Higher Branches of Crime Expose Million Dollar Prize Fight Swindle
A Scranton hotelier lost 15000 dollars to a fake prize fight staged for Chicago and Philadelphia millionaires. Frederick Gondorff’s arrest links a New York swindle ring to bonds worth 120000 dollars and a bank theft involving the Will iam F Walker case. The scheme used prize fights and wire tapping to fleece victims, with gamblers and bond salesmen among the players.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
Philadelphia
Rogues
New York City
Frederick Gondorff
Gondorff
Frederick Holznagel
Scranton
William IF. Walker
New Britain Savings Bank
Tombs
Holznagel
Central Office
Walker
New Britain Bank
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Cudahys
Webber
Sullivan
Blair
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Fair Grounds
Collins
Albany
Ten Eyck
New York
John M. Coleman
No. 115
Broadway
Jerome
Rogue's Gallery
Frederick Gondorft
James Morgan
Deary Morris
Gondorft
Charles Gondorff
New Britain
Bob Nelson
Atlantic City
Pinkertons
Evanston Census Shows Women Outnumber Men by Thousands
New census of Evanston reports 13 837 women and 10 896 men in a 24 672 population, a female surplus of 2 971. The university suburb debate asks if the pattern marks a shift toward an Adamless Eden.
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Evanston
Chicago
Mont Blanc Climbers Hit New Peak In 1919
Geneva reports new Mont Blanc ascent figures for last year with 150 climbers reaching the summit. Among them 20 were English, 8 Americans, and 14 women. Ages ranged from 15 to 55, including a prince, a general, two barons, a priest, several doctors and lawyers, plus a Swiss chimney sweep.
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Geneva
Mont Blanc
New Paving and Pipes News From Europe and Switzerland
Lisbon conference hears about a twelve key wire system and explosive water risks. Paris tests a steel on cement paving to avoid holes. In Bern Swiss valley dairy wealth yields many “coffee faced” cattle. An insulating asbestos pipe wrap deters electrolysis, with three foot pipe sections and sealed joints.
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Lisbon
Paris
Canton
Bern
Switzerland
Alps
Cost of Coal in Lives Highlighted by Cooper
The Pennsylvanian coal output and human cost are detailed in the Congressional Record by Rep. Cooper. He cites 149,559,047 tons of bituminous coal and 76,836,082 tons from ten anthracite counties, with deaths totaling 1514 over 1898 to 1907 and 708 fatalities in 1897 in anthracite. He urges federal inquiry for uniform safety laws to prevent wasteful disasters.
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Pennsylvania
Cooper
Uniontown
Penn
New York Times
Shields for the Soldier in Modern Warfare
Sheffield experiments suggest steel shields may rejoin army equipment. Three millimetre thick, about 150 square inches, seven pounds, allow protection against rifle fire at 400 yards. Shields are small enough to be used prone, with loopholes and side studs to link into a continuous screen to avoid trench driving.
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Sheffield
England
Heryar's Weekly
Night Riders Threaten Tobacco Trust Holdouts in Kentucky
The New York World reports on night riders burning tobacco plants and houses linked to the Tobacco Trust and Regie in Southwestern Kentucky. The Planters Protective Association aims to raise prices, but fear and violence from masked riders threaten growers, justice, and social order across the region.
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Kentucky
Tobacco Trust
Tennessee
Regie
the Planters’ Protective Association
Hill Billys
Association
Trust
Fcars
New York World
Uncle Sam Clears Wood Yard In Nationwide Forest Cleanup
The article describes a long term federal project to clean and thin forests overseen by foresters while private contractors harvest marked trees. Residents will see staged burning of conical waste piles under snow blankets and later replanting of seed trees to restore the stand.
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Sam
National Forests
Nature
New York Tribune
West Point Cadet Instructors Parents Cheer Parade
The visiting parents of a cadet at the Military Academy at West Point attend a tour and the evening parade. The father, filled with pride, declares his son’s future rise to lead them all, pointing to the drum major with admiration.
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West Point
Wisdom in a Brickyard Advice in Homely Terms
A brickyard quarrel ends with one man injured and the employer urging restraint. A burly bystander offers blunt folk wisdom, suggesting repairs with plaster for head and mouth rather than pursuing a warrant. The anecdote appears in Tit-Bits.
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Bill
Equine Talk Sparks Humorous Car Ride Comment
A Houston Post humor item recalls a playful exchange about a car ride ending with the gasoline giving out. The quip notes the speaker’s dislike of horseplay and the need to push the machine home.
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Houston Post
Woman credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with 20-pound gain
A New York state woman describes ten years of stomach and liver trouble and dramatic relief after stopping coffee, adopting Grape-Nuts and Postum. She says she gained twenty pounds, regained energy, can eat modest portions, and perform daily tasks without fatigue. Her testimonial cites breakfast of Grape-Nuts and Postum and notes genuine letters from readers.
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York State
Postum
Batt Creek
Mich
Wellville
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The
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Uncle Sam
California G Syrup Co
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J. R. Watkins
Winon Nan
Belting Tacking
Locine Lombard Company
Kaper
J. M. Curran
Decatur St
Salt Lake Tribune
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