Rare coins forged and altered reveal the frauds
A New York Sun report explains that genuine U S coins are hard to counterfeit but altered dates and added mint marks fool some collectors. Experts detail how 1799, 1804, and early-1800s dollars and cents show telltale die differences, with 1838 half dollars most commonly imitated and spotted by careful examination.
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United States
Far West
Kansas
Pioneer Bald
Colin
New Orleans
New York Sun
The Mexican Race and Aryan Ties
The article argues Mexicans blend Moorish and Iberian legacies with Anglo Saxon influence. It portrays the Moorish Spaniard as noble and cultivated, the Anglo Saxon as modern achiever, and emphasizes common Aryan roots across Spaniards, English, French, and Germans. It calls on readers to recognize shared blood and reject division.
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Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Mexico
Europe
India
Nuns Shrewd Shoppers In Religious Trade
A dry goods firm says nuns are shrewd purchasers who manage money with the canny judgment of businesspeople. They invest, buy, and even exchange goods for habits and household supplies, with some firms catering to religious trade and offering private viewing rooms for sisters to shop away from crowds.
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United States
New York Press
Asca Sweet for Babies Endorsed by Local Drugstore
A local druggist Win L Jungkung on S Stephenson Street touts asca sweet as the best remedy for babies. It claims to treat cake, summer complaint, diarrhoea and sour stomach and is noted as especially helpful during teething when irritation affects the stomach and intestines.
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Win
B. Jungkung
S. Stephenson Street
Blackmail saga ties Grow to hefty funds via unknown parents
New York may 6 Catherine Livingston Williams, a young woman who as a daughter of Grow and his confederates allegedly extorted over 100000 from Inte Galusha A Grow. She claims 250000 in securities were placed by Grow and Henry Frick’s brother in a safety deposit box, to be opened today.
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New York
Catherine Livingston Williams
Inte Galusha
A. Grow
United States
House of Representatives
Williams
Grow
Congress
Catherine Livingston de Fosser
Wiliams
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Family ties and hush money in old political circles
An infant adopted by Mme. de Tossez’s mother, Catherine Cloney, known as Catherine Livingston, becomes central to a tale of generosity and coercion surrounding Galusha Grow. The narrative details money transfers via the Livingston Press to protect reputations, including sums of 300,000 and 50,000, with Grow directing payouts to others and a later instruction to access a trust vault after his death.
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Mme. de Tossez
Catherine Cloney
Tenderloin
Catherine Livingston
Mrs. Cloney
Galusha Grow
Crow
Fifth Avene
Mme. de Fossez
Blackburn
Heele
Oiyself
Metruire
Mme. de Bosse
McGuire
Mar. Blackburn
Red
Path Avenue
Grow
Bing
Charles J. Pearsall
Lvcal Trust
Penrcill
Craw
Henry Prick
The Circus and the Arab Steed
A friend who owns a circus recalls posters advertising numerous Arabian horses brought to America under a sultan’s permit. He describes them as snow white with distinct feather markings and notes the horses’ historic prestige dating back to ancient queens.
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America
New York
Queen of Sheba
Popular Approval of Theft Through History
A London News commentary argues private property lacks universal acceptance among the masses. It notes popular songs and ballads glorify robber figures from Robin Hood to Turpin and Sheppard, and that accessible literature still centers on romantic robber exploits, portraying Ive as noble despite theft.
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Turpin
Sheppard
Ive
London News
Going to the Dogs and the fate of worn-out horses
The London Spectator explains the phrase going to the dogs as a clear reference to a worn-out horse doomed to slaughter. It contrasts other proposed origins from Shakespeare and scripture and even an ancient Greek curse about unburied bodies, but settles on the practical fate of a useless horse.
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London Spectator
Bobby Remembered in a Small Memory Moment
In a Galveston News anecdote, Bobby’s memory proves sharp as Jinks returns from abroad. After dinner, Bobby recalls Jinks by name, recalling the prior summer when his father brought him home and anger kept his mother silent for a week.
