Gentleman burglar who posed as a gentleman thief
Harry W. Brooks alias George Robinson, a Fifth Avenue burglar, confessed to thirty nine robberies since last September and said he disposed of stolen jewelry at the U S assay office. He described a luxurious lifestyle with his wife in expensive apartments and claimed a criminal record stretching to youth.
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New York
United States
Harry W. Stooks
George Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Orlando M. Harper
West Fortyseventh Street
Langan
Detective Bureau
Brooks
George
Kansas City
Raffles
Aet
Henry W. Brooks
United States Assay
Robinson
Inspector McClusky
Captain Langan
Harry W. Brooks
New Haven
Conn
Weathersfield
Public matters and readers letters from a 1900s issue
A selection of brief items covers editorial caution about publishing criticism, a reader letter explaining a bedbound farmer with recurring boils, criticism of Hitchcock’s secretaries in Indian Territory, and a G A R resolution condemning Roosevelt’s action toward General Miles in retirement.
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Roosevelt
Miles
San Francisco
Teddy
Otterville Social Roundup and Maccabees Picnic
Mrs. T. J. Lewis and family visited Tipton for the street fair. Reed Sturges and wife toured Clarksville to see relatives and attended the Maccabees Picnic, praised for its success. Sir Knight R. B. Anderson delivered remarks with G. P. Garland and Prof. W. W. Gillum. The Sentinel's legislature claim is corrected. Otterville sent many to the State fair.
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T. J. Lewis
Tipton
Reed Sturges
Calrksburg
Knights of the Maccabees
R. B. Anderson
St. Louis
G. P. Garland
W. W. Gillum
Otterville
The
Sentinel
W. L. Nelson
Cooper County
Quige
Backwater
Beaumont Bank Closed After $729,000 Loss
Washington reports the Comptroller of the Currency announced the closing of Citizens National Bank of Beaumont Texas. Bank Examiner Logan was named receiver and estimated the loss at seven hundred twenty nine thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Citizens National Bank of
Beaumont
Texas
Logan
White House Restaurant Fair Week Meals
Meals at the White House Restaurant offered during fair week for 25 cents each. Local patrons could enjoy bargain meals as part of fair events held at the dining venue.
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White House
You Use Bail Blue Red Cross Bail Blue Ad
An old printed ad promotes Bail Blue from Red Cross as a tall blue cleaning product. The 2 oz package is priced at 5 cents and marketed as a strong household cleaner.
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Red Cross
Bes
Kennedy Players Stage Immortal Faust at Opera House
The Kennedy company filled the opera house with a complete audience for a masterful Faust performance. John J. Kennedy as Mephisto impressed with sly, insidious humor and Miss Lynda Earle as Marguerite earned audience sympathy through heartfelt acting. The troupe, praised as first class, closes with news of tonight’s five act Be yond Pardon production featuring new scenery and specialties.
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John J. Kennedy
Mephisto
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Sedalia
H. Scruton
Walter J. Brill Francis B. Tupper
Queen City
C. F. Kibby
Abel
MAIL
R. Baldwin
Sedalia, Mo
Sedalia and
Pettis County
Rich
Uncle Sam
Apel
Daily Press
Indian Territory
Hitchcock
Mrs. Monahan
Cecilier
Ohio St
Beaumont Bank
Albert T. Lower
John Cunningham
E. Third ST
Moerschel’s
Sedalia Beer
Wood
Kennedy
Opera House
Faust
Ation
Night
Ward & Wade’s
Minstrels
Lodge of Merriment
Harry Ward
Geo. Wade
Grand Street
School Books
New Franklin
East Second St
Sedatia Mo
J. C. Warren
East Fifteenth Street
BELL
Webster’s
Wesster
Wals Webster Publishing CO
Dearborn St
Chicago
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