Kidnapplot ties Scharlin to ransom cases spread
New York reports Abraham Scharlin linked to a kidnapping ring with ties to Chicago and San Francisco. James A. Taylor, a Brooklyn merchant, vanished April 28 the same day Scharlin was last seen. Ransom demands ranged from 400,000 to 20,000 dollars as police trace suspects amid gunman arrests in Chicago and details of related robberies and murders.
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New York
Abraham Scharlin
Chicago
James Tay
Eckordling
Pines Dleidnapins
Scharlin
Schartin
Newak
San. Francisco
S Police
Mys
James A. Taylor
Brooklyn
Merchant
Taylor
Central Park
Thompson
Dave’ Berman
Sioux City
Marcus
Jowa
Berman
Po Hce
Montréal
Erman
Superior
Wis
Daugh
Charles H. Schweppe
Lake
Sioux City holdup man Dave the Jew held on record
Dave Berman, 22, alias Dave the Jew, formerly of Sioux City, known as a holdup man, was arrested in New York after a shooting tied to the killing of his accomplice Joseph Marcus. Sioux City records show a 1922 arrest at age 18 for a Watertown poker-game holdup, yielding a jail sentence of six months.
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Broux City
Dave Berman
Dave the Jew
Sioux City
New York City
Joseph Marcus
Watertown
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Plan ban Charleston after four collapse in Nancy
Paris May 6. Denouncing the Charleston as highly dangerous to health especially to women the municipality of Nancy is consider.
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Charleston
Paris
Nancy
Public hall cancels dance after dancers collapse
A city halle postpones or forbids the dance after four professional dancing girls collapsed following hours of Charleston gyrations. The incident ends a public dancing event and prompts safety concerns for performers and venue management.
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Charleston
Jargon of Schools Baffles Judge in Philadelphia
President Judge MacNeille of the municipal court says English language instruction should be a major course in public schools. He notes juvenile court defendants use an incoherent jargon that is supposed to be English and cannot be understood. He cites Albert Esposito, 12, whose replies baffled the court.
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Philadelphia
MacNeille
Albert Esposito
Court remarks on language and English instruction
A judge voices concern over the dominance of spoken language in court and urges the school superintendent to drop other subjects for a year to focus on English instruction. He warns that continued misusage may necessitate an interpreter for the language.
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Cool
Kayser
Phoenix
Receiver's
Athletic Union
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Simplex
Daniel Greene
Home Bake Sale
Ladies’ Aid
Grace M. E. Church
Nature
Davis
Axminster
Aerolux
Chadborn Coldwell
Pioneer Garden
Bargain Basement
Cheney
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