Atlanta Bancroft gang swindled victims across states
A city hearing outlines a trillion dollar banco gang operating from Reading to Texas that fleeced victims in Atlanta and across states. Dozens indicted, including W R Manning and Floyd Woodward, with raids uncovering a broker office full of fake money and cards.
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Mills
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Chicago
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Cuba
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Aitkin
Abe Powers
Powers
New York
Union Station
Bunco
Ansley Hotel
Clyde Smith
Harry Payne Whitney Company
Harry Payne Whitney
Capital City
Bite of Poison Bug Kills Man in West Virginia
A fifty year old huckster A Tutweller died at his Kersey West Virginia home from poisoning caused by an insect bite while at church.
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Cumberland
Mole
M. A.tutweller
Kersey
W. Va
Plea for the Hen on Airplanes and Nuisances of Modern Travel
A Hartford Courant piece humorously argues that hens, busy laying eggs for humans, struggle with modern inventions from bicycles to airplanes. Pro Bono Publico in St John’s protests airplanes over the city, fearing frightened poultry and egg shortages, urging restraint before air travel becomes a greater pest than bikes and cars.
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Pro Bono Publico
Daily News
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Hartford Courant
Rent Profiteering in Manila Ignites Tenant Complaints
The Times of Manila reports landlords are raising rents abnormally amid housing shortages. Workers and firms complain of high demands for homes stores factories and bodegas with many forced to yield. The paper urges a rental commission to protect lessees and renters from gouging, likening it to existing rate commissions for travel and utilities.
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Manila
Times
the Times
War Changes Views of North African Wives in Europe
The article notes many Moslems from French North Africa served in World War I and mixed with European troops and American soldiers. It claims these interactions helped break prejudice against Christianity and shift attitudes toward women. Moroccan and other tribesmen married French girls, exposing men to women with education and capabilities beyond traditional roles. Schools for girls in Algiers and Constantine face renewed pressure from Moslem men seeking educated wives.
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North Africa
Europe
France
Algiers
Constantine
Thoes
Beaver dam costs in New York state
A brief note reports the financial impact of beaver dam construction in New York, estimating costs to state resources and management efforts without detailed figures.
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New York State
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