Poison Mystery Strikes Chicago Family
A Chicago family faces multiple poisonings as fruit cake and flour carry arsenic. Frank Mette and Mary Sladek's relatives fall ill, with two deaths and several hospitalizations. Police probe a killer amid repeated attempts and a growing dread in the home.
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Chicago
Mary Mette
Milly
Meath
California
Mieier
Mette
lé-Mary Sladek
Enna
Eaeph
Rudolph
Seattle Star
Aprift
Tate
Motte
Frank Mette
Mery Siadek
Poleon
Steter
Joseph
Dudolph
Charles
Napl es crime ring led by Enrico Alfano nabbed
Naples police arrest a large gang calling itself The Beautiful Reformed Society. Led by Enrico Alfano, the group spanned taverns and hired thieves, initiating members and amassing over $1,000,000 in booty in two years, terrorizing the city with bold robberies.
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Seattle Star Executive Service
Naples
The
Beautiful Reformed Society
Enrico Alfano
Mystery Gang Leader Exposed in Silent Public Sleuth Tale
A shadowy organizer used plainclothes wealth to move in elite circles while planning break ins. An informer’s betrayal triggers a police net that snags most gang members. Alfano escapes by luring others to a minister's house before prosecutions.
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Sherlock Holmes
Gennaro Cucole
Mary
Cucole
Veteran of Civil War Seeks Arrest After Robbery
W Morgan, 74, a Civil War veteran in Indianapolis, reported four men robbed him while he rode a street car. He identified one assailant on a street car recently and urged police to arrest the suspected robbers. authorities are actively seeking the four men.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. Morgan
Jee
Elopement scheme exposed in Youngstown trial
In Youngstown on April 27 a trial of Edward Cramer, a hackman, revealed a conspiracy among cab drivers and ministers to monopolise eloping couples visiting the city.
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Youngstown
Ohie
Edward Cramer
Dog with Onion Appetite Causes Wooster Robbery Scare
In Wooster Ohio grocers post a $10 reward for the arrest of a thief they describe as a dog with an unusual hunger for onions. The animal reportedly digs out the largest onions it can find and devours them greedily, seeming to recognize the theft.
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Wooster
Ohio
Vision of Death of Mother Comes True
New York April 1 Mrs P Chase a New York resident dreamt her mother was dead. She went to her mother's room and found the dream had become true in a startling coincidence of fate.
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New York
Sleepy Onet Mise Lottie Blekere Leads Tel Exchange
Carrollsten Kentucky report highlights Lottie Blekere as a bright attentive tel exchange operator. The piece notes she is the only minister among Pittsburg residents and ties this to the town's morals.
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Mise Lottie Blekere
Carrollsten
Pittsburgere
Pitteburg
Tramps refuse work in Pau Clatre street scene
Eleven tramps in the Pau Clatre, Wisfall district refused to labor on the streets saying it was local policy to force them outside an Inclowure. They did not work.
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Pau Clatre
Wisfall
M Local
Mansfield Sail G Team Sails Early Season
Richard Mansfield sails for England as his season ends early due to illness. He has leased a country place on the Thames near Windsor Castle, signaling a move after an abbreviated campaign.
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New York
Richard Mansfield
England
Cloend
The
Thames
Windsor Caatie
Ladies Auxiliary Dance at Labor Temple May 7
The Ladies Auxiliary No. 28 to Topographice Union invites members and friends to a social dance at the Labor Temple on May 7.
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Labor Temple
Bride’s White Silk Gown with Blue Velvet Hat
A bridesmaid wears a white silk gown with pink Dresden foundation and three shaped folds trimmed in soutach braid. An oldtime overdress effect, white filet lace, and draped filmy material frame the shoulders. Pale blue velvet hat crowns the ensemble with blue-tipped white feathers.
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Dresden
Carnegie Institute Probes Records Destruction In Washington
In Washington on April 27 the Carnegie Institute reports that inquiries reveal neglect and poor handling led to the destruction of valuable records. The documents mention careless shipping to a paper mill and signal wider concerns for historians.
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Washington, D. C
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Senate Committee
Pettus
Carnegie
Records loss warns of national archival decline
The piece laments destruction of vast archives including early postal records and letters with foreign patrons. It warns that papers were sent to a paper mill in Alexandria for pulp and calls for expert examination of remaining materials, noting senators and the Carnegie Institute stress the historical value of these records.
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Alexandria
Ita
Postal Department
Ren
Carnegie Institute
United States
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National Biscuit Company
Toulless
Mansfield Sailg
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ebody
Pike Street
Old Marche
Seaview
Puget Sound
Seattle
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Sound
Great Northern
Geo, Wheeler
Arthur E. Childs
Wheeler
Colman
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