Blackmail the Great American Crime Exploited in New York
Detective William J. Burns warns blackmail is the era’s top crime with millions paid yearly. Gangs target wealthy women and respected men in New York and other cities, using glamorous fronts to trap victims and extract money through fake detectives and alienation plots.
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United States
William J. Burns
New York Times
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Europe
London
Paris
Monte Carlo
Tides and Astronomical Notes Page Summary
Tide readings show morning height unknown and evening at 6 feet 2 inches with a 34 minute decrease. Full moons list August 13 and September 11. Evening star Mars and morning star Jupiter noted alongside solar and lunar timing. Calendar markers indicate 206th day of year and 84th day of summer.
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Mars
Jupiter
Fishermen Bring In Six Vessels At The Fish Pier
Six vessels anchored at the fish pier yesterday with three carrying swordfish and three carrying groundfish. Groundfish totals included the Etta Mildred 98000 pounds Angeline Nunan 80000 pounds and W H Moody 16400 pounds. Swordfish boats were Gracie Smith 45 Carrie and Thelma 43 and Myra Reed 40. Markets expect more arrivals by morning with a healthy supply and low prices. Mackerel were absent yesterday though expected to arrive as seiners come in.
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Etta Mildred
Angeline Nunan
W. H. Moody
Gracie Smith
Carrie & Thelma
Myra Reed
United Fruit
San Jose
Havana
Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
Governor Dingley
St. John
Missourian
St. Nazaire
New York
India
Alpinet
City of Madrid
Calcutta
Colombo
M. I. Harper
Matanzas
Penlee
Cardiff
Wales
L. P. Holmblad
Copenhagen
Shields
Southerndown
Cape Breton
Sydney
C. B
Tansan Maru
Fowey
Eng
Saxon Monarch
Glasgow
Etonian
Leyland
Liverpool
Taunton
Baracoa
Cuba
Ninian
Manchester
Highcliffe
Huelva
Spain
Catalina
Gothenburg
Arrino
Cretic
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
Ponta Delgata
Christian Boris
Buenos Ayres
Eurymedon
Manila
Amerika
Hamburg
Germany
England
Eastern Steamship Lines
Cape Cod
Metropolitan Line
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Boston
Landsman
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures List for Atlantic Ports
Shipping notices list steamers and tugs arriving at multiple Atlantic ports on July 21 and 22. Vessels named include San Jose McKinnon Prince Arthur City of Rockland Gloucester and Gloucester Bay State Missourian Afghan Prince Grecian H auto and others with towed barges and towing assignments to New York Philadelphia and Charleston.
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San Jose
McKinnon
Port Simon
Costa Rica
Prince Arthur
Kinney
Yarmouth
Dingley
Ingalls
St. John
N. B
City of Augusta
New York
Hampden
Hersey
Baltimore
Belfast
Rawley
Bangor
City of Rockland
Hathorne
Bath
Bay State
Strout
Portland
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Gloucester
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Herbert
Rickes
Newburyport
Teviathan
Lovett
Seltuate
Tacony
Wallace
Devon
Perth Amboy
Standard
Magan
Rockland
North America
Miller
N. T
Channing, Freeman
Scituate
Lynn
Missourian
St. Nazaire
France
Austin
Norfolk
Grecian
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
H. M. Whitney
Chippewa
Charleston
Jacksonville
W. H. Yerkes, Jr
Hauto
Allentown
Swatara
Cacoosing
Merriam
Silver Brook
Sight seeing car injures three pedestrians on Massachusetts Ave
A late afternoon accident in North Cambridge involves a sightseeing car skidding onto the sidewalk near Regent Street. Ernest Pearson 10 and Thomas Brackett 8 sustained serious injuries including a broken leg and deep forehead cut, while Miss Etta F Donnelly 18 escaped with a bruised shoulder. The driver Calbraith Perry Jr. steered toward the curb to avoid further skidding.
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Ernest Pearson
Thomas Brackett
Regent Street
Cambridge
Etta F. Donnelly
Upland Road
Brackett
Pearson
Boston
Calbraith Perry, Jr
Huntington Avenue
Schofield & White
Four Hurt In North Scituate Car Crash
Four men were injured in an early morning collision on a curve near the Pierce Memorial Library in North Scituate. Frederick Byrnes and George McKenzie were unconscious after the crash, while Clifford Byrnes and Edward Graasie sustained injuries. Both cars were badly damaged and all four were thrown from the vehicles.
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Frederick Byrnes
Timothy E. Byrnes
George McKenzie
Cohasset
Lyman Bigelow, Jr
Pierce Memorial Library
North Scituate
Clifford Byrnes
Byrnes
Jerusalem Road
McKenzie
Auto Crash Narrows Escape in Newburyport
C I Dillingham of 72 Pine Street Portland Maine and two companions escaped serious injury when his car collided with a trolley on Pleasant and Market streets in Newburyport. The auto was wrecked and a trolley air tank was knocked off as the vehicle spun around the side of the car.
