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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1883
Page
3
An Evening Observer column recounts smuggling techniques by ship officers, from hidden gems sewn in coats to false linings and scented suggests. It notes a famous porous plaster ruse ending with a capture and a cautionary tale about a bearded smuggler.
Mtred T. Chester, appointed to a post office clerkship by Postmaster James, becomes entangled with Emma Maute, George Rice’s daughter. After a theft in 1831, he serves eighteen months in Austin, is pardoned, and plans to renew visits despite family opposition as Inspector Newcome investigates.
Subscribers are offered a set of extra plated silver spoons from Union Silver Plating Co Cincinnati Ohio. Buyers pay 75 cents for engraving and handling or 60 cents if no engraving desired, with free delivery by express or mail. The 400 dollar retail set is claimed, with discounts to jobbers.
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