20 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
1
An OCR fragment advertises Red Barn Paint and roof paints with warranties and low prices. Mentions Medium Grade Red Barn Paint at 84 cents per gallon, High Grade Red Roof Paint at 11 cents per gallon, and Metallic Brown Roof Paint at 8 cents per gallon. Includes unclear terms and misspellings but indicates several paint products and warranty claims.
George Wilson, a burglar who escaped the Tombs, boasted of a string of robberies from a seashore resort to Philadelphia. He allegedly robed a woman at a seaside room, then fled on a Pennsylvania Railroad train, bragging to detectives about his criminal record. Authorities pursued to capture him at the West Philadelphia station and city hall.
In a clipped survey of notable men, the piece riffs on how burnsides and side whiskers mirror changing fashion. It notes London’s growing taste for furred adornments and hints at a broader trend affecting prominent figures like Colonel Bryan in sartorial display.
A clews tied a prison break to a bold burglary in Atlantic City followed by a dawn assault at a Vermont Avenue hotel. Wilson, accused thief, used a guard’s key to escape a jail yard by night, then boarded a train to head to Philadelphia where Miss Price disclosed the robbery details. Detectives traced the stolen watch and jewels to Wilson who confessed.
New arrests emerged in the Rosenthal graft inquiry as Harry Pollok faced body attachment to ensure his presence at trial proceedings linked to the Police Department investigation. A woman with him was held as a material witness, and Pollok claimed travel to Europe was for medical matters and a brief trip abroad.
Helen Gray, noted investigator for the Graham committee, was arrested on a warrant from the Indian bureau charging concealment of public records. In York Pennsylvania Morris Schubman of Baltimore died after falling from a bridge under construction for the Western Maryland Railroad. Local remedies advertise Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a universal cure.
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