Fat People in Protest Shaped by New York Officials
Gov. Hughes responds to a Fat People’s protest about narrow elevated-rail stairways. Transit Inspector Bennett and Commissioner Eustis discuss widening stairs if needed as the issue ponders public comfort and weighty passengers. In Greenville Texas, a 16 year old girl is attacked by a 19 year old Negro. a mob burns the assailant after capture.
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New York
Gov. Hughes
Public Service Commission of
Public Service Commission
Fat People's Association
Baby Drowns in Soapsuds Tub in St Louis Yard
In St Louis, 13 month old Joseph Volaski, son of Mr and Mrs Felix Volaski, was found head submerged in soapy water in a tub in the yard at 219 East Primm Street. His six year old brother Toney cried out when he found him. Mrs Volaski pulled the child from the tub and he was pronounced dead. It is believed the baby fell into the tub while playing.
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Soapsu
Changes in Color For the Third Time Remarkable Variation in Tint
The 59 year old wife of American Massey, formerly enslaved, has reportedly transformed from black to white for a third time. Living with George Liswell on Minnesota Street, she now has a fair complexion aside from three small brown facial spots. She recalls two prior color changes linked to slavery and domestic life, and reports an itching sensation preceding each change. Her daughter, Mrs Jeremiah Redman, resides at 112 Nelson Street, where the couple spend much time.
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Indiannapolis
Lnd
Massey
Mrs. Massey
Jeremiah Redman
Nelson Street
Art Treasures Disappear in Rome Mystery
A report claims manuscripts of Palestrina, kept at St John Lateran under Cardinal Satoli, vanished. It alleges J Pierpont Morgan offered to buy them, with government issues delaying sale, and that proceeds would fund the Basilica, though the truth remains uncertain.
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Rome
J. Pierpoint Morgan
Palestrina
St.John Lateran
Cardinal Satoli
Morgan
Basilica of
St. John Lateran
Specter of Brock Seen Above Mount Jeff Davis in Nevada
State Engineer Nicholas reports a cloud image resembling Brock at Mount Jeff Davis in White Pine county. The 14 706 foot peak is the nation’s tallest, with the apparition described as many times the engineer’s size. Government records note similar cloud images elsewhere.
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Reno
Nev
Brocknow
Jeff Davis
White Pine County
Nicholas
United States
Germany
Whale fire at York Beach shocks spectators
A 75 foot whale beached near Phillips Gove cliffs and was anchored off Nabble light. Promoters offered boat rides before dynamiting the carcass. The blast ignited the oil soaked whale, turning it into sheets of flame visible from shore as crowds watched through the night. The blaze subsided by morning.
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York Beach
Phillips Gove
Five Months In Hospital Reaches Discharge After Illness
Levi P Brockway of Second Avenue Anoka Minnesota describes five months in a hospital ending in an incurable diagnosis with six months to live. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills he reports marked improvement and regained health. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY He’d Pull Hard Senator Folker risked life to vote against racing in New York and cited race track trickery including a Gloucester jockey overheard saying he would not win unless the reins break.
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Levi P. Brockway
S. Second Avesanoka
Mlin
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Senator Folker
Albany
New York
jocke@ys
Gloucester
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Mount Davis
Whale
Lydia EK
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn, Maas
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia E.“Pinkham
Yayay
Fred A. Pollock
First National Fant
Los Angeles
Tuning Cold Mines Syndicate
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