Methods adopted by burglars in cracking bank safes
Memphis April 11 detectives discussed the Hernando Miss bank robbery and detailed expert safe cracking methods. The piece explains time lock safes use hardened metal, door-facing packing, and a vulnerable crack around the door, with explosions or powder charges, and describes muffling sounds, multiple explosions, and the level of difficulty to defeat burglar proofing. It notes that no safe is truly burglar proof and that skilled experts can defeat even highly protected vaults given time.
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Memphis
Tech
Hernando, Miss
Hernando
Reading PA tramp John Lynch 80 dies after almshouse life
Lynch, who called himself the oldest tramp in the United States, died at the almshouse and his body was sent to Philadelphia for dissection. The Irish immigrant recalled 60 years of roaming, urging youths to avoid tramp life and asserting that the world does not owe each man a living.
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Reading
John Lynch
United States
Philadelphia
Lynch
Ireland
Osage Indians Declared Richest People Worldwide
AV Washington April 11 reports from the Indian affairs office that Osage lands in Oklahoma yield about 120000 in rent annually and combined with other revenues their per capita income reaches 804.25. With 1972 tribe members sharing wealth, Osages also own 1 570195 acres valued around 7 850 975, while realty per capita nears 3987. The article notes schools, homes and even autos among Osages and mentions a $1 poll tax on whites on the reservation driving suitors away.
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AV Ashington
Commissioner of
Indlian Affairs
Oklahoma
Capt
A. C. Tanner
Indian Affairs
Kansas
United States
Jurors Named for May Federal Court Term
Those who must serve on the federal court juries during the May term have been selected and will be notified immediately. The grand jury and circuit court jury to report.
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Circuit Court
Aged couple starves on street to Bellevue Hospital
Mary Cone an 80 year old blind woman and Mark Cone 85 were found starving and near collapse on a New York doorstep. Police moved them to Bellevue Hospital where they received care while awaiting almshouse placement. Their tale recalls two missing sons and a long hard journey since arriving 60 years ago.
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Mark Cone
Bellevue Hospital
Mary C. Cone
Mark
Sweeney
E. Wirthst
Clark
Mary
Mary Cone
Bethlehem
Pat
Cone
William
Enraged mother stops elopers at rail station
At Rock Island station in La Salle Illinois a furious mother named Mrs Coxe halted the elopement of Mary Coxe and John Hiser. She chased them through the depot and attacked the couple with slaps and blows, while passengers laughed. Hiser was knocked to the floor and taken to the police station, the girl and her mother driven home amid cheers.
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LA Salle
Ill
Rock Island
John Hiser
Mary Coxe
Miss Coxe
Hiser
Dr W J Youmans Dead In Mt Vernon
Dr Wm Jay Youmans editor of Popular Science Monthly died in Mt Vernon at 63 from typhoid fever. A famed scientific writer, his death occurred Wednesday and is reported from Mount Vernon.
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MT. Vernon
Wm. Jay Youmans
Popular Science ‘Monthly
Poor Girl Becomes Heir to $75,000 in Becker Fortu ne
Florence Kaiser 18, living with her mother in Manhattan, is pursuing a share of Nicolas Becker’s $500,000 estate. The five year distribution lapsed before Sophie Becker was located. survivors from California and Boston prompted a San Francisco order, now reopened. Vin cent Victory and a San Francisco lawyer push to confirm kinship and secure Florence at least $75,000.
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New York
Florence Kaiser
Isabella Mendoza
Manhattan Ave
Phie
Boston
Sophie
Beckers
Thurigen
Germany
Sophie Becker
San Francisco
F. W. Reed
Vincent Victory
Nassau St
Charles Philip Kaiser
Kalser
Ferdinand William
Isabella Strange
Florence
Mendoza
Victory
Long-lost daughter and father reunite after 30 years
Martin Partin of California learned this week that his daughter Mrs KE EH Hesen of Davenport Iowa survived a near burial as a six month old infant in Decatur City Iowa. The girl grew up unaware of her father and recently sought him out, leading to a first reunion at her home where he now visits.
