Wool Fire Ring Scandal Ties Dreyfuss to Arson
Chicago July 7 report traces Leopold Dreyfuss a wealthy tailor who confessed employing eight ring members to set fires at his shop and a North Chicago store. He killed himself after naming others involved and signaling wider merchant involvement. The tale links past blazes and a push to arrest prominent business figures tied to insurance fraud and arson.
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Chicago
Eigit
Leopold Dreyfuss
Michigan Boulevard
Bletaln
Iver Fuse
Imense
Snatly Market Street
Dreyfuss
Sullivan
Ste Fervicek
Firebug Band
Dreyfus
Riots erupt in Santa Julia area of Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 7 police probe rioting in Santa Julia, a poor district. Eight dead and 40 wounded after a women’s suffrage march is attacked by a band of roughs. Ringleader arrested. clashes ensue as rioters disperse and federal forces return to Cuernavaca.
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Santa Julia
Mexico City
Equal Suffrage Movement
Ru Nales
Cuernavaca
Francico I. Madero
Mer Shon’s Life Saved By King’s New Discovery
Newark man James B Mer Shon recounts a long, bloody fight with lung hemorrhages and weakness. After eight months unable to work, he credits three weeks of Dr King’s New Discovery for relief from coughs, colds, asthma, and other lung troubles. Trial bottle free, guaranteed by Hesterly Drug Store.
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James B. Mershon
Newark
N. J
Hesterly Drug Store
More Money Next Month
The treasury department estimates inflation relief will add about 15 cents per person this month. With a total currency in circulation near 3.237 billion dollars the continental population is projected at 93,844,000, and the average per capita should be about 34.70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Continental
Springfield Grand Stand Burns At Park Leaving City From Three-league
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the grand stand of Springfield baseball park. Loss estimated at 6000 dollars. Park unused since President Kinsella sold the Senators to Decatur. Police found an empty oil can near the ruins. Gates kept locked as city departs from the league.
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Springfield
Kinsella
Senators
Decatur
Kansas AG and 13 railroads suspend 2 cent fare cases
Attorney General Dawson and attorneys for thirteen railroads signed a stipulation in a United States district court in Leavenworth agreeing to suspend the hearing of railroads' cases against Kansas in the 2 cent fare matter until a decision is reached in similar Nebraska cases.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Dawson
Kansas
United Sates District Court
Nebraska
Five Bodies Found After River Sinking Near Davis Street
In St Louis on June 7 five bodies were recovered from the Mississippi River after a launch sank near Davis Street. Lighthouse crew at Willow Camp No 110 recovered Charles L Totsch first, followed by Augustus Masterbrook John Dietrich and Irvin Dennin brink opposite Davis Street and at Mullanphy Street. One man believed drowned while swimming near East Prairie Avenue remains missing.
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St. Louis
Poller
Mississippi River
Evans
Willow Camp Lighthouse No. 110
Jefferson Barracks
Iinois
Charles L. Totsch
Totsch
Davis Street
Augustus Masterbrook
John Dietrich
Irvin Denninbrink
Mullanphy
East Prairie Avenue
Discharged Recruit Sentenced for Refusing Tooth Fill
Washington June 7 Charles D Evans an unassigned recruit at Fort Slo cum New York was dishonorably discharged from the army and sentenced to two years hard labor for refusing to have his teeth filled as ordered by a superior officer. A prior conviction for disobedience of orders was considered by the court in passing sentence. The sentence was approved by the commanding general of the army.
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Washington
Charles D. Evans
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Paris Rome Turin air race marks first stage finish
Heurine leads the Madrid flight toward Nice as competitors reach Nice after the first stage. Beaumont Garros Frey Vid and four others press toward Rome with Turin the final leg in the 500 mile event. In a separate report Welsh and Solok escape a rock slide in Pennsylvania after two days underground, surfacing near a cave.
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Bue
France
Jame
Pien Vadtine
Paris
Nice
Tiste
Beaumont, Garros
Frey
Vid
Rome
Turin
Buried Miners Drill Narrow Hole to Cave In
In a rescue effort at VWihesharre, Pa., trapped miners work two days to drill a narrow shaft toward the cave. Comrades believed them dead, then redirected the effort to reach survivors.
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Warum
Pennsylvania
John Welsh
Mike Solok
Welsh
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Clothier
Maderg
Leader
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
Francisco J. Madero
Madero
Casino
Col
Eduardo Hay
Hay
Viva Madero
Garibaldi
Tariff Board
House
Congress
Steel Trust
Treasury
United States Army
the Citizen Bank
J. S. Regan
Heurine
Wn AC
Madrid
Steke
Bridgeport
Telleie Et Onl
Areement Reas
Canton
Vwihesharre, Pa
Hune
Ozan Mercantile Company
Prescott, Arkansz
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