Teuton Bandit's Arrest Ends a Daring Career
Berlin reports the arrest of Max Hoelz in Bohemia ends a romantic yet criminal chapter in revolutionary Germany. Hoelz led a short lived Volksgericht style regime from Falkenstein, disarmed guards, seized funds, burned mansions, and threatened executions before fleeing toward the frontier and being captured in Marienbach. His trial fate likely a prison term in Germany.
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Berlin
Max Hoelz
Bohemia
Germany
Hoelz
Vogtland
Saxony
Kapp
Plauen
Reichswehr
Falkenstein
Hoes
Trutzler von Falkensten
Woelz
Tragic car blaze ends party ride with two men fleeing
A four person auto crash near Old Mill road and Queens boulevard left a girl burned to death after two intoxicated men forced another companion into a second car and sped away. Neighbors Anthony and Katillas witnessed screams and the wreck before firefighters removed the charred remains. A fused wrist watch and charred papers from firms in Montclair Newark and Jersey City were found among the wreckage.
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New York
Helen
Old Mill Road
Queens Boulevard
Anthony Kutillas
Thomas Fischer
Palmetto Street
Ridgewood
N. J
Katillas
Fischer
Mr. Kutillas
Kutillas
Montclair
Newark
Jersey City
Unidentified Woman Found Near Death in Iowa Farm Graveyard
A mysterious young woman, found three miles from Manchester, lies near death after staying at a farm then a deserted houseboat. She refused to reveal her identity, saying she cut all home ties, and said nothing further before dying two days later. Local Red Cross workers report she made no identifying statement.
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Manchester
Red Cross
Tragedy on the Farm: Man Crushed Under Tractor
Cody Wye reports P D Pederson was found trapped under a toppled tractor during a ditch crossing. He suffered severe injuries including a crushed chest and broken arm, soaked in kerosene, amid freezing conditions as coyotes loitered nearby. He was rescued by a partner who searched after he failed to report. Pederson remains in critical condition.
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Hoelz
Berlin
Leipsic
Falkenstein
Cody
Wye
P. D
Pederson
Radio warns moonshiners in tri state area
Revenue agents reveal a wireless signaling system that coordinates moonshine operations across West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky. Confederate informed stations send coded signals from rail hubs, enabling distillers to vanish before raids. A diagram of a radio station was found at one location as investigators expand search efforts.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Congressman Kreider Confronts Profiteer Over Shoes
Representative Kreider of Pennsylvania, a shoe manufacturer, visits a Washington store, tries on a pair from his factory, and learns the price. The clerk quotes $7.50, then $6.75, then $3.95, prompting Kreider to call the clerk a liar and vow not to buy again.
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Kreider
Pennsylvania
Washington
Bull Rescued From Frosted Straw Stack Adventure
Frank Henize, farmer of Ripley Ohio, reported a red bull missing from his farm and advertised for its return. A week later the bull appeared alive in the center of a frost covered straw stack, having apparently eaten his way through the pile to reach air and water. The animal seemed none the worse for its ordeal, moisture from rain easing its thirst.
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Ripley
Frank Henize
Burglar Tries Hospital Break in Madisonville Case
A bold local burglar targeted Doctor Clifford at Nebo Madisonville Kentucky after arranging an operation. He was put to bed for the night and awoke to the patient and physician’s narcotics missing.
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Madisonville
Clifford
Nebo
Casco Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Tablet Relief
Casco Wisconsin resident Mrs Jules Bero Jr shares a fifteen year health recovery story after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for childbirth related weakness. She reports renewed strength, a minor later attack treated successfully, and endorses the remedy for other women.
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Casco
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jules Bero, Jr
Lydia
Finkham
Lydia Einkham Medicine Co
Gessner Credits Eatonic For Relief From Stomach Trouble
Mr Herbert M Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire describes years of stomach pain and food intolerance ending after using Eatonic. He reports rapid relief after taking portions of the product, resuming normal meals and water intake with no further pains.
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Herbert M. Gessner
Berlin
N. H
Eatonic
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Ons
Markneukirchen
Falkenstein Anzeiger
Herr Gradnauer
Gradnauer
Chemnitz
Gratdinauer
Socialist Organizations
Dresden
Freiheit
Plauenworl
Holz
Twoelz
Gera
Thuringian
Cetvil
Klingenthal
Bohemian
Tie
Burns
Falkenstein Hoelz
Marienbach
Ypres
Beens
Belgium
Western Flanders
Duke of Portland
Allied Agricultural Relief Comp
Daily Fly
Paik ci Ea ‘Oonaklyn
N.Y
Uncle Sam
CCEA
LA Richards
Secomda
Reo Ali
Reis
Cynthiana
Elling
Butte
Nasaau
New York City
Particulara Free
Harksnewe & Towler
Louisville
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