Burns the King of Detectives Traps Frisco Boodlers
William J. Burns United States secret service agent famed for drawing confessions from San Francisco graft ring members including Abe Ruef and Mayor Schmitz. He describes methodical work, open tactics, and dramatic captures from bribery to counterfeiting rings with partners like Francis Heney and Langdon.
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San Francisco
William J. Burns
United States Secret Service
Board of Supervisors
Burns
Francis J. Heney
Oregon
Honey
Cobb
Heney
Langdon
Sam
J. Dwyer
Buet
Ruet
San Quentin
St. Louis
Jim French
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Chief Wilkie
Secret Service
Ruef
Trocadero
Schmitz
Lonergan
Buri
Counterfeiting Plague Hits East Bankers Across Asia
Experts from the Bank of England and the American Bank Note Company rush to China to help separate genuine from forged notes amid a vast Japanese forged currency operation. Banks from Russo-Chinese to Indo-Chinese report runs and near perfect forgeries, with Hongkong Shanghai and Shanghai banks among those affected. investigators warn the scale could threaten major Asian financial institutions.
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Bank of England
American Bank Note Company
China
Orient
East
Manchuria
Russia
Hongkong and Shanghai
Imperial Bank of China
Europe
Nippon
Japan
Asia
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Shanghai
Kant
Nove
Siberia
Nicholas III
Kobe
IndoChinese Bank
New York
Cincinnati Enquirer
Little Brown
George 8. Hall
McCune
England
Joan
United States
Far East
Mr. McCune
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
Reclaim Land Boosts Portuguese Irrigation Effort
Portuguese authorities led by Vice and Deputy Consul R H Kinchant begin reclaiming 10 million acres of abandoned land in the south. Allotments of 15 acres priced to attract tenants, with a ten year tax exempt period and beekeeping rights settled to support the scheme. Nearby regions consider similar tracts while beekeepers regain permission and prosperity.
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Portugal
R. H. Kinchant
Lisbon
Europe
Serpa
Revenge of the Coffin Note in Silesia Affair
Police seek a pretty young woman Antonie Olenick daughter of a railway MD in Dresden after she sent a coffin C O D to her jilted fiancé in Lobau. The district sergeant initially refused to pay the $27 COD bill. Detectives note her planned meeting and possible murder or suicide as motive.
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Burns
Courtlandt Street
Jor
Frederico Mora
Ricardo de Requisens
American Oriental Society
Hopkins
Yale
India
Prof. Hopkins
Bezirkofelawebel
Lobau
Prussia
Antonie Olenick
R. von Kraine
Dresden
Lobgu
Goritz
Silesia
Loba
Reichenbach
Gorlitz
Quick Jumbles and Quips From 1910s Papers
A collage of light lines and jokes from old papers, including puns about dough, secrets, and boots. Humorous exchanges touch on social norms and everyday oddities, reflecting era wit and gossip in brief comic snippets.
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Frisco Boodlers
King OF Detectives
Pinkerton
Honduras
Ninstead
Wiliams
John Rudd
Grand Jury
Rudd
Williams
Marshal McDonara
Mr. Burns
Taylor and Briddell
Kendig & Jacobs
Lancaster
Wilkie
Taylor
Biddell
Jacobs
Briddell
Central America
Ricardo de Reguisens
Costa Rica
Newburg
Long Island City
Chevins
de Requisens
de Regens
Iniladelphia
Tom
Bocker
Patience
Patrice
Yonkers
W. M. Rrenen
Cotumeus O
Cincinni
Louisville
Chattanoog
Air_Southern
Willamson, BD. P. A
Toledo
Ohio
D. G. Edwards
Cincinnati
B.&o. By
Ance
An & Pesbier
Sidney
Dayton
Bill Heads
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