The Miller defalcation and a web of deceit
A San Francisco tale of John Miller later revealed as A Woodruff shows a $1.9 million embezzlement from the Contract and Finance Company. He lived high with wives in Lynchburg and Australia, staged trips, and used fake identities to dodge exposure while his schemes spread across years and estates.
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San Francesc
Onwa
John Milley
Contract and Finance Company
Pacific Coast
Miller
Thia
Ie Hind
Stanford
Hopkins
Crocker
Central Pacific
Tech
Sagiamento
Iusuriouy
Leland Stanford
John Miller
A. KR. Woodruff
Lynchburg
Construct and Jiianes Company
Central Pacific Oer
Mr. Stanford
McChord
Sacramento
Marysville
Prapvisce
Suanford and Crock Alter
aAnonger
Bin
Milley
United States
Mia
Oved
Ay Company
A. Woodrall
San Francisco
A. R. Woodrall
Lake Tahoe
Tran Sammit
Maller
Z Ghiss
San Franciana
Wie
Australia
California
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Aiarth
Khiler
Couluuss
Mephisto Vt
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Wife
Wile
Trame
Chis
Woodruff
Yosemite
Bonda
Wifey Net
Wife Net
Alam
Portland
Oregon
Mise Take
Ando Maller Stragaluil
Stanford Uuntington
Bow Legged Woman Wins Bid at Atlan Auction
Report from near New London recalls a humorous sale where a bow legged woman challenged stereotypes. A bid rond the gallon crock started low at thirty cents and surged after taunting whispers, ending with the crock sold to her for a notable price. The tale inserts crowd chatter amid a distant note about Australia’s wool industry rising to one of its top exports.
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Atlan Auction
New London
Weill
New York
Bentley
San Francisco
Notes on mental disorder and its manifestations in history
A dense, fragmentary survey of mental conditions ranging from internal conflict, impulses, and delusions to specific cases. It references Butler, Lamb, and Lambs’ laughter, noting variations in memory, handwriting, and vision, and mentions kleptomania, dipsomania, somnambulism, and canthropy with historic anecdotes. The piece also notes brain resilience and odd post-injury recoveries, illusions, and dream states, concluding with assorted curious anecdotes.
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Butler
Charles Lamb
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Pers
West End
Tie
the Nile
New England
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Clement VI
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Phebe Ryan
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Gib Song Station
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Detroit
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Pacific Mail
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Mississippi
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