Greek Bandit Killed in New York Bank Messenger Shootout
In a crowded New York business section a Greek bandit and bank messenger Gardner died after a running duel. Messenger Orleman wrestled the bag from the robber George De Brosa after a volley on stairs near a subway station. Orleman, son of Colonel Louis H. Orleman U S A retired, pursued the robber through Broadway and Fourteenth Street before the gun misfired and De Brosa was captured and beaten. both men died later.
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New York
W. F. Orleman
Allan Gardner
Orleman
George de Brosa
Fourteenth Street
Graney
Broadway
J. 8. Golden
Interborough Special
Ner
Louis H. Orleman
Peekskill Military Academy
Cornell University
Wisconsin Doctor Says Baldheads Rarely In Asylums
Dr. Robert B. Clark, based in Monroe Wisconsin, asserts after examining hundreds of patients that almost no baldheaded men are insane. He cites his lifelong study of mental diseases and asylum cases across the country to support the claim.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Wis
Robert B. Clark
Dr. Clark
Pioneer Tragedy Told by Ancient Stone Tablet
The state museum received a sandstone tablet found near Spearfish by Louis Theon in 1887. Inscribed on the ten inch slab are a 1833 voyage with seven men including Ezra Kind and De La Compt, and a 1834 death fight with Indians after gold.
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High Hill
Oregon man to drown diamonds for legacy in bequest
J F Yates of Corvallis Oregon will receive six thousand dollars from the estate of Ernest W Arnold of Benton county Oregon if he sinks four diamond rings of Arnold’s deceased mother into the Pacific one mile off Yaquina bay. Arnold’s will dated May 17 1915 leaves jewelry to niece Marie White of Ruston Louisiana. The executor must also place a tombstone over the grave. The reasons for the unusual bequest are unclear.
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Oakland
J. F. Yates
Corvallis
Ore
Ernest W. Arnold
Benton County
Arnold
Pacific
Yaquina Bay
Yates
Marie White
Ruston
Electric lit farms becoming popular
Manhattan Kan Use of electricity on the farm for convenience safety or comfort is urged by G G McNair electrical engineering instructor at Kansas State Agricultural College. He notes lighting plants were rare twelve years ago and now grow in popularity with various power options and small plants costing about 134 dollars.
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Manhattan
Kan
G. G. McNair
Kansas State Agricultural College
Mr. McNair
Appalachian Mountains
Will of Missing Denver Man Offered for Probate
In Denver, the first probate of a will for a man with no death record is filed. George T. Sheets, a contractor who made the 1893 will at age 72, vanished a year after its creation. Attorney Edwin Parke found the document in Sheets safety and delivered it to the county clerk.
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Denver
George T. Sheets
Sheets
Edwin Parke
Parke
Chamley & CO
Shamley
Lalist
Valencia St
San Francisco
Cal
Unusual Second Wedding Under Misdirected Name
In Lamar Missouri an odd ceremony occurred when Roy McCurdey and Rosa Rector were married again after four years. McCurdey had earlier used the alias Roy Roach for courting and marriage, then admitted his real name McCurtley. Rosa Rector's parents insisted on a proper repetition with the correct name.
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Lamar, Mo
Roy McCurdey
McCurdey
Roy Roach
Rosa Rector
Lamar
McCurtley
New Year Disease Sweeps Nation With Vivid Irony
In this Albany Knickerbocker Press piece, a sarcastic look at New Year resolutions frames a widespread yearly lapse as a "disease." It notes the ritual of declaring self control on January 1, the temporary forgetfulness, and the rebound into normal habits, with a humorous take on industries affected by the so called affliction.
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Dreamland
Albany Knickerbocker Press
Pope Hosts New Year Service at Gesu in Rome
The Jesuit custom of New Year’s Eve services is observed worldwide with the pope attending in person at Gesu Church in Rome. The service features The Miserere and the benediction.
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Rome
New Year Appeal From Debtor Prisoners of New York
An 1751 advertisement from the New York Gazette records prisoners in the Gaol of New York thanking unknown benefactors for aid during severe winter. They note relief of two quarters of beef a cord of wood twelve shillings and bread with prayers for the donors’ health and happiness.
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Alice Morse Earle
New York Gazette
City
New York
Penny Saved Is Penny Gained Advertised Wares
The piece urges housewives to read newspapers for bargains and encourages merchants to advertise in the paper. It notes men and women both search ads for deals and stresses the newspaper as the best medium to reach buyers and sellers.
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Daring Holdup Grips
American Press Association
Baldheads
Spearfish, S. D
Kansas
Breen
S.H. Kngwiton
Attorneys AT Law
Hughes
J. A. Adams
Hughes & Adams Attorneys At Law
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
EB L. Baker
N. A. Pearson
Elliot Elk
Leavenworth, Wash
P. A. Snyder
Elliott Bidg
W. Hoxbey
G. H. Hannan
Wenatchee
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Washington
B. J. Williams
An.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Fox Lawyer
Weeler
Leavenworth,Washington
John E. Porter
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya, Mgr
Chelan County
Columbia Vally Bank Bldg
The
Echo
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Jack Ruth
W.M
A. G. McKeown
Secy
Tower
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Lela
Cascades
Cowlitz Pass
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly
W. W. Gray President
Becy
Knights of
Pythias
Firemen’s Hall
Valentine Franklin
Brown
Echo Office
Elman Hotel
W. E. Tomlinson
Prop
Se City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
Rees
Seattle
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