The Peralta land fraud of James Reavis exposed
A landmark fraud case reveals James Reavis forging records to claim 12,500,000 acres in Arizona and New Mexico under the Peralta grant. He deceived lawyers and millionaires, was imprisoned in New Mexico, and has now confessed to the attempted fraud after US authorities spent substantial sums to convict and secure release.
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James Reavis
Arizona
New Mexico
Peralta
Reavis
Miguel Peralta de la Cordova
Spain
Mexico
United States
Madrid
Don Miguel
California
The Great Peralta Claim and Reavis Fraud Saga
A sprawling tale traces James Addison Reavis who forged titles to 000 acres across Arizona and New Mexico. The "great Peralta claim" drew help from Crocker Mackay Huntington and other magnates, while governments searched Spain for authentic records. Reavis, posing as a journalist, built a mythical barony La Baronia de Arizonia using forged archives.
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Reavis
Peraltas
Enrique Carrillo
Miguel
Silva
Silva Peralta
Miguel Peralta de la Cordova
Sonora
Mexico
Spain
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Jose Ramon Carmen Masol Y Castillo
Santa Anna River
San Bernardino
Cal
Arizona
New Mexico
United States Court of Claims
Crocker
Mackay
Huntington
Conkling
Cochran
Ingersoll
Ed Stokes
Hoffman House
George M. Willing
John W. Mackay
la Baronia de
Arizonia
Peralta
Private Ball Park Built by Julius Fleischmann in Catskills
Julius Fleischmann of Cincinnati and New York fame claims the title of the world’s greatest base-ball fan. He owns a private park in the Catskill Mountains near Griffin’s Corners, carved from a four acre hillside, leveled and fenced with a grand stand for 500. He sustains a team and grounds for amusement of friends, with yachts and a racing stable noted elsewhere.
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Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
New York
Europe
Fleischmann
Mr. Fleischmann
Catskill Mountains
Griffin’s Corners
Catskill
Woman helps women in Lydia E Pinkham appeal
A letter from Mrs Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts urges women to write for free advice and medicines stating vast aid via Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites testimonials from Elxa Brenner and Nellie Roussell describing relief from backache nervous tiredness painful menses leucorrhea and kidney issues after using the remedy.
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Elxa E. Brenner
East
Rochester
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kansas Cattle How Corn Profit Rises From Feed to Beef
Kansas cattle numbers approach 2.75 million with about 1.8 million fattened for market. The industry evolves as breeders and fatteners use corn to add weight and value, with steers sold by the pound in Kansas City and Chicago markets. Canners, stockers, and feeders shape the chain from range cattle to butcher’s product.
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Texas
Indian Territory
Elgin
Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago
Photographers jailed for Bismarck body snap
Two Hamburg photographers bribed a watcher to gain entry after Prince Bismarck died and took a flash photograph of the dead chancellor. The attempt to sell the image failed after the Bismarck family intervened. A clock revealed the on duty watchers, leading to arrests. The case dragged through courts for about a year with three to six months imprisonment and suppression of the pictures.
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Prince Bismarck
Hamburg
Bismarck
Parrot Ad Campaign by Scotch Distiller in Liverpool
A Scotch distiller launches a novel advertising system by buying parrots, teaching them to say Drink Blank's whisky, and presenting them in gilt cages to Liverpool saloon-keepers, seeking widespread brand notice.
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Liverpool
The Useful Camel Describes Camels’ Water Needs and Diet
In four years of camel experience the author debunks seasickness and extreme fasting myths. Camels do need water, abstinence is training, and grass-fed Arabs endure less work than corn-fed camels. The piece notes milder moaning when thirsty and compares feeding to work performance in desert conditions. Cornhill.
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Camel Corps
Desert
Cornhill
Resources of Claimants in Bonapartist Succession
The piece outlines estimated fortunes of royal claimants. Prince Victor Napoleon and Louis Napoleon sit at roughly £5,000 yearly each, while Eugenie may leave £2,000,000 to a leader. Bonaparte wealth tops £4,000,000, mostly Eugenie, with actual claimants totaling under £20,000 yearly. In contrast the House of Orleans is valued at about £15,000,000.
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Prince Victor Napoleon
Napoleon V
Louise
Brussels
Louis Napoleon
Eugenie
Europe
Bonapartist
Bonaparte
House of Orleans
Bubonic Plague Death Toll Underestimates in India
Statistics show 250000 deaths recorded since Bombay’s last outbreak but this figure is believed low as natives reportedly conceal plague deaths, masking the true toll across India.
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India
Bombay
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James Addison Reavis
Fleischman’s
Mountain Athletic Baseball Club
Boston
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