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Lashes of Life and Local Disasters Across Cities
The clipped dispatch reports Charles Miller, a jail trustee in Chicago, planning a theft after a wall slam, while in Morgantown Howard Carrico suffers injuries and a missing daughter drains cash from his pocket. In Lonaconing magistrate Ford dies after a miners meeting speech, and in New York political boss John H. McCooey marks his birthday amid talk of tax and policy changes.
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