New York City Faces Mafia Threat and Bold Frauds
New York letters recount three murders and several kidnappings by Italian Hand gangsters, noting police ineffectiveness and fear of cooperation among Italians. Other items describe a Bronx reptile house keeper skinning moccasins, a cruel rich man mistreating his son, and Lionel Stage’s biographical swindle of Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Petrosini
Sild
Italy
Bronx
Snyder
Ind
Champion Bilk
United States Bank
Lionel Stage
Rockefellers
Carnegie
Vanderbilte
J. P. Morgan
Stagg
Fifth Avenue
Upper Broadway
Hia
Drosaea
Homer Divenport
La 9
Blue Pencil Club
Capitol prepared to house legislature in four weeks
Secretary of State Dunbar begins active preparations to fit the capitol for the upcoming session four weeks hence. Rollan the carpenter starts today building temporary partitions in the old library room to create spaces for the state engineer, the corporation department, and the state library commission, currently housed in various rooms of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar
Salem Statesman
Rollan
Cough Remedy Ad Warns Against Substitutes
An East Oregonian advertisement cautions readers to avoid unknown preparations when ill. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds and claims it prevents pneumonia. The genuine product is in a yellow package and Koeppens' drug store is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Koeppens
Washington Letter on Clerks Salaries and Public Costs
Washington correspondents argue government clerks seek higher fallaries while prices rise. They note real wages lag and progression is skewed by promotion limits, leaving few at top pay scales. private sector offers far higher earnings, deterring many from public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Hieeves
Kidney Cure praised by patient in New Britain letter
James Donohue of New Britain Connecticut reports he tried several kidney remedies and diabetes treatments but improved only after Foley's Kidney Cure. After the second bottle he improved and five bottles cured him, enabling him to pass a renewed life insurance examination. The ad notes Foley's Kidney Cure treats backache and kidney and bladder trouble. Koeppena drug store and railroads define next year ad contracts with cash payments and tariff rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donohue
New Britain
Conn
Foley
Koeppena
Union Pacific
Burlington
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Cyril
East Oregonian
Morrow County
Rhea Creek
EE. M. Shutt
Heppner, Oregon
Geo. H. Clark
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