Italian in Insurance Fraud Case Nearing Death in Pittsburg
Pittsburg March 24 Casimir Citrone, an elderly Italian suspect in New York City life insurance frauds, is dying and may not survive to testify. He blamed his son for involvement and described the scheme of obtaining policies on near-death elderly men then using morgue corpses under false names to claim payouts. He says his son profited from the policies and that other gang members are still at large.
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Pittsburg
Casimir Ciccone
New York City
New York
Joe Ross
Ciccone
Hremas
Citrone
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Federal Labor Union
Cross-Eyed Portrait Becomes a Joking Tale
A Chicago Chronicle tale recalls a minister hosting guests and a servant Nora who misplaces a bowl of cracked nuts, then an amusing Red Cross encounter in St. Petersburg. The piece includes a playful painter story about a cross-eyed portrait and an American remark on the likeness.
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Nora
Chicago Chronicle
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
St. Petersburg
Regent International Red Cross
Prince Troubetskoy
Paris
Prince Troubetskor
N. ¥. ‘Tribune
Jewish Ark Legend Linked to Tara Hall Ruins in Ireland
A London report notes a large group scavenging the Tara Hall ruins seeking an ancient sacred Jewish object. The tale ties Nebuchadnezzar's exiles to Jeremiah carrying relics to Egypt and finally to Tara, where a king of Ireland married the king’s daughter and vowed to build learning institutions.
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Tara Hall
Ireland
London
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Judah
Jeremiah
Gedaliah
Egypt
Jacob
Bethel
Aaron
Baruch
Dan
Denmark
Tara
Vaizn
Edward I of
England
Westminster Abbey
Princes in peasant ranks spread across Europe
In parts of Austria Poland and Russia some peasants are legally described as princes reflecting inherited titles. The burden of high sounding ranks hampers employment as papers list their rank age and occupation. A French wife learned a maid was a princess and a courtess, yet their social position remained that of villagers and farmers.
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Austria
Poland
Russia
London
Italy
Portugal
St. Petersburg
Frantic Mass Tragedy in Fishdale Leaves Five Dead
A deranged mother in Fishdale killed her four children and herself after sealing doors and windows, then set the house ablaze. Neighbors found the charred scene in a closet as authorities and the grieving husband arrived. The victims were Lillia six, William five, Louise four, May Rose five months, all burned. Mrs Burke died of a throat wound and the cause of death for the children was fire and blows. The family had moved from Worcester about a year and a half.
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Sunbridge
Mass
Fishdale
Peter Burke
Lillia
William
Louise
May Rose
Fiskdale
Worcester
Burke
Tallise
Boundary Dispute May Strip Texas of Land
Marshall Tr Golden tells Washington Star that a congressional act to mark the 200th meridian as Texas eastern boundary could cost Texas a strip up to three quarters of a mile wide. Surveyors place the 103rd meridian on the panhandle, cutting off about 300,000 acres, and New Mexico disputes the western boundary, risking further loss of Texas land.
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Texas
Lone Star State
Marshall Tr. Golden
Washington
Land Office
Act of Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
Panhandle
New Mexico
Informed On Clocks and Collectible Timepieces
A fragment notes a general fact about the collection of old clocks, mentioning tall timepieces and a continued interest in antique horology. The text hints at unnamed items and a broad survey of clock types from a bygone era.
Curious clocks and a German volume Thirteen Hundred Reasons Why a Clock in Perfect Order Won't Run
A New York Tribune report describes owners of antique clocks from Maine to the Carolinas who monitor foreign pawnshops for rare timepieces. One Madison Avenue collector notes her two dozen clocks frequently stop without reason. She sent a German prize to a clock expert, who was found reading a small German book titled Thirteen Hundred Reasons Why a Clock in Perfect Order Won't Run.
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Maine
Carolinas
New York
Madison Avenue
The
New York Tribune
Books and the Gentleman Reflecting on Reading Habits
The piece cites a London quote via Youths Companion about what a cultured gentleman should do. It contrasts riches with thoughtful books, advising a well stocked library, proper handling of volumes, avoiding borrowed titles, and choosing substantial editions over cheap repeats. It critiques reliance on newspapers and magazines for literary taste.
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London
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Via
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Nat. Manufacturers’ Ass'n
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Covenant
Marconi
M. Joly
la Nature
N. Y. Post
Massachusetts
Milwaukee
Wis
Harry E. Sirdlinger
Marguerita Sylva Opera Company
Nirdénger
Himaseti
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Arnett
Col. Arnett
Mackinac City
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Ernie
Muabel
N. ¥. Herald
Fall River
Textile Workers’ Association
Lowell
New England Cotton Yarn Co
New Bedford
Union
Arlington
McClintuck
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
York State
Chicago
Toledo
East Liberty
Castle
East Buffalo
Chronicle
Aman
W. S. Abbey
Elyria
Oberlin
Osteopathic
Gentral Block
Cneansdk
Books and the Gentleman
Northyrest
Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Hubert Day
Ecyria
Florida
Kelsey, Chain
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