The Cardiff Giant Hoax Exposed Across the Country
In 1869 rumors spread of a petrified giant found near Cardiff New York drawing crowds and profits. A local farmer sold admissions to view a six foot figure claimed genuine by scientists and an Onondaga squaw. Professor Marsh exposed it as a carved stone hoax and a web of thieves led by Hull were revealed. The scheme extended to Fort Dodge and Chicago before Cardiff and its brother in law were implicated. A similar Australia hoax followed two decades later.
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Onondaga Valley
New York State
Cardiff
Syracuse
Baroum
Marsh
Ale
Iull
Hull
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Atic
Binghamton
Australia
New York Tribune
American Millionaire Refuses Daughter's Suitors in Comic Exchange
A humorous Baltimore American note recounts a supposed dialogue where an impecunious duke seeks to marry a millionaire's daughter. The millionaire denies knowledge of a daughter, prompting wit about social barriers and introductions. The exchange features misidentification and insistence on marriage despite obstacles.
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Duke
I. D
A. M
Baltimore
Swettson Wins Bet as Weary Banter Flows Over London Answers
Embarrassed laughter follows Swettson’s £5 win on a bet described as foolish by Seaver and Weaver. The men debate the wager, noting Swettson earned £4 from the bet while another £5 went to a rival, with London Answers cited as the source of the exchange.
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Seaver
Swettson
Weaver
London
No Breath No Sting Beehive Trick
A claim circulates that holding one's breath lets a person raid a beehive of honey without being stung. It is said that the hornet cannot injure you if you do not breathe for a moment, allowing you to pick up the bee and watch its stinging apparatus fail to puncture the skin.
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Carroll Free Press
Carroll County
Young Courtship and Jewel Plot Ends in Arrest
Miss Clementina Gibson, a fortyish woman, is courted by twenty two year old Algernon Sinclair who spoils her with gowns and pearls. A staged ride ends with a warrant and detective Robert Williams exposing a theft tied to Gibson. She is jailed. Williams profits while Sinclair faces her vow of vengeance after release.
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Miss Gibson
Miss Gibson Lim
Mr. Sinclair
Sinclair
Sinelatr
Tle
Robert Williams
Willams
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