Widow testifies Beckers sought help after Rosenthal murder
The widow of Herman Rosenthal tells a jury that Lt. Becker and associates profited from the gambling racket and that Becker promised to help her husband and would be at his service. Witnesses describe Becker's visits to Rose's home, money exchanges, and Becker's remarks about a pension after Rosenthal's death.
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Rosenthal
Jury
Moss
Jack Rose
Becker
Jack
Rose
Union Square
Herman Rosenthal
Mr. Moss
Herman
Mr. Becker
Anna Glettner
Miss Glettner
Charles Becker
Mr. Rose
White
Louie
Hallen
Crook
J. D. Hallen
Police Headquarters
Police Department
Schmittberger
Dougherty
West Forty Seventh Street
Madison Square Garden
Jack Sullivan
John W. Hart
Harry Brown
Sam Schepps
Dora Gilbert
Lafayette
Justice Goff
Isaac V. White
New York
Hart
J. H
Mr. Hart
Free To Asthma Sufferers Offers Cure At No Cost
A promotional notice claims a New Method cures asthma at the sufferer’s home regardless of age climate or duration. It targets hopeless cases where inhalers douches opium preparations or patent medicines failed and asks readers to mail a coupon to receive the treatment free of charge with no money required.
Barnes Wins Suit Restores Chicopee City Marshal Post
The Supreme Judicial Court ordered Mayor Rivers to reinstated John C. Barnes as chief marshal of Chicopee, confirming his authority in the city’s police leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
John C. Barnes
Chicopee
Supreme Judicial Court
Frank C. Rivers
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy advertised for gray hair
An advertisement extols Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a solution for premature grayness and scalp issues. It claims sulfur deficiency affects color and vitality, promotes healthy hair, and offers a fifty cent bottle with a money back guarantee if not as represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth Chemical Company of
New York
Ous Wyeth
Wyeth
Bloodhound Traces Girl Elopers in Philadelphia
Ruth Stear a 15 year old from Pottstown elopes with Wallace Reitenmeyer 19. Bloodhound Major tracks to their trail and leads police from Stear home to a railroad station where the couple reportedly boards a train for Philadelphia. Stear’s grandfather defends the dog’s stake in finding them.
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Philadelphia
Ruth Stear
Pottstown
Wallace Reitenmeyer
William Stear
Ruth
Major
Elopers
Stear
Derelict Barge Threatens York Channel Near Blackwell's Island
The steamer Boston of the New England Navigation Company reported passing a large barge, apparently bottom up, near Blackwell’s Island bridge. It formed a dangerous menace to navigation as it lay close to the channel.
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Boston
New England Navigation Company
New York
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Forging Suspect Sentenced to Charlestown Prison
Herbert S. Cummings, 40, of the South End, was sent to the State Prison in Charlestown for a term of not less than three nor more than four years for forging and uttering numerous small checks. Once a successful typewriter carbon dealer, drink led him to repeat the crime after a prior continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McIintyre
State
Crewe
White
Becker
Herbert. S. Cummings
South End
Charlestown
Cummings
Equal rights slogan lands woman in jail in Denver
Mary McManus 58 is jailed after police find her smoking on Seven teenth street. She declares equal rights for women and readiness for jail, contrasting New York and Denver as different. She refuses to discard the cigarette, prompting her arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mary McManus
Seventeenth Street
New York
Syrup of Figs Offered as Gentle Liver and Bowel Cleanser
A nostalgic advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a natural laxative to relieve headache bilious stomach and waste clogged bowels. It promises gentle cleansing by morning with no nausea or griping and urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product over imitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Company
Nerve Health Regained Free Book Offer from Sanatogen
Earnest appeal to readers to request the free booklet Nerve Health Regained from The Bauer Chemical Co. It invites consultation with a doctor, promises an absorbing prose and illustrations, and highlights Sanatogen’s value shown as remarkable and conclusive. Sold in three sizes at $1.00, $1.90, and $3.60 via druggists or by mail order from Irving Place, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauer Chemical CO
Irving Place
New York
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Alwalike
Aes
Mrs. Rosenthal
Webber
Harry Vallon
Mrs. Rose
Lieutenant Becker
Mr. McIntyre
Miss’Glettner
Miss Rose
Mary Staer
Edward E. Coe
Barnard Rudigar
Rudigar
Frank Scrall
James BF. Hallen
Tombs Prison
Detective White
Police Leutenant
Jack Zelig
Haytia
McIntyre
Whitman
Jimmy
Rogsenthal
Halien
Mr. Whitman
Staid
Schepps
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson Sts
Buffalo
Intent Rooney
Bonn
C. H. Stecktos
U. S. Navy
George Washington University
Lana
Owen Nearden
Vienna University
Arseld Bennett
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