Diary Pages Show Suspected Fix and Mayor Lusk Embarrassment
A diary kept by James Deskin is described as listing poker rooms, addresses, and city figures from 1907 to 1908. The document allegedly contains entries against Mayor Fike and Mayor Lusk, with dates and names scattered across pages, and notes on a diary discovery by a motorman after being found on streetcar tracks.
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Croton
Fike
Tom Mylott
Mercer St
LUSK
Deskin
Brooks Hollands
Gilmore and Lusk
Bill Marquis
Baker Shop
Tusk
Gilmore
Minnie Davis
Joseph Gilmore
Select Council
Big Tree
Gilmore Maud Adams
Mill St
Swadner
Keifers
Gilmore Quigley
W. A. Gallagher
C. J. Kirk
Kelly
Eagle Hall
Mahoningtown
Tidball
Tim Mitchell
Frances Crane
Old Eagle Hall
Rep
Fikes
Edward Johnson
New Castle
Maud Adams
Young
Collins
Thomas
Davis
Hughs
Duff
Paul Garronas
Motorman
James Deskin
James J. Deskin
Short Street
Foreigner job scam target Cronin sought by 156 men
A crowd of 156 foreigners and police are seeking Mike Cronin, alleged head of Union Life and Benefit Association offices at 713 and 714 Lawrence Savings building in Pittsburg. They say he promised jobs after collecting 2 to 3 dollars, and he vanished when doors to his office were locked this morning. Investigators will locate Cronin and determine if he truly represented the association and honor refunds or promised employment.
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Mike Cronin
Union Life and Benefit Association of
Pittsburg
Cronin
Lawrence Savings & Trust Company
Eport
The Real Panama and Its People article review
Eleanor York Bell examines Panama and its inhabitants, detailing conditions under which engineers work and dispelling misrepresentations about the region. The piece in December's Metropolitan Magazine is praised as sane and valuable.
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Panama Canal
Metropolitan Magazine
Panama
Eleanor York Bell
The Two Living Skeletons Marry at Circus
From The Bohemian Magazine November issue, a note reports that the two living skeletons have married, with a quip about their being made of flesh. The remark reflects circus intrigue and sensational spectacle surrounding the unusual duo.
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The
Bohemian Magazine
Temperance Sunday Speakers Praise Local Option Gains
At the First M. E. Church World Temperance Sunday featured lay addresses by Robert McKinney and Dr. W A Worner. McKinney cited 8000 saloonkeepers ousted and 30 saloons closing daily, while praising The New Castle News for supporting local option. Worner, a physician, argued alcohol weakens body mind and soul, noting lower work capacity and poorer child outcomes in temperate homes.
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Higley
Robert McKinney
W. A. Worner
Mr. McKinney
McKinney
New Castle News
United States
New Castle
Worner
McPhail Starts Relief Fund After Marianna Mine Disaster
James McPhail of this city traveled to Marianna after the mine disaster and proposed a relief fund for widows and orphans. He left five dollars with The News to seed the effort and urged other New Castle residents to contribute. He noted the Jones mines provide good facilities for workers and observed the sorrowful recovery scenes and identification challenges at the shaft.
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Marianna
James McPhail
Pennsylvania Engineering Works
McPhail
New Castle
Jones
Monongashela City
Who the Yeggman Is
Excerpt from Fritz Graves in The Bohemian Magazine December outlines the nemesis of bank robbers, describing the Yegg and its mythic brotherhood. It details 100 expert nitroglycerin users, 500 lesser members, and a network that evades detection with covert operations and swift exits.
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United States
Yeggs
Pinkertons
Yegg
Yegi
Fritz Graves
Bohemian Magazine
The German Doctor's Graft Revealed in Lake State Swindle
A German doctor and accomplices executed a large scale fraud near a lakeside village involving a millionaire in seclusion and a troubled child. The tale centers on alleged medical claims and a widow with a daughter sharing similar afflictions.
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Lake States
America
Eurone
The German Doctor Swindle in a Widow’s Tale
In The Bohenan Magazine a tale from Don Mark Lemon recounts a wealthy man misled by a German doctor who treated a widowed mother’s child then demanded a Texas land deed and fifty thousand dollars. After cashing the check the doctor vanished with the widow and child, leaving the father to face a costly fraud.
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Texas
Buenos Ayres
Don Mark Lemon
Bohenian
Senator Roosevelt Addresses the Gallery in Historic Outburst
The excerpt portrays a Senate scene with T. R. Roosevelt speaking to the people from the gallery while the New York senator is out of order and the North Oklahoma senator holds the floor, capturing a dramatic moment in the chamber.
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New York
North Oklahota
Roosevelt
Senate
Puck
Fretful magnate urged to testify in trust probe
The Washington Star quotes a magnate seeking to ease his troubles. Dustin Stax suggests the simple tactic of placing him in the witness chair during a trust investigation to gain relief.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
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