King Adams Policy Ring Profits Revealed in Raids
New York dispatch details raids on Albert J. Adams policy shops. Papers show daily receipts over 2000 dollars and yearly profits around 2.1 million dollars with millions more diverted through police protection and bribery. Thirteen arrests include Adams lieutenant Michael Bergen and links to Devery and Sullivan associates.
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New York
Albert J. Adams
Anti-vice Society
Parkhurst Society
Anti-policy Society
al Adams
New Perk
Adams
King of
FF. Norton Goddard
W. Thirty-first-st
Parkhurst
Goddard
Capt. Goddard
Frank Moss
Thirty-first-st
Thirty-second-st
Thirty-fourth-st
Poucher & Co
Peter de Lacy
George Scannel
Benjamin Steinhardt
John J. Scannell
Timothy D. Sullivan
John B. Sexton
Frederick S. Gibbs
Health Board
Moss
Michael Bergen
Devery
al” Adams
Policy
Olne
Leutenant
Michael J. Bergen
Deverey
Frank Farrell
Imay
Sufferings of Gold Hunters in the Frozen Klondike Tale
R C Gardner longtime theatre figure and Rice Barton Rose Hill manager recounts his Klondike trek from Dawson to Nome via Koykuk and Janana districts. He describes 19 days adrift in the Oregon with scarce food and freezing conditions, weight loss to 90 pounds, and gnats called Rinski tormenting miners. Gardner survived and plans another expedition to protect claims. He helped found the Orpheum circuit and remains active in theatre.
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R. C. Gardner
Rice & Barton Rose Hill Folly
Empire
Dawson City
Dawson
Koy- Buk
Koykuk
Shah
Janana
Nome
Oregon
Seattle
Maritime Courts
Northern Pacific
Gardner
Orpheum
How Indianapolis Street Cars Hire Motormen and Conductors
The Indianapolis street railway company hires men under strict criteria. Applicants undergo physical exams, eye and hearing checks, shop training, car coaching, and on road practice. The process includes a chief inspector’s lessons on wiring and rules, plus testing stopping and starting judgment.
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Indianapolis Street Raiilway Company
Hidden Hearts at the Wildwood Inn Passions
At the Wildwood inn Belle Annis prepares for her wedding day while Roger Black, who has long waited for her, grapples with jealousy and rumors. A dress rehearsal reveals Belle in a bridesmaid costume, sparing him heartache and sealing a secret joke among friends.
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Black
Roger Black
Miss Annis
Belle
Annie
Miss Annie
Piazza
Miss Stanley
Annis
Was It Legal Judge Stubbs Salary Dispute
The report notes judges began drawing a $2,500 salary after the 1895 act raised pay from $2,000. City attorney Joss says the raise may be valid but an ordinance approving it should have passed the council.
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Stubbs
Joss
Actress Seeks Damages Over Hazardous Hair Dye Mixup
The claim recounts a European actress who took a drug home and mixed it with directions. Her hair turned vivid green for weeks, ruining her appearances and, she says, causing significant losses to her theatrical company. She alleges she was given egg dye rather than nalef, seeking damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Verona
Hair Dye Turns Actress Hair Green in Court Fight
Miss Lillian Verona sues druggist John Tiehl for 2000 damages claiming a henna leaf dye purchase changed her hair from black to green instead of auburn. She says the error forced stage withdrawal and financial and emotional losses. trial set for Monday before judge and jury.
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New York
Lillian Verona
John Tiehl
Miss Verona
Hennaleaf
Running for lunch hurts none says quick bite habit
An article argues fat man or busy executive can eat on the run without causing dyspepsia and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach troubles. It notes testimonials from Clarence Carnes of Virginia and claims the medicine, with Pleasant Pellets, cleanses impurities and aids digestion.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Clarence Carnes
Taylorstown
Loudoun Co
Pierce
Indiana Snippets from Hoosier Chronicle Roundup
A collage of small-town notes from Tipton to Peru and beyond. Mentions include naming Indiana schools after distinguished locals, shops in Lima, educators honored in Evansville, and Sam Jones’s push for village incorporation. Also covered: a Jeffersonville barber, a Christmas candy sacks donation, cross-border crow bounty, haunted Plymouth house, a Madison ring joke, and peculiar local reports on beer clubs, ads, and a dramatic strychnine toast incident.
Python Eats A Lizard In Central Park Menagerie
New York December 18 reports a large central park python abandoning its regular meal to swallow a two foot iguana in the cage. Keeper Jake Cook found the bulging snake digesting its breakfast later. The scene notes the iguana’s horns and wriggling tail as evidence of the ambush.
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New York
Central Park
Jake Cook
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King Adams
Klondike
Stearns
Drogetsts
Drogetsts and Grocers
Express Prapare. Stearns’ Electric Paste GO
Chicago
Mis
Wee Weepine Press
Wildwood Inn
Belle Annis
la Perold Witz NY Re
Santa Claus
Toyville
Yate Coccee Sane
Florida
Tipton
Peru
Marion Chronicle
Sam Jones
The
Pittsboro Sun
Tom Brock
New Albany
Tom
Isaac Cutter
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute
Mr. Egg
Kokomo
Mr. Nog
Michigan
Indiana Boundary Line
Plymouth
Truman Ward
Madison
Montgomery County
Hickory
Fremont
Indiana
Warren D. Wells
Elwood
Goa
John Winebrenner
Hecla
Dr. Thomas
Baldwin's Music Store
Carmen
Cooper & CO
N. Meridian St
the Starr Piano Co
Pennsylvania
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