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Davenport
Martin Partin
California
Ke, EH. Hesen
Partin
Hesen
Decatur City
Far West
Iowane
Baby wins mercy as infant pleads for mother in court
In Chicago Judge Holdom spares Mary Oertel from penitentiary by sentencing her to 60 days in jail after the baby in her arms charms the court. The fur coat theft case, previously tied to Philadelphia and St Louis shoplifting, is partially dismissed with two counts dropped.
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Mary Oertel
Holdom
Oertel
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Evanston Bans Illustrated Poster Ads In Public View
Evanston residents renewed a poster war by burning brewery signs in the public square and issuing an edict to banish the large illustrated stays advertisement from the city limits. A petition circulates urging authorities to remove the sign from public view.
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Chicago
Evanston
Long Bridge to Be Replaced by Two Modern Structures
The historic Long bridge linking Virginia and Washington will be torn down and replaced by two new bridges for rail and road traffic. Built as the gateway to the south, it carried most north to south freight and passenger flow and figures prominently in Civil War lore. The Pennsylvania railroad company will construct the railroad bridge, promising top design and modern engineering.
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Washington
Long
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Maine Passes Law Punishing Mistaken Human Shootings
Bangor report notes Maine legislature enacted a penalty for negligently shooting and wounding or killing a person while pursuing wild game. Offenders face up to ten years imprisonment or a $1000 fine. County officials may be fined for failing to investigate. The measure targets careless hunters who mistake people for game amid hunting season fears.
New Indian Dish Captivates Washington Diners
A Washington trend features a mysterious entree traced to an East Indian nabob. The dish blends minced chicken livers with rice, grated coconut, and English chutney, and has enthralled women men and children alike. The recipe is printed here.
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Washington
World
James Brown Potter
Stock judging grows at Illinois with practical courses
In Chicago on April 11, the University of Illinois stock judging course, three years old, attracts over 300 students. The practical program leads to employment with salaries from two to five thousand dollars after nine months. Western colleges form an inter collegiate league, with a silver trophy donated by J A Spoor of Chicago. The class uses living animals for instruction and judges five to six animals per session.
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Chicago
University of Illinois
J. A. Spoor
Cow Tosses Infant After Red Clothes Anger
FRANKFORT KY April 1 A city clerk’s wife stood at a backyard gate when a cow charged their 16 month old son over his red clothing. The horn pierced the neck two inches, the windpipe narrowly avoided, the child unconscious but likely scarred. the mother suffered shock as the usually tame animal attacked.
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Frankfort
Egg Rolling at White House Draws 30000 Children
Easter Monday in Washington featured a sunny egg rolling on the White House grounds. Gates opened early and by nine o'clock the terrace lawns hosted a crowd of joyous children with baskets of colored eggs. The annual event drew an estimated 30,000 youngsters.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Negroes Held for Grand Jury in Corn Theft Case
John Martin and Joe Wilson, two African American men, are held for investigation by a county grand jury on charges of breaking into sealed freight cars of the Kansas City Southern and stealing 40 to 50 bushels of corn. A railway detective cites the case. a witness says the corn was sold as chicken feed to an elderly woman in the east bottoms. She claims 14 chickens consumed the corn in about forty days, a point that drew laughter in court.
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Ikansas City
John Martin
Joe Wilson
Grand
Spitz
Kansas City Southern Railway
East Bottoms
C. E. Copeland
Waal
Junkmen rejoice as most evade city license fines
About 60 junkmen and second-hand dealers raised 3300 last week, paying from 1 to 5 dollars each, while two attorneys fought the case. They first tried an unconstitutional racket but Judge Daly blocked it. They claimed ignorance of the ordinance and used schemes to show licenses were obtained before warrants. A large number pleaded good intentions and said they would quit business after selling out.
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Daly
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Maine
NEW Indian Dish
Dr. Fenner
Okin
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn
U.S. A
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Michelob
Anheuser-Standard
J. L. Bieler
MGR
Anheuser-Busch
Indianapolis
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DR. Tomson
Tomson
Stevenson Building
Theevaks Chemical Co
Incirnati
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Washington St
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