Forged notes and a robbery turn to farce in a pocket tale
A story recounts a card game where counterfeit two, three, and five dollar notes from Indiana and Ohio appear. The pot is cleared, a shot is fired, and a rogue escapes on a horse, while the other players laugh at the trick. The scene shifts to satirical notes on Jenner and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Bank
Bank of Columbus
Ohio
Texas
Baltimore
Eighth
Fifth Ward
New York City
Burdell
Custom House
Richmond
Kansas
Free State
Congress
Parrott
Washington Union
Leavenwyrk City
Territorial Council
Fire at mill stable sparks call for tougher policing
In Columbia a barn owned by Mr. Ulmer on Mill street burned last Thursday at eight in the evening. Four horses and hay were lost. Police and borough authorities are urged to pursue the perpetrator, amid suspicions a mill employee staged the blaze in revenge after wage cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesers, Smith & Bruner
Banks suspend specie payments in major cities
A sweeping financial measure reports that banks in New York, Boston, Troy, Albany, Hartford, Portland, Detroit, and Brooklyn have suspended specie payments, with the suspension now widespread. The piece also notes yellow fever deaths in New Orleans, California election results, and international war news.
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New York
Boston
Troy
Albany
Hartford
Portland
Detroit
Brooklyn
New Orleans
Five Colonies Bank Portrait Token Description
Five bank tokens from Columbia and Harrisburg banks display altered portraits of Washington with Liberty goddess imagery on opposite ends. The piece from Harrisburg notes Washington and Rittenhouse canal motif and a female figure on the opposite end, claimed as unlike genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Bank
Washinton
Goddess of Liberty
Tex
Harrisburg Bank
Washington and Rittenhouse—canal
Pennsylvania Banks Relief Act Calls For Specie Resumption
The bill enacted suspends penalties on banks for nonpayment since 1857 and allows limited dividends during a suspension. It prescribes annual bank disclosures of loans, specie, notes, and deposits, with penalties for noncompliance and provisions for Governor appointed commissions to inspect unsafe banks. It sets acceptance steps for banks to resume specie payments and authorizes use of solvent bank notes for public payments during the period.
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Atlantic
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India
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Delhi
I Havelock
Lucknow
Cawnpore
Havelock
Agra
Bombay Times
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Aboo
Nena Sahib
Ganges
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Paris Pays
Lord Canning
Colin Campbell
Lord Elgin
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Gegah
Patna
The
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R. W. Cardee
London
Sardinia
Austria
China
Seymour
Canton
Stadttgardt
Napoleon
Czar
Weimar
Senate
House
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Commonwealth
Auditor General
Savings Fund
Insurance Or Trust Company
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pe-Con
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Pratt & Butcher
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Kirk White
Pennsylvania Commercial Institute
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Samuel
York Coconty Farn
York County Agricultural Society
Sluey
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J. B. Zahm
S.S
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J. S
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Jordan
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Tom
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Mamma
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Colerain
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Christian Buckwalter
Manheim
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Carnarvon
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