Man Traps Frisco boodlers with sharp detective work
The noted case features Burns, Hed, and detective methods in San Francisco graft trials. It details how a bribe-taker was exposed, confessions secured, and a counterfeit ring unraveled through meticulous surveillance and staged encounters. The narrative highlights Burns’s inside knowledge and bold tactics against official corruption.
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Hiner
Lotnerroy
Francisca
Kniss
Ruetafur
Seanet Bbs Posse
Yleney
Grattar
Pyust
San Francisco
Burag
Welkoud
Tio
Sloney
Burns
Selunls
Paparylsors
Liem—Lonergan
Loneman
Belbe
Lonergnait
Burns Got To Work On Ddvaeny
Mie
Heney
Jack
Portugal’s Land Reclamation Effort Aims Ten Million Acres
Vice and Treasury consul West Rinehart reports Portugal pursues reclaiming arable land with a system of allotments. In Serpa district 100000 acres are divided into £6 plots, rents set by value. Beekeeping history cited, land restoration linked to wider European revival, targeting about 2 million more acres.
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West Rinehart
Ot Iifabon
Europe
Tle
Portugal
Serpa
Embryo
Origin of the Kiss Unearthed by Oriental Scholar
Prof Hopkins of Yalo reports to the American Oriental society on The Soiff Kiss in Ancient India. He argues the genuine kiss was invented by a woman and traces its evolution from the sniff kiss through caress and nose rubbing to the modern form.
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American Oriental Society
Hopkins
Yalo
India
Prof. Opkins
Ipin
Wisconsin Smoke and Fire Damage Hit Milwaukee Mills
Reports from Milwaukee describe a major blaze causing $60,000 in damage with smoke spreading to nearby millinery stock valued at $100,000. Fire confined to auction and wholesale rooms as dense smoke filled the building, water damaged the millinery stock, and nearby structures avoided major damage upon inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Kaufer, Smithing & Co
Wholesale Nuimery House
Nde
PAYS $1,500 FOR KILLING MAN IN AUTOMOBILE CASE
Edward Collier, convict for killing William Dreyer of Du Page county, paid $1,500 total costs to settle a $3,000 suit in an automobile case. The circuit court verdict faced no appeal. The jury urged Judge Belden not to alter the district attorney’s demand for a prison sentence. Extra pay approved for Wisconsin First Regiment officers. Lt. Ward Clemons to receive $125 with others to follow.
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Kenosha
Edward Coller
William Dreyer
du Page County
Collier
Haan
Belden
Raelne
Wisconsin
War Department
Ward C. Clemons
Compaung F
Drainage Canal Assured by Judge Geiman Ruling
Judge Geiman approves Avon drainage canal project in Rock County Wisconsin. Commission appointed properly and work to begin, reclaiming thousands of acres marshland. Estimated total cost 72600 with assessments 10.63 to 3405.70 per property, bonded for 10000, five installments, authority to borrow funds for construction.
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Janesville
Grin
Watt
Avon Drainage Canal Commission
Rock County
Evansville
KING TALKS TO STUDENTS ON NATION'S COLORS AT RIPON
Gen Charles King addressed Ripon college students in chapel on the Amietr Jean flag and deplored laxity toward national colors at home while defending them abroad. He warned Western youth against showing deference to superiors through authority, which would reflect on self-image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripon
Charles King
Ripon College
Jean
Aero Club to Organize Great International Ballaga Race
An aero club plans a preliminary effort toward forming the Great International Ballaga Race this fall. The event will feature top entrants from nations including the United States, France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Italy, with multiple prizes and a Gordon Bennett cup contest.
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Arpania
Valles
Ldemt
W. Datin
Val Yoon
Gorden Bennet
Avro Club
Amerten
Prisettial Nathiaia
Af Te Warid
France
Germanny
Spain
United States
Willy Chalbang
Hal
Kent
Aero Club
Amerted
Classei Ag
Hays
Tring
Amy
Clase Yeu
Daria
Prince
Liewt
Prane Plain
United States Army
A Morker
Lahn
Une
Nusgleus
Acro Club
Apurte
Revolutionary House at Roxborough to be Restored in Philadelphia
The Washington Hotel in Roxborough, once a meeting point for yeomen during the Revolutionary War and later a base for soldiers in the War of 1812, is slated for restoration by W. Hor gartt of Philadelphia. A King of Prussia Inn landmark elsewhere in Germantown is also being identified by the Site and Relic Society with a commemorative tablet, clarifying its location amid conflicting reports.
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Roxborough
Philadelphia
Washington Hotel
Ames
Banda of W. 2
King of Prussia
Becausn
West Phladelphis
Ger
Eibirhan
Preterickis
Grert
ORK
Pripsaia Ina
Pruesia
Enor
Brededek
Mrasstetion
Germantown
Secoml
Aventreeta
David Evane
Thamar Bkelion
Chestnut Street
Peculiarly Appropriate Coat of Arms Debate
Mrs Parkenham and an expert herald arrange a coat of arms with a motto. They discuss a device for their field and ponder a punning inscription while joking about their husband’s money and household secrets in a humorous Chicago newspaper excerpt.
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Chicago
A Reminder in a Fragmented Memoir Patchwork
A jumble of garbled phrases recalls a hurried errand for a wife and a morning storm at sea. The text features names and places like Wisks-Kolla, Minks, Jersey, George, and a brisk, half-formed dialogue about shutters and a stare.
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Jersey
Ry George
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