Cocaine price surge linked to New York drug crackdown
In New York April 4 a report ties a cocaine price rise to a conspiracy by reform-minded figures including an Oxford graduate and a Minnesota judge’s daughter. The piece notes 145 drug-seller arrests since November, raids uncovering cocaine in hidden places, and new trafficking methods using disguised couriers and female carriers.
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New York
Wilmot
Oxford University
Minnesota
East Side
Humpty” Jackson
Oxford
Cure Promised For Chronic Eczema By Cuticura
A Texas man recounts long suffering eczema on hands and wrists, tried many remedies, found relief and cure after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The ad claims the regimen clears skin and scalp, offers free samples and a 32 page Skin Book, mailed from Boston.
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Carbon
Texas
C. B. Jordan
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Hotel for Women Only at Lexington and Thirtieth
A new women only hotel on Lexington Avenue at Thirtieth Street targets businesswomen and avoids a name, known only by its street number. No men may go above the first floor, while the decor emphasizes feminine spaces and atmospherics. Captain George F. Titus retires after 27 years in the NYPD with knee injury. He did not profit from police real estate speculations.
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Lexington Avenue
Thirtieth Street
George F. Titus
New York Police
New York
Law Career Reignites For Former City Sleuth
A man aged fifty five seeks a fresh start in law, once practiced in youth before serving as a city sleuth for several years then leaving the practice to pursue other work.
Silver Sediment Heist at Vitagraph Studio
A Vitagraph Brooklyn studio saved used developer, formed silver sediment, and sold it. During a blizzard an insider released water to freeze sediment into blocks and steal over 100 pounds of silver rich sediment. The incident involved a large amount of silver and remains under investigation.
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Vitagraph Moving Picture Company
Brooklyn
Vitagraph
Humorous Dentist Visit Quote Circulates in Press
The item features De Wolf Hopper reciting a joke about a man asking a dentist if gas would numb pain and the exchange spiraling into a gag about sleeping time and a porous plaster joke. It reflects syndicated humor common in papers.
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de Wolf Hopper
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
An advertisement proclaims rheumatism is pain only and urges readers to rub St Jacobs Oil directly on joints. It claims instant relief without internal treatment and asserts the product also treats sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swelling.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oi
Swatting Old High Cost With a Garden Spade
A narrator braves garden chaos to prove he can plant a spring vegetable patch in a city yard despite cats, chickens, birds, and neighbors. He shields seed with mosquito netting, battles pests, and endures mockery from the boss while pursuing a homegrown remedy to high living costs.
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Ensoumientin
Earth
Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
Porpoise
New England
San Antonio
N. G
Ischka Bibble
Blackie
Department of Agriculture of
United States
China
Blackbird
Reserve Banks Will Control an Enormous Amount of Gold
The Federal Reserve Banks will control roughly 80 percent of the combined gold holdings of four great European banks. The central board can force rediscount among reserve banks to ease money tightness, with total system capital near 200 million dollars and resources around 19.876 billion. Pennsylvania leads in membership applications, and the plan envisions a national banking framework akin to a new United States bank.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Banks
Europe
Bank of France
Bank of England
Bank of Russia
Imperial German Bank
Washington
Wilson
Supreme Court
New York
Federal Reserve System
United States
United States Treasury
Treasury
Continental
Federal Reserve Bank
Pennsylvania
Texas
Federal Reserve
Organization Committee
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
David F. Houston
Agriculture
John Skelton Williams
Dyspepsia Relief Claim for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
An article touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a superior digestive aid. It argues slow eating and light walking aid digestion, then promotes the syrup with pepsin as a mild laxative tonic that strengthens stomach and bowels and relieves dyspepsia.
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J. W. Goucher
Stites
Ida
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