Parrot Poker Con Game Ends With Vent Doctor’s Schemes
In a Beverly Worthington tale, Billy Nutting loses a parrot scam to Tom Hazeltine who buys a talking parrot for a bid of $100. The bird proves mute until Billy hires a ventriloquist, making the bird seem alive. Nutting recoups his loss, minus $10, while Hazeltine plots revenge.
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Tom L
Billy
Vera
Polly
Nazeltine
Jove
Hazeltine
Sid
Scott
Aszeltine
Billy Nutting
Tom Hazeltine
Ton
Nutting
Iwach
Poil
Flazeltine
Tom
Beverly Worthington
They Find Pocketbook Payoff and Build a Home
Hans and Gretchen, poor but hopeful, find a pocketbook with 650 dollars. The owner offers a finder’s reward, but a magistrate reveals the diamonds inside and awards one quarter of the contents value, 5162.50 dollars. The couple marries, buys a small house, and praises America.
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Hans
Gretchen
Hanus
Ile
Ife
Thans
Acceuser
Hit Rans
Phen
Ilans
Jevew
Nans
America
Bertha D. Hurley
A Compromised Fee
Oliver Otis a young northern lawyer in antebellum Louisiana takes on a collection for Le Bert against Le Grand Bouvier. After a near duel and a paid debt, Otis returns half the money in fees and a novel settlement. The case ends with a wedding gift as the balance, a clock from Le Grand Bouvier.
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Oliver Otis
Louisiana
Otis
Antoinette le Bert
Antoinette
Mr. le Bert
Miss le Bert
Flo
Antigonize le Grand Bouvier
LE Grand Bouvier
le Bert
Bouvier
Mr. Bouvier
North
la Grand Bouvier
Louis XV
Anthony Twining
Whitewashing the Books New Year Naval Ceremony
The Washington Star reports a New Year naval ritual where delinquents aboard ships request the captain to whitewash the bad conduct books. A selected man offers a tin pail of whitewash to the skipper, signaling a plea to go ashore and reform, with acceptance indicating approval of good conduct.
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United States Navy
Washington Star
Naval Observatory New Year Greeting Sends Message Worldwide
At midnight on New Year’s Eve the U S Naval Observatory in Washington telegraphs a global greeting. A 21 by 42 foot map shows the staggered lighting of lamps as the message reaches points like Lick Observatory Taos? Mexico and Greenwich England in fractions of a second. The piece also notes Dutch Peter Stuyvesant’s New Year customs and the belief that receiving money on New Year’s Day brings yearly luck.
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United States Naval Observatory
Washington
Lick Observatory
California
Tacubaya Observatory
Mexico
Manila
Greenwich
England
Coast Survey Station
Alaska
Cordoba Observatory
Argentina
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Christendom
Janus
New World
New York Evening Post
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
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Brigger & Billinghly
Batesville
Indiana
Batesville, Indiana
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A. J. Huassmer
C. L. Johnson
I. M.greemann
E. C. Timmerman
J. Lehmkuehler
A. A.hackmann
A.J. Kasmer
George H. Goyert
Fred Schrader
Charles Johnson
Aug. L. Greeman
Geo. W. Johannning
State of Indiana
Ripley Co
Nicholas
Said
J. E. Murphy
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Ira J. Nicholas
Ripley County
Ss. I. la J. Nicholas
Said County
Jacob H.schafer
C.c. GC
B. A. Schene
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