Great Guttenburg Stampede Heist at Track
In Guttenburg a crowd of thousands at a poolroom track spurs a stampede after detectives William Lyman and M Collins stage a clever ruse. Brownley of the San Francisco force is crippled in the rush while the two crooks escape in a pullman car with a large haul of money and watches.
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Mickey
Brownley
Chase
Mr. Collins
Lynnn
Callios
Collins
Lyman
Guttenburg
Jhen
Soe
J. Brownley
William Lyman
M. Collins
Billy
Mr. Lyman
Benedict Arnold Shown a Quitter
A hitherto unpublished Worcester fragment reveals Benedict Arnold’s early Revolutionary War experiences. It cites his May 1775 Massachusetts safety committee commission to seize Fort Ticonderoga, his resignation letter to the Provincial Congress, and his later Quebec campaign, ending with his West Point betrayal years later.
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Worcester
Benedict Arnold
Tve Cone
Ammold
Massachsetts Committee of Safety
Cambridge
Ticonderoga
Arnold
Congress
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Crown Pointeas
Guy Carleton
New Yark
Benedict “Arnold
Committee of Safety
Coronel
New England
American Antiquarian Society
Benjamin Gburch
Vermiont
Jethan Aln
Atlony
Allén
Massachusetts Committee of Safety
Crown Point
Veing
Massachusetts Committee of “Safety
Allen
St. John
Canada
Grown Point
Cong
Provincial Congress of the
Massachusetts Bay
Fatal fish poisoning mystery in Honolulu
Honolulu Hawaii the death recent of two Chinese attributed to eating balloon fish has sparked debate over whether the dish is poisonous by itself or from poisonous seaweed or preparation. The Queen's Hospital bulletin says the six balloon fish were not poisonous. they may have eaten poisonous seaweed. Legends revive as experts note certain fish can be poisonous in Molokai or under specific conditions, while Hawaiian belief holds that no poisonous seaweed exists locally.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Queen's Hospital
Theme
Molokai
Bargain License Poplar Bluff Sale Leads to Dubious Bride Paper
At Poplar Bluff a first sales day event featured many articles including a marriage license. The price was halved and W. Wilson bought the paper for 75 cents and left the prospective bride’s name blank saying he would use it in time.
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Poplar Bluff
W. We Wilson
Wilson
Bootblack Sees Child First Time in 15 Years
Giuseppe Carnazo the official bootblack of police headquarters held a home party for his seventeen year old daughter Antoinette, whom he had not seen since she was two. He and his wife Catherine had sailed from Italy fifteen years earlier leaving son Mario and Antoinette with relatives in Catana. They passed through Ellis Island and vanished into New York's East Side before Giuseppe became a bootblack.
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New York
Giuseppe Carnazo
Antoinette
Italy
Carnara
Catherine
America
Mario
Catana
Giuseppe
Ells Island
The Origin of Vitamin Word and Early Claims
The term vitamine was coined by Dr Casimir Funk after purifying extracts from rice polishings and testing them on pigeons with polyneuritis. He chose the name from vita life and aire, suggesting a life sustaining, nitrogen containing substance.
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Casmir Funk
Fife
Chocolates Dropped From Airship at Tarentom Birthday
At Andrew Lucas’s Tarentom home friends gather for a party when a box of chocolates falls to the lawn from the passing dirigible Los Angeles. A note signed by ship cook L. W. Limbley reads Bave some chocolates and be happy, sending regards to all.
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Andrew Lucas
Tarentom
Los Angeles
L. W. Limbley
Ship Cook
Peterson's Ointment claim strength against skin blemishes
The ad touts the health power of Peter son's Ointment for eczema itching of skin and scalp, pimples sores ulcers piles chafing sunburn and burns. It asserts rapid relief and wide use nationwide with a Buffalo based Ointment Co. endorsement from merchants.
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Peterson
Ointment Co
Buffalo
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Alexander Werner
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