Stripped Clothes Heist and Shipping News
A Brooklyn police arrest leads to the discovery of seven suits worn by a man hiding in a suitcase. The thief matched a Jamaica store robbery with thirteen suits missing and six more found in the suitcase. Also notes ship passage for four emigrants with combined capital of three million dollars aboard the Neckar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Quinn
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Quinn
John Haughton
Fleet Street
Marcus Miller
Jamaica
Haughton
Resinol Heals Itching Skins and Eczema Claims
An advertisement touts Resinol Soap and Ointment as instant itch relief and skin healing for eczema rash ringworm and related eruptions. It claims doctors prescribe it for eighteen years and offers free samples from Resinol Baltimore department 9 K with price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept
9-K
Resinol
Baltimore
War Peril Passed as Austria-Hungary Faces Peace Demand
Reports from Galicia indicate demobilization has started and reservists are returning to Lemberg. The Austrian public longs for peace though a small circle around the court advocates war. The empire faces 400 million kronen in extra military costs and repayable loans, while Austria-Hungary weighs enlarging its standing army amid Balkan tensions. Francis Joseph, nearly eighty three, remains cautious. Francis Ferdinand favors the army and dismisses the navy, devoted to his wife and children. A boy at a Vienna public school quips that the emperor will not die.
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Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Galicia
Lemberg
Germany
Champaigne
France
William
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Francis Joseph
Francis Ferdinand
Chateau Belvedere
Sophie of
Life in Havana Through an Ambassador's Wife Interview
Senora Adela P. de Codoy wife of the Mexican minister to Cuba spends winters in Washington and speaks about Havana life She notes the city’s beauty winter climate and social life blending Spanish and American customs She contrasts patio homes with modern two story houses and remarks on theater halls visits and the absence of constant sea breeze in Washington.
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Washington
D. C
Adela P. de Codoy
Cuba
Havana
Florida
New Orleans
United States
Ocean
France
Real Bear Tale From Oregon Captives Boys In Snow Tunnel
Ashland youths Jack Bailey and Fred Dodge chase a bear through nine foot snow in Oregon. The pair crawl into a tunnel under the snow, collide mid chase, and both fear each other is the bear. The real bear slips away toward Hungry Creek mines as dusk falls.
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Bear
Ashland
Ore
Oregon
Jack Bailey
Fred Dodge
Jack
Davy Crockett
Fred
Kit Carson
Gregory
Siskiyous
Hungry Creek
Peruvian Millionaire’s Wife Aims for $100,000 Appendix Operation
Paris report describes Mrs Tomasco Dornello wife of a Peruvian millionaire leaving to seek treatment from a renowned French physician after her sister died following an appendicitis operation. She travels with family two maids and a private doctor and estimates the cost at 100000 dollars to remove the appendix.
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Paris
France
Tomasco Dornello
Bears Discover Den on Farm Near Mauch Chunk Pa
Albert Rinker, owner of a farm near here, and several men surveying near a large hole spotted a big black bear that took refuge in the cave. Several cubs were found in the hole.
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Mauch Chunk
Albert Rinkerbach
Kansan Dies After Four Days of Hiccoughs
William Burgess aged sixty one died in Dodge City Kansas after four days of constant hiccoughs that began following a hearty meal. The case prompted a medical examination to determine the cause of death.
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Kansan
Dodge City
Kan
William Burgess
Burgess
Southern Railway Opens Modern Stock Rest Plant at Spencer
The Southern Railway completes a new stock rest and feeding plant at Spencer North Carolina adjoining Spencer yards to aid live stock moving to Eastern and Virginia markets. The facility has 33 pens 20 covered paved alleys and drainage lighted with water troughs and a ten foot high cattle wall separating quarantined cattle. The plant supports the companys Livestock Department and train service for live stock.
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Spencer
N. C
Virginia
Southern Railway
We Spencer Yards
Southern Railway Company
Railway chiefs plan for Reunion crowds in Chattanooga
Officials of the Southern Railway and the Queen and Crescent Route prepare for large crowds for the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Chattanooga May 27 to 29. A special organization will oversee ticketing baggage handling information and police protection with expert staff brought from other points.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway Company
Queen and Crescent
United Confederate Veterans
Tyrmal
Pssenger
Southern Railway
Macon
Southern
United States
German Judges Poorly Paid Compared With Bricklayers
Berlin report notes young German judges earn little in early careers while bricklayers surpass them by age 35. Judges start at 857 yearly, rising to 1380 by 50, totaling about 18 660 after education costs. Bricklayers total about 11 800 by that age.
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Berlin
Probing Cotton Seed Oil Trust Fails to Prove Existence
After two weeks of investigation the U S grand jury in Augusta reports no proof of a cotton seed oil trust despite examining the American Cotton Oil Company Proctor and Gamble and other large concerns District Attorney Akerman says evidence was not secured Paris depot of lost articles to be moved after thirty years at police prefecture relocates to the Caesare de la Cite with a woman recounting she lost the same umbrella twenty three times and redeemed it twenty two times.
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Augusta
United States Grand Jury
Atorney Akerman
American Cotton Oil Company
Proctor and Gamble
Paris
Perfecture of Police
Caesare de la Cite
Uncle Josh Complains of Harsh Parlor Singing
In a humorous vignette, Uncle Josh laments a female summer boarder’s singing in the parlor saying she has a voice like a fish, with Mrs. Josh replying and noting the critic’s blunt manner. The exchange captures a lighthearted family moment from Harper’s Weekly.
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Uncle Josh
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promises Comfort for Feet
An old style ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease Avtlocnese powder to shake into shoes for tired feet. It claims to ease bunions and stinging discomfort, enabling easier walking, with a 25 cent price and free trial offer from a Le Roy New York address. It includes a pun about George and sheepish expression.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Hicks Capacine Headache Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Hicks Capacine as a liquid remedy for various headaches and nervous headaches with claims of immediate effect and money-back satisfaction. It lists prices and mentions medicine stores and related tonic products.
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Iwc
Fcat
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Wimslow
der Skidever
Milburn CO
Buffalo, New Yar
Sutherla CO
Scranton
Rathaus
Gay
Utah
AIDS
Spencer, N. C
Hanford
S,s Co
George
Dr. Pierce
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
The
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Rom & Solan
Br Bentache
Rydale Remedy CO
Newport Wews
Hompson
Ipson Sons £ CO
Troy
Woodson-Craig Co.,inc. Commission Merchants
Richmond
Laskraws Art
Calaslestom
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