Coin marked with initials returns to owners after decades
In 1856 East Orrington men Albert George and Humphrey Pinhorn swapped a mint marked half dollar, later tracking it through campaigns and stores until it resurfaced in Bangor in 1894. The coin, stamped H P and later A AG, circulated for years amid searches and ads, ending with a Bangor bank cashing a pension check containing the coin.
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Albert George
Humphrey Pinhorn
East Orrington
Bangor
Wide Awakes
Rockland
Pinhorn
H. P
Twenty-second Maine Regiment
Mr. George
Boston
A. AG
Man coughs up live frog after drinking water while hunting
Harry Burt Vansant, 21, of Rahway New Jersey, weighed 145 pounds before illness and 90 now. He was diagnosed with consumption and claims a three inch frog entered his stomach after he drank brook water while hunting. Doctors removed the frog, housed in Newark Aquarium, and suspect frog spawn as a likely source.
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Harry Burt Vansant
G. R. Vansant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rahway
N. J
Vansant
Diff
Pacific Street
Newark
South
New York Housekeeper Saves Falling Girl From Balcony
Mrs Yetta Singerst, housekeeper in a New York tenement, unintentionally saved 10 year old Rosie Truoff after the girl perched on a third floor window sill and fell. Rosie struck Singerst on the way down, injuring Singerst and breaking both wrists of Rosie with contusions to her body. Rosie was taken to Gouverneur hospital for treatment.
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Yetta Singerst
New York
Rosie Truoff
Samuel Truoff
Japan faces 26 million dollar budget deficit next year
In Tokyo it is expected that Japan's budget for the coming year will show a deficit of 26,000,000 silver dollars. In St. Louis there is enough unused land to form a strip about 125 feet wide and nearly 900 miles long. Sabino Missouri displays a private way welcome sign. Toronto hotels report a man registering six names for six rooms by himself.
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Tokyo
Japan
St. Louis
Sabino, Mo
Toronto
New Telephone Promises Private-Line Convenience
A New York Sun report describes a forthcoming telephone system claimed to combine public access with private-line advantages. It promises fewer wires per subscriber, automatic switching to the first available circuit, and reduced maintenance while enabling many numbers per line.
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New York
Cape
New York Sun
Ackerly Discovers Yellow Ochre Vein on Dix Hills Farm
Farmer Platt Ackerly of Dix Hills New York found a yellow clay vein after a heavy storm. A chemist confirmed ocher color and a mining expert will assess potential harvest. If large quantities exist, he could become wealthy quickly. The report also recalls Frank C Lane leaving Rutgers after hazing incidents.
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Ackerly
Platt Ackerly
Dix Hills
N. Y
Professor Wheeler
Bridgeport
Conn
Wheeler
Chicago Journal Promotes Bashful Lover Image
The fragment suggests a humorous exchange about a bashful lover as a central object, with mention of the Chicago Journal. It reads like a light dialogue note or caption from a society page.
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The
Girl
Chicago Journal
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