Robbery Ring of Servants Arrested in Pa and N J
Philadelphia June 8 fashionably dressed women watched as Magistrate Hagerty arraigned suspects tied to a colored servants gang accused of burglaries in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Police say insiders left doors unlocked and windows unfastened to aid night raids. several defendants held on bail.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Twelfth
Pine Street
Hagerty
McBeth
Horace Pettit
West Price Street
William Sims
North Park Avenue
Horace Lippincott
Moorestown
N. J
Anna Borden
Frank Clark
Harry Davis
Louis Wolcott
Alexander Williams
Charles Jamison
Emma Crain
Maggie Brown
Cora
York Farmer Baited into $10000 Philadelphia Scam
J Ellison Hess of York Pa visited Philadelphia and fell for a race betting swindle. A pair of smooth talkers lured Hess and a partner into a fake sure thing, with Hess losing $10000 after depositing funds to an alleged backer who then vanished when the horse lost. Detectives pursue the two suspects.
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Philadelphia
J. Ellison Hess
York
Hess
Harkins
Mr. Hess
Cheap Autos for All He Says Electric Car to Cost 500
In Philadelphia at the National Electric Light association convention Charles P. Steinmetz envisions a family owned electric car priced at 500 dollars with a light battery and motor. He argues the car will be easy to operate without a trained mechanic and cost 10 to 15 dollars monthly to maintain.
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Philadelphia
Franklin
National Electric Light Association
Charles P. Steinmetz
Germantown P D A Fire Slightly Injures Man
A small fire in a paper pile burned in a Germantown post office cellar at Germantown and Chelsea avenues. Curley Armstrong, who runs a nearby cigar store, fought flames with a sprinkling can before calling the fire department after singeing his mustache. The blaze consumed valueless paper.
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Germantown
Cheltea
Curley Armstrong
Tri-State League scores with York and Reading notes
In York-Wilmington games York leads 11 to 7 while Harrisburg defeats Allentown 8 to 7. A second game shows Allentown 5 Harrisburg 3. Reading notes 7 to Reading and mentions Treguillio 0. Additionally a note about a safe skin ointment for children on itching skin.
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York
Wilmington
Harrisburg
Allentown
Reading
Treguillio
The Comeups Claim Ancestry From Early Settlers
A Baltimore American note recounts the Comeups declaring their ancestors arrived with the very early settlers and asserts they could not afford to deport them.
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Baltimore American
Timely tips on slug control for gardens
State Economic Zoologist Surface from Harrisburg advises a slug control method for southeastern Pennsylvania gardeners. Use a poison mix of powdered sugar flour and Paris green on potato slices near lettuce, then dust with lime to kill slugs and deter them. Create lime or soot barriers around beds to protect plants.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paris
Fighting Black Knot on Sour Cherry Trees Advised
A Sulli van county fruit grower received guidance from State Economic Zoologist Surface on handling black knot a fungal disease attacking cherry and plum trees. Recommendations include cutting out infected knots and burning, using lime sulfur spray to hinder spread, sterilizing tools after each cut, and noting the disease spreads via wind birds and is not caused by the white grub.
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Sullivan County
Constipation Headache and Dizziness Reported
A note describes constipation causing headache indigestion and dizziness. It mentions a mild opening medicine called the Deans Regulats at 25c a box available in all stores.
They say ages go in cycles Then this age is a motorcycle
A Baltimore American quotation notes cyclic views of eras and uses a motorcycle metaphor to mark the current age as fast moving and transformative. The snippet reflects a columnist or editorial voice signaling rapid change and movement.
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Baltimore
Huerta Signals Resignation If Mexico Peace Returns
Niagara Falls June 8 Mexican delegates at mediation say Huerta ready to retire once Mexico is politically pacified. US pressure may force Carranza to lay down arms or deny Huerta setting terms. Huerta seeks US aid to end armed opposition as Carranza and Villa/Zapata resist. Mediators await Carranza’s final reply on armistice and talks.
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Niagara’ Falls
Ont
Washington
Huerta
Wilson
Bryan
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Tere
Zapatistas
Rafael Zubaran
Carranzista
General Carranza
ALL DEPENDS ON CARRANZA
Washington reports reestablishing peace in Mexico hinges on Carranza as mediation efforts intensify after Niagara Falls talks. Officials see Huerta’s retirement as easing path to a settlement while Carranza objects to mediators’ demand that internal affairs be resolved. Rafael Zubaran awaits Carranza's guidance before revealing mediator notes.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Niagara Falls
Huerta
Niagara
City of
Rafael Zubaran
Zubaran
Federal General Aske Rebels Not to Attack
In Torreon Mexico General Luis Barron the Zacatecas commander appeals to General Panfilo Natera not to attack Zacatecas citing a looming Huerta resignation. Natera vows no attack but will block federal retreat by severing the railroad to Aguas Calientes. Constitutionalist leaders claim Mexico City reports that War Minister Blanquet and the provisional president have argued over Saltillo evacuation.
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Aske
Huérta
Torreon
Mexico
Luis Barron
Zacatecas
Panfilo Natera
War Department
Mexico City
Huerta
Natera
Aguas Calientes
General Blanquet
Saltillo
Bickford Pardoned by State Board
George L. Bickford former state treasurer was pardoned by the state board after conviction for embezzlement of state funds. He faced a sentence of one to three years. The total alleged embezzlement peaked at 60000 dollars, but most of this amount was repaid by friends.
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Bickford
Bismarck
N. C
George L. Bickford
State Board
El tonic claims cure for tired sufferers
Advertisement urges a tonic and health builder to cleanse waste and renew strength claiming to cure nervous fatigue with a testimonial from Mrs. James Duncan of Haynesville Me. and promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts with prices.
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James Duncan
Haynesville
Dottors
Bucklen
Arnica
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Childre
Republican
Eera
W. F. Hartman
Bloomsburg, Pa
ACL
Niagara Conference
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Zapata
Castor
Bears
NEW_ YORK
Castoria
THE
Centaur Company
HOW Tore City
San
Duntley
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittsburgh
Tonite & Health Builder
Brower’s Carpet Store
Lackawanna
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