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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1933
Page
30
Fragmentary OCR text references Antenteon underworld and New Vak City on the California crust with scattered names and phrases. Context and specifics are unreadable, offering no clear event, date, or identifiable figures.
A sweeping 1933 historical overview traces the westward spread of American crime after the revolution. It argues the Middle West and Southwest became cradle and hub of violent gangs, gunmen, and underworld chieftains, tracing shifts from Atlantic cities to frontier regions and naming bold criminal figures and periods of lore.
The article recounts frontier era gangsters along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, led by Wilson and Colonel Fluger, with gangs of 100 to 200 men. It details their boatwrecking tactics, cave hideouts at Gage-in-Rock, and the brutal methods used against immigrant crews, plus mentions the Harpes and other noted offenders from the era.
Advertisement claims Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules treat kidney and bladder weakness by cleansing and strengthening kidneys, promising health gains and fewer nighttime urination. It lists symptoms like backache moist palms cramps and eye problems as conditions improved by the product. It asserts the capsule is a genuine 6 grind kidney stimulant and diuretic from Haarlem in Holland.
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