Peter Ruff and the Double Four in Paris Crimelord Plot
Peter Ruff vows to marry within a month to join the powerful Double Four. Inspector Dory pursues the suspect in Paris while Ruff recruits Violet Brown as partner in a mystery of crime and disguise. The group promises him ten thousand pounds and houses in London and Paris if he accepts.
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Spencer Fitzgerald
Daisy Villa
Maud Barns
Fitzgerald
Miss Emerson
Violet
Dory
Peter Ruff
Miss Brown
Paris
Violet Brown
Marquise de Maupissim
Peter
London
Tam
The Perfidy of Miss Brown and Peter Ruff
In Paris a scheme unfolds as Monsieur de Fourcelles offers a high stake to win Miss Brown’s favor. Violet exposes the plan, demands a fortune, and declares a price on her loyalty. Peter Ruff faces a marriage wager and finally agrees to wed, urged by Violet’s bewitching resolve.
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Peter Ruff
Monsieur de Fourcelles
Miss Brown
Mademoiselle
Ritz
Marquis de Lagrange
Monsieur Ruff
Violet
Bond Street
Marquis
Tropsieur de
Dover
Peter
Peter Ruf
Dr Williams Pink Pills Cited In Cure Of Nervous Disorder
Advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for nervousness and insomnia. It cites Mrs Leona M Stearns of St Albans VI detailing fatigue appetite loss and sleep problems that improved after using the pills. Sold by druggists and direct from the Schenectady company for sixty cents per box with a free booklet available.
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Williams
Leona M. Stearns
High Street
St. Albans
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Peter Ruff Adventure Returns in Tomorrow's Post
The headline announces a new installment of the Peter Ruff series starting in tomorrow's Post. Readers are invited to follow the ongoing escapade featuring the titular character and unfolding plot twists.
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Peter Ruff
Curley Urges Registration in Boston Meeting
James M. Curley addressed a Day Square audience as part of a weeklong registration drive. He warned Boston is over-registered in Republican wards and under-registered in Democratic wards and urged voters to register to prevent Goo Goos from winning on election day.
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Day Square
Boston
James M. Curley
Curley
Goo Goo
Tanlac Endorsements Highlight Nickels Case in Milwaukee
George H. Nickels of Milwaukee testifies Tanlac restored his health after six months of indigestion and dyspepsia. He gained 27 pounds, reports improved appetite, reduced headaches and nervousness, and says he now enjoys very good health. Tanlac distributed by International Proprietaries, Inc. and sold in Boston by Liggett Drug Stores.
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Wisconsin
Tanlac
Standing
George H. Nickels
Wells St
Milwaukee
Mr. Nickels
Taniac
Tannac
International Proprietaries, Inc
Boston
Hartford Rum Ring Deaths Prompt New Arrests in Conn
Hartford police report two more arrests and indications of confessions in a Hartford backed rum running ring connected to three murders. Andrew Richardson and Jacob Winkle face high bail as authorities pursue a broader expose implicating wealthy associates across New Britain Hartford and New Haven.
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Hartford
Conn
New Britain
New Haven
Connecticut
Robert T. Hurley
State Police
Andrew J. Richardson
New Britain Police Department
Jacob Winkle
Hurley
Salvatore Varile
Oak Street
Southington
Jacob Jennings
Hartford Investigation Probes Hartford Hotel Tax Irregularities
Officials broaden inquiry into liquor tax discrepancies as investigators tie the case to prominent hotel and restaurant operators in Hartford and surrounding Connecticut towns. The probe moves toward a wider exposure involving multiple establishments and large sums.
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Free Ark
Bootlegger John Murphy Arrested After Liquor Discovery
An 83 year old man identified as John Murphy of 187 Shawmut avenue South nd was arrested by East Dedham street station officers Coffey and Healey after producing a quart of white liquor during a raid. He was taken to the Tombs with two quarts of liquor and four bottles of gin. The report notes interest in Zona Gale's Miss Lulu Bett in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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John Murphy
Shawmut Avenue
Southnd
East Dedham Street
Gale
Kentucky Foothills
John
Coffey and Healey
Coffey
Zona Gale
Lulu Bett
Boston Sunday Post
Major Swan Elected Head of Boston World War Veterans
Major Carrol J. Swan was elected commander of the Boston branch of the Military Order of the World War at a packed annual meeting held after a vaudeville event at the cadet armory on Column avenue. New officers include Charles P. Curtis as vice commander and Major Charles R. Cabot as judge advocate, with plans for a November 1 banquet and an expanded executive committee chaired by Col. William J. Keville.
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Carrol J. Swan
Boston
Bay State
Column Avenue
Charles P. Curtis
Donald Holbrook
Walter M. Pratt
Charles R. Cabot
Walter Powers
Joel C. Goldwaith
William J. Keville
F. W. Stopford
William H. McEwen
Robert H. Gardner
Theodore L. Stoker
Howard Emerson
Hunt Slayer of Goldfish: Inquiry Sparks Roxbury Tenant Case
Divers problems reach the mayoral rent and housing committee as officials probe who ate a Roxbury tenant’s goldfish. Herbert B. Bilis, secretary of the committee, recounts the story brought to light yesterday.
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Roxbury
Herbert B. Bilis
Mystery of the severed goldfish prompts health check
The tenant reports daily sightings of a goldfish with its head chopped off near its glass home. She suggests rats or mice as suspects and asks the landlord to solve the mystery or she will move. Mr Hillis asked her opinion and the health department will investigate today. Authorities hope cooperation between the health department and landlord will protect the goldfish.
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Hillis
Health Department
Wigglesworth Named President of Harvard Board of Overseers
George Wigglesworth of Milton class of 1871 at Harvard and Boston attorney was chosen president of the Harvard board of overseers to succeed Judge Robert Grant whose term has expired. Wigglesworth, now in his second term, heads the Harvard Union and leads a 30 member alumni elected board for six year terms.
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George Wigglesworth
Milton
Harvard
Boston
Harvard University
Robert Grant
Wigglesworth
Harvard Union
Henry L. Higginson
Mr. Wigglesworth
City must provide new Division 2 Police HQ site
Judge Pierce orders Boston to supply a site for the Division 2 Police Department now housed in City Hall Avenue. The site must satisfy Police Commissioner Curtis. Writ issued after Supreme Judicial Court decision.
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Pierce
Boston
Police Department
City Hall Avenue
Curtis
Supreme Judicial Court
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France
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Hanover Street Jewelers
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Franklin
Mary J. Blake
Montreal
Tremont St
Death Gang
Enzo Rinaldo
Richardsons
Richardson
Charge Man
South
Major Swan
Commands
Chapter of
Military Order
Geo. Wigglesworth
H.P. Hood & Sons
Svery
Nature
Bright
Doan
M. J. Daley
Furness St
Revere
Dean
Sarah J. Brycen
Appleton St
W. G. Brauer, Jr
Salem St. Woburn
Brauer
Foster-Milburn G Chemists
Buffalo
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