The Master Criminal Walter Eastman Sheridan
Allan Pinkerton tracked a famed gang led by Walter Eastman Sheridan who used a window trick to steal bank deposits, amassing $75,000 in minutes at a Baltimore bank and later committing larger forgeries worth millions. Sheridan fled to Belgium, returned as William A. Stewart, and was finally captured in New York after Pinkerton exposed the ruse. he died in prison before release.
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Allan Pinkerton
Walter Eastman Sheridan
Pinkerton
Sheridan
Baltimore
First National Bank
Springfield
Cleveland
Mechanices’ Bank
Scranton
Falls City Tobacco Bank
Louisville
America
Wall Street
No, GO Broadway
Belgium
William A. Stewart
Denver
Rosita
Colo
Colorado
Stewart
Brussels
Topf
Wolf Stewart
New York
Hat
Sing Sing
Strategy Of Lee Employed By Foch Admired Soldier And Leader
The Louisville Courier Journal notes Marshal Foch praised Robert E. Lee as one of history’s greatest military leaders. Foch’s tribute comes after Lee’s influence on Allied strategy in World War I aiding Allied victory against Germany.
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The
Louisville Courier-Journal
Marshal Foch
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Robert HE. Lee
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lee
Ferdinand Foch
Mame
Joffre
Foch
Hindenburg
Viscount Wolseley
England
Marlborough
Tight Wrist Watch Warning
Dr Stopford reports neuritis cases in fingers from tight wrist watches. A student felt tingling along the inner hand and little finger. pressure over the ulna styloid caused pain along the dorsal ulnar nerve. Discontinuing the tight wristlet relieved symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Stopford
Childs bold remark on a big voice elicits smile
A six year old plays a mother's Victrola, asks how Mme Galli Curci sings like that. Aunt Ellen explains the gift from God and training by masters, but the child fires back with a cheeky retort claiming God gave her a dizzy voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Mme. Galli-Curci
Bootleg Liquor Trade Surges as Prohibition Nears
Bootleg liquor moved to foreign storage before prohibition returns, with $1 billion handled by bootleggers and $300 million entering legitimate markets. John D. Appleby, prohibition chief for New York and New Jersey, notes a 233 percent profit margin, reducing bootlegging to a calculation of risk versus reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Appleby
New York and
New Jersey
German Mark Crisis Drives Prices Up in March
A Berlin report notes Germany added 496 million marks to the currency in circulation last week of March. Inflation pushes commodities higher while money remains scarce, with prices rising about twenty percent as the system struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Fragmentary travel note from Denver article
The readable lines mention a traveler from temperate regions and references flowers near a bank. Details are sparse with many missing words and unclear context about the trip or events surrounding the traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sithimer Mest
Denver
Ana
Jerusalem Siege Remains Silent as Allenby Enters
The text describes General Allenby entering Jerusalem on Christmas 1917, amid prophecy and mysticism surrounding the Christian Jewish and Moslem faiths. It notes a near bloodless siege, claims of Arab pride about Nile waters approaching Palestine, and a railway and pipelines crossing Sinai toward Gaza and the Suez. Jerusalem is hailed as a symbol of peace in this account.
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Allenby
Jerusalem
Mwe
P. W. Wilson
John Finley
Allah
Nile
Palestine
Egypt
Sinai
Gaza
Suez Canal
Babylon
Persia
Macedonia
Rome
David
Water waste in irrigation linked to crop losses
Dr Frederic E Clements of the Carnegie desert lab in Tucson warns that over a third of applied irrigation water is wasted in the Colorado basin. He notes that excess water reduces wheat yields, one irrigation can outperform two in India, and calls for climate aware, expansion contraction irrigation planning to cope with rainfall cycles and sunspot related variability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Frederic E. Clements
Carnegie Institution Desert Laboratory
Tucson
Ariz
India
How Radium Is Produced In Industrial Chemistry
The article explains radium manufacture from carnotite ore, detailing extreme material losses and complex logistics. It notes one gram of radium requires processing about 25 tons of ore, with ore shipped from California to New Jersey for processing, and describes large-scale operations and high costs amid scarce global radium quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Orange
N. J
Ansa
California
Éditwoy
Lava Conduit Forms When Crater Flows at Kilauea
Reports describe lava spilling from a crater on Hawaii’s Kilauea creating a conduit as the molten stream advances. It hollowed a pipe-like channel, then solidified the sides and floor, shaping a leveled path for continued flow. Observers note the lava’s mouth at the end and the resulting terrain changes around the conduit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon
Hawaii
Kilauea
Detroit News
Lta
Casey Bowles to Emden Ill for winter residence
Casey Charles E Bowles shipped his household goods to Emden Illinois on Wednesday to reside there for the winter. Frankie Ornendorff accompanied him and will spend the season there. Numerous locals take trips visiting relatives and attending events around town during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Bowles
Emden
Ill
Frankie Orndorff
Charles Palmer
Citronelle
Ala
W. E. Meeker
Dayton
Ohio
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the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Blackstone
Webbster
York
Sis
Casey
Mesdames
Lester EB. Gardner
Glen Jones
Thomas W. Gardner
Terre Haute
Rex Ritter
Champaign
Thomas W. Gardner and Son
Robinson
Russell Lee
Bridgeport
Don E. Price
Freeport
Charles M. Davis
Indianapolis
Joe Sellers
Tacoma
Wash
William Bancroft
Peabody
Kansas
Fred L. Bancroft
Orlando B. Williams
Elmer Williams
Chenoa
Doris Lt. Miller
Sanford Miller
Mesdames R. GC
Berry
P. R. Smith
St. Louis
Seymour Hurst
Miss Logue
Marshall
J. B. Turner
Urbana
Edward
F. L. Sluss
Tuscola
C. A. Sluss
William ‘Taylor
Mattoon
Robert Gillespie
Marty Forrester
Oxford College
Oxford
Lewis Weaver
T. O. Tade
Vincnnes
Helen Myers
Sophia Woods
Winchester
Kathryn Albert
Lexington
Lois Cook
Hazel Monroney
Hazel Deli
Nash Fancher
Helen Ydetlim
Lyde ‘Williams
Eugene Geilien
Charlesf
Teacher's “College
Bloomington
Sliss
Eleanor Moore
Ira Burnett
Fred. E. “Stohr
Harry” Redman
Pontide
Mich
Oakland
Janes S. McMillan
Salibury
Andrew H. Lee
Raymond D. Webber
Terre
Haute
John E. Schwartz
First Methodist ‘Church
D. R. Fancher
Chatter and Stitch
Washington Street
Needleworld
Rai Mé Weaver
Miller
Robert Fitzgérald
East Washington Street
Charles Beavers
Harry Houser
Night Owl Embroidery Club
Westfield
Cuma Lee
Laura Fortney
Myrle Harrison
Mesdames George W. Bell
Ivan Carpenter
Clyde, Slusser
Ben C. Waterman
Chester A. LeMay
Herbert Goble
Andrew Lee
Howard Holmes
First Baptist Church
M. W. Gilbert
Iole
First Methodist Church
William Beachout
Charles Foster
Vivian Holmes
Nelle Pfleéger
Mary Emrich
Leona Clem
Mesdaniel Paul. LeMay
Don Seeley
Glen Payne
Manford Daniels
Kent Morgan
Zane Arbuckle
Shawler
Illinois
John F. Cite Dry Goods Company
Schaffner
Marx
United States
Booth & Handy
Yee
Bostonian Shoes
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