26 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
1
A Philadelphia bank explosion kills a cashier and a bomber, with extensive destruction to the building. The blast wounds staff and shatters the bank interior, while authorities identify the deceased as a man named Robert Steele and note Provident Rushton escaped. Police secure the site as investigators search for motive and connections.
Report describes Robert Steele linked to a bank bombing at Fourth Street National Bank Philadelphia. Jeff Garner, six, and his family are mentioned as part of a convoluted background. Bank notes valued around $20,000 were reported missing by clerks and investigators, with trucks and money mysteries noted.
Amorphous letters reveal a man named Crump believed the world owed him while living in Garni and later in Chicago. He was described as deranged but not clearly dangerous, with a history of selling patent medicines after abandoning a heroin shop habit. He is 45, with a brother Charlie Steele in Kielme and a wife and family at 270 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago.
A garbled tale follows Policemen Flynn and Vigna as they confront a prisoner amid a tense street confrontation. The man resists arrest, insists on an official report, and twists the scene into a test of authority as bystanders mutter about dignity and duty. The exchange ends with the suspect insisting on a legitimate arrest and walking toward the station alongside the officer.
A husband gives his wife money to shop freely while she laments her wasted youth and vows to change. He jokes about the hazard of their earnings as a clock alarm rings and they hurry to work. The tale ends with a freckled boy who leaves home to become wealthy.
The Travel Magazine lauds surfing at Watkii near Honolulu as a royal sport. Winter and summer the surf canoes and carts arrive on long rollers, turning surfers into amphibious riders as they catch crests and glide toward shore on the foaming line.
Bank records show peculiar losses as bank books vanish in storms and become swallowed by animals or eaten by unexpected causes. A guardsman saw his funds swept away by a wave, a sergeant reported losing a deposit while measuring a recruit, and a puppy damaged another record.
A York county attorney visits a barber shop where his head is measured for sale. The barber jokes about the length and thickness of a lawyer's head, remarking lawyers must have long heads. The barber then urges the boy to light the chandeliers, ending the lighthearted exchange.
The red coral is a shrublike colony of soft bodied polyps forming a fleshy axis. After removing surrounding tissue, the red core is sold as jewelry. Bed coral is hornlike, polishes finely, and differs from horn and similar animal substances.
A dialog points to shifting motives in investigations. An oldtime statesman condemns courtesy and forbearance as prevailing, while Senator Sorghum argues investigations are now used to uncover truth rather than to soothe minds.
The passage questions why directors resigned after a cashier looted banks and asks why they did so, suggesting they lacked the will to know details unless they had the will to know the matter.
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