That Boy Saunders and the Little Account
A creditor’s collector questions Bill Saunders, a notorious boy, who boasts of mischief and a dozen capers from cat rescues to stealing a dog’s life, while the debtor defends him as healthy and clever and recounts the boy’s latest daring prank. The exchange twists from talk of debt to anecdotes of the boy’s misdeeds and the collector’s grave concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Bill Saunders
George
Jim
Thomas Henry
MacElroy
Bill Sunders
Sa Tainan
Debt dispute ends with denial of obligation
A Burlington resident refuses to acknowledge a long-standing bill from Tate & Treta, claiming no prior business and naming Tom Marmot as a swindler in Texas. The collector pleads for information, then leaves, baffled by the debtor’s defiant stance and the rumored Marmot connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate &Tret
Burlington
Sinclair
Tate & Treta
Marmot
Texas
Tom Marmot
Buylington Hawkeye
Counterfeits Target National Bank Notes in Three-Year Surge
Washington telegram reports counterfeiters focused on National Bank notes with seventeen forgeries in three years including twelve $50, three $10 and five $50 notes. Details describe falsified Tamaqua First National Bank fives bearing wrong charter numbers and chittenden signatures, plus fake Buffalo Third National Bank and Central National Bank of New York fifties with incorrect registers and printer marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Tribune
Secret Service
First National Bank
Tamaqua
Third National Bank
Buffalo
N. Y
Central National Bank of
New York City
B. G. Underwood
National Bank Redemption Agency
Penn
Redemption Agency
L. E. Chittenden
Colby
Allison
Central National Bank
Bureau of Engraving
United States Treasury Department
Chittenden
Treasury
A Determined Self Mutilator Ends In Death
Frank Ssier a German of Fulton Mo attempted suicide in a kiln using a stone hammer and knife. After bruising and injuring himself repeatedly he finally died days later, claiming everyone was against him and he was tired of living.
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Frank Ssier
Fulton
Lynching of Charles Strahl After Goetz Murders in Illinois
A St Louis letter details the capture of Charles Strahl in Monroe County and the later lynching by farmers near Columbia Illinois after he confessed to killing Henry Goetz and his wife. At the Goetz farm the body was found under lilacs in a marshy creek bank following Strahl’s confession and detailed account of the crime and subsequent concealment.
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St. Louis
Charles Streh
Henry Goetz
Columbia
Monroe County
Charles Strahl
Calaboose
Strahl
Goetz
Henry ‘Goetz
Henry
Hilton
Joe
Maitz
Muson’ Bundy
Stumpff
Mmé
Etz
Carondelet
Klach
Isaac Meyer
Paden
Canton
Avan Burgan
Switzerland
A Smart Newsboy Sells Papers Despite Odds on Fourth Street
A Cincinnati Sunday Breakfast column notes a tiny newsboy who darts along Fourth Street near the Gazette and Commercial offices. Despite his small size he outsells adults, racing about like a chicken, chasing pockets and pennies, and allegedly supports a widowed mother through hard work.
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Fourth Street
The
Gazette
Cincinnati
Able
Unnamed Ira School Attended With No Scholars Present
In Ira town Cayuga County a summer school session operated by a teacher lacked any pupil or scholar attendance. Trustees confronted by the community faced opposition as a young local woman near the school area objected to the actions.
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Utica
Ira
Cayuga
Poral
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Saunder’s
Charles Strabi
Potatini
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