Broadway Jones and the Jones Gum Fortune in Jeopardy
Jackson Jones known as Broadway pursues a flashy life in New York while his uncle’s wealth sits unsettled. A dramatic windfall note arrives as a major chewing gum firm offers twelve hundred thousand dollars for the Jones gym, threatening to reshape Broadway’s debt ridden future.
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Jackson Jones
Broadway
New York
Jonesville
Abner Jones
Judge Spotswood
Robert Wallace
Gerard
Wallace
Bob
Brooklyn Bridge
Jones
Europe
Guvnor
Walllace
Rankin
China
Russia
Harrison Fisher
Mr. Jones
Jackson
Vin—Tage
Pembroke
Graham
London
England
Sprucemint Company
Jones Gym
Consolidated Chewing Gum Company of America
Antelopes Scarce as Desert Hunters Face High Power Rifles
Denver reports the pronghorn antelope population has declined with the advent of high power rifles and telescopic sights. Hunters once pursued fast desert deer across plains, but rapid advancements in weaponry threaten the antelope’s continued presence in the western deserts.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Great West
Desort
Unclear Action as Broadway Rushes to Angry Man
A fragmented report describes Broadway hurrying toward an angry man with a raised hand, detailing a tense moment but offering few concrete details or outcomes.
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Broadway
Princess Caravella Murder Trial Dismissed by Moth
A Neapolitan prince was acquitted in the Princess Caravella murder case after a Naples detective proved a large Italian moth triggered the pistol. The moth’s singed wings and powder dust on the trigger showed the weapon bore no human hand.
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Caravella
Naples
Italy
Prince Caravella
Canada
Prince
Enormous Demand for Matches Through the Years
The Lancet reports match consumption at about 18,000,000 gross boxes annually with 63 percent being strike anywhere and a third of safety variety. This yields 2,592,000,000 boxes and over 500,000,000,000 matches. Friction matches began in 1833.
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Lancet
Timber carried by tornado found on Welsh mountain
A tornado carried timber about six miles during a recent storm in Wales. A farmer discovered the timber and other debris on a Brecknockshire mountain, evidence of the severe weather that swept the region.
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Wales
Brecknockshire
Man sues officer over dead dog in Pittsuburgh case
John H. Huey files suit in Tarentum against Chief William Hazlett seeking 35 dollars for the death of Huey’s dog. Huey claims distress and health loss from the loss, citing sleep deprivation and lack of the dog's affection as grounds for damages.
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Pittsburgh
William Hazlett
Tarentum
John H. Huey
Hazlett
Huey
Dust Reveals Rug Theft Suspect in City Case
Detective Martin Owens on West Forty-seventh Street spots a Persian rug being beaten on a tenement roof at 208 West Forty-third. Dust from the rug matches the stolen item reported by Dora Waller of 309 West Forty-third, October 4, 1912. Owens arrests Harry Smith and presents the rug for identification.
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New York
Martin Owens
West Forty-seventh Street
West Forty-third Street
Harry Smith
Dora Waller
Owens
Smith
Waller
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Edward Marshall
George M.coran
Rard
Old Rankin
Scott
Bog
Police
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