Steve Brodie Jump 15 Controversy Across Half Century
Steve Brodie famed Bowery bootblack rose to fame after a supposed leap from the Brooklyn bridge. Fifty years on , debate persists over whether he died rich or a mythmaker. Three facts endure: a man named Steve Brodie existed, he went to the bridge, and he was fished from the East River.
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Steve Brodie and the Bowery Leap Inspired By Bridge Dare
Keystone boys become aviation enthusiasts as 23 youths from Keystone join a Roscoe Turner club at Cedar Rapids airfield led by C. D. Schenken. The story recounts Steve Brodie’s 1886 Brooklyn bridge jump funded by a $100 wager, his capture, jail time, and fame fueling a dime museum contract and a melodrama career on Broadway.
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Spleen vented by Sandor Bory on doorstep creditors
Budapest report says Sandor Bory faced his creditors after a tour with his fleas troupe. He released the troupe on them and now lives in peace. The unique act involved his performer insects turning the confrontation into an odd, memorable scene.
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Opium and hasheesh stash eaten by rats in Istanbul
Istanbul customs officials discovered 150 satchels of opium and hasheesh largely consumed by rodents. They budgeted 80 cents daily to feed cats in a bid to trap the thieves and bring the culprits to justice.
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War on Kidnapers in Delhi Drives Special Police Action
Northern India faces a rising kidnapping crisis as a nomad tribe of 250 sells children for brides. A special police unit recovered eighty two kidnapped children in a single month, highlighting the scale of the problem and the authorities’ intensified efforts.
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India
Name Change Waves as Roumanians Embrace Titulescu
In Bucharest an interior ministry decree allowed people with non Romanian sounding names to change them, with many adopting Titulescu as their surname. Justice Minister Popp asked Nicholas Titulescu if he objected to a broader adoption and received no objection.
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