Bank Cashier Van Leer Robbery Linked to High Society
A detective recalls the Loomis & Hatch theft by cashier Jackson Van Leer, who stole about $200,000 after four months of bogus accounts and clever misdirection. The case tracks his associates, including Charles Lydecker and Irene Hudson, and hints at a larger network tied to prize fights and gaming. The narrative mixes crime with insights from police observation and bank protection schemes.
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New York
Loomis & Hatch
Jackson van Leer
Jack van Leer
van Leer
L Soom
Jack
Charles Lydecker
Charles
Merchants’ Club
Prince Street
Irene Hudson
Clara Heller
Irene
Dave Johnson
Dave
Johnson
Lewistons
McCormick
Ed Hickey
Charley Farrell
Lowell
Meekin
New York's New Magnate Andrew Freedman
A profile of Andrew Freedman born in New York thirty five years ago outlining his rise from wholesale dry goods to real estate and sports executive. He became receiver of the Manhattan Athletic Club in January 1893 and led management of Manhattan Field, guiding college football expansion and moving to own the New York baseball club with noted business acumen.
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New York
Andrew Freedman
Freedman
Thirteenth Street
College of the City of New York
Manhattan Athletic Club
Manhattan Field
New York Baseball Club
A Novel Machine Combines Bicycle And Skate
A. L. Jordan of this city invented a new machine named Icycle that attaches a skate to a bicycle. The device uses a front fork skate harness and a rear wheel steel band with spikes. Tested on Forest Park lake, it impressed with potential high speeds on ice and a very high gear possibility.
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A. L. Jordan
Jordan
Forest Park
Johnson
Mr. Jordan
St. Louis Star
Crescent City Jockey Club Board Decision Sparks Turmoil
In New Orleans a day of trouble follows the Crescent City Jockey Club board president Rankin’s controversial ruling. Officials and riders react to the decision, with tensions rising over the governance and future of racing.
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New Orleans
Rankin
Crescent City Jockey Club
Madame’s Day of a Society Leader in New York
A portrait of a top society woman’s routine from morning to night. Ninette serves breakfast as she surveys a stack of letters and staff. The day blends salon visits, charity duties, debuts, dances, and planning bills for a lavish salon.
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Ninette
Madame
Mme. Vanderbilt
Miss B
America
Rosa van Hemmen
Conseres
New York Advertiser
Salon A la Pompadour
Courier for Her Own Sex and Travel Advising Scheme
A Demorest Magazine idea profiles a former wealthy debutante who charts travel plans for lonely women. She drafts routes, timetables, and hotel details, then provides tickets and itineraries, earning by journey length and prep effort. Also includes brisk vignettes on debited suitors and witty newspaper quips.
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Demorest
Alaska
Argentine Republic
California
Pacific Coast
Europe
Man credits No-To-Bac cure after thirty six years tobacco habit
Caldwell New Jersey March 18 1895 S J Gould describes in detail his thirty six year tobacco addiction and his success quitting with No-To-Bac a remedy from the Sterling Remedy Company He notes weight gain improved sleep and appetite and claims others in Caldwell have been cured He warns against counterfeiters and urges buying the genuine product with a money back guarantee
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Providence
Hasler
Caldwell
Sterling Remedy Company
New York
Chicago
Gee Gee Gee and Carters Talk to Horses in Notts
A historical note explains quirky horse calling phrases used by carers and nurses in Notts. It covers gee up gee woo wooish hather and gio, clarifying meanings and regional pronunciations for gees and carters.
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Notts
Italy
Carter
Free booklet promises new empire for Sherdan county
Readers are urged to write to J. Francis in Omaha Nebraska for a copy of a Burlington Route booklet titled A New Empire It contains 82 pages offering information about Sheridan county and the Big Horn Basin Wyoming described as a land of promise. The note also mentions a government action declaring electricity imported from Canada dutiable.
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J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
Burlington
Sheridan County
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
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Sackson van Leer
Charlie
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Madam Fashion
Nose
Galland
J. P
Itzig Schlaucheles
New York Tribune
Mrs. Dogood
Dusty
Rhodes
New York World
Gould
Ah EE
Canada
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