Clever bill trick as a test for counterfeiters
Fragments report a Buffalo Express tale where a fat man demonstrates that letters on currency relate to the last four digits of the bill when divided by four. He shows examples with A B C or D, explaining a safety check against counterfeit notes. The piece includes jokes from a party and a tragic death from a boy’s fall in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Buffalo Express
Wille
Treasury Department
Robert
Baldwin
Dakota
North Dakota Republican
Seventh 1804 silver dollar joins famed collection
James W. Hilsworth acquired a seventh 1804 silver dollar with a notable origin. A freedman’s heirlooms passed to a neighbor, then to Julius Driefus, who sold it for $500 to Rosenthal. Mint officials tested the piece as genuine, allowing Hilsworth to complete his American silver dollar set.
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James W. Killsworth
Alexandrian
Julius Driefus
Alexandria
Driefus
Sane Rosenthal
Berles Street
Philadelphia
A. Loudon Snowden
Mr. Hilsworth
One Minute Cough Cure Ad and Remarkable Skin Story
A Raleigh correspondent reports a remarkable man who sheds his skin thirteen times in twenty four years. Each shedding causes a red phase and feverish symptoms followed by new skin that is tender and easily damaged. Nails and hair shed and regrow. skin can balloon when released and a large patch was removed from his leg.
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W. H. Hughes
Soga
Raleigh
N. C
Philadelphia Press
Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup Offered By Pfander Drugstore
An advertisement touts Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup as the best cough remedy, promising quicker relief and satisfaction from Pfander, the local druggist. A barber shop remark about brushing trousers downward reflects craft talk on fabric grain and dust handling in tailoring, as noted by the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Pfander
Louisville Courier-Journal
Exhibition of trained wild animals in New York
A note on an inn exhibition featuring intelligent dogs in cages with other beasts to warn trainers of dangerous temperaments. The piece also recounts a dangerous loft fire incident involving two Irishmen, a joke exchange, and references to DeWitts Witch Hazel and Little Risers. It mentions the Antwerp exposition building plans and a water jug anecdote, with assorted продолжения chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Astory
Pat
Moike
Paper Bags for Garbage Collection Take City by Storm
Keystone Watch Case Co Philadelphia reports a new 2.5 foot long manilla paper bag for garbage collection. Coated with oil and resin, priced at two cents, waterproof with little odor. Bags are used daily and lifted into carts when collected, gaining approval from the New York board of health.
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New York Board of Health
A Young Girl’s Fortune and a Noted Patent Remedy
An excerpt recounts Blanche, age 16, suffering from nervousness and St Vitus dance, losing weight, and then recovering after using Miles’ Nervine. The testimonial from Brighton, N. H., claims rapid improvement and full arm use, with price and guarantee details for Dr Miles Medical Co. An additional note mentions a Sussex assizes opening day dialogue about a deaf juror excused from service, with a witty judge remark.
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Blanche
St Vitus
Toplace
Miles
Mia
HR. Bullock
Brighton
R. Miles
Alirec
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Sussex Assizes
London Globe
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Atril
Tudo
Mrs. Slimson
Pascal Foster
Iril
Montgomery County
J. M. Nix
DeWitt
J M. Nix
New Hampshire
Boston Transcript
Marty Risers
Indianapolis Journal
Lunn & Ct
Mung & Co
Scientific American
Uftul
Munn & CO
New Yous
Broadway
Eystone Watch Case Co
Uncle Sam
Iul. Sel
Saud
Beat Free Emmeat Proprietary CO
Chicago
Ill
Jenks
Office OF
THE
Chitace
Ling
Agkiley
Lowa
Chicago Record
West
J. T. Hatfield
Northwestern University
Daily Journal
Madison St
Skookum Root Hair Grower Co
South Fifth Arcade
N. Y
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