Fraud by Telegraph Shows Complex Bank Scam Tied to Messenger
A Des Moines bank was cheated by a forged telegram from an Omaha bank. A well dressed man, aided by an accomplice, had a telegram sent to confirm a draft as payable. The Des Moines bank paid out $500 and learned later the telegram was fraudulent. Similar schemes occurred in two western towns using forged messages to authorize payments. A London victim lost $10,000 in mining stock fraud via a fraudulent telegram. A man used telegrams to steal office keys in a separate caper. George IV’s hoards are noted for their extreme thrift and secret caches.
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Des Moines
Omaha
Des Moines Bank
Omaha Bank
London
Freddy
B. K. Mann
Pittsburg
Apology Anecdote Triggers English Town Council Dispute
A London journal recalls a northern England town council quarrel sparked by a dig at an insult. One man declares I reiterate, another accepts the apology, prompting the bystanders to laugh as the dispute ends.
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London Journal
England
The One Who Knew in the Chicken Coop Trial
In a Chicago voice, the defendant Elijah insists he cannot plead to circumstantial evidence linking him to Brown's missing chicken coop. The judge and prosecutor debate the strength of the testimony as the defendant asserts his lack of involvement.
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Billah
Brown
Elijah
Hilarious exchange on asking for his daughter's hand
Clarence and Algy discuss a humorous approach to asking for a daughter's hand. The dialogue includes advice to test the suitor with jokes before presenting the proposal. An unrelated medical remedy claim about Arnica Salve is noted as part of the text.
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Clarence
Algy
Gou
Earth
Fine Milton Oregon home and orchard bargain
Sacrifice sale of nearly 3.5 acres on Main street Milton Oregon with first class fruit trees in high cultivation. Nine room modern home, good barn for four tons bay and stock, fenced and painted, water right, near churches and schools. Bargain at 7500 dollars with 4000 cash and 8 percent on deferred payments from Progressive Realty Co. sole agents.
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Milton
The Crime of Idleness and Dr King's New Life Pills
A brief health warning asserts idleness brings trouble and a lazy liver causes numerous ailments. The ad promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy to banish liver troubles and improve health, available at all druggists for 250.
Wireless telegraphy and railroad telegraph jobs offered
Ambitious young men and women can enter wireless and railroad telegraphy as eight hour law broadens need. Beginners earn 70 to 90 dollars monthly with advancement prospects as the National Telegraph Institute of Portland operates six institutes nationwide and places graduates. Also for sale a 250 acre half section wheat land at eighteen dollars per acre with two thousand dollars cash. James Bryan Athena.
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National Telgraph Institute of
Portland
Ore
America
A. B. and Wireless
James Bryan
Athena
Dr Kings New Discovery Supplants Ills in Fedora Victory
In Fedora Tennessee a recovery tale spreads as Dr Kings New Discovery is praised for curing a deadly hemorrhage. The note claims the medicine restored the user to work and vigor after three weeks. It touts relief from coughs colds hay fever and bronchial issues and offers trial bottles free with a purchase guarantee.
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Dr. King
W. Pepper
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