A Wonderful Criminal William Ringgold Cooper Forger Tale
A biography of William Ringgold Cooper, an Anglo American forger, detailing his rise from Smyrna Delaware origins and Navy service to a life of highly skilled fraud. It traces forged warrants in Washington, a Philadelphia prison sentence, later London forgeries, residence at Hemel Hempstead, and eventual Old Bailey conviction for multiple counts of forgery.
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Smyrna
Delware
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Smyrna National Bank
Wilmington
United States Navy
Admiral Lee
North Atlantic
Washington
Unites States
Spaulding
Defrees
Cooper
Eastern
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
San Francisco
Kate Cooper
England
San Francisco Exchange
J W. Lees
Kate
Fred Caul
London
Neville Hunter
Langham
Strand
Henry C. Neville
East Lodge
Hemel- Hempstead
Hertfordshire
Bank of England
Hugh Cheever Croadwin
Ileme
L Lempstead
McDonnell
the Bidwells
W. E. Gray
Tombs
Dr. Colletson
Miklejohn
Druscovich
Palmer
Scotland Yard
Bastrop Mining Company
William
Fred Kurr
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Glynn, Mills & Co
Old Bailey
St. Julian
Oakland
Cal
Rarus
Memphis
White River Agency
Agent Meeker
Hawkinsville
Hazleton Furnace
Youngstown
Ohio
F. W. Dakin
W. Hoyt
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Lewis Chew
Amos
Chew
W. S. Bodie
Bodie
California
Rochester
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
DeKalb
Atchison, Kan
BA. Adams
N. N Holmes
J C. Mull
Amazon
Grand Haven
Mich
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Pasbenvera
Keokuk
Iowa
Eavn
William Young
Lewis Spencer
Lory
Clarke County
Young
Kahoke
Lydia Bray
Luray
J. C. Coffman
Toledo
Ann Harbor
Smith
Wooden swearing sermon at Rockville Sabbath school concert
A Rockville Sabbath school monthly concert includes a lesson on swearing. The minister explains wooden swearing as anger expressed by slamming doors and throwing furniture rather than using harsh words, urging children to avoid any form of swearing and to practice restraint.
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Bulldog and cabbage wager shocks Nevada courthouse tale
A Nevada tale from the Virginia Chronicle recounts Alderman Orndoff betting a seven and a half pound bulldog against Farmer Treadway’s forty five pound cabbage. Across years Orndoff bred smaller dogs while Treadway grew larger cabbages, producing parallel weight shifts and a final showdown in Carson.
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Wees
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Carson
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Cavagnari Massacre Account From Cabul Survivor
A Times-Journal extract relays a survivor’s account of the Cabul massacre at Sir Louis Cavagnari’s British residency. Afghan assailants stormed the house, killing Hamilton, Dr. Kelly, Jenky ns, Cavagnari, and others amid fire, treasure plunder, an explosion, and a raging blaze. The survivor fled during the chaos.
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Prairie chickens invade town as fires drive them in
Report from near Bismarck describes prairie fires driving large numbers of prairie chickens into the town where houses are said to be filled and youths throw stones to kill them. An English observer in Sheffield acknowledges American scissors are superior to English.
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Bismarck
Dakota
Sheffield
England
Gila
Arizona
Embezzlement and conspiracies stain Pittsburgh business men
James H. Riddle of Riddle Coleman & Co. and his son George D. Riddle, long regarded solid financiers, were found guilty on four counts of embezzlement and two of conspiracy. The firm’s accounts show overdrafts totaling $86,496.07 for Riddle Coleman and $2,457.04 for Frantz & Co., with $5,847.70 embezzled from Franklin Savings Institution.
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Riddle, Coleman & Co
Franklin Savings Institution
George D. Riddle
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Savings Institution
Frantz &Co
Stephen Goodale
Portsmouth
N. H
Frank Boynton
North National Bank
Boston
Schaefer
Slosson
New York
Timothy Hyneman
Cyrus Wentzell
Reading
New York City
Oriental Powder Mills
Gorham
Stokes
Gray
Clinton Mayberry
Windham
Morris and Essex
Hoboken
N. J
William Swick
Samuel Hough
East River
Union
Robert Bonners
Keene Jim
Charles A. Dana
Parker
Wonders of Central Africa and frontier rail plans
The piece notes French talk of a railway from Algeria toward the Soudan and four interior lines, with cities like Sansandig Bida Ibadam and Luora named as trade hubs. It also mentions Lagos ivory exports, elephants harmed for ivory, and Rev. Henry Rowley describing Central Africa’s hill country and plains, plus assorted ads and product notes.
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Bida
Abeokuta
Luora
Lagos
England
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India
Henry Rowley
Universities
Central Africa
Europe
Wells Richar dson Co Butter Color Promises June Hue
Advertisement urges farmers to use Wells Richardson Co perfected butter color claiming health benefits and full color without red tint. Claims up to 3 000 000 savings yearly by proper coloring of butter. Includes bold claim about medicine like Bitters curing many ailments.
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Smith Organ CO
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