Robbery of Count Rossi on the Overland Limited
Colonel Cheney battles a clever train theft after Count Rossi reports a $15,000 cash stash and $50,000 in jewels vanished near Promontory Point. Porter Simpson and confederate Lige Ferguson stage a soda bottle decoy, hide the loot in a soda bottle, and flee west. Recovery comes at Salt Lake. both thieves receive 15-year sentences. Rossi’s money and jewels are returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid
Lonergan
Guthrie
Weeks
Cheney
Count Rossi
Maly
Count
Plata
Ogden
Signer
San Francisco
Joss
Noone
Signor
Promintory Point
Crocker Woolworth National Bank
Italy
Angel
Col. Dawes
Mr. Weeks
California
New York
Croesus
Chenes
Yi Charze
Campbell
Siupson
Pye
Alvighe
Viliil
Hemi
Simpson
iDenger
Paris
Amsterdam
Chicago
Frisco
Jeff
Northwestern
iFrisco
James ‘Simpson
Porter
Kunnel
Ferguson
Lige
Jess
Jef
Rossi
Belfast
Lige Ferguson
Salt Lake
Omaha
Burlington
Salt Lake Penitentiary
Col. Chenay
W. G. Chapman
Patent Office Flooded With Inventions and Demands
The Washington patent commissioner seeks larger quarters and more clerks as a flood of new devices overwhelms the office. Examiners are a year behind amid rising interest in motors submarines flying machines and weapons. Inventors chase speed and novelty, while minor devices may claim top rewards in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Commissioner of Patents
Washington
Eoal
Patent Office
Venice Has No Cemetery on the Main Island
The article notes Venice’s unique burial site on San Michele, the island cemetery opened by Bonaparte to relocate graves from intramural grounds. It remains deserted most days, except All Souls’ Day when about 140,000 visitors flood in, necessitating a special boat bridge and strict crowd controls for arrival and departure.
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Seguranta
Port Tampa
Cuba
Washington
Cervera
Santiago
Sampson
Havana
War and Navy Departments
Viscaya
Nicholas Channel
United States
Eagle
Key West
Col
Cheney
Oquendo
Colon
Maria Teresa
Toral
Tampa
War Department
Miles
San Juan Gill
Greater Washington
Burr
Spain
America
Tékine Uhar Hill
Foud
San Juan Hill
Poes
Pfe
Caney
Chaffee
Lawton
Vara del
Sub Juan
The
Adriatic
Old City
San Michele
Venice
Bonaparte
Reclaiming Land in India Scheme at Lahore Proposed
A government plan in Lahore proposes reclaiming a vast area of land by Dutch style methods. The Rann of Dutch coast would be closed to trap shallow water for evaporation. A canal from the Indus would wash out saline deposits, followed by scientific agriculture and a railway linking Karachi and Bombay to complete the enterprise.
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India
Lahore
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State
War
Treasury and
Postoffice Departmenta
Jasper Ewing Brady
Santiago de Cuba
Count Ross
Jeff Faithful
Jack
Europe
Russia
Yarmoloff
Old Trepoff
Mgr. Guthrie
Unilitie
Junergan
de Vendal
Guissepe Rossi
Florence
Mills County Tribune
N. T. Bradway Publishers
Glenwood
Iowa
W. S. Elliott
Northeast Corner Square
Glenwood, Iowa
F. M. Shriver
Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Dyar Block
Northwoat Corner
Aquate
Justice OF the Peace
OWA
Carter Bie
Bnalness
Actua Indemnity Company
S. 8
Robinson’s Jewelry & Music Store
S. S, Clark
Glenwood Abstract Co
Nobo Building
Heath Side Square
W. F. Meyers Merchant
Mickelwall Building
Chas. W. Rathke
North Side Square
A.H. Winkler & CO. Real Estate, Loan and Exchange Agts
Office
Dean Bloulk
P.O. Glenwood
Amos
Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
Pheo. W. Ivory
Carl H, Ors
Ivory & Otis
Attorneys At Law
F. K. Meyers & Son
Carpenters Contractors and Builders
Collection Agency
F.G. Day
Hon. W. 8. Lewis
Twohy Distanes
Glenwaul State Bank
Carter Block
Wills
National Bank
Morops
Hlavery
von Rent
Pan Yvan
Heinsheimer
BLM
Bupbing Lon
A.D. French
Caghisi HA. Brynou
AI. Buffington
Bailey
Paxton
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