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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1912
Page
2
A garbled item list from Jasper Missouri touches topics from aviation to fashion, politics, and curiosities. It references a 15 year Mexico death, a three-headed baby idea, and random social notes amid misspelled lines and jumbled names.
Henry C. Terry recounts the postwar rise of the Forbes gang, famed for high quality counterfeiting. The piece notes the era when counterfeit cash could fool bank tellers and describes advances that transformed forgery into a refined art. Ned Ormsby, an associate, recollects the gang’s exploits with somber detail.
Ned Ormesby recounts the Fortes gang counterfeiting scheme during the Civil War era. The rock of the plan involved Ed Forbes Jack Vaughn Bam Stetson Curley Peler and others from a Georgia regiment. They printed millions in counterfeit notes then laundered the money via banks and legible bonds in multiple cities.
A retired agent from the Untold Sinten secret service, Arnold, describes a vast counterfeit operation moving to flood the country with bogus money. He notes (1) the Treasury’s focus on detecting the fakes, (2) counterfeits circulating in Boston and Lincoln Town, and (3) a pattern of notes bearing deliberate defects tied to a network spreading across New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and Washington.
A federal takedown reveals a wide money counterfeiting ring led by Ed Forbes and “Little Jack” Vaughn. Agents traced the fake bills to multiple cities, with a key break coming from a New Orleans informant and a Barrels of wine concealing counterfeit plates. The gang, including Ned Ormsby, Sam Stetson, and Peters, were jailed in the federal penitentiary.
An old poultry care guide stresses that lice and mites cause more harm to poultry