The Robbing of Burke
Burke pockets winnings in Cincinnati after a racing win, hides $2000 in a rug, and later regains $6500 from a stranger profiting from a late night hotel theft. He alerts police after breakfast the next morning.
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Diavalo
Gretchen
Lady Grace
Robson
Burke
Quex
Grace
Richard Roscommon Burke
Gravesend
Sheepshead
Metropost
Cincinnati
Latonia
Matthews
Scarlet Burke
Mat
Real estate scam arrest over six thousand? Burns linked to Corbin case
Arthur Corbin of Norwalk filed a complaint leading to the arrest of Ren frew Burns a Norwood real estate dealer on grand larceny charges. Burns claimed a partner Alexander Stewart in Cleveland absconded with $6,500 from Vine street property. he alleged deception, bank retrieval, and a missing partner while police doubt Stewart’s identity.
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Arthur Corbin
Norwalk
Renfrew Burns
Norwood
Burns
Vine Street
Corbin
Alexander Stewart
Cleveland
Stewart
Burke
The Brainards Return to a Lost Home of Wealth
Aline and James Brainard, once ruined by drift and pride, reunite in a dilapidated Harlem flat after a midlife crisis exposes their shared past. He realizes the old life remains within reach, and they decide to reclaim the vanished home and its faded rituals.
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Maine
James Brainard
Morningside Park
Mrs. Brainard
Jim Brainard
Broad Street
James
Aline
Dubuque
Towa
New York City
East Ninety-third Street
Brainards
Jim
Jin
Brainard
Mr. Brainard
Federal aid road policy tied to intercounty system
States including Pennsylvania Virginia Ohio Indiana Illinois Wyoming and Washington push to use federal highway funds only for roads in defined state main systems. American Automobile Association President David Jameson urges a national obligation to help county units and maintain intercounty roads with state funds, citing over 50 million dollars in motor vehicle revenue for nationwide upkeep.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Wyoming
Washington
David Jameson
American Automobile Association
Dangerous Crossings Get New Signal With Gong Warning
A three street crossing near a trolley line gains a new danger signal. The device uses a moving arm and large gong to alert drivers as cars approach. Painted in camouflaged colors, it creates a striking warning as cars pass.
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Popular Science Monthly
Lincoln Highway Gaps Near Nevada Upgrade With Gift
A $100,000 donation funds improvements on two Nevada segments of the Lincoln Highway, filling the last gap in the first U S transcontinental road. The donor prefers government action but offers a personal sacrifice to present a road as an object lesson for Americans, highlighting the road’s educative public value.
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Nevada
Muddy Roads Create Dust as They Dry
The article notes that muddier roads produce more dust when they dry, with rutted sides ground to dust and a crowned, hard roadbed that tends to shed water and worsen surface conditions.
Dickcissel Song Defines a Western Railway Bird
The Dickcissel, famed for a distinct chirp that pierces trains, travels across the western plains. Noted as formerly the black throated bunting, this yellow bird with a black throat is valued for eating bugs and weed seeds and is a boon to citizens.
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Dickcissel
Chip
Middle Western
Plains
Omaha World- Herald
Poets in War Lyrics Courage From Frontline Poets
Milwaukee Sentinel notes poets who served in wars including Dante Byron Burns and Kilmer Seeger Service and Service with front line poetry. It highlights D Annunzio Scots Wha Hae and Rhymes of a Red Cross Man Grand Pere and praises those who fought while writing verse.
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Sidney
Dante
Byron
Greece
Burns
Scotch Dragoons
Wallace
D’annunzio
Italy
Joyce Kilmer
France
Allan Seeger
Robert Service
Red Cross
Pere
Edwin Markham
Milwaukee Sentinel
Land Question in Chile Affects Indians and Land Use
The land issue in Chile draws attention as Indians, aided by progress in agriculture and cattle breeding, gain ground despite systemic greed. Critics in the public press urge reform, but authorities show insufficient interest in addressing the alienation of a significant regional population.
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Chile
Preservation minded mountaineering clubs grow in numbers
The Associated Mountaineering Clubs of North America unite to protect scenery and wildlife and cooperate with the national park service on parks and monuments. A New York Public Library collection forms a mountaineering bibliography with bibliographies being published. Founded 1916 with nine clubs, the body now has 29 member groups and over 45,000 members.
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Associated Mountaineering Clubs
North America
National Park Service
New York Public Library
Bombarding Sky With Names
A new wireless invention would project sounds into the air so an aviator can know exact locations. It would announce places like Calgary as the plane passes overhead, aiding navigation by delivering real time regional identifiers.
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Calgary
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