Arrests for Opium and Hashish Sale Stun City
Count Albrecht von Halleshein and Curt Merhart were arrested after a staged buy of opium and hashish. Officers Wing Ahearn Ross and A T. detained them at First Avenue and Thirteenth Street, seizing five pounds of opium and six pounds of hashish. The German count claimed noble lineage, denied by officials, while Hullsen's wife visited him in custody.
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Curt Merkart
No. Prais
Irman
Cuan
Howard D. Esterbook
Spe
United States Treas Department
Hullsen
M. T. Ahearn
B. Ross
A. T
Wing
Third Avenue
Thirteenth T
Fortes
Merhart
First Avenue
Hulisen
Restat
Count Albrecht von Halleshein
Imperial Dragoons
América
von Halleshein
Horst Falcke
New York
Fourteenth Street
Love Triumphs Over Stern Parents in Wisconsin Pair
In Racine Wisconsin Olga Tolefson and Louis Madsen, once thwarted by Tolefsons’ and Madsens’ parents who forced loveless marriages, marry in Wall on ceremony. She frees her lover by exposing a trumped up charge, rekindling a childhood romance and defying family opposition.
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Racine
Wis
Olga Tolefson
Louis Madsen
Wallon
Miss Tolefson
Chris Olefson
Tolefson
Love
A Night of Terror Declare War on Colds
A fragmentary note speaks of crusades of education to combat common colds and seeks to mobilize public awareness against illness. The text hints at a campaign style effort to reduce sickness through instruction and proactive health measures.
Father in Europe, Mother Kidnaps Child in Brooklyn
Police seek Virginia Roach a 7 seven year old with yellow hair after a woman posing as the mother kissed and removed her from a Brooklyn school in a car. The child, in the custody of James T Roach chief gunner aboard the Delaware, was kidnapped amid a separation dispute linked to Mrs Roach known as Mildred Homes pursuing acting.
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New York
Virginia Roach
Brooklyn
Spea
Virginia
James T. Roach
United States Steamship
Delaware
Mediterranean
Roach
Mildred Homes
Physician's Wife Dies From Fright After Auto Crash
Mrs Gertrude King Walker thirty four died from fright when an auto carrying her husband Dr a physician collided with a huckster’s wagon. The wagon struck by the horse’s nose caused her to cry I’m hit and she slumped dead. The husband said there were no injuries on her. She was daughter of Mrs L G King formerly of Wilmington Delaware now Lima Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Gertrude King Walker
Dr. Walker
Raccoon Supper Prank Ends With Skunk Feast
In Huntington West Virginia on November 29 John F. Ridgeley hosted a party of 25 at a cafe claiming a raccoon supper. After dining guests praised the meat but were told it was actually skunk. Several guests fell ill following the revelation.
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Huntington
W. Va
John F. Ridgeley
They Make You Feel Good Purge—Chamberlain Tablets Ad
A brief advertisement notes the pleasant purgative effect of Chamberlain's Tablets and the improved body and mind they create, marketed as for sale by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp
Aav
Tobacco Habit Man's Undoing Tracked Across Colorado
Pueblo dispatch reports Juan Franco a Mexican man who, after a persistent search for a rare tobacco he smoked and inquired about at many stores, was arrested in connection with a fatal shotgun shooting of Ben Arapa in Greeley during a quarrel over a woman.
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Pueblo
Colo
Juan Franco
Ben Arapa
Greeley
Franco
Arapa
Litchfield Man Reports Boils Cleared by Hood's Sarsaparilla
Mr W A Caldwell of Litchfield Connecticut describes severe boils and salt rheum on both forearms. After a six bottle course of Hood's Sarsaparilla he reports no boils or eruptions and endorses the remedy for impure blood and humors. He invites correspondence for details of his case.
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W. A. Caldwell
Litchfield
Conn
Caldwell
Hood
Unexplained suicides puzzle New York police
Three men in New York ended their lives in mysterious circumstances. One jumped from a pier after declaring intent to die. another leapt from a ferry at night. a third died by gas in a lodging house. Police recovered a torn envelope with a suicide note but identified no suspects. A fourth man, Ernest R. Holmes, was found dead in his lodging room with a gas tube connected to a jet and a burial request.
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New York
Navy
East Twenty-third Street
Robert Williams
Fulton
Tenth Avenue
Williams
Hogan
East Twenty-second Street
Central Park
Leonia
130Th Street
Manhattan
Edgewater
N. J
Goodby
Ernest R. Holmes
East Seventeenth Street
Kansas City
Pueblo man hunted for fatal wound over love affair
A man killed another with an abdomen wound after frequent fights over Juanita Rios a senorita. Franco known for a specific tobacco brand was arrested soon after trying to buy his favorite weed at a local Pueblo tobacco store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Rios
Franco
Pueblo
Princeton Freshman Class Parents Education Snapshot
At Princeton University in Princeton New Jersey 55 percent of the freshman parents have no college education. Of 143 college educated parents 14 are mothers with degrees. Eighty four colleges are represented and 45 parents attended Princeton. The cabinet officer's son is William G McAdoo Jr. Most fathers are in business 256 and professions 148. Presbyterian 155 Episcopalian 131 Roman Catholic 30 Methodist 28 Congregational 17. The average freshman age is just over eighteen.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
United States Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Episcopalians
Cleveland and Detroit to Meet at Hockey Opener
The Cleveland hockey club opens its season in Detroit with two games on December 1 and 2. Detroit then travels to Cleveland for a December 6 set, kicking off a back to back series.
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Cleveland
Detroit
GETS-IT For Corns Advertises Quick Cure
An era corn remedy promising fast, painless relief with no bandages or knives. It claims two second application, safe on healthy flesh, priced 25 cents per bottle from Bea Lawrence Co. in Chicoenady.
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Bea, Lawrence & Co
Chicoenady
Racines Mound Cemetery Preserves Indian Mounds
In Racine Wisconsin a historic Mound Cemetery preserves Indian mounds once over fifty scattered in the area. Eleven grand monuments remain as civilization encroaches. excavations yield arrow heads spears copper ware pottery and bones confirming rich Native American relics in build sites and pavements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Milwaukee
Diamonds in the rough face phoney claimings
A portion of the Diamonds in the rough are accused of being phoney while many stay overlooked and trusted.
Canary Sent by Parcel Post Shocks Seattle Crowd
A canary mailed from Mount Vernon to a Capitol Hill resident by parcel post caused a scene when a postal worker feared the bird escaped. The fragile package was finally opened to reveal the live canary, and the bird was delivered the next day without further incident.
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Canary
Parcel Post
Seattle
lLaédcal Po
Mount Vernon
Capitol Hill
Uncle Sam
Mna
Dog45 Earns Living Hint From Unexpected Talent
A stray dog may find a steady job as the piece notes the animal showing an unexpected skill that could lead to earning a livelihood. The report frames the dog as fortunate to have this potential opportunity.
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the Peoples Bank
Mobile
Ala
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Jess
Provost Farrow Coal Co
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Southern Express Company
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United States
Canada
Havana
Cuba
Ml. Whliams
2Nd View
W. G. McFarlans
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Saray
Alabama
Mobile E
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Mobile, Alabama
Hires Condensed Milk CO
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