Monkey Stealing Across City From Prison Den
In Mexico City at Chapultepec Zoo a jailed burglar trained a clever monkey to commit robberies. Benito Hernandez, a known second story thief, led police to his pet's exploits after detectives traced stolen items to his rooms. The monkey aided in burglaries in Tacubaya, and Hernandez is jailed, denying responsibility.
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Mexico City
Chapultepec
Benito Hernandez
Hernandez
Tacubaya
Maria Barrientos
Dagger Pierced Heart Gift to Actress in Ancona
In Ancona Italy the vaudeville star Nanda Primavera received a boxed gift of a bleeding heart with a dagger and diamond handle. She mistook it for candy or a toy, but the heart was real flesh. Police seized the artifact and deemed it animal heart.
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Ancona
Italy
Nanda Primavera
Nanda
Book Returned After Fifty Years Loan Kingston Library
H. P. Robinson returned Beauties of English History edited by J. Frost LL.D. from 1840, a book long out on loan. Officials failed to compute overtime fines. The volume came from the Midland district circulating library, a predecessor of Kingston Public Library, and was found after more than a year.
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Kingston
French Senate Seeks Practical Joker Amid Turmoil
In Paris the French Senate searches for a practical joker blamed for stirring mockery during a heated debate. A bill’s passage was falsely claimed as already voted and published by the Journal Official, prompting curiosity over who crafted the prank and its impact on the session.
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Paris
58 Year Old Bank Note Found by Teller in Mass
A Crocker National Bank teller in Turnips Falls, Massachusetts, discovered a $5 bill dated November 5, 1872. The note, though aged, was in good condition.
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Turnips Falls
Mass
Crocker National Bank
Lightning Strikes Young Girl. Shoes Torn From Feet
Five year old Eleanor Michalski of Cranes Hollow Cranes Hollow Schenectady New York was struck by lightning. The bolt tore her shoes from her feet and left burns on the body. The shoes were found several feet away from the child.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Eleanor Michalski
Cranes Hollow
Quail Names Across Regions Mentioned
The text notes that the quail is called bob-white in the North and partridge or Virginia partridge in the South. Barrows in Michigan Bird Life places this bird in a separate family from grouse and ptarmigan, including spruce partridge, spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, Canada ruffed grouse, ptarmigan, and prairie chicken.
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Barrows
Michigan
Family Doctor Made Millions of Friends
Dr Caldwell became famous for a single prescription Syrup Pepsin is the world’s most popular laxative. Millions of people rely on it for constipation headache bilious feverish breath tongue coating nausea gas or low energy. Made today from herbs and other pure ingredients it is pleasant tasting and gentle yet thorough in stubborn cases. It is a doctor’s safe choice for the bowels.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Scots Women Embrace Curling in Flourishing Clubs
In Scotland curling, long male dominated, women now pursue the game as a pastime. Several new clubs form this winter and Kinross Curling Club has established a women’s section that is already thriving.
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Scotland
The
Kinross Curling Club
Two Boys Find Nine Wolves on a Fishing Trip
Two local boys Marshall Weger and Knowlton Hawkins found a den with nine wolves less than a week old while returning from a fishing trip in Robinson Illinois. They brought the wolves to town and received a $25 bounty each from County Clerk Buren O Mills, totaling $225 in about ten minutes.
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Tome
Riry
Glotto
Gloito
Monkey
General Foods Corporation
Sewerssen Hide & Wool CO
Houston
Texas
Bird’s
S. E. Maddox
Carbon Hill
Alabama
Weevilnip
Weevilnip Laboratories Co
P. O. Box
Parker
Druggiata
Iscox Chemiks
Patchogne
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Tex
Harold Somers
Brooklyn
Trong
Duchess of Norfolk
Sheriff Court
Dumfries
Herries
Chemical Corporation
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