How Charley Ross Kidnappers Died Told At Last
A Kings County History Society president recounts the 1874 event in Bay Ridge when Albert Van Brunt and companions shot two burglars who confessed to kidnapping Charley Ross. One burglar named Joseph Douglass identified Mosher as the other kidnapper before dying. Charley was later found unconscious on a sloop.
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Charley Ross
New York
Charles A. Ditmas
Kings County Historical Society
Albert van Brunt
Flatbush
J. Holmes van Brunt
Bay Ridge
Philadelphia
Ditmas
Albert
Mosher
Charley
Walter
Fugitive for 22 Years Surrenders in Missouri Prison
William White, 67, turns himself in at the Missouri State Penitentiary after 22 years as a parole violator from a 1903 second degree murder sentence. He had lived as a hunted man since 1911, reporting for two years, then vanishing. Warden Sanders announces White is a free man upon surrender.
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Jefferson City
William White
White
J. M. Sanders
Must Give Up 2964 Dollar Job To Be Socialist Alderman
Bridgeport Connecticut reports that George Rosenbeck, a Socialist, must resign his city job at the municipal garage earning 28.50 weekly to serve a two year term as Seventh District alderman after losing the reelection by 14 votes to Democrat John P. Flanagan. The charter bans holding municipal work for aldermen, and no salary is provided for the aldermanic post.
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Bridgeport
Conn
George ©. Rosenbeck
Rosenbeck
John P. Flanagan
George Wood
Burglary Suspect Falls Quietly on Confession Ring
In Toledo Ohio a suspected burglar admitted to stealing a diamond ring from Mrs. Katie Golden after police questioned him. While being searched he blurted out the $250 ring, providing incriminating evidence beyond doubt.
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Toledo
Ohio
Katie Golden
Local man wins $50 in small claims over cockroach sandwich
Jerry Aronson a theater employee in Los Angeles sued a lunch stand after biting into a hot dog sandwich and finding half a cockroach. The court awarded $50 in damages.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Jerry Aronson
Which is the weaker sex in health and longevity
Dr. Edgar V. Allen argues anatomy does not decide weakness. the text compares disease resistance and life length between genders. It notes women suffer more illnesses but die less often from those diseases, with gallbladder issues hitting women harder, while men face more spinal and brain diseases and higher infant mortality. Census data show women outnumber men after age 75 and centenarians are more often female.
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Edgar V. Allen
United States
Most Criminals Are Skinny Says Jap Criminologist
Dr Kinzo Saza, famed Japanese criminologist, studied thousands of murderers and thieves. He concludes few fat men turn to crime and those who do are easy to reform. Police and judges worldwide reportedly support the idea that fat people are good citizens.
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Kinzo Saza
Pearson’s Weekly
Grow a garden of GRADUATES from Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Ferry-Morse Seed Co promotes eight decades of seed testing and care to ensure true to type, quality germination, and reliable reproduction. Foundations at Rochester Michigan and Salinas California supply purebred stock for on farm or assisted production. The company urges consumers to seek Ferry displays and request the Home Garden Catalog.
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Ferry-Morse Seed Co
America
Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute
Rochester
Mich
Salinas
Cal
Detroit
San Francisco
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