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Bobby
Binks
Jinks
Mrs. Binks
Galveston
Dickens In Manchester Hovels And The Mill Owner
The writer visited Manchester cotton spinners hovels and felt pity and horror at the squalor. A mill owner told him workers truly live in the mills, not in the foul houses, and only sleep in the hovels.
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Dickens
Manchester
Not Discouraged Insurance Dispute Highlights Wagered Limits
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a merchant frustrated by an insurance agent seeking details. The merchant insists he is insured to the limit and accuses the agent of wasting time, while the agent presses for information in a terse exchange. The dialogue underscores tension over insurance coverage.
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Philadelphia Press
Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt sermon series announced
A Chicago reader notes a minister declares a special sermon series starting next Sabbath evening titled Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. The audience overhears a whispered quip about the game dating back that far.
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Egypt
Chicago News
Delusions at Heart of a Mischievous Banter
A Baltimore American quip contrasts cynicism and optimism about gender. An old man proclaims women are delusions to men, while a young woman counters that men cling to their own delusions with cheerful defiance.
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Baltimore American
Remembered It First Autoist in Bavaria Tire Repair
Quoted dialogue from Scriimer's Magazine recalls a memory of traveling through Bavaria during an auto trip to repair a tire. A curious tidbit notes the sea yields about three gallons of salt from every 100 gallons of its water, showing a mix of travel reminiscence and a scientific aside.
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Bavaria
Scriimer’s
Harriet M Burbank Pianist Teacher at Studio 36 Grove Bt
Harriet M Burbank is identified as a piano teacher operating from Studio 36 on Grove Street. The note provides a street address fragment and a professional title, suggesting a local listing or personal advertisement for piano lessons.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Studio
Grove Bt
Ssidett
Wages on the Big Ditch Panama Pay Decision
Secretary Taft issues a wage ruling for Panama Canal workers after Roosevelt approval. Three groups: steam shovel engineers cranemen firemen. construction locomotive engineers get 210 dollars monthly with no overtime. construction train conductors receive 170 to 190 dollars monthly, denied 210 dollars.
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Washington
Taft
Panama
White House
Roosevelt
Butt
Missionaries of Peace Study Seeks Latin America Accord
New York May 6 Tribune reports Andrew Carnegie funds a peace mission in Latin America. Diego Mendoza former Colombian minister and Professor W S Shepherd of Columbia University to lead. Mendoza to earn 25000 dollars yearly plus expenses. they depart New York later this week.
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New York
the Tribune
Andrew Carnegie
Republcs
Latin Armerica
Carnegie
Diego Mendoza
Colombia
Washington
W. S. Shepherd
Columbia University
Senor Mendoza
South America
Shepherd
Awarded Nearly All She Asked In Wisconsin Damage Suit
Miss Metha Banderoh daughter of Mayor Buande roh received 4750 in circuit court damages against the Wisconsin Central road. She had earlier suffered a broken arm after stepping over a low fence around the company property.
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Oahkosh
Wis
Metha Banderoh
Buanderoh
Shriner Gathering in Los Angeles Draws Thousands
Los Angeles May 6. Shriners from across the United States Mexico and the Island of Tiwan arrive for a Mystic Shrine event. City hosts over 20,000 strangers with more expected.
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Shriners
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Mexico
John Mitchell Improves After Operation Hope Rises
In Spring Valley Newfoundland on May 6 John Mitchell shows first real nourishment in seven days and speaks with hopeful optimism about the operation's outcome.
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John Mitchell
Spring Valley
Global Daily Roundup Of Oddities And Events
San Francisco street railways strike ends with walking crowds. A mine near the Guatemalan president's mansion feared for Cabrera assassination plot. Chicago grand jury indicts ex Chief Collins for alleged police help to reelect Dunne. Mark Twain jokes on lost at sea report. Britain wins Battenberg Cup in three mile row. New York gilded week exports reach 781142 dollars in silver and gold. Leslie Dunlap steeplechase rider dead in Washington. home Belle Prairie Indiana. Irish exposition opens in Dublin. Pathfinder’s son found guilty for debts. Gowld wins British Amateur Court Femunfs Championship in London. Trabhia colonial Institute to host Italian colonies congress in Rome. Parthian government to send reps to Hague peace conference. Thomas Lawson of Boston meets Pope and secretary Merry del Val.
