Youth charged with forgery and theft in Carnegie case
New York reports a $20,000 embezzlement at the Carnegie Trust Company linked to Thomas Browne of Manhattan and Mabel Love of Jersey City. Browne forged a teller’s name, gained a package at the post office, and fled with a girl her parents pursued, with the trust company pledging protection and siblings selling possessions to repay losses. The State Banking department will review the bank’s books as authorities search for the missing funds and Browne faces charges of abduction, forgery, and theft.
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New York
Carnegie ‘Trust Company
Trust
Trust Company
State Banking Department
Thomas Browne
Manhattan
Mabel Love
Mercer Street
Jersey City
Browne
Montreal
Mabel
Canada
Los Angeles
Carnegie Trust Company
General Post Office
Postofice
Wells Fargo Company
Himgelf
Pacific Coast
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Lunacy Officers to Study Hysteria in New York
Albany March 28 The state lunacy commission will study hysteria, officials announced. A review of cases in state institutions aims to produce a compilation larger than any in English and surpassing the German collection long carried on.
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Albany
N. Y
Police hold 19 year old in Ruth Wheeler murder case
New York police seek confession from Albert Wolter after finding Ruth Wheeler, 15, burned in his Seventy Fifth Street flat. Investigators report fingerprint evidence on her neck and say she was smothered before being placed in a gunnysack and burned alive while unconscious. The case expands to alleged traffic in young girls, with Kate Mueller, described as Wolter's wife, detained as a material witness.
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New York
Albert Walter
Ruth Wheeler
Wolter
Mueller
Walter
Fifth Street
O’hanlon
Wolters
O'xianlon
Heart Remedy Becomes Farm Worker’s Miracle Cure
In 1902 L Turley Cur d of Wilmore Kentucky reports severe dropsy with swollen limbs and heart fluid. After taking Dr Miles Heart Remedy he fully recovered and returned to farm work, praised for its tonic effects on heart nerves and muscles. The ad notes money-back guarantee if first bottle fails.
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Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Falls Dead On Floor Of A Restaurant In Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Michigan John F Savage aged 64 died from heart disease at the Acme restaurant 74 N Market street just as he and Charles Jonkman began their suppers Patr ol man Pretzel and Deputy Sheriff Flanders handled the body until Coroner Le Roy arrived The coroner ordered no inquest The deceased wife had died two months earlier and Savage had been living at the Soldiers Home Since his wife died he used to stay with the Soldiers Home He leaves daughters in New York and Chicago and J F Savage of St Louis Missouri his only son is not listed Miss Louise Savage a daughter living at 4116 Cass avenue was notified
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John F. Savage
Charles Jonkman
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Pretzel
Monroe Street
Flanders
le Roy
Berton A. Spring
Louise Savage
Cass Avenue
New York
Chicago
J. F. Savage
St. Louis
Soldiers
Fire escapes in city inadequate for safety
Indianapolis fire chief warns that tenement and factory workplaces pose serious escape risks despite new housing laws and state inspections. He cites Chicago’s fatal blaze and advocates mandatory drill exercises for workers to prevent panic and losses.
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Indianapolis
Allen Institute
Lfe
Chicago
Fire safety says Kirker bend ers used in schools
The report notes fair conditions with potential loss of life if a fire starts. It praises Kirker bend ers as the best fire escape, used in city schools, but its large size prevents installation in rat- or tenement-district buildings.
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C. E. Coota
Kirker Bender
Doctors Promote Spring Tonic for Liver and Blood Purification
Physicians recommend a mild spring treatment to refresh the stomach liver kidneys and intestines and purify the blood. The advertisement touts Hxung's Liver Veil's pills in 25-cent and one-dollar boxes as the best remedy for pimples sallow skin biliousness indigestion constipation kidney trouble and rheumatism caused by uric acid or impure blood. Available from dulins A Haag Indianapolis or local druggists.
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Hxung
Dulins A. Haag
Indianapolis
Ten Thousand Boy Scouts to Attend London Review
Ten thousand Boy Scouts are expected in London for a royal inspection to be reviewed by King Edward. The event, planned for June in Windsor Park, will see a large camp established nearby to accommodate the boys after the inspection, as many will travel from distant locations.
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BOY Scouts
London
Baden-Powell
Edward
Great Park
Uniform Bank Wreights installation at Mooreland
Col. A. A. Womack will install a new company of Uniform Bank Wreights of Pribias at Mooreland tomorrow night. On Wednesday he attends the state chancellors meeting at Terre Haute and on Thursday he participates in the dedication celebration of the new castle hall at Crawfordsville.
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U. R
Mooreland
Col
A. A. Womack
Uniform Bank
Pribias
Terre Haute
New Castle Hall
Crawfordsville
Three Hungry Boys Return Home From Runaway Detention
A telegram from Anderson Indiana reports three Indianapolis boys were taken into custody as runaways and sent back to their homes. Names given are Leo De Haven 17 of 211 Langley Avenue John Haven 14 of 1902 Fountain Street and Frank Crawford 14 of 2621 Feraway Avenue. They had been beating their way on trains and were very hungry when found.
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Anderson
Ind
Indianapolis
Leo de Haven
Langley Avenue
John Haven
Fountain Street
Frank Crawford
Feraway Avenue
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