How to Be a 20th Century Detective by W J Burns
New York January 4 Burns portrays detectives as honest builders of a new era. He outlines six key traits honesty resourcefulness observation imagination analytical power perseverance and urges training college graduates for the craft. He insists the best method is to think calmly at home before testing theories in the field.
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William J. Burns
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Armless railroad agent inherits $3000 fortune
Armless W. D. Walsh, longtime operator and agent for the Northern Electric at Tresvias Oroville junction, was notified he inherits an estimated $3000 from an uncle. He resigned and will move to New Orleans to manage the money and property. Dance at Dreamland tonight.
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Chico
W. D. Walsh
Northern Electric Company
Tresvias
Oroville
New Orleans
City Fire Chief Urges Caution To Guard Against Blaze
Walter Hiatt reports Chief Stetson of Seattle Fire Department disputes claims of a city-wide high fire hazard. He argues the conflagration district at First Second Third Aves James Cherry and Columbia is not worse than peers, cites wind and topography as risk factors, and urges education and fire prevention. Lee McKenzie backs the hazard, citing an insurance map and calls for iron fire shields and stricter fireproofing in vulnerable districts.
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Walter Hiatt
Seattle
United States
Stetson
Fire Department
James, Cherry
Columbia Sts
Ballard-Fremont
Enat
Detroit
Lee McKenzie
Washington Survey and Rate Bureau
We’d Go Wrong Too If We Lived In Slums Says Bacon
Mrs Bacon of Evanaville Indiana argues slum conditions drive moral decline and disease. She blames landlords and employers who pay low wages for forcing families into windowless tenements and for deaths and poverty among slum children.
Midget Put Big Bandit in Lockup
Louis Mantell a jeweler four feet six and a half inches tall fought off a saloon hold up man in Portland Oregon early today. Mantell wrenched the revolver from the bandit named James Caney alias John Moore alias Omaha Dan and knocked him to the radiator with a series of blows before the police station.
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James Caney
John Moore
Omaha Dan
Public Morgue Plan to Be Considered by Council
Monday the council reviews Dr. J Tate Mason's plan for a public morgue in the city hall sub basement. The coroner fleet has county support to fund alterations and to buy an automobile hearse, with the city only to donate room. The finance committee backs the space, while President Hesketh and Haas oppose. Griffiths Goddard Wardall Marble vote yes.
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J. Tate Mason
Griffiths
Goddard, Wardall
Marble
Emperor William the Hunter Tops Royal Game Totals
Berlin January 4 Der Weldman, a sporting journal, reports that Emperor William’s hunting career has produced 7 228 slain animals across 24 game varieties. The tally includes 38 575 pheasants 17 950 hares 3 442 wild boar 2 068 stag 867 partridges three turkeys and one whale.
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Berlin
William
der Weldman
Fox Takes Wolf as His Bride in Brooklyn Wedding
Mice Birdle Wolf wed Robert R. Pox in Brooklyn with 18 Foxes and 31 Wolfs as witnesses. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Bull and other animals. The couple plans to live in Lyons, New York.
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New York
Mice Birdle Wolf
Robert R. Pox
Brooklyn
John Bull
Wiliam Duck
Joseph Sauer
Loretta Bweet
Lyons, N. Y
Death by fright during runaway in Quinton
Oscar Carr aged 24 died of fright during a runaway near Quinton Oklahoma. He and Alva Lamb were breaking a pony that balked while climbing a hill. The pony ran away and at the crest Carr fell from the vehicle and died of heart disease superinduced by fright.
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Quinton
Okla
Oscar Carr
Carr
Alva Lamb
Lamb
Six Years for Killing a Cat in Clayton
Manuel Pryor, 15, found guilty of killing a neighbor's cat and was sentenced by Judge Wardeman to six years in the reform school. Pryor admitted tying the animal to a post and killing it with an ax, saying it was done out of spite.
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Manuel Pryor
Reform School
Wardeman
Clayton
Pryor
Impure air blamed in death of Mrs Rootvengren
In Mpherson Kansas a coroner's jury ruled Mrs Nels Rootvengren died from old age and impure air in the room where she and her husband slept. The husband is in a dangerous condition at a local hospital.
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M'Pherson
Kan
Ers
Nels Rootvengren
Engagement called off over wedding dispute in Connecticut
George Leonard Gale and his fiancée Miss Ethel Sprague canceled their planned wedding in South Norwalk Connecticut after failing to agree on a quiet ceremony at church. The engagement is off and no ceremony will take place.
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South Norwalk
Conn
George Leonard Gale
Ethel Sprague
Deacon Questioned Over Hasty Marriages and Work
A dialogue fragment shows a deacon facing questions about marrying three wives in haste. A hobo comments on repentance and work, suggesting the deacon’s delay in acting. The exchange hints at moral scrutiny and personal accountability within a tense social moment.
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Leasure
Woman Pays City Official Five Dollars After Assault
Mrs. E. Harris sought to pay a five dollar fine to Mayor Applegate of Milford Ohio after beating Grace Harris for talking about her. The mayor, not seeing a complaint, refused the money but later found the payment left in his office.
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Cincinnati
Grace Harris
E. Harris
Applegate
Milford
Women's work to clean nation's food shops
In San Francisco the Consumers' League of New York led by Mrs. Fred Nathan promotes organizing to improve conditions in city food shops. The effort targets factory labor, voting reform, and reducing vice and disease while teaching immigrants to participate in civic processes.
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San Francisco
New York
Consumers’ League of
Expulsions of Jewish Families Rise in Volhynia
In Odessa on January 4, reports say 600 Jewish families totaling about 2000 people have been expelled in two weeks from villages in Volhynia. Appeals to Premier Kokovtseff failed to stop the persecutions.
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Odessa
Kokovtseff
Volhynia
Woman Dies in Sleep After Predicting Death
Mrs. Martha Mostella 67 of Chase Michigan died in her sleep at South Bend Indiana after predicting she would die before morning. She awoke during the night and called relatives to her side before passing away within half an hour.
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South Bend
Ind
Martha Mostella
Chase, Mich
Tin freight rates suspended to Washington
The Interstate Commerce Commission has suspended the proposed tin plate and sheet metal freight rate increase from Eastern points to Washington until May 13. The note adds that Woodrow Wilson may be expected to send messages to Congress that are not ungrammatical.
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Washington
Interstate Commmree Commission
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Ballot Box Watchmen Strike Off Ballot
County Auditor case ended with no strike risk for ballot box guards awaiting Supreme Court ruling. Watchmen resume duties at $2.50 daily after a 50 cent raise. extra heat noted at the courthouse garret. Mentions Andrew J. Quigley versus Byron Phelps and hotel ad inserted.
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Supreme Court
Elect! Com
Andrew J. Quigley
Byron Phelps
Garret
Theoutney
Seventy-seven and Grip Cure Ad From New York Co
An advertisement touts Seventy-seven as a fast homeopathic remedy for grip with symptoms of influenza catarrh head and chest soreness cough sore throat fever and pains. It claims early use blocks invasion and sells pellets for 25 cents at druggists or by mail from Humphreys Homeo Medicine Co New York. A Seattle dental office advertises low-cost work and offers a $1 000 charity pledge while Dr Clark ensures personal attention and guarantees on dental plates and crowns.
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Seattle
Clark
Dr L R Clark Ad at 1405 Third Ave N.W.
An advertisement for Dr L R Clark D D S manager located at 1405 Third Avenue Northwest corner Union. The notice asks readers to bring this ad when visiting.
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Third Ave
N. W. Cor
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