River Pirates of New York Tangle Harbor Risks
New York reports detail a vigilant river squad patrolling 445 miles of waterfront from Pier A to Staten Island. Captain Hal jock leads launches against coal and oyster thieves, tugboat and barge hijackers, with 39 patrolmen and 15 civilian crew aboard the steamboat Patrol.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
Barber Police
Maring
Police Bureau
John O'Brien
E P. Mulrooney
James W. Hal Jock
Pier A
North River
Haljock
Hallock
Saltor
Aout
Sala Ieut
Mulrooney
Walter Front
Poison In Milk Kills Bronx Couple Mystery Eight
Special to The Washington Fest reports two Bronx residents, Laura Marsh Gibson and Officer James Bradley, found dead together. Stomach analyses planned after delays show possible hydrocyanic acid. DA office faced censure for slow action. Milk punch and a bottle of milk in Bradley's fridge cited as delivery medium. no violent marks observed.
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New York
Martin
Bronx County
Laura Marsh Gibson
James Bradley
Bradley
Theo
Walter
Deacon Murphy
Board of Health
Locked in Ice Box on Ship at Dock
Erle Pa Jan 3 three men were locked in the ship's ice box while three masked robbers robbed passenger Robert E Edwards of Chicago, then held him in the refrigerator until nearly noon. Carlton Saareb of Brooklyn and Alfred Berg of Cleveland were seized at midnight and trapped as the desperadoes treated them as Edwards, leaving the trio near freezing.
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Erle
Dunham
Robert E. Edwards
Kimbarck Street
Chicago
Carl Saareb
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Alfred Berg
Cleveland
Edwards
Health Department to Photo Copy Records in Office
The New York Health Department bureau of records is testing photographic records to replace handwriting and typewritten transcripts. Early results show faster production, lower costs, and high accuracy, with two machines planned to transcribe all departmental records soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
New York
Bureau of Reccords
Take Off Your Pimples Calcium Wafers Promise Beauty
Public notice advertises Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood cleansing remedy for pimples blackheads liver spots and other skin conditions. It claims rapid results with daily use restoring clear blemish free skin and urges readers to purchase from drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Evers
Ony Drug Store
Price Center
Silent and Living Heroes of the Panama Canal
An account honors Lieut. Col. David Dubose Gaillard, Col. George W. Goethals, Col. William Gorgas, and others for their roles in building the Panama Canal. Gaillard led the Culebra Cut efforts and died during the project. Goethals enforced one man rule and built discipline. Gorgas led anti yellow fever campaigns, transforming Panama’s health landscape and enabling the canal’s completion.
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Gaillard
Col. Goethals
Col. Gorges
Panamma
Canal
David Dubose Gaillard
Panama
Col
Perseus
Theseus
Jason
St. George
George W. Goethala
Canel Commission
William ©. Gorgas
H. FF. Hodges
Wiliam L. Sibert
H. J. Rousseau
Galllard
Congress
United States
George W. Goethals
Isthmus
Manacon
Goethals
Culebra
Gedbaia
Haas
Col Goethals
Labor Autona
Boas
Zone Commissary
Solla
Canal Zone
William C. Gorgas
Habana
Cuba
Gorgas
Las Animas Hospital
Col. Gorgas
Seneral
Col. Gargan
Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement extols Pape’s Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion and related pains. It claims meals digest instantly, prevents fermentation and gas, relieves fullness and nausea, and even headachy stomach discomfort within five minutes with a cent-sized dose.
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Pape
Free Prescription for Weak Men Offers Cure at Home
A dubious offer promises a noxious debility cure prescription sent for free to any man who requests it. Claims it, from a physician, fixes deficient manhood and vigor without medicines, urging readers to write Interstate Kemedy Cosi Luck Building Detroit Mich for a copy in a plain sealed envelope at no charge.
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Interstate
Kemedy Cosi Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
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Staten Island
Water Front
Elizabethport
N. J
Eilizabethport
River Front
Plier A
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Hawke
Maryland
Virginia
Nova Scotia
Sandy Hook
Wardline
Police Department
Marine Department
Waldo Halleck
Lieut
M Oore
Clause
Customs Department
Dunhans
Exio
Ninwsra
Panama Canal
Col. Gaillard
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mate
Johns Hopkins
Cucuracha
Col Gorgas
Tse
Panamaia
Tropics
Eiseman’s Corner
Eiseman & CO
N. W
General Acoustic Company
Evans Building
N.Y. Ave
Star Brand
Pure Elgin Creamery, Th
James F. Oyster, Cor. Ltd
St. and
Ava
Back Yard
Jth Pditor
Mark Walter
Balter
Haneelman Building
Kalamazoo
American Security and Trust Company
American Security, and Trust Company
Fi Company
Charles Jlbel
James TW. Nood
Capital Traction Company
Stre
Washington
Il A
Crampton
Washington Post Company
Tadt
Pee Avenue
OR. McLean
Edward BL McLeane
Ban Ru Guise
Polis
Poole
Om John
Benjamin
Tme
Pilson
Balentine
Somerset R. Waters
Wrulesales
St. James
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