Ah Sins of Gotham and Nile Views in Century Echoes
A collage of brief items notes Chinese in New York as a quiet, unthreatening population amid growing numbers, with Manhattan Chinatown repeatedly defended from disease claims. A Century excerpt recounts a Nile gorge passage, and small quotes from various era papers mix with a Dickens joke and farm humor.
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New York
Gotham
United States
Manhattan
Asia
America
Mott Street
Pell Street
N_ Y. Tribune
Venezuela Signs Protocols Ending Blockade and Vessel Returns
Washington reports Herbert W. Bowen signed protocols with Allied representatives to refer preferential claims to The Hague arbitration. Blockade will be lifted within 24 hours and all captured vessels returned. Britain Germany and Italy receive advance payments with additional sums later. 30 percent of port customs receipts pledged as security.
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Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Bowen
la Guaira
Porto Cabello
United States
Wreck Kills Three on B and O at Vienna station
In a Vienna station wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad about 14 miles west of this place, an eastbound freight struck rocks in a cut, tearing up tracks and causing a massed derailment. Engineer George Cowan 33 of Ashtabula Fireman C M A Bell 25 of Millwood W Va Brakeman James Wright 34 of Chicago were killed as scalding steam filled the wreckage.
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Washington
Vienna
Baltimore & Ohio
Vienna Station
George Cowan
Ashtabula
C. M. A. Bell
Millwood
W. Va
James Wright
Chicago
Pittsburg
Police raid Chicago turf investment offices formal arrests
Detectives raided H. Brolaski Co Benedict & Co Mid-Continent Investment A J Demarest & Co seizing circulars and letters from investors across the midwest. Several firms locked doors and a company president fled before dawn raids closing suspected frauds tied to turf investments. Total losses likely amount to hundreds of thousands.
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Pemas Pacnonax
Chicago
Turf Investment Company
H. Brolaski Co
Dearborn Street
Benedict & Co
the Mid-Continent Investment Co
Cimuitanen
Tye
Moon
Bess Beg
Middle West
Lesson in American History in Puzzle
The text recounts early land cessions to the United States, Native American resistance led by Black Hawk, and a 19th century campaign to quell an Indian war. Generals Gens, Scott, and Atkinson led troops from Buffalo, battles arose on rivers and in forests, and Black Hawk was captured with his sons after a major conflict.
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Sacs
Mins
United States
Black Hawk
Mississippi
Rock Island
Scott
Atkinson
Buffalo
Chalers
Gen. Atkinson
Illinois
Investment scam victims recover stories emerge in raids
In a string of raids on Benedict and Brolaski firms, investors like H Brolaski and George Vincent vouch for losses as money and stock certificates vanish. Office raiders seize ledgers and investor lists while patrons seek $1,000s in refunds. Authorities book Benedict and Brolaski leaders on gambling and bookmaking charges. In other news, two fires and thefts hit Albuquerque and Scranton, with substantial losses reported.
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H_ Brolaski
Brolaski
George H. Vincent
Doverport, Jr
Benedict & Co
Owen
American Express Co
Continental National Bank
Mid-Continent Investment Co
Demarest
Benedict
Be Was Rich Hotel Proprietor
A Philadelphia Press excerpt depicts a hotel proprietor questioning where an elderly male guest went while a clerk suggests honoring him, mentioning a young appearing wife waiting in the ladies parlor and implying the guest’s apparent wealth.
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Philadelphia Press
Uncle Sam's Finkeriees Spending Revealed
The United States Fish Commission reports a annual outlay of 175000 dollars to propagate fish for fisheries nationwide. Over one billion fish and eggs were distributed in the year, supporting various waterways and species across regions.
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Uncle Sam
United States Fish Commission
Cleveland
Thistle-Dowsz to Chins and Silk Substitutes
In China the down of the thistle is gathered and mixed with raw silk to deceive experts in weaving. It is used to snuff cushions as a substitute for cider-down, a very good substitute it wakes.
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China
N. Y, San
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