Mystery of the Mora murder unfolds in old case
Detectives Mitchel and Barnes pursue a murder tied to Matthew Mora and his son Mora Jr. Bloodstains on the will suggest foul play. The abandoned child and a Lily of the Valley motif drive a web of alibis, spies, and a planned marriage as Mitchel probes at Apollo Hall and the riverfront.
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Bynopsie
Mitchel
Barnes
Matthew
Murin
Mat‘Mora, Jr
Mora
Mor
Mr. Mitchel
Metropolitan Founding Society
Col. Payton
Saist
ITI
Gerriffin
Pulaski
Rebecca
Apollo Hall
Matthew Mora
Asly
Slipm
Preacher Tvers
Mitchel Ce
Essex Street
Morton
Sween Barnes
Preacher Jim
Mitchel Overieyes
Jim
Margaret Na
Pery Sam
Matthewed
Lilian Vale
Mitcher
Foundling
Sis
Hid
Lilian
Mat‘om
Tias Mora
Maure
Lil
Tdita' van Courtland
van ‘Courtilands
Perdita
Boston
Europe
Secret at Mrs Cooper's leads to Lily’s hidden past
A man confronts Mrs Cooper about Lily, her adopted daughter, and Lily’s secret baby found abandoned in a graveyard. He intends to rescue Lily from unknown danger and demands full details to proceed. The scene ends with a promise to continue the tale.
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Lily
Beet Sugar Boost in Washington Affects Tariff Debate
Washington observers report the House passed resolutions seeking state department data on Charles Macrum’s Pretoria statements. Payne notes the beet sugar industry’s rise with 100000 tons production this year and 51 new factories, urging tariff leverage for future Philippines measures. A separate bill on beer packaging proceeds under suspension as Army inquiry into the Coeur d’Alene mine troubles begins hearings, with Hatch and Sulzer under scrutiny and debate over investigative costs.
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Washington
House
State Department
Charles BE. Macrum
Pretoria
Payne
Ways and Mears
Sugar Trust
Philippines
Journal
House Committee On
Idaho
Couer d'Alene
Hull
Sulzer
Lentz
Marsh
Illinois
Chicago Labor Lockout Enters Second Week With Unemployment Rise
Chicago reports entering the second week of the building trades lockout. Both sides show grim resolve as contractors indicate they may hire non union workers, risking violence. Officials note more unemployed men gathered at labor headquarters than since the strike began. Contractors claim they have filled 700 locked out positions.
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Chicago
Association of Contractors
Steel trust talks to unite major producers in New York
Pittsburgh reporters say representatives from the American steel hoop company Americas tin plate company National steel company and American sheet and steel manufacturers will meet in New York on Wednesday to discuss forming a combined entity with about 150 million dollars in capital. The group would control steel sheet and tin plate globally and may dictate European prices.
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Pittsburg
American Steel-Hoop Company
Americas Tin-Plate Company
National Steel Company
American Sheet and Steel Manufacturers
New York
Europe
Yale Professor Warns 300 Seniors About Marriage Talk
Professor William Graham Sumner urged Yale to locate the student who shared his pessimistic lecture on marriage. He argues the confidential classroom remarks were leaked and seeks expulsion for violating trust. Sumner contends marriage is an ideal rarely realized, noting Puritan and early forms lacked ceremony.
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New Haven, Conn
Wiliam Graham Sumner
Yale University
Sumner
Exerly
Prof
Two Women Sell Shine Tickets in Indianapolis Scam
Rosa and Kitty Berg posing as shoe shiners set up near Pennsylvania and Washington streets promising shine tickets at two chairs. They contacted barbers Hughes and sought a room from Hughes' shop under Huder's drug store, planning to start Feb 24. They used a French accent, claimed France and New York roots, and lured men with tickets selling for ten cents or three for a quarter, then vanished after a string of purchases. A similar tale of a Chicago born con artist surfaced in Evansville last fall.
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Steters— Rosa
Kitty Berg
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Hughes
France
New York
Chicago
Evansvile
Barto Case Sparks Interest in Mental Health Experts
Frederick Barto of Somerville New Jersey survived a locomotive crash that tore his skull and fractured the base yet remained conscious and later spoke with clarity. Once a paralytic with a melancholy disposition his mind now shows unusual lucidity and doctors hope for recovery after the severe head wound. He had recently returned from Newark hospital and was arguing with a suitor when struck on Jersey Central tracks by an eastbound freight train.
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Mr. Mitchel
Portieres
Mara
Grand Central
Boston
Brunswick
Europe
Mr. Barnes
Mora
Hal
Barnes
Mrs
Perdita
New York
Frederick Barto
Somerville
N. J
Barto
Newark
Jersey Central
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Offer Radical Cure Claim
An advertisement argues catarrh is a constitutional blood disease and promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe pleasant tasting internal remedy. It claims tablets reach the throat and stomach, avoid douches, and cure by cleansing the blood, with a free booklet offered from F. A. Stuart Co.
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Mimany
Stuart
Ainslee
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Train Schedule Snippet for Benton Harbor and Wabash
A partial timetable shows Benton Harbor departures at 6:35 AM and 2:10 PM with return at 11:15 AM and 3:06 PM. Wabash accommodation lists 4:50 PM and 9:25 AM, indicating onward timing details.
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Union City
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Boston Mail
Bos “Knick
Benton Harbor
Wabash
Cincinnati Express
Cincinnati
Greensburg
Wash
Flex
N.ver
Louis
Peoria, Bloom
Peoria & Bloom
Champaign
W. Washington
Chicago
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Monon
S2ham
Tal
Mich. City
Peru
Tolego
Plym
T. H
St.l
West
Bam
T.H
St. L. Accom
T. H. St
Effingham Ac
St. Li Fast
Sam St. L
All P’nts West
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Thole
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Cupid
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Yale
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Erin
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Somerville, N. J
J. L. Ry
City Ticket Ofice
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Cleveland Line
Benton Harbor Line
ST. Louis Line
St. Louis Accom
Pep
St. S. W
Lafayette
Morrow
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
M. E. Henderson
West Chest
Sloan Dias Co
the Omega
Pennsylvania Street
Majestic Building
California
Union Pacific
San Francisco
A. G. Shearman General Agent
Us. Pac. R. R
Carew Building
J. H. June
Tray. Pass
Union Pacific Railroad Co
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Anderson
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Marion Club
Indianapoli
Indiana National Bank
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Ivor Johnson
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Pennsylvania Lines
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Richmond
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Logansport
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Phia
New
Baltimore
Columb’s
Martinsv
Phil’phia
Col
Vandalia Lines
Lake Eric & Western
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