Al Capone's Downfall Echoes Across Chicago Underworld
A 1932 shift marks Capone’s fall from power as Chicago's crime scene endured but lost its iconic figure. The piece notes Capone’s massive gambling era, 250 gang deaths, and $215000 tax bill while recounting his imprisonment and the city’s indifferent reaction to his impending release.
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William Barnes
Union
Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
al Capone
Atlanta Penitentiary
Capone
Alcatraz
Florida
Johnny Torrio
Capone Rumors, Paranoia, and Prison Brawls at Alcatraz
The piece recounts rumors of Al Capone's brain decay and dangerous temper, notes his model prisoner image, and details two prison incidents. In 1936 James Lucas allegedly knifed Capone, who returned a blow. in 1938 Roy Gardner reportedly sparked a solitary confinement dispute.
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Muggs
Scarface al
Alcatraz
Graphic
Capone
James C. Lucas
Texas
Lucas
Roy Gardner
Atlanta
Congress
Great Capone
Russia and Reich trade hopes questioned by experts
A Soviet pledge of better German Soviet trade draws skepticism from experts who say Russia cannot aid others while pursuing its own five year plan. The piece compares Soviet and U.S. per capita production and notes Russia relies on American machinery, risking distortion if German tools replace U.S. supplies.
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Stalin
United States Department of Commerce
Russia
Pravda
America
United States
Kremlin
Germany
Death Rescue Aboard El Chivo Flooded Train
Morrie Lowder recounts a 1924 Cuban flood ordeal on a Havana to Macagua train crossing the El Chivo viaduct. The bridge broke under rising waters, passengers crowded six cars, aid arrived from Colon, engineers waved from submerged cabs, and many were treated by Lowder’s medical kit as survivors were evacuated.
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Ello
Morris E. Lowder
Chicago
Illinois
Adventurers’ Club
Morrie Lowder
Morrie
Cuba
Havana
Oriente
Gerardo Machado
Arene
Colon
Matanzas
Macagua
el Chivo
Western
Union
Maine Lamp Collection Traces History of Illumination
Mrs. Leotine Stiles of Oxford Maine preserves a lamp collection tied to humanity’s journey from darkness to light. The display includes over 150 pairs of old carriage lamps in square and oblong shapes, once linked to presidents statesmen and wealthy figures. A Civil War era locomotive headlight is among the items in working condition.
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Leotine Stiles
Oxford
Maine
Rotten Apples and Pioneering in Everyday Life
A reflective piece likens life to rotten apples stored through winter. The author questions habits of comfort and inferiority, arguing people wait for others to lead while clinging to worn routines and old clothes. The tone critiques conformity and passive pioneering.
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W. L. Y. Davis
Los Angeles Tribune
Gems of Thought and Maxims Across Wise Voices
A compilation of brief quotations from Longfellow Smith Chrysostom Shakespeare Franklin and Menander on memory happiness envy guilt courage and self improvement. Each line delivers a standalone moral or reflection from a range of classical and literary sources.
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Rap
Mrs. Capone
Terminal Island
Terminal Island Correctional Prison
San Pedro
Calif
Underworld
Reich
U.S
U. S
Naples
New York
Big Jim’ Colosimo
South Side
Torrio
Louie
Gyp the Blood
Manhattan
Herman ‘Rosenthal
Colosimo
Dion O’banion
Tion
Johnny
O’banion
O'Donnell
Gennas
Saltis
Joe Howard
William H. McSwiggin
Cook County States Attorney
McSwiggin
Maine Lamp Collection
Longfellow
Alexander Smith
Chrysostom
Shakespeare
Franklin
Menander
BAYER
Aspirin
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