The Black Bear Inn and the Atlanta Counterfeiting Plot
In 1809 a gray eyed wanderer known as Herman Weisgarber enters the German owned Black Bear Inn. He colludes with John Hartz to counterfeit money during a wave of postwar financial strain. Detectives trap Hartz and uncover a widening conspiracy winding through Philadelphia and Strasburg as Hartz faces arrest and the sobering costs to his family.
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Herman Weisgarter
Black Bear Inn
Harts
Herman Weingarber
John Hartz
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John
Welsgarber
Harte
Allegheny Mountains
Pentiayvenie
Pitteburg
John Harts
Weingarber
Saaw
Philadelphia
Jobo Marta
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French bean coffee sold by the pound in Wisconsin
Advert says French bean coffee at 1 cent a pound with seeds, plant catalog, and garden kits. Offers 10 free seed packages with orders and specialty farm products. Addresses John A Balser Booed Co La Crosse Wis and a mailing deal for stamps and remittance.
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Wisconsin
John A. Balser
Cramped Justice in Missouri Chicken Theft Case
A Black man near Xentla Missouri was arrested for chicken theft and convicted of grand larceny. Asked why sentence should not be passed, he replied he cannot go to jail because he is building a shack and must finish it, revealing a comical justice moment from a Philadelphia publication and a Ruskin quote on true education.
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Weingarbver
Generonlly
Strasburgh
Three Brother Mountains
Herman Walagarter
Abe Sherig
Xentla
Det
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Mind content and crown remembered in Stobert Greene tale
A fragmentary note quotes Stobert Greene praising mind content and a skeptical view on trust. It mentions Garfield Tea and Rochefoucauld with unclear context, suggesting a literary or aphoristic clipping. The text blends names and phrases without a coherent event or date.
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