Bunko in New York Sparks Big Watch Heist Tale
In a Detroit Free Press sketch, a Bunko scammer mistakes Thad Tompkins of Akron for Bunko in a chance meeting on Fifth Avenue. A sleight of hand watch theft leads to a comic mistaken identity scene. A later Broadway crowd disperses after a boy’s fall triggers a faux emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Mr. Tompkins
Akron
Dan
First National Bank
New York
Tompkins
Bunko
City Hall Park
Broadway
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Teave
Suptrionts
Oth & Rs Oo
Amerie
New York City
Dessert ad man and milkless riches debate ends with cream tip
Mr Keep Cash questions a dairyless dessert expert who advertises wealth from milkless recipes. Idrs Cash confirms sending a dollar. The reply is to use cream. The exchange closes with a note about Medford Wind mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford Windmill
Two Dynamite Adventures From Pearsons Weekly
Milwaukee readers hear from a former Calumet and Hecla miner about dynamite hazards and near misses underground. A shaft blast mishap left a man racing to pull fuses before a doomed car could rise. A miner saved life by a baseball reflex catching a falling dynamite stick. The report also notes nettle stings and their hollow needle hairs delivering venom, explaining how sting mechanics work and why rough touch provokes more pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Calumet
Hecla
Milwaukee
Pearson's Weekly
Widow’s Daughters Prank Doctor With Iodine Portrait
In a Washington Post item, a widow mother’s three mischievous daughters prank her by painting iodine on her lame shoulder to imitate a loving portrait of a handsome middle aged physician. The doctor laughs at the reveal, and the mother exiles him as the daughters reveal the Valentine scene on her shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Arditi Identity Ruse Clears Open Check at Bank
Opera tale recalls Signor Arditi testing a cashier with an open check payable to himself. Without ID, he asked if the cashier attends the opera and, when the man admitted frequent attendance, Arditi lifted his hat and asked if he knew him. The cashier quickly verified identity, apologizing as payment was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor Arditi
Mapleson Opera Company
Her Majesty’s
America
Arditi
Mr. Arditi
Chicago News
Rehearsed Juliet in a Cemetery and Other Tales
Mary Anderson Da Navarro details her six month solitary dramatics plan in Louisville and her mother’s help while refining Juliet’s tomb scene in Cave Hill. Otto’s Cure advertised as a universal remedy with multiple city listings and testimonials from Indiana to Blairsville, plus dime-store medical advice and horse liniments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
New York City
Thad
Vandenhoff
Juliet
Cave Hill
Mary Anderson da Navarro
Ladies’ Home Journal
Otto
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
J. C. Rugh
Penn Run
B. Beringer
Beringer
H. B. Hawes
Cherrytree
G. W. Gromley
Hillsdale
W. L. Houk
Purchase Line
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
J. C. Cuddy
Atwood
E. Green
Plumville
B. F. McHenry
North Point
M. G. Miller
Blairsville
R. L. George
West Lebanon
Thos. Hart
Clarksburg
Pneumatic Hub Promises Puncture Proof Bicycle
A Chicago Times-Herald report describes a new bicycle hub with a small pneumatic tube inside the front and rear hubs to resist punctures while preserving resilience. The rim tire uses a rubber center and two hollow gauges to cushion shocks, and the weighted hub weighs about 22 pounds, protected by a steel thimble and inflated via a ball valve. The inventor claims the system remains rideable even when deflated, reducing tire failure risks. Also noted is Dr. Agnew's Heart Cure advertised as relieving organic or sympathetic heart disease in 30 minutes, sold by S. G. Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times-Herald
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Local Ad
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure. Also notes a house for rent on South Third Street in Indiana Pennsylvania by George W. Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Coenry & Co
Toledo
Ute
South Third Street
Callon
George W. Harvey
Indiana
Holiday Bazaar Promises Low Prices on Furnishings
The store thanks patrons for holiday interest and pledges fair dealing and low prices. It touts Bazar Dress Patterns as best and affordable, offers a Fashion Guide via postal card, and announces England import of Gold Band dishes sold in pieces. Emphasizes savings on house furnishing goods for the New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sixth Avenue
White's
Murray Street
Mary Anderson
Riters
Noah
St. Louis Republic
Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
T. F. Hildebrand’s
Wm. Moore's
Homer City
M. G
Miller’s
James Anderson
Daugherty
Jas. Anderson
Herrick Bros
Dr. Bulls
Dr. Bull
Ormail
A.C. Meyer & Co
Balte
Apple
Indiana, Pa
Equitable
S. W. Guthrie
PENNA
H. Brilhart & Son
Indiana Electric Company
Farmers Bank
P. Geo
Ww. Gilbert
Aduitor
Orphans’ Court
Indiana County
Mary
Jane Short
James C. Short
Indiana Borough
John H. Pierce
John T. Stuchul
Margaret W. Doty
Orphans’ Court of
South Mahoning
Pennsylvania
Daniel Wells
Clark G. Marshall
A. B. Marshall
J. W. Marshall
Henry Bowser
E. W. Griffith
South Mahoning Township
Dar Medne Af Manet
Wees “James McGregor
S. M. Jack
B.T. Hoffman
Margaret Landis
J. T. Bell
Columbia
Mary Wire
Brushvalley Township
Ijanet
John A. Wire
Dilltown, Pa
Campbell
the People's Store
Pittsburg
P. S
Wood
Smithfield Streets
Scientific Amerie
the Atlantic Refining Company
Pittsburg, Pa
J. F. Barnes
Gilbert Bro’s
Insurances
Gro. W. Grizzar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!