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San Jancisco
Guatemakt
Cabrera
Chicago
Collins
Dunne
Mark Pwain
Madrid
Tingers
Twampton Roads
New York
Leslie TI. Dunlap
Washington
Tes
Belle Paiis
Dublin
Frenant
Pathfinder
Day Gowld
London
Aumateur Court
Miles
Trabhia Colonial Institute
Rome
Hague
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition Special Excursion Tickets
Illinois Central railroad offers reduced rate excursion tickets for the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition in Norfolk Virginia running April 24 to November 30 1907. Tickets valid for the season 60 days or 15 days with explanations on rates and routes available from H W Rowey Wicket Aut 432d 10.
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Jamestown
Norfolk
Illinois Central Railroad
H.W. Rowey
Daily Journal Delivery Rates
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week.
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the Daily Journal
The Missouri River’s crooked edge in Kansas City lore
George Fitch in American Magazine recounts a Kansas City tale of a river that shifts land, funding, and fate. A group held a factory strip as the Missouri eroded then yielded 200 acres, then clawed back and rebuilt plots to suit the river’s mood, leaving behind a history of clever land juggling and perilous profit.
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Chat River
Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri River
Nnd
George Fitch
American Magazine
Two Masters of the Planner Fortay at Conservatory
A humorous account from the Brooklyn Eagle recalls a piano conservatory afternoon concert where Signor Novello and a disguised James Jones performed works by Beethoven and Liszt for an elite audience. The gag centers on Jones’ barbering delay and the school’s claimed high prestige. Also noted are Peru’s conference delegates in London and Peruvian consulate figures in New Orleans, plus a Ky family with oddly named children and nearby Chicken family members.
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New York
Conservatory
Signor Novello
James Jones
Tizst
Fortay
Beethoven
Liszt
His
Affalres
London
Hk. Lembecke
BR. Rolle
New Orleans
Peru
Tenel
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Ad Claim
An old labeled ad promotes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a remedy for cold and cough. It claims no opiates and says it gently moves the bowels to drive the cold from the system, noting compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law and listing Wm. F. Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephenson Street as the seller.
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Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Illinois Central Announcements for Interscholastic Meet
Illinois Central announces the annual interscholastic meet in Champaign Wil. One and one third fare is the round trip. Dates of sale May 16 with wand versus return limit May 20.
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Champaign
Wil
Annual State G A R Encampment Fare Note
Travelers bound for the Decatur Illinois encampment may purchase round trip tickets for one fare. Ticket sales run May 20 21 and 23 with return by May 24. Reserve seats through the issuing railroad office.
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Decatur
Annual Meeting DTinois Elk's Ass'n in Bloomington
Members gather for the annual meeting of the Elk's Association in Bloomington HH. Included are a round trip sale with dates May 20 21 and Band 23. Return limit May 5.
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Dtinois Elk's Ass
Bloomington
Farmers wary of stocks as Canada land lure grows
Secretary Wilson notes farmers ignore Wall Street volatility and avoid railroad securities while sending funds north to Canada for wheat lands. WM Clement touts Manitoba Western Colonization Co offerings, citing booming Canadian immigration and ongoing Tuesday land inspections with targeted excursions.
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Wall Street
Wilson
Northwestern
Canada
Clement
Freeport
Manitoba and Western Colonization Co
Dakotas
Minnesota
British Isles
Continental Europe
United States
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Joseph Emmert
Galusha
Henry Frick
Albany
Ore
Wicely
Arabian Desert
Omer Davenport
C. Cpoe
Quinsy
HLNEY
Hulidary & Bladder
Humphreys
Melicine Co
Cor
Willam
John Sireets
Wen
Missionaries OF Peace
Latin America
Corn Products Company
THE
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
Amone
Word
Illinois Central Announcements
State Bank of Freeport
WM. Clement
Authority
Wim
Florida
Cuba
South
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
J.C. Beam, Jr
St. Louis
H. Hardwick
Washington, D. C. J
McCullough
Dearborn St
Ill
W.H. Tayloe
Washington, D.C
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