Bank of Montreal robbery gang may be jailed in Portland details
Oscar Andrew Jackson, a promoter held on parole violation, says information on the New Westminster Bank of Montreal robbery could lead to arrests. He cites a jail confession by one gang member in Portland and mentions a planned Illinois job as well.
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United Press
San Francisco
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster
D. C
Portland
Oscar Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Los Angeles
Illinois
Moor of Domitian’s dining room unearthed in Rome rubble
Excavations of the Domus Flavia reveal a 10 000 square foot oriental granite and Numidian marble pavement identified as the Moor of the emperor Domitian's dining room. The find is described as the richest pavement yet uncovered from the first century palaces.
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Sun Oe
Doma Flavia
Domitian
Public Market Prices Spread Across Pike Market and Nearby
Readable items list a wide range of meats fish and produce with prices per pound and per box. Beef cuts include rib sirloin porterhouse and pot roast. chicken halibut and salmon appear. cheeses onions potatoes apples and pears priced by item and weight. eggs sweet potatoes and cranberries listed with per unit or per box pricing.
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Amelie
Jersey
Wisconsin
Oregon
Pte Ib
If It's Correct Cheasty Has it Coats at Attractive Prices
A distinctive assortment of correct fashions in women coats including raincoats and slip ons. Prices range from $15 to higher tiers with standout values at $20, $25 and $30.
Burberry Raincoats Sold By Sole Agents For City Store
The advertisement notes sole agency for Burberry London raincoats for women and men carried by a local city store. It promotes the range as an official distribution channel and highlights availability for both genders.
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Burberry
London
Desperate Fight as Burglar Loots San Francisco Home
Mrs Julian Liebes fought a burglar who threatened her child during a break in in San Francisco. The intruder seized $9000 in jewels before fleeing as the maid summoned help. Liebes was battered in the struggle and the crime remained under investigation.
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United Press
San Francisco
Julian Liebes
Mra. Liebes
Liebes
Night Sessions Possible in Hyde Murder Trial
Night sessions are probable in the second trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde accused of poisoning and murder. In Kansas City the jury voir dire proceeds slowly, with only three jurors selected from the examined venire.
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United Press
Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Talesmen
Hyde
$1000 Bill Passed Through Eight Hands In Chicago Mixup
Eight Chicago business men unknowingly passed a $1000 bill as a $100 bill. The bank teller who exchanged the note for a $100 check found the error and traced the bill to its final deposit, learning it had changed hands through eight people.
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Chicago
Hie Cneh
Oregon on Way to Golden Gate for Warship Entry
Wireless messages from the battleship Oregon indicate the famous vessel will enter the Golden Gate on Thursday. The Oregon was crossing the Columbia River bar when the report was received.
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Uwhjo
Cal
Oregon
Golden Gate
Thureday
Columbia River
Mosquito Bite Endangers Doctor in Atlantic City
Oct 25 report says Dr. Richard Gardner may lose an arm after a mosquito bite ten days earlier. The poison infected his arm, swelling it twice its normal size and prompting travel to Philadelphia for surgery. It marks the first known local case of illness from a native mosquito bite.
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Skeeter
Atlantic City
Richard Gardner
Gardner
Philadelphia
Quito
Stamp output surges to over ten billion in last fiscal year
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced 10,102,250,000 postage stamps in the last fiscal year, reflecting a nearly 9 percent increase from the prior year. The data underscores growing domestic and global mail use by the American public.
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Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Rewarding His Horse Fined In Chicago Court
William Hobson was fined $1 by Judge Walker for attempting to feed $50 in fresh greenbacks to a horse hitched to a truck. He explained he had drawn the money to buy clothes and invest in drinks after meeting the horse that had saved his life on Clark Street Bridge.
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Chicago
William Hobson
Walker
Municipal Court
Hobson
Clark Street
Drunk defendant fined after incident with horse
A courtroom recount describes a man bursting into tears, offering $50, and facing a $1 fine by Judge Walker for drunken behavior. The fragment outlines a brief legal consequence tied to a hiccup in an apparent public disturbance involving a horse.
Carino On Trial For Lorenzo Murder Vows Self Defense
On trial for the murder of Antonio Lorenzo, Mike Carino claims his life is hardest and says his house burned, his wife left him for another man who may testify. He insists he shot Lorenzo in self defense.
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United Press
Tacoma
Antonio Lorenzo
Mike Carino
Carino
Lorenzo
Port of Seattle seeks permanent official seal idea
CONCONULLY Wash Oct 25 George Wilson a well to do rancher from Oroville was committed to the state asylum for the Insane by Court Commissioner Leon Bake Wilson has been acting strangely and last week said he had received a message from God to seek some young woman and marry her
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Conconully
Wash
George Wilson
Oroville
State Asylum For the Insane
Leon B. Baketel
Wilson
Aviator Enthusiasm Causes Boy's Injuries at Ammonh
In Ammond Indiana on October 26 a 9 year old boy, Robert Burnett, attempted to fly from a barn 25 feet high using a homemade plane of wood strips and sheets with a pateen steering wheel. He fell, breaking his legs and suffering internal injuries.
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Ammond
Ind
Robert Burnett
Robert
Teachers warned against sparking during school hours
In Evansville Indiana on October 25 the Montgomery township trustees warned teachers to avoid sparking or romantic activity during school hours. Warrick Mauck urged Maims to keep minds off sweethearts, declaring teaching and sparking do not go together and cautioning against Cupid’s pranks.
