Career of Daring Swindler at an End
A European con artist, Giovanni Battista Gindri, alias Monsignor and other titles, is captured in Rome after years of multi nation swindling. He forged letters of introduction, posed as clerical and noble figures, and swindled priests, cardinals, abbots, and nobles across Italy, France, Germany, and Austria. Police found ornate garments, forged cards, and a wealth of loot. He faces multiple pending trials in Turin, Milan, Novara, and other cities.
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New York World
Rome
France
Prince di Belmonte
Tartuffe
Barry Lyndon
Giovanni Battista Gindri
Turin
Father Bleageville
Milan
Novara
Saluzzo
Italy
Germany
Austria
Genoa
Margherita
St. Peter’s
Cardinal Respighi
Pontifical Academy
Dei Nobili Ecclesiastici
Piazza Della Minerva
Granito di Belmonte
Cardinal Granito di Belmonte
Mgr
Francesco Sogaro
Armida
Gindri
Pension la Bella
Via del Babuino
Europe
Jean Boni de Gallier Des Marquis de Villamorr
Tours
Via di Santa Chiara
Will Explore The Dead Sea Expedition Arranged From Jerusalem
An expedition for thorough scientific exploration of the Dead Sea has been organized with scientists led by Dr. Ludwig Bruhl in Jerusalem. They will motor to the Dead Sea, spend about thirty to forty days on site, then conduct land work ashore over three months, rebuilding a repaired boat for the trip.
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Gil Blas
Gundii
Credit Lyonnais
Europe
Ludwig Bruhl
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
R. Koefoed
S. P. L. Sorensen
Karlsberg-Laboratoriums
Karlsberg Fund
Copenhagen
Herman Schoede
Berlin
United States
Lynch
Duke de Layne
Steel-Making Town by Night
In steel towns the night scene of mills shines with colored flames and bright windows. Sparks fly from converters while trains carry hot metal, and coils move along overhead conveyors through rolling mills from white to dark as distance from the heat grows.
Dog Admitted to Sudbury Workhouse
Sudbury Suffolk board of guardians records a dog admitted to the workhouse with a vagrant. the dog was discharged the next morning without any task work assigned.
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Dog
London Mail
Sudbury
Suffolk
Demolition of U S First Theater Begins in Philadelphia
The building once hosting the United States' first theater, opened in 1760 by Hallam's English company, sits outside Philadelphia's limits in Southwark Society Hill. After a 1821 fire and later use as a distillery, it is now being razed for a large business complex amid historic opposition.
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Philadelphia
United States
Hallam
England
Southwark
Society Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedies Then and Now
Letters from New Orleans and Martinsburg praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for relief from menstrual and health issues. A Chicago concert anecdote follows, with a woman identifying Mendelssohn's Wedding March as the Maiden's Prayer.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
New Orleans
Gaston Blondeau
Polymnia St
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Mendelssohn
Court hearing faces deaf defendant clash
A magistrate heckles a deaf defendant asking if he wants a hearing and directs him to a specialist after the defendant replies in agreement. The exchange highlights a tense courtroom moment and the judge’s insistence on appropriate evaluation.
Cole Carboli salve advertised for burns and cuts
An advertisement touts Cole Carboli salve as stopping pain from a burn or cut, healing quickly and preventing scars. It lists prices 25c and 50c, with free samples available by writing J. W. Cole & Co. from Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Education and character over mere knowledge, Ruskin quote
A Ruskin reflection on education emphasizing forming behavior and virtue rather than simply imparting unknown facts. It challenges how learning should shape how people act and live.
Garfield Tea and Patent Remedies Advertisement Parade
An old newspaper page ad bundle touts Garfield Tea a natural herb regulator and various patent medicines. It markets Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents and Laxative Bromine with E W Grove signature claimed to cure a cold in one day. It features quips about honesty and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Made Auto Earn Its Keep
Bijou Hills South Dakota farmer C B Creamer adapted a 40 horsepower car engine by mounting it on a frost proof base and connecting a talking machine governor to create a portable power unit. He uses it to grind feed shell corn and run a churn and grindstone as roads fail for driving.
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Bijou Hills
S. D
C. B. Creamer
Dainty Questionover Cold Comfort in Gardens
Two Penn track runners escorted a young woman through the Gardens as she quipped about being without stockings in the cold. A professor pondered the momentary distraction from his study of the fourth dimension. A public medical note warns of pink eye epidemics in spring and promotes Marine Eye Remedy.
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University of Pennsylvania
Lippincott’s
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Jean de Sevigne
Marquis de Saint- Mars
Prince ‘Granite di Belmonte
Jean Boni de Gallier Des ‘Marquis de Villarmoir
Edoardo Lanzetti
Paris
Edoardo di Santo Stefano
Mme Hurhbert
Kopenik
Cavaliere Felice
Vatican
Cardinal Merry del Val
Cardinal Rampallo
Cardinal Granito di Bellmonte
Mme. Humbert
Rascal of
Ginder
Arnon
Raze
U. S
Virginia
Elliston
Robert Blankenship
Montgomery Co
Louisiana
Florida
Wauchula
Fla
Lydia H Pinkham
Marriz Hopnot
Wauchula, Florida
West Virginia
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lydia
Newport News
Lydia B. Pinkham
W. J. Blayton
Hampton Ave
Newpoens
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
South
Munyon
63Rd & Jefferson Ste
Shotwell Floral Co
Fargo, N. D
Cascade Co
Mont
Falla
Cult
Or. B
Sterling
IN Park CO
SONT
Low Salter’s
la Crosse
Leeds
Fargo
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