Camorra Rules City Blaming Priest in Murders Trial
Abbatemaggio testifies in a Naples murder case against former Camorra associates. He claims the priest Vitozzi issued instructions to aid the organization, surpassing police power, and details Camorra candidate trials and a system of regional hierarchies in fourteen districts. The witness’s statements draw laughter but emphasize Camorra influence and ritual examinations for new members.
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Viterbo
Italy
Abbatemaggio
Naples
Camorra
Carabineara
Abbatemageio
Tni
Bbatemaggio
Cuoccolo
Giovanni Rapi
Vitozz
Theterricone
Mimi A Mare
Cuoccolota
Ervicone
Vitozzi
Erricone
Girls in Cupid Club Mystery of Bridal Candlestick Revealed
Miss Margaret Winslow married a Hammill banker. Lawrence College women formed a society calling itself the 8 N. T. later named the Search for the Hospital Torch. A silver candlestick would pass among members as engagements were announced. Engraved names include Mrs Angie Atkinson Colton, Mrs Florence Bord Enum, Mrs Uerena Rogersfield, and Mrs Margaret Winslow Russell. The candlestick was last used at a March 14 wedding.
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Reid
Wis
Margaret Winslow
Hammill
Lawrence College
Club Kacama
Mra Angie Atkinson Colton
Brooklsn
Florence Bord Enum
Pletcher
N. C
Uerena’ Rogers ¥Ield
New York
Margaret Winslow Tussell
Ex chief may be freed in Danville arrest case
In Vanta Georgia an old 30 announcement reports the application for Favlon fired by Edgar Striping the War-WS Cotty slayer who was rearrested at Danville Virginia after fourteen years' freedom. Stripling who served as Bantille chief of police under the Morris alias bore a good reputation and faces a new review by the person commission in April.
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Vanta
Edgar Striping
Cotty
Danville
Stripling
Bantille
Morris
A Rash Becomes Mass of Humor and Widespread Skin Ills
A Toronto born infant suffered a blistering skin disease from birth. Despite various remedies the condition worsened until arrangements in Duluth led to a cure with Cuticura products. The family credits the Cure to Cuticura remedies and promotes their soap for babies and skincare. The letter from Robert Mang of Proctor, Minnesota, dated May 3, 1910, accompanies a catalog from P. D. & C. Corp Boston publishers.
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Toronto
Duluth
Aire
Robert Mang
Proctor
Minn
Poteer Drug & Chem Corp
Solo Props
Boston
Mallet
Ralph Blames Labor for Wage Demand at Government Bureau
Director Joseph E. Ralph of the bureau of engraving and printing denies pay raises for women assistants. He claims union leaders misled about government funds and says any increase must come from the plate printers union. He notes no appropriation exists beyond June 30, 1912, and that compensations depend on work estimates. About 900 young women are employed as plate printers assistants.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
American Federation of Labor
Joseph E. Ralph
Bureau
Ralph
Secretary of the Treasury
Plate Printers’ Union
Plate
MacVeagh suspends seven Treasury staff for high interest loans
Secretary MacVeagh announced the dismissal of seven Treasury Department employees for borrowing and lending money at high rates. Director Ralph reported three more suspected offenders who were suspended, with the secretary warning all Treasury staff to heed the order. The action sets a precedent as the first such suspensions for loan operations.
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Franklin MacVeagh
The
Treasury
Ralph
MacVeagh
Andrews
Treasury Department
Lst
Bureau
Wilson
Little Bobbie in the Vernal Spring Poem Duel
Pa reads a spring poem written by Little Bobbie and Ma mocks it as junk and punk. The exchange escalates as Pa defends the verse and Ma derides it with sharp humor before Pa tears up the poem in frustration.
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William F. Kirk
Will Wiggins
Lewiston
Reddy
Gridley
Bobbie
Wen
Workers press for higher wages at government bureau
A group of women employed at a government plate printing bureau formed a union amid claims that pay and hours are worse than in city department stores. Director Ralph disputed the push, noting a potential $150,000 yearly cost and limited surplus. Labor leaders allegedly promised relief through Congress, while workers seek raises from 25 to 75 cents a day for handpress girls and up to $2 a day for steam-press staff.
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Bureau
Ralph
Plate Printers”Union
Typographical Union
Central Labor Union of
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Triton
Congress
Treasury Department
Wilda Hurdle
Federal
Pay Scraped by Government Sparks Navy Widows’ Plea
The excerpt notes soldiers and widows suffer under low wages, with monthly pay capped at forty dollars and fifty cents, leaving many families unable to survive. It highlights the hardship faced by older women supporting dependents on the salary.
American Woman Sponsor Launches Monarch Battleship
Mrs Lewis Harcourt wife of the colonial secretary christened the Monarch, the fifth superdreadnought, launched at Elswick. Thousands cheered as the Tyne shipyard yarded the largest battleship yet, displacement 22 500 tons, 27 000 horsepower turbines, 684 feet long, armed with ten 13 1 5 inch guns and 24 four inch guns.
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London
Lewis Harcourt
Mary Ethel Burns
Elswick
Tyne
Relief Ship at Shanghai Delivers Food for Famine Sufferers
Buford, an American transport, arrived in Shanghai with 1,200 tons of foodstuffs donated by Americans for famine relief. Washington and foreign reports describe extreme misery in Chinese cities, with mothers abandoning starving children and farmers reduced to rags.
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Washington
Shanghai
Buford
America
China
Chinkiang
State Department
Bhenghai
Nanking
Bostick
Pochow
Mr. Bostock
Harvard Expands Exchange System With Four Small Colleges
Harvard University enlarges its professor exchange program to include Colorado College Grinnell College Knox College and Beloit College. Theodore Smith and George Fabyan professors at Harvard have been appointed exchange professors for the 1911 12 season with a partner college in Europe.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Europe
Berlin
Sorbonne
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Colo
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Iowa
Knox College
Galesburg
Beloit College
Bellat
Wis
Theodore Smith
George Faby
Nonresidents Enter Post's European Tour Contest
The Washington Post reports growing nonresident entries and tickets sold to people outside Washington DC. The piece chronicles St James's Palace London history, including Henry VIII, James I, Charles II, and later royals, with notes on its architecture and notable events and persons connected to the site.
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Washington Post
Washington
Colombia
St. James’ Palace
London
Post
St. James's’ Fayer
Westminster
Charles II
Henry VII
Holbein
St. James's In
St. James's House
St. James' Palace
Albumen and Energy Needs in Diet Health Hint
Dr. T. J. Allen explains that while albumen is essential to life and growth, excessive use strains eliminative organs. Carbohydrates and fats provide heat and energy more efficiently, preventing excess albumin waste that burdens kidneys and can lead to rheumatism and Bright's disease.
Governor Colton to Visit Washington on Porto Rico Affairs
Porto Rico Governor Colton sailed from San Juan on the steamer Coamo and will travel to Washington to confer with President Taft and the War Department regarding island affairs.
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Colton
San Juen
Porto Rico
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