How a Thief Was Caught
In a Fidelity Trust office a masked intruder demands 25 Northern Ohio bonds. Veale Bell and Vicky Huber use a coded typewriter cipher to expose the plot and alert staff. The thief is captured with help from the watchman and Clarke, and the girls receive rewards for their quick thinking.
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Verne
Veale
Misa Victoria Huber
Vicky
Fidelity Trust & Safe Deposit Company
McWilliams
Chums
Young People's Society
Vente
Coddington
Mr. McWilliams
Miss Bell
Danny
Barker
Venle
Ohio
Mr. Barker
Fidelity
Northern Ohio Railway
McWiliama
Miss Huber
Mr. Spence
Mr. Clarke
Stoddart
Jockey
Venus
Simpst
Belgian Prisoner Rescued After Two Years in Turkish Cage
Edward Joris, sentenced to death on false evidence, spent two years in a damp prison cage in a Turkish jail. Tortured for a confession, he learned his wife was allegedly killed by a bomb. Belgium lobbied for his release and he returned home to kiss Belgian soil. He vowed to stay.
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Antwerp
Edward Joris
Belgium
Joris
Abdul Hamid
Turkish Detective Service
Lost in a Colorado Blizzard Four Days
D. R. Smith survived four days on trackless North Park mountains after his horse fell from a cliff and died. With snowbound roads and 25 below zero, he wandered without food or shelter, battled exhaustion, and reached his Colorado home where he collapsed at the door but may recover under a physician's care.
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Denver
D. R. Smith
Smith
North Park
Buffalo Pass
Anniversary of Lewis Hallam Father of American Theater
A hundred years after his death in Philadelphia actor Lewis Hallam is honored. He helped found American theater as actor and manager and remains a pivotal but unmarked grave figure. The piece notes his 1808 death in Philadelphia and cites contemporary notices and debates about his age, work, andLegacy.
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Lewis Hallam
Philadelphia
St. Peter's Churchyard
Daily Advertiser
South Fifth Street
Hallam
Haillam
Dunlap
Williamsburg
England
Josiah Quincy
Wife Spanks Husband In Divorce Suit
In Denver California Mack Gardner sues Millie Gardner for divorce alleging he was frightened by her superior strength and that she spanked him in the presence of their child. The couple married in April 1906 and have one child.
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Denver
Cal
Mack Gardner
Millie Gardner
District Court
Rat Invasion Triggers Gas Leak At Atlantic City Home
A rat reportedly turned on a gas cock at Charles Dexter's residence on Atlantic Avenue, causing gas to fill the house and nearly suffocate the occupants. Dexter detected the odor, found the flowing gas and the rat, which escaped.
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Homicide
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Dexler
Atlantic Avenue
Dexter
Dog Messenger Delivers Urgent Call for Doctor
A Rahway New Jersey doctor was summoned by a note fastened to a dog found six miles from town. The note written an hour earlier at Mrs. Andrew Woodbury’s farm urged immediate medical help as she was seriously ill. The trained carrier dog has never lost a message.
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Rahway
N. J
C. B. Holmes
Andrew Woodbury
Joe
Ghostly Wonders Reported in Turin House
Turin dispatches describe alleged spiritualist phenomena at Sig Cavallero's house. A coat reportedly wrapped around Mrs Cavallero, then moved along the hall. Beds allegedly self-made and lights operated by unseen hands. Lombroso investigates, suggesting a son acts as medium.
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Rome
Turin
Sig. Cavallero
Sesare Lombroso
Signora Cavallero
Lombroso
Madeira Hotel Syndicate Eyes Monte Carlo Style Casino Resort
A hotel syndicate led by M. Ritz is negotiating with Portugal for a concession in Madeira to build a luxurious casino resort. Madeira lies off Africa, offering a healthful climate, varied scenery, bullock carriages and hammocks for travel, and a growing hotel scene in Funchal. The island, discovered in 1418, produces wine from a five-wine grape and faces a shallow harbor with a stone pier at Funchal.
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Monte Carlo
M. Ritz
Madeira
Madeira Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Portugal
Funchal
Funchala
Zarco
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Montreal Street
Nenie
Venice
Atte
Anay
Turkey
Helgium
Colorado
America
New York
James N. Barker
Doctor
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