Last of the Red Pepper Gang Returns in Crime Circle
Henry C. Terry recalls the Red Pepper Gang once feared for a 53 000 bank robbery near Trinity spire twenty five years earlier and contrasts it with a recent 25 000 taxi robbery. He cites interviews with Phil Heinrich and Detective Dalton to illuminate crime cycles.
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New York City
Trinity Spire
Phil Heinrich
Dalton
Annals of Crime
Paris
Phil Heinrichs Story of Counterfeiting and Bank Robberies
The excerpt recounts Phil Heinrich detailing counterfeiting operations with Sam Ellis in Philadelphia and Canada money schemes. It covers prep work, a jail break using tools, a bold theft from First National Bank, and a long pursuit leading to Ellis and Heinrich’s arrest in Pittsburgh.
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Phil Heinrich
Sam Ellis
Philadelphia
Sam
Buffalo
Canada
Sctais of
Gabby
Broadway
North River
Cedar Street
West Street
Liberty Street
Scranton
Lost and Found
Jersey City
Erie County Police
Ellis
Heinrich
New York
Wooster Street
Jack Griffin
Reddy
Griffin
Pittsburgh
Peruna Revises Laxative Use to Combat Constipation
A physician describes adding a laxative to Peruna to treat chronic constipation tied to catarrh. He claims the revised Peruna relieves constipation and cures catarrh, leading to permanent relief without pills. The product Peruna Manalin La-cupia is manufactured by the Peruna Company in Columbus Ohio and advertised in drug stores.
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Peru-na Company
Columbus
Ohio
Tarno
Detective Dalton's Pepper Sneak Capture
Detective Dalton details tracking down the final red pepper thief after noting the thief studies the bank layout to plan the robbery and escape. He hunted the neighborhood for witnesses to the crime.
The Greatest Woman Honored by Teachers
Two hundred teachers were asked who is the greatest woman in history. Judges awarded the prize to the wife of a farmer who cooks, cleans, sews, raises a family, and still finds time for self improvement.
Woman Thrown Stone to Vote Seeks Summer Roost
Mrs. Stronghead hurled a paving stone through a drugstore window to prove her right to vote and was jailed. The judge remarked on the act while Stronghead claimed the stunt settled the summer spending dispute.
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Stronghead
Wrong Guess in Fan-Well Remarks
A fictive dialogue critiques a young man described as a diamond in the Fan-Well, suggesting he is a Jasper rather than properly classified. The passage also drops a garbled ad fragment for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and mentions a consumer bottle label.
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Nan
Jasper
Of Course. Her Husband Is a Self Made Man.
A columnist notes remarks about marriage and independence with a wry observational tone. The piece references a husband described as a self made man and hints at expectations around changes and alterations in plans.
Eloquent Epigraphs and Remedies in 19th Century Ads
A fragmentary ad-like snippet quotes a vintage remedy claim and a Herrick line urging perseverance. It cites druggists and a pricing hint with a hopeful, moral undertone, reflecting period promotional language and literary allusion.
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Henry C. Terry
F. L. Nelson
First National Bank
Trinity Church Yard
Anolock
B. Hartman
Detective Dalton
Herrick
Nebraska
Faultless Starch
En Lily White
Bliss Phoebe Pri
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
S.remedyn
RCO