Robbery on Cotton Belt Train Near Texarkana
A bold daytime robbery on the Cotton Belt railway at Bassett Texas south of Texarkana left Postal Clerk John N Dennis gravely hurt and the mail car looted. The Waco Memphis through pouch and several registered packages were stolen as two men attacked Dennis and fled after uncoupling coaches along a floor trap door. Dennis survived and provided details at the hospital.
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Texarkana
Ark
Cotton Belt Railway
Bassett
Texas
John N. Dennis
Waco-Memphis
Dennis
Miss Bowen Bravely Guides Mail Pouch After Narrow Road Crash
In a perilous chase the pursuing horse careened along a narrow cliff edge. Miss Bowen urged the others to stay, then steered the horse toward a bank to avoid a fatal plunge. The passengers were thrown free. Bowen sustained serious lacerations while her companions received minor bruises. Bowen grabbed the mail pouch and hiked to catch a rail connection.
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Miss Bowen
Benk
Bandits Loot Doerschuck Bank in Bold Dawn Raid
Four masked men dynamited the Doerschuck bank vaults in Shanesville at 3 a.m. stealing between 3000 and 4000 dollars. Gunfire raked the street as residents hid. the robbers loaded specie into bags, escaped on a handcar toward Baltic, and bloodhounds pursued. Police tie the raid to a prior Seaville bank looting.
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Shanesville, CO
John Doerschuck
John Rhodes
Doerschuck Bank
Rhodes
Mary Knowles
Doerschuck
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Baltic
Here
Seaville
Hold Up On Illinois Central Train Near New Orleans
The south bound Illinois Central fast mail was halted a mile above New Orleans and Conductor Kennebec was shot in the back. Passengers were unmolested and no money was taken from the express car, as no money was kept in the safe. The robbers seized several registered money packages from the mail car.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central
Kennebec
Plucky Mount Carmel mail carrier saves lives on mountain road
Miss Esther Flown, a United States mail carrier from Mount Carmel, Pa., on December 13 faced a runaway horse and a perilous climb on a steep mountain road. She managed to control the carriage, saving herself and two women friends from a plunge into a deep ravine along the almost vertical slope.
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Mount Carmel
Esther Fiowen
United States
Buy Up Coal Mines Syndicate Seen Buying
A Wyoming Valley coal operator, who asked to remain unnamed, said a syndicate is attempting to buy all individual mines from Wilkesbarre to Carbondale. If successful, the group may extend to the Hazleton and Schuylkill regions. The area contains about 26 collieries with a capacity around 12,000 tons per day.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Reee
Witheld
Carbondale
Hazleton
Schuylkill
Blessing of St Joseph's Church Bells in Saco
In Saco Maine on December 18 a benediction blessed the new chime bells at St Joseph's church in a ceremony attended by about 2000 people including the mayors of Saco and Biddeford. Archbishop Begin of Quebec officiated.
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Saco
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Father Dupont
Begin
Quebec
Imitation fur items and tails advertised in catalog
Readable text lists imitation stone marten and eight tails, brown marten items with two heads and eight tails, fur wares with price 82.98 for brown marten, 85.00 for another item, 7.50 and 87.50 totals. Requires catalog-like sale notation and pricing details.
Men's Fine Leather Slippers in Various Cuts and Tones
An Everett store advertises men's slippers in high and low cut styles, black and tan colors, patent leather trimmings, and features Everts and Harvard ties. The listing appears with odd filler text and a price marker.
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Harvard
Batios Gahuen
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Bod Crimon Cotton Belt Railway
Illinois Central Fast Mall
Esther Bowen
Perience
Charles Williams
State Street
Robberrt Earl Spencer
Billerica
Myrtle Allen
Broadway
Children’s Morris
Ind
Barker Manufacturing CO
Roger and
Gallat
Woodworth
Christmas Furs
Santa Claus
Santa
China
Boston
Scoc
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