Italians Form Secret Brotherhood to Fight Black Hand
In New York prominent Italian Americans organize a secret oath bound brotherhood to curb the Black Hand menace. They vow to prosecute criminals, recruit thousands of secret agents from diverse classes, and protect homes and families without city funding. The plan relies on local Italians to gather evidence and deter violence while avoiding public liability.
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New York
la Mano Nera
Black Hand
Rome
Shadowy Italian Brotherhood Plans Secret Espionage Network
The text describes a covert organization aiming to monitor Italians in New York for criminal tendencies. It proposes a thousand secret agents, restricted leadership, and a systematic surveillance method to arrest and deter criminals before they terrorize. Provisions cover firearms and their sale to prevent the group from gaining power.
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Italy
America
New York
Therhood
anNlians
Italian Crimin al Tactics Stir Immigrant Reform Debate
The piece details how stowaways are hidden aboard ships by crew complicity and how Italian criminals evade authorities in Italy and upon arrival in the United States. It discusses proposed reforms requiring passports and municipal certificates for migrants over 16, plus captain certifications for sailors, to curb crime and illegal entry.
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France
England
United States
America
Paris Pattern No. 2550 Child's Apron for School Wear
Pattern No. 2550 offers a simple sewn apron with integrated sleeves and sash ends in tan linen. Scalloped neck edge and red-embroidered sleeves. adaptable to Persian lawn or nainsook. Five sizes, material estimates given for 27 or 36 inch wide fabrics. Send name address size and pattern number.
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Paris
Girl's Pleasant Duty Opens Bristol National Cemetery Monument
Little Margaret Johnson Patterson, great granddaughter of the tailor president, unfurled the United States flag at the cemetery opening in Bristol Virginia in memory of Andrew Johnson. The center features the Johnson monument.
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Margaret Johnson Patterson
United States
National Cemetery
Bristol
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
The Fall Pride Vacations Then Returns Home Alone
Pride begins a vacation and ends up returning home to the sting of realizing he was not missed. The mood shifts from escape to quiet disappointment as the protagonist confronts isolation after absence.
Helpful Advice From Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass
A confidential appeal urges women to write to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for guidance on ailments women may hesitate to discuss with doctors. The letters she receives allegedly prove the method’s effectiveness.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman
A reader from Allen town, Pa praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating her female ailments since age sixteen. The advertorial text extols the product as a standard remedy for women, claiming it cures displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, pain, backache, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Only Colony of Barbary Apes on Gibraltar Rock
The colony of Barbary apes on the Rock of Gibraltar is the only such group in existence and is under protection by the British government.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Artist Advises View From Distance For Sketch
The speaker urges a concerted viewer to back up to better appreciate the sketch rather than scrutinize it up close, describing there is more to see from a bit of distance and keeping the focus on the work’s overall effect.
Socialism in Japan a Diminishing Force
The article states socialism has no footing in Japan and shows no sign of gaining traction. Before the war with Russia a small group opposed to hostilities and published a socialist periodical, but they faded into insignificance and now attract only light amusement.
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Japan
Russia
Mail
Girl Finds Health Through Grape-Nuts After Starvation
A reader letter tells how years of indigestion and irregular meals led to severe weakness. After trying Grape-Nuts, the writer reports appetite returned, distress eased, and health restored, with Grape-Nuts becoming a staple. The note ends by pointing readers to The Road to Wellville and the Postum Company.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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