Illustrious Secret Service Probe Into Versailles Lynching
A treasury official urges arrest and trial of lynchers in Versailles Indiana. James Beck, posing as an insurance agent, infiltrates the town to collect the names and expose those behind the mob violence. A Chicago wire confirms a full list of implicated men.
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Versailles
Ind
Focal Hotel
James M. Beck
Beck
Ife
New York
Trouble
Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago
Vergailies
Wiliam J. Burns
United States Secret Service
Counterfeit founder Richard Vaughan in 1758 Stafford
Richard Vaughan, a Stafford linen draper, became the first counterfeiter in 1758. The Bank of England, then 64 years old, would likely have stayed secure but Vaughan stole and passed his own bank notes to impress his fiancee. An engraver alerted authorities, ending Vaughan's criminal venture.
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Richard Vaughan
Stafford
Eng
Bank of England
Ble
Vaughnon
World learns of Napoleon’s death by slow dispatch
News of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death reached different capitals at varied times in 1821. The New York Evening Post notes the sixty day gap from May 5 to July 4 as London delayed until then via the vessel Heron, with Paris and Germany following later and Goethe receiving the news only at month’s end.
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Caruso
Napoleon
New York Evening Post
St. Helena
England
London
Heron
Times
Colonial Office
Paris
Germany
Bonaparte
Mayence
Vossische Zeitung
London Times
Goethe
Weimar
Devoted to British Crown Jersey Defends Island in 1781 Battle
Jersey has long sworn loyalty to the English crown and defended the island against a French invasion in 1781. In that year Jerseyans, despite being surprised and betrayed by their governor, defeated the French in a bloody clash in St Helier in the royal square, London Mall.
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Jersey
Attics Rich in Treasures Revealed in Quiet Curiosity
A New England attic tour unveils diverse heirlooms from wedding cake pails to plum puddings and lavender scents. Hidden in a trunk lies a beloved wedding veil with fine embroidery and a prized orient shawl collection. A rare 40 year unnoticed wall paper shows Don Quixote and Sancho Panza scenes in soft gray framing.
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New England
Orient
India
China
Attlc
Pretoria
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Profane Jersey Hotelier Revealed by Confident Swearer
A Philadelphia Ledger anecdote describes a Jersey hotel proprietor famed for kindness and frequent swearing. A guest requests a room change due to morning obscenities, unaware the loud speaker is the owner, who admits the same swearing is not meant to offend.
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Jersey
Philadelphia Ledger
Great Portrait Painter Gilbert Stuart Biography
Gilbert Charles Stuart was an American portrait painter born in Narragansett Rhode Island in 1756. He studied with a Scottish painter Alexander in Edinburgh but was left by his patron’s death and wandered to London and America. In 1702 he returned to America and painted Washington and Jefferson. He died in 1828 and is buried in the Boston Common burial ground.
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Gilbert Charles Stuart
Narragansett
R. L
Tle
Alexander
Edinburgh
Hfe
London
America
Washington
Jefferson
Old Burying Ground
Boston Common
Indianapolla News
Trustees Named for Harvey L Cooper and T Pliny Fisher
Harvey L Cooper and T Pliny Fisher are identified as trustees with vp designation, alongside Thomas L Trice Jr. in the notice. The item lists these individuals in relation to fiduciary roles and corporate governance.
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Harvey L. Cooper
T. Pliny Fisher
Trustees
Thomas L. Trice, Jr
Circuit Court
Caroline County
J. Pliny Fisher
Maryland
Denton National Bank to Close for Christmas Holiday
The Denton National Bank in Denton Maryland will be closed Monday December 26 1921 for Christmas Day legal holiday. All paper payable here and maturing on that day may be paid on the following day. W I Norris cashier.
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Denton National Bank
Denton
W. I. Norris
The
Pearles Bank
T. F. Johnson
the Provident State Bank
Preston
J. A. Trazzare
Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro
Robert Jarrell, JR
Peoples Bank
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
S. E. Hignutt
For Sale Household Furnishings and Items
For Sale. One Axminster rug nine by twelve one mahogany desk one mahogany rocker six walnut dining room chairs dressing case painted white one desk painted white one dining room suite oak consisting of one china closet one buffet square one extension table twelve chairs two small stands one army cot springs and mattress one washing machine one vacuum cleaner four tobarettes a lot of matting pictures pillows and portieres. Terms Cash. MARY E. GAREY Gay Street Denton Maryland.
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Mary E. Garey
Gay St
Denton
Dentistry in all its branches at unmatched prices
Dentistry in all its branches at prices that for workmanship and quality of material cannot be equaled in the city or elsewhere. ARTIFICIAL TEETH Some want quality others quantity. We can furnish teeth at any price. Open daily from a.m. to p.m. Appointments by mail or phone.
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benj, H. Johnson
Milvin & Johnson, Publishers
Wheeler Syndicate
Ine
Secretary of Treasury
Indiana
Island of
Eastern Shore Gas and
Denton, Maryland
Opirite
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
Lewin W. Wickes
Cho. A. Deakyne
Denton Drug Co
Palace
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Elkton
ST. Paul
Clergins
E. H. Nye
N. E
Washington, D. C
W. A. Smith
Lucas
Thomas & Messer CO
Balto
Detroit
Ford
Preston Motor Company
John W. Noble
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Nanton, Maryland
the Farmers and Merchants
State Bank
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