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Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

04 Dec 1920

Page 32

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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1920

Page

32

Texas oil scheme ends with barefaced theft

Pete Sherrill alias the Canada Kid agrees to a Carson Grant oil venture in Texas. Grant offers 25 000 from cash to fund drilling, but Pete cannot ride a horse and is exposed as a liar. Grant ejects him, keeping possible future plans uncertain as the staged deal collapses.

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Carson Grant Tom Pete Texas Tom Grant Dallas Carson Grant Oil Company Peter Sherrill Arizona Canada Kid New York Dannemora Chicago Carson-Grant Oil Company United States Pullman Dixie Jesse James
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Adventures of Detective Barney No 5 Sleuth on the Street

The tale follows Barney Cook disguising as a newsboy to shadow a post-box thief and a Harlem cashier in a double life case. He catalogs daily duties and expenses, after initially narrating to a stenographer, then writing and typing his own reports. The piece highlights his gritty, eating from pocket, night work and the shift from helper to self editor.

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Barney Cook Harlem Cub Babbing P. P. Harper
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Office Boy Entangled With Van Amberg Estate Case

In a Broad Street Building office, a young office boy overhears broker-like Harper describing harassment via anonymous letters. Harper, a promoter and financial adviser tied to the Van Amberg estate, seeks help from Babbing and the boy to identify the sender who targets Harper’s wife.

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Harper Barney Babbing Broad Street van Amberg Jacob van Amberg
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The Boston Post Jack Lait Harvey J. O’ Higgins B. Morgan
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