A Bohemia of Crooks and Panhandlers on Second Avenue
A crowded Second Avenue cafe strip from Hovuston to Ninth Street is described as Bohemian yet dangerous. The piece contrasts lively foreign patrons and music with thieves, pickpockets, and burglary rings, noting police chatter about roving crime and a hidden network among drinkers, gamblers, and counterfeiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Second Avenue
Hovuston Street
Ninth Street
East Sde
Thin Bohemia
East Side
Beng seddGord
Ten Ears
Bern Uhewise
Ctiowcase
Rory Obiedas
Goa
Tae Phegende
Orh
Tomer
Qasimos
Hermer
Boudheir
Belvoir
Sats
Oman
Patty Young Mar
Elyush
Houston
Wonders and wits of Ceylon tempt the traveler
A vivid, if garbled, sketch of Ceylon life and sights for the traveler. It describes cobra tricks, jewel hawkers, Buddhist etiquette, street vendors, and bustling markets. Vivid anecdotes show crowded temples, resplendent saris, and the island’s exotic rituals. The piece ponders “the other half of the world” and the traveler’s unsettled sleep amid monkeys, lizards, and ominous twilight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Colombo
Dec
Eylon
Marster
Hfe
Indian Ocean
Remy
Ceylon
White
Naby
Ceylon Customs and Robber Row in East Side Tales
A fragmented antiquarian piece recounts Ceylon marriage rites, demon worship, and family names, then shifts to New York street life. It sketches exotic customs from Colombo including weddings, temple atmosphere, and shoe-tie symbolism, alongside a roaming gallery of con artists, counterfeiters, and thieves in the East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Foxhounds Vanish in Welsh Mountain Crevice
A pack of Gellyeaer foxhounds with a fox in full cry on New Tredegar’s mountain vanished into a deep fissure caused by a landslip a year earlier. Nine hounds and the fox disappeared, no sound came from the crevice, and restoration by descent proved impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Gellyeaer
South Wales
New Tredegar
Counterfeit Antiquities Labeled Counterfeit At Smithsonian
A period note reveals many counterfeit antiquities in the Smithsonian collection. Experts say some specimens were forged or misattributed by travelers, with pottery from New Mexico and Montezuma era pieces among the items. Curators admit counterfeits exist but are gradually detected and removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
Othe
New Mexico
Montecuma
Mesina
Chicago
T.e
T Mason
Smithsonian
Wiliam FL Flolmes
Piercare
Panus
Diamond Tooth Recovered in Bloomington Case
A studded diamond tooth and insurance papers were recovered from a Jackson Street undertaking ward after the death of Mrs Chambers. Children Alvin and Dottie Tat were placed in the care of Miz Bates of Bloomington as police and Stine reported the tooth and policy found in Mrs Chambers' possession. The case involves a Prudential Life Insurance policy and a claim of the diamond being in the mother's tooth at her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ben Wall
North Srte Undertaking
Beattie
Fcagro Burea
HY Welle Street
Macks Court
Stine
Robert
Dottie
Rob
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Barih E Bates
Bloomington
Chambers
Miz Bates
Alvin
Binoming Tn
West Stine
Duman
Mreida May Chambers
Sarail E Bates
Not Like Him. A Moral Anecdote From a Student Exchange
A classroom scene unfolds with Roy asking about a man who rose from a life insurance clerk to president in ten years while a peer boy remains low paid. The dialogue contrasts ambition and moral warning as a teacher and student discuss the risks of quick ascent and hypocrisy, ending with a quip about biliousness and a patent remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedler
Flo
Arstoff
Tual
Ia Thos Wise
Roy
Johnny
Ile
Joe Kerr
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Bohemia of Crooks and Panhandlers
Stenel Creoks
Torre
Ainate
Lowing
Jayawardene Liyanazey
WSS
Heaven
Uley
Plue
Sripton
America
Prudenc i
Onhy
Brooklyn Bridge
Ruggists
Raghive
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