Sioux City Judge Pardons Candy Generous Merchant
In Sioux City Judge Page's police court a generous merchant using the alias A Wilkins escapes jail, recalling a past gift of peppermint sticks to the judge when he was a youth. The judge recognizes the man, offers a handshake, and releases him after a brief two day sentence. The scene underscores a moral about kindness to boys and lasting connections.
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Sioux City
A. Wilkins
Judge Page
Iowa
Wilkins
Young Page
Page
Judge
Pris
Sam Page
Battle Creek
Ack
Jewish Girls Strike Over Low Wages in Paterson Factory
In Paterson New Jersey Aug 9 a strike among 28 underwear factory workers sees 18 Jewish girls refuse to work while 10 native American girls return to machines. They say piece work yields as little as 1.50 to 3 a week and contend three dollars cannot cover board washing and clothing costs, with Lillie Arronsohn calling for higher pay and fair living conditions.
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Paterson
N. J
Lillie Arronsohn
Bank Presidents Admit Long Fraud At Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Chicago reports a widening fraud case at the Milwaukee Avenue State bank. President Paul O. Stensland and Cashier Henry W. Hering admitted to systematic plunder over years. They acknowledge joint peculation totaling 1,003,000 dollars from the savings of about 22,000 families, as written in their own records.
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Chicago
Ill
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Stensland
Hering
Lake Ada Residents Report Sea Serpent Sighting
Summer residents at Lake Ada Minnesota report sighting a sea serpent near the shore. Businessmen B E Wideman and J J Allen say they saw a long reptile object about ten rods from shore in bright moonlight as they returned from Longville. The descriptions start with a boatlike form that lunged and disappeared.
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Pine River
Minn
Lake Ada
B. E. Wideman
J. J. Allen
Sen
Longville
Berlin Man Arrested For Sneezing In Line
The Berlin incident reports a citizen punished for sneezing in the street. Lawyer Schmidt, a military reservist at Magdeburg, blew his nose in line before a reviewing officer and faced a court martial. He claimed catarrh. the court jailed him ten days for disrespect.
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Berlin
Schmidt
Madgeburg
Balloonist Falls Thousand Feet at Little Falls
Willian Johnson, a balloonist, fell 1000 feet at Little Falls when his parachute failed. He rose to 3000 feet to begin a double descent, the first chute opened, then the second failed as strings broke, leaving him to crash onto railroad tracks with fatal injuries.
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UT Sca
N. Y
Willian Johnson
Little Falls
Johnson
Wray Held Over Embezzlement Charge In Toronto
Clinton B. Wray arrested in Toronto on embezzlement suspicions tied to a $125,000 theft from Union Trust Pittsburgh. He and common-law partner Grace Loughry admit possession and gambling, saying they have no funds left. Detectors traced them from eastern states to Toronto.
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Toronto
Ont
Pitsburg
Clinton B. Wray
Wray
Middle States
Union Trust Company
Pittsburg
Toranto
Middle
New York State
Buffalo
Tremont House
Miss Loughry
Mrs. Wright
Somcoe Street
Girl’s Activity Triggers Telegraph Strike
In New York Bayonne dispatches, a 14 year old girl named Hilda Reiss challenged late messenger boys from the West Eighth street station. With a cap and a bicycle funded by her mother, she began delivering telegrams to prove she could outperform the sleepy male couriers.
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Hilda
Bayonne
Titus
New York
West Eighth Street
Hilda Reiss
Regula
Stop Mormon Flood to New York
Acting Commissioner Murray received orders to stop the importation of women converts by the Mormons. Mormon agents are active in Europe converting women and shipping them to the United States. Murray will not assume port operation here but has inspectors tracing and returning suspected cases to Europe.
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New York
Murray
Washington
Europe
Young pirate hid loot in Williamsburg cellar
Hyman Ratsky, 12, emulated Captain Kidd by burying $400 cash and $300 in checks in a cellar after stealing from Isidore Cohen's provision shop in Williamsburg. He and 13-year-old Morris Weiss were found at Coney Island after a two hour chase, with Ratsky spending $20 before capture. Ratsky faces grand larceny charges. Weiss is held on vagrancy.
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New York
Captain Kidd
Hyman Ratsky
Williamsburg
Isidore Cohen
Moore Street
Kidd
Coney Island
Leutenant
Morris Weiss
Ratsky
Cohen
Green
Rostok’s
Weiss
Throop Avenue
Bartlett Street
Piece system would stop labor trouble
Milwaukee secretary William J. Fairbairn of the Metal Trades and Founders bureau argues the molders strike could have been avoided if unions followed their by laws. He advocates the premium system as a fair compromise and says the piece system, though ideal, causes dissension between employers and workers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William J. Fairbairn
The
Metal Trades and Founders’ Bureau
Mr. Fairbairn
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Gee
Opells
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Grace Loughry
Victoria Street
Kittaning
Michel’s Perfection Beer
C. & J. Michel Brg. CO
la Crosse, Wis
Seania
H. C. Evenson
Gov. Johnson
Doerflinger
Wisconsin Light & Power Co
Virginia
Kentucky
LA Crosse
Gillette Sales “Company
Times
Times Sq
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