I Menace Pool Rooms and Graft Behind Police and Politicians
A historical critique of pool betting in New York and other cities details how pool rooms prey on bettors including workers, with $28 million yearly losses cited. It links police protection, political graft, and lax enforcement to ongoing gambling near race tracks, and mentions letters from distressed wives, raids by District Attorney Jerome, and calls for stronger enforcement under officials like Governor Folk.
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United States
City of
New York
District Attorney's
Jerome
Tork
New York District Attorney's Office
Cansotte
Heay Street
Tuely
Hester
Essex Streets
Jeromas
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Three Mile
Syndicale
Folk
Hot Springs
Ark
Robert Donnell
Stead the Controversial Editor and Reforming Leader
The article profiles William T. Stead as a towering, aggressive reformer and journalist. It chronicles his rise from editor of the Northern Echo to control of the Pail Mail Gazette, his fearless exposés, his fiery peace advocacy, and his daring international interviews including a famed 1888 audience with Czar Alexander II in St. Petersburg.
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Willian T. Stead
Iman
Mr. Stead
America
Carnegie
William Z. Stead
Gladstone
Dé le
Gread
Ught
Derk
Evan
Stead
Wiliam Thomas Stead
Embleton
Lilientescael
Wakefield
la Newopatle
Northern Echo
Fn Igo1
Pail Mail Gazette
All
England
London
Hince Whiten
Belinia
Cardinal Manning
Ganterbury
The
Rusela
Livadia
Hard Douma
Tabor
J.arch
William T.stead
Coldbath
Babylon
St. Petersburg
Russia
John Bull
Heet
Gatschina
Alexander
Presenting Arms To The Baby In Sacred Rite
The christening of Stenora Dusé as an infant sparked a ceremonial escort where guards halted to present arms, mistaking a glass cradle for a relic shrine. A bright future was prophesied, later fulfilled, though Cleonora lived long and her pages recalled a child often visiting the hospital to fetch food for a weak mother.
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Stenora Dusé
Teke
Emer
Cleonora
Lord Tennyson A Lifetime of Quiet Public Service
The future governor general of Australia, Lord Tennyson, rose from private secretary to prominent public figure. At forty he inherited the title, and by forty seven he sought governance in Australia. He holds GCMG and Raisin Sun honors, with multiple honorary degrees and leadership roles, including honorary colonelcies and society presidencies. He penned a highly regarded biography of his father.
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Lord Tennyson
Lora’ Tennyson
Australia
Himaete
Ies
Antipodes
Richest Voice in Parliament Joann Redmond Praised
Joann Redmond M is noted for melodious and rich oratory. He is among the readiest debaters in the house of colymonus and highly regarded by judges as possessing the finest voice of any parliamentarian.
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Joann Redmond
Bia
House of Colymonus
Fragmented World Facts and Anecdotes From An Old Almanac
A collage of curious notes covers geography, science, and history. It cites the Yosemite Falls as the world’s tallest, details alloy compositions, Irish and European demographics, and quirky trivia on birds, monotheistic cultures, and naval ranks.
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Civil Service
Roosevelt
Paris
Queensland
vRanngig
Stein
William Thomas Stead
Yosemite Valley
Mariposa County
California
Yosemite River
Sweden
Spain
Japan
Germany
Yorkstire Grosps
Yorkshire
Stowell
Gibraltar
Malta
Brucco
Florida
Lenton
Liverpool
Jenders
Europe
Garden
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