A Reign of Terror at Niagara Falls Prompts a Cautionary Tale
A narrator recalls a September visit to Niagara Falls filled with swindles and threats by a pale intruder who plans crimes for money. In a spree of theft and intimidation, they witness a hotel lobby scam, a land-and-toll extortion, and a hard sell at a refreshment stand, exposing a day of deception and danger.
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Niagara Falls
New York
Hackman
Canada
Thad
Bub
Geatleland
Maseo
Gun Wa
Charles Robinson
Chas. Robinson
Guin
da Guo Wa
Sam
Tam
Indianapolis
Indiana
West
Washington-st
Ex-pugilist Arthur Chambers on vacation in New York City
A fragment shows a brief exchange naming Arthur Chambers of New York City as an ex-pugilist. The speaker departs for a short vacation, saying goodbye in a tersely quoted dialogue fragment.
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Arthur Chambers
New York City
Quad
Frances Hodgson Purnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Boston Museum
Broadway Theater
New York
Nroutich
Indianapolis
Ind
Common Council Aid Board of Aldermen
City of
General Assembly
Fragmented local notes mix odd facts and trends
A Morgantown rooster choked on a small green snake while a wild dog in Oak Hill Cal weighed 500 pounds and was shot. A monument plan for Mary Washington travels through Fredericksburg. English schools add swimming baths, while old sayings and makers of clothes face shifting fashion and fit.
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Oak Hill
Cal
Fuska
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg
Eld
Charles Cochrane
Reim
America
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Eben Plympton
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Payeys Ingomar
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General Assembly of Indiana
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United States
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Gray
Fox
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Dickert & Reghr’s
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Common Council
City of Indies
Washington Stree
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State of
Loman Council
Tnndianapolis
Tennessee Street
Twentieth St
Dunlanu
Tancetter
Ward Bros
Washington
G.H Qor
Washington & Noble
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