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Evansville
Ind
Montgomery Township
Gibson County
Indiana
Warrick Mauck
Teachers’ Institute
Wife Is Repentant
Lawrenceburg Ind October 25 Dr Ralph Tilley 47 prominent physician was whipped by his wife and arrested for assault and battery and sued for divorce and alimony and enjoined from disposing of property All cases were settled as the couple went to court arm in arm and Mrs Tilley asked the divorce suit be dismissed
Choked by Golf Ball Ends Life of 9 Year Old
Charles Wilson, nine, died at home after placing a golf ball in his mouth while reaching for a knife. The ball lodged in his throat and cut off his air as he attempted to explore its composition, despite medical aid being called too late.
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Chicago
Charles Wilson
Publicity Club Renamed Seattle Ad Club at Luncheon
The Publicity club changed its name to the Seattle Ad club at the largest luncheon the organization has ever given at the Rathskeller. More than 200 were present.
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Seattle
Ad Club
Rathshkelier
Chinese General Feng Shan Killed by Bomb in Canton
Shanghai dispatch reports General Feng Shan, Canton garrison commander, killed by a bomb. Initial word said he escaped. his escort was slain. Rebels allegedly plotted his destruction with insiders in service, aiming to thwart occupation of Canton. Imperial command faces demoralization across the empire.
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United Press
Shanghai
Feng Shan
Canton
Humiliating but Necessary Gompers Defends McNamara Fund Drive
The American Federation of Labor says exhibiting moving pictures to raise defense funds for the McNamaras is humiliating but necessary. The project will show the arrest, Los Angeles court, and prison life to provide a fair object lesson and to fund prosecutions of kidnappers. President Gompers notes dual aims of public education and defense financing.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Los Angeles
Gompers
McNamaras
Woman Inventor Jane Addams Credits Women as Pioneers
In Chicago at Ul Oct 25 Jane Addams asserts that women were the original inventors detailing advances in agriculture architecture spinning weaving sewing tanning pottery brewing and cooking before men organized hunting and other tasks.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Mies Addams
Man amputates finger to free himself from derrick
In Greeley Colorado on October 25 N B R Lee, trapped a mile from help while working on a reservoir, amputated his left little finger with a pen knife to escape a crushed hand. Neighbors were distant and medical aid unavailable, making his action a desperate act of self rescue.
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Greeley
Colo
N. BR. Lee
Lee
Kansas says grandma not in demand in state care
Topeka Kas Oct 25 H C Bowman chairman of the state board of control declares Kansas not a good home for the aged claiming elderly are sent to asylums to be rid of them after six years of petitions to study the issue.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
H. C. Bowman
State Board of Control
Tal. Bowman
Bunco Artists May Be Caught Fire in California
The two men who swindled Jo seph Rademacher, a Chehalis farmer, out of 6500 with the tin box trick may have been captured in California. Captain of Detectives Tennant departed for Santa Rosa to probe Baptiste Salascena and Louis Gloria's alleged $4000 theft from Riverside farmer John Far rio. Farrio lost his money to a similar ruse. Rademacher identified the suspects as John Ardin and Lou s.
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Joseph Rademacher
Chehalis
California
Tennant
Santa Rosa
Cal
Baptiste Salascena
Louis Gloria
John Farrio
Riverside
Farrio
Rademacher
Bunco
John Ardin
Lous
Hatfield Siblings Die in Charleston Saloon Shootout
Two Hatfields, Elias and Troy, sons of Devil Anse Hatfield, were killed in a pistol fight with saloon keeper Grone in Charleston. The attackers were struck down after being wounded. Grone fired five times before perishing minutes later.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hatfields
Elias
Troy
Anse” Hatfield
Grone
Little Girl Paid After Life-Saving Street Car Fender
Melba Lola Newell, a six year old Portland girl, escaped injury when a street car struck her but rolled onto its new safety fender. Port of Portland Railway, Light & Power officials opposed the fender but presented the girl with company stock as a life saving award. amount kept secret but described as large.
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Portland
Melba Lola Newell
Lois
Williamsay
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Melba
Nearly Drowns When Fly Enters Nose
Horatio Southgate grandson of the late Bishop Southgate nearly drowned in Wreck Lead channel behind Long Beach as a large green fly crawled into his nose and bit him. He splashed water and tried to brush it away before the insect entered nostril and a nearby boatman rescued him. In Palo Alto California Miss Anna P Coggin registers as the first coed to use the privilege of women enfranchisement on Stanford campus.
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New York
Horatio Southgate
Bishop Southgate
Lead Channel
Long Beach
Southgate
Palo Alto
Cal
Stanford University
Anna P. Coggins
Theuniversity
Open House for Alaskans Planned by Commercial Club
The Commercial club will host an open house for all Alaskans on November 16. President J W Maxwell has begun arrangements to entertain every Alaskan in the city that day.
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J. W. Maxwell
Stepfather fined for beating Cecil Crane boy
Ernest Page, a street car conductor, was fined 250 by Justice Gordon for whipping six year old Cecil Crane. The boy bore blue belt buckle marks the day after the assault. Florence Page, the mother, was discharged after proving she was not present. the boy said he was wrongly accused of stealing jam. Page was sent to county jail for nonpayment.
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Cecil Crane
Ernest Page
Marion St. Wns
Justice Gordon
Florence Page
Prince of Wales begins occasional smoking at seventeen
The Prince of Wales has been allowed to smoke an occasional cigarette since his eleventh birthday. The king and queen opposed smoking until his seventeenth birthday when he received gifts symbolizing smokers’ luxuries.
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London
Prince of Wales
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