Man Known as George von Schull Sturm Charged in Post Office Theft
In Weld County Colorado sheriff S J McAfee arrested George von Schull Sturm, once held as a suspect in a $10,009 post office robbery, and stories detail his travels from San Francisco to New York. Sturm denied guilt, used aliases, and claimed heartfelt motives, saying a sweetheart’s quarrel forced a roam with a $100 reward promised if he made it to New York within a year.
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Sturm
S. J. McAfee
New York
Greeley
Weld County
Flowas
Harry Brown
Germany
San Francisco
Divers Seek Specie From Ocean Liner Oceana
Divers report progress salvaging bullion from the liner Oceana sunk off Eastbourne after a collision. They recovered specie and silver bars, with more treasure expected if weather stays fine. The captain's cabin yielded the bullion room keys and opened hatches as wreckage blocks the deck. The nightship nearby bears the wreck warning as rough seas continue.
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London
Oceana
Eastbourne
Pittsburgh's teeth mark theft evidence used to trap burglar
Pittsburgh police claim a thief was caught using a novelty teeth-mark method. After a burglary at a city residence, the suspect bit cheese and left an irregular large teeth imprint, which investigators matched to the burglar, aligning local methods with Paris and New York practices.
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Pittsburgh
Paris
New York
Pastor Swallows False Teeth in Miraculous Incident
Marrinsburg Pennsylvania reports Rev J A Maderc, pastor of the Methodist church, swallowed his false teeth. The plate lodged between the throat and the stomach requiring an operation.
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Marrinsburg
J. A. Maderc
Methodist Church
Natal stones plan sparks New York wholesale jewellers meeting
New York jewelers in the Malden Lane district unite to set a standard list of natal stones. In San Francisco, James P West, recently sentenced to seven years at Folsom Penitentiary, completes a universal adjustable calendar on pasteboard to display day of week for any date over 160 years, presented by prison commissioner William T. Day for patent.
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New York
Malden Lane
San Francisco
Folsom Penitentiary
James P West
Willam T. Day
West
Birthstone Modernization Proposes Seasonal Color Schemes
Contention grows that current birthstones are visually unappealing and detract from jewelry value. Proposed changes assign seasonally appropriate colors: December to February feature diamonds aquamarine and sapphire blues. March to May use green stones like peridot emerald and chrysoprase. June to August showcase tourmaline ruby and garnet. autumn tones rely on topaz zircon and amethyst.
German diver rifle fires water jet undersea threat
A German inventor proposes a water rifle to protect underwater divers from sharks and monsters of the sea. The weapon fires water instead of bullets, propelled with force to pierce armor, using a stout barrel and India rubber cartridge, a concept similar to late 1860s submarine tests that never advanced beyond experiments.
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Berlin
Germany
Harper's Weekly
India
Farmer produces shoe box with 4300 in gold in Shamokin
Emanuel Kilnger, a well known farmer, handed a shoe box containing 4300 in gold to his lawyer during a real estate closing in Shamokin Pennsylvania. He said the sum represented his lifelong savings and that he did not trust banks.
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Shamokin
Emanuel Kilnger
Umbrella Left Behind Leads to Secret Chickens Discovery
York Pennsylvania detectives traced Bert Riley after he forgot his ornamented umbrella in a neighbor’s coop. They found seven prize chickens in the Riley home with necks wrung.
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York
Bert Riley
Riley
Resurrected Romance A Lesson From Aunt Hetty
Aunt Hetty consoles her niece Mabel after a breakup with Jack Maynard. A tale of a southern girl who loses her lover to miscommunication and pride, ending in tragedy, teaches forgiveness and trust. Mabel resolves to repair her relationship and calls Jack to reconcile, guided by the elder’s cautionary story.
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Aunt Hetty
Jack Maynard
Mabel
Jack
Papa
Hetty
His Recommendation. A cook praised at an Indian station
A Christian Advocate excerpt notes a cook named Abdul who has been with a station in southern India for three months. The speaker laments Abdul’s departure due to illness, saying it seems longer than three months and that his illness is the cause of his leaving.
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India
Abdul
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