The Iron Wong Scams a Young Nephew in Iron Panic
Edward Earle, nephew of Hooker, runs a London to America iron panic scheme. He contracts to deliver 125 000 tons below market, then flees with the news of the crash. Hooker learns with his own unsent letter and unpaid postage ruined by the 8 cent error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooker
New York
Dward Jr
England
Earle
Sheffield
Tim Auw
Birmingham
Hooker & Co
Grm
America
Mr. Hooker
Carle
Nandy Hook
James
Parle
Gollars
Middlesex, Gs
Middlesex
Cambridge
Maynard
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Tricky Stage Glove Trick Steals Focus From Duel
An actor explains how a muscular stage illusion in a Boston area production moved a French count from calm to fury without a facial tremor. The trick used a tight collar and controlled neck pressure to flood and recede blood simulating emotion, a noted early 20th century performance device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel N
Mackay
Bronson
Howard
Englistman
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Walter B. Morse
Walter P. Frye
John H. Lawton
Chalmers
Frisbie, Coon & Co
Troy, N
Boston Clothing Co
Concord Coal and Lumber Co
Roger W. Brown
B. W. Brown
Concord
A. Vanderhoof Hardware
Mill Dam
Keto
Waino Keto
Maynard, Mass
Assabet Institution For Savings
Jilly
David G. Hartley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
District Court of
Central Middlesex
Holden
County of
Lena M. Martin
Alice Goodwin
Frank A. Harriman
Horace F. Tuttle
Loring N. Fowler
A. D
Acton Enterprise
Middlesex County
Edward F. Loughlin
Middlesex County Commission
Nason Street
Summer Street
Acton Street
Concord Street
Arthur E. Walker
Ralph N. Smith
Albert
Paris Green
W. A. Haynes Co., Inc
John J. Flannery
Bedford Street
J. Egan
Agt
Acton
Mass
E. M. Long
P.O
Robert W. Garter
Market ST
Lynn
Chas, E. Davis
East Acton
Lynch Bros
Main St
J. S. Wilson
Tel
C. D. Holmes
Wilson Lumber. Co. Inte
Wilfrid Wheeler
Rift
South Acton Coal & Lumber CO
P. Fletcher
South Acton
Tedford Hardware & Plumbing Company
Bedford Hardware and Plumbing Company
Fletcher
Bedford, Mass
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