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Newburyport
C. I. Dillingham
Pine Street
Portland
Man Hurt When Auto Hits Pole in Reading
A. K. White of 106 Green Street Reading was badly cut on the head and likely suffered internal injuries after his car struck a telegraph pole on North Main Street. His brothers Henry White and H. K. White, passengers, were uninjured as the auto and pole were damaged.
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A. K. White
Green Street
Reading
North Main Street
Henry White
H. K. White
Colquitt Leads Texas Senate Race as Primary Votes Grow
Colquitt held the lead for the U S Senate nomination with about 20 000 votes reported of 425 000 cast in the Democratic primary at Calitas Tex Dr S P Brooks moved ahead of Sen C A Culberson in the race for re election A constitutional amendment for prohibition stood at about 80600 in support ahead of a special election next year
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Calitas
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
United States
S. P. Brooks
C. A. Culberson
Prohibition
Cuticura Heals Pimples and Skin Ailments
A testimonial from Frank Pellett of Canterbury Connecticut dated May 11 1916 praises Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for curing acne rosacea eczema and general facial pimples after one week of use. The ad invites readers to trial a free sample by postcard to Cuticura Dept H Boston and notes global sale.
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Frank Pellett
Canterbury
Conn
Dept. H
Boston
Five drift in fog until rescue comes
A 43 foot yacht Sehara sprang a rudder in dense fog off Marblehead sending five aboard Mr J H Wilkin Mrs Wilkin Miss Cherry Head Charles Conway and Captain J F Scott into a small dinghy They drifted all night until Captain Seldon Wells of Wallis Sands life saving station and Captain Albert Remick of Rye Beach located them and brought all aboard a rescue boat to Portsmouth where they received care The group included Marblehead residents and Brookline locals and all were reported exhausted but unharmed.
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Sehara
J. Hurst Wilkin
Beacon Street
Brookline
Wilkin
Overlook
Peach’s Point
Marblehead
Mass
Portsmouth
Rockport
Seldon Wells
Wallis Sands
Albert L. Remick
Rye Beach
Wilkins
Sarah Sides
Miss Head
James Marshall Head
Abbotsford Road
Conway
Charles H. Conway
Boston
Ocean Street
Lynn
Post
Yale
Miss Mead
Car running board accident claims multiple injuries
A trolley accident at Hammond's turnout on the Birchem Bead line near Indian Orchard to Chicopee Falls sent passengers off the running board as a wire reel swept by from a repair truck. The incident occurred around 7 19 pm. Several injured were taken to Ludlow and Mercy hospitals. one man died at Ludlow Hospital. The repair truck driver was Jeremiah McQuill of Springfield. the trolley crew included Motorman W W A Lord and Conductor Henry A Lague.
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Hammond's
Springfield Street Railway Company
Indian Orchard
Chicopee Falls
Ludlow
Www
A. Lord
Springfield
Henry A. Lague
Chicopee
Ludlow Hospital
House of Mercy
Jeremiah MecQuill
Alligator Sighting Shocks Girls at Lakeview Beach
Helen Looney and Mary Hemingway, visiting Jamaica Plain girls staying at a Lakeview cottage, were swimming when a vigorous tug on Looney's bathing suit skirt appeared. They fled in alarm, fearing sharks and sea monsters as onlookers watched uncertainly.
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Helen Looney
Mary Hemingway
Jamaica Plain
Lakeview
Miss Looney
Miss Hemingway
Alligators Abort Lakefront Bathing Horror
George O. Kemp and Albert W. Edwards rescued Miss Looney after an alligator clung to her bathing suit near Lakeview Park. The two gators known as Tom and Jerry reportedly died from the heat, were removed, then vanished from the zoo quarters prompting fears of future swimming bans until their status is settled.
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George O. Kemp
Albert W. Edwards
Lakeview Trouse
Miss Looney
Tom
Jerry
Lakeview Park
Lakeview
Zoo
Silver Wedding Fete in Roslindale
Police Sergeant James J. Cratty of Station 12 and Mrs Cratty celebrated their 25th anniversary at home in Roslindale 156 Kittredge Street. They hosted with ten children and guests Mrs Daniel McDonald and Michael R. Rogers. Mrs Cratty was Catherine Rogers of Roxbury before her marriage on July 28 1891.
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James J. Cratty
Station 12
Editor of Iron Age Dies in New Jersey
Charles W. H. Wirehhoff of New York and former editor of Iron Age died at his summer home in Asbury Park New Jersey. He served as a special agent for the United States Geological Survey and president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Born in San Francisco in 188? he studied at the Royal School of Mines in Clausthal Germany.
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Asbuay Park
N. J
Charles W. H. Wirehhoff
New York
Iron Age
United States Geological Survey
American Institute of Mining Engineers
San Francisco
Royal School of Mines
Clausthal
Germany
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