The Counterfeiter Exploits Secret Service Watch
A historical look at the U S Secret Service and its war on counterfeit money. The piece details the bureau’s origins after the Civil War, its district structure, and dramatic cases, including the Johnson family in Detroit who hid plates in a wall and a sewing machine cabinet.
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Congress
Treasury
Secret Service
Washington
Charles H. Smith
Brooklyn
David Johnson
Detroit
Mich
Johnsons
Mornig David
Edmond Johnson
Secret Service Bureau
Missouri
Howeve
United States
Toledo
Charles Johnson
Dominion
Baylis
Edmond
McGraw Street
Charlies Johnson
Woodward Avenue
Mciraw Street
Garret
Johnson Brothers
Davis House
Johnson
W. G. Fitz-Gerald
Russia Pacified Through Terror Across Regions
A New York Sun summary notes that official reports claim order in Russia with strikes and mutinies halting, yet terror governs. It cites Sept. 12 Slov o figures: 19 144 killed in revolutionary agitation, 7 962 anti Jewish deaths, 4 540 Armenia riots, 2 193 mutiny deaths, 533 agrarian deaths, plus 83 generals or governors and thousands of officials assassinated by revolutionaries.
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Russia
Kishineff
Slovo
St. Petersburg
Sicides
Armenia
European
Poland
Caucasus
Baltic
Siberia
Finland
Stolypin
Douma
New York Sun
Graft of a Medical Pirate by a Reformed Correspondent
A reform-minded writer exposes a medical mail order operation using counterfeit typewritten letters and forged signatures to deceive customers. He details tactics to pressure patients for refunds and to avoid commitments to cure, noting widespread practice across industries.
Personal Letter Exposes Rank Medical Deception
A former house used mail diagnosis to trap patients into paid treatment. Clerks sent routine notices while a physician staff rushed to label symptoms as serious diseases. The writer dictated letters posing as a doctor to push ongoing paid care.
Guarantee of Absolute Cure Through Special Precriptions
The speaker claims an absolute cure for any disease when customers use a special treatment and follow directions. If the first letter fails, a second week letter urges payment, and a third at month’s end. The tactic aims to extract remittance regardless of illness, even promising cures for coins or cancer.
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Nervas
The Confidential Letters and Publicity of a Medical Firm
The speaker denounces confidential patient letters and the exposure of private details in a medical mail scheme. He outlines the office routine that disseminates medical disclosures, condemns the gossip among staff, and warns against trusting mail solicitations. He defends a guaranty of absolute cure with strict adherence to expert guidance.
No Complaints From Patients as Hidden Risk Revealed
The piece argues most people lack nerve to complain about cares promised by mail order medical houses. A small 1 percent cause trouble, and only a fraction truly contest the care. Patients’ treatment reports often reveal lapses, while houses quietly pay off the few to maintain smooth operation.
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Wedicipe
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Strenuous Treatment Promised With No Time Limit
The speaker describes a medical regimen offered without a time limit and a forfeit that must wait until all prescribed steps are completed. The plan imposes strict daily reports, a harsh vegetable diet, cold plunges, and long walks, with penalties for noncompliance. The narrator warns that guarantees from advertising physicians are often unreliable.
Cuba Libre and Cuba’s Independent Status
A Havana Diario de la Marina piece defends Cuba as a constitutional, independent nation under the Platt amendment. It argues Cuba remains separate from the United States, with the Provisional Government limited to Cuban law and the governor acting for Cuba, not as a U.S. official, and notes Cuba’s international status is unchanged since 1902.
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Diario de la Marina
Cuba
Corea
Egypt
United States
Republic of
Magoon
Mssident Ademar
Panama
Paima
Taft
The Budding Genius and the Blooming Idiot
A compact reflection on intelligence and folly, contrasting early promise with later missteps, suggesting that youthful talent can degenerate into misunderstanding with time and circumstance. The piece frames development as a temperamental journey rather than a fixed measure.
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New York ‘Evening Post
Treasury Department
David
Canada
Propriatory Medicine House
Eminem
Awdiie
Cuba Libre
Havana
Island Republic
Ito
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