Fleecing Broadway Magnates Ends With Exposed Cards
A group of screen magnates and music publishers on Broadway were fleeced of 860000 by a wealthy manufacturer using marked cards. The con was exposed after a session at Screen's house, where Trimmer's "readers" deck revealed the rig. Trimmer was challenged and shown to be beaten and expelled.
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New York
Screen
Broadway
Trimmer
Flickers
Ng Celluloid Productions
Circuit
Ragg
Far Rockaway
Arverne
France
Rulda
Gregory Weinstein
Martens
America
Weinwteli
Trotehy
United States
Surgeons Remove and Reinsert Patient Heart in Omaha
A medical team in Omaha Nebraska removed the heart from Steve Zekich an Austrian who had shot himself and then placed the heart back in his body. He is expected to survive the procedure despite the life threatening injury.
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Omaha
Wneb
Steve Zekich
Zakich
Major Johnson praised for Vladivostok rescue deeds
A Red Cross report honors Major Samuel J. Johnson of Honolulu as a key rescuer in Vladivostok during November 17 18 fighting. He is recommended for the Officer's Cross of St George after saving officers families and civilians, guiding trains to safety, and aiding the international police and allied detachments amid brutal shelling.
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Washington
Samuel J. Johnson
Honolulu
Vladivostok
Red Cross
Johnson
Siberia
St. Anne
M. M. Eversman
Frimorsky
W. 8. Graves
Graves
International Military Police
Vindivostok
Romanovsky
Familly
Stonanovsky
Major Johnson
Youths Shape British Commons Through Centuries
The article traces the long history of youth in Parliament, noting figures like Edmund Waller at sixteen, Charles James Fox at nineteen, Chesterfield at twenty, and William Pitt who, after a maiden speech, rose to high office by age twenty-four. It highlights the Commons as a broad, age diverse body and recalls sparking moments and harsh fates for young legislators.
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House of Commons
Commons
Edmund Waller
Clarendon
Charles James Fox
Midhurst
Westminster
Tom
Chesterfield
William Pitt
Appleby
Fox
Pitt
End of the Hotel of Kings in Paris Hotel Bristol closes its grand era
The Hotel Bristol, nicknamed the hotel of kings, once the select Paris retreat founded in 1867 by Mr Morlock, fades into memory after hosting royalty including Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The historic building, famed for royal signatures and scenes, now welcomes an American bank as its new occupant.
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Bristol
Paris
Morlock
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
King George
Greece
Leopold
Belgium
Queen Alexandra
George
Queen Mary
Don Carlos
Portugal
Amelie
Trees Enter Hall of Fame From Across America
The American Forestry association collects nominations for notable trees. A Spartansburg South Carolina tree with a toppled crown from 1832 is listed, along with the Lisbon Ohio site where Indians and settlers debated iron kettle ore. Other nominations include the Sir Joseph Hooker Oak in Chico California and the Brunswick Georgia Largest Live Oak with a 26 foot circumference.
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Spartansburg
5. C
American Forestry Association
Lisbon
Ralph G. Smith
Circleville
Royce
Joseph Hooker
Chlce
Cal
Sherman
A. D
Brunswick
Fatal Famine Follows Feast Among Quigillingok Tribe
John H. Kilbuck, Kushokwim River district schools superintendent, reports in the annual education bureau summary that a feast and ensuing famine last winter and spring nearly destroyed the Quigillingok natives. At least 42 deaths occurred. missionaries provided a meager food supply easing the crisis. Recovery for the Quigisingoks is expected to take years.
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John H. Kilbuck
Kushokwim River
Alaska
Killbuck
Bureau of Education
Mr. Kilbuck
Mint Sets Record for Coin Production in 1019 at Philadelphia
The Philadelphia mint shattered coinage records in 1019 with domestic output totaling 60,015,000 pieces, up from 967,845,008 in 1018. Foreign coinage reached 90,520,195 pieces, vs 28,480,000 the prior year.
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Philadelphia Mint
Early Struggles Tell Me Mr Wombat of Your Alvngelos
Fragmentary lines recount asking Mr Wombat about early alvngelos with evasive replies. Source text shows garbled dialogue and missing context, including references to a mother and miswritten names. Readable portions suggest a humorous or poetic exchange without clear narrative.
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Mr. Wombat
Anya
Sbe
Kaniae Hy Maury
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Genuine Bayer Tablets
The Bayer Cross marks genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and guards against imitation. The ad notes physicians prescribe them for many pains and conditions and advises buying an unbroken package with proper directions. Handy twelve tablet tins are cheap, with larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Forced Honesty in a Street Exchange
A dialogue captures a boy Dick confessing he picked up a dropped quarter and returned it to the owner, praised by Father for his honesty. Flatbush comments on paper napkins seen as sanitary, though they irritate when worn near the neck, Bensonhurst notes.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Nut Bearing Native Trees and Beacon Statue Facts
The passage notes Spohn Medical Company in Goshen Indiana and describes the Statue of Liberty’s beacon experiment with lamps inside the torch, later deemed sentimental and extinguished in 1902. It surveys hickories including shagbark and pecan in Indiana, the distribution of black walnut, and the tough, valuable woods facing overexploitation.
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Spohn Medical Company
Goshen, Ind
New York Harbor
Government
Lghthouse Board
Lighthouse Board
War Department
Rocky Mountains
Iniuna
Indiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Second Love Worth More Than First, Says The Reason
They say England is crazy over spirits. No wonder with a lot of our stock probably going over there. A man's second love is apt to be worth more money than the first. Mistakes of the past should be made over into guideboards of the future.
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England
Too Bright Too Smart Causes Hasty Advice
Dialogue shows a new employee labeled bright but overconfident, prompting conflict as he tries to boss the business after less than a month. The exchange highlights tension between newcomer ambition and established management.
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