The Inside Straight Good Con Games Never Die
A cryptic tale from Michael MacDougall about a famed bald stockbroker nicknamed Baldy Thom son who allegedly vanished on a New York Central train with $5,000, leaving a ghostly legend in its wake and raising questions about a long-running con.
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Baldy
Thomson
New York Central
Tean Lel
Baldy Thomson
Duke Malone
Duke
Clarion of Independence
Kans
Norman Allenton
St. Louis
Kansas City
Garfield
Allenton
Lessons On Learning To Prepare For School Play Time
A guide urges pre school play to school transition through simulated classroom roles mother duties and elder siblings teaching as a child practices listening attention and self control. It contrasts early lessons with a long card sharp swindle tale from 1881 highlighting deception and the risk of gambling schemes.
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Fescher
Cat
Tim
Across the Vast USSR Train Journey From Moscow to Vladivostok
AP reports a long rail traverse from Moscow through Yaroslavl, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Baykal region, and eastern Siberia toward Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. The journey showcases diverse landscapes, industrial hubs, and frontier settlements while noting Soviet camps and frontier posts along the route.
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Siburta
Soviet Union
Russia
Moscow
Sea of
Japan
Yaroslavv
Urals
Siberia
Sver
Dlovsk
Tyumen
Hus
She Stin
West Siberian
Volga
Nazivayevskaya
Yaroslavlaj
Yaroslavl
Irkutsk
Steriz
Omsk
Baykal
Irtysh
Novosibirsi
Novosibirsk
Zima
Oul OL Ilongana
Amur
Bio Amur
Khabarovsk
Pacific Ocean
Vladivostok
Nakhodka
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Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
Malone
Alenton
Allerton
Agathy
Pat
Independence Clarion
America
Manhattan
Mes
Mite
Mona ThuriFri
UCL
Hendrick Piano CO
M&e Mfg. CO. Paint Spray Finishing Systems
Orchard Ave
Hayward
Vast
Ussr
D Variely
Reed
San Mateo Bridge
Jackson
Haywars
Corta
Eajoy
Serta
Palvareth
Reed's
West
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