Arrest of Biebush gang and key conspirators in St Louis
A veteran detective recounts a late night raid on Blebush and the Thomases. Officers seized Mrs Thomas, minister, and other associates, recovering counterfeit coins and dies. Sullivan and Bosse were captured, while several accomplices faced lengthy sentences. The operation marked a decisive government victory in a nationwide counterfeiting ring.
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Thomases
Weigman
Finney Avenue
Biebush
Hargate
Blebush
The BoscoBel Konsackers Lesson for Husbands
A Melrose anecdote recounted by Mary Livermore shows a woman alone whose husband is in Europe. The joke turns on the wife placing his newspaper before her note at breakfast and realizing he is not there, offering a sly lesson about loneliness and absence in marriage.
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Weigman
Thomas
Pollard
Barnes
Sullivan
Wheeler
Dr. Barnes
Mary A. Livermore
Melrose
Silly Girl Quip Sparks Quiet Town Gossip
A Cleveland Leader snippet captures a playful exchange about Miss Sharpin. A girl laughs at a remark about visits ending soon, noting the host’s surprised response and the cheeky misreading that followed. The lighthearted line hints at local social chatter and character.
Hogan Reviews the Year 1905 Show Preview
A colorful court-pdded advertisement extols a Newport year-end carnival. It touts Cassie the Magnetic Marvel, the twin wild men Tom Tom and Bill Bill, Prof Harry Lehr and trained dogs, and a dramatic monkey act. The piece promotes a four-year engagement, with novelty acts, a public price of a dime, and a push to attend the Manchuria moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olu Man Hogan
Cassie
Tom-Tom
Boston
Hank Rogers
Harry Lehr
Newport
Alriddy
Sint
Yaje
Harvard
Grandma Treading the Minuet One New Year Ago
A nostalgic poem recounts grandmothers dancing a Virginia reel as statesmen pause from diplomacy to celebrate a New Year long ago. The verse reflects on memory, kinship with the south, fading gowns, and the warmth of fellowship despite changing times. A closing note mentions a lamp shade as a welcome Christmas gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Farrell
Therar
Calhoun
Clay
Youra
Grandma
Trail of Gilman Marston Falls Short in Court
A young lawyer, Gilman Marston of Ness Hampstire, faced a complex inheritance case after being admitted to the bar. He prepared an ambitious argument tracing authors from Caesar onward, but the judge failed to grasp the points, prompting Marston to pause when he feared the effort would prove futile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman Marston
Ness Hampstire
Jipston
Dulina Caesar
Ivas
Marston
Passurane
Too Trustful In Tiny Tales Of Woe And Old World Gossip
The fragment cites the Vanderbilt cup winner Ticinery and a trenchman lamenting misplaced trust amid a Paris merchant tale from Dumas era. It shifts to Washington reports of Jesse Mitchell praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after kidney trouble and fatigue, plus assorted quotes about cures and political notes from Chicago Daily News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticinery
Laas
Trenchman
Temery
Jarseilles
Alexander Dumas
Paris
Dumas
France
Leo
Washington
Kane
Jesse Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Dodd
Tor
Tam
Nervous Women and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
An old promotional piece argues that nervousness in women stems from bodily derangements and that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound offers relief. It cites a Brooklyn reader’s testimonial of dramatic improvement after long suffered symptoms from nervous prostration.
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Lydia
Pinkham
M. 5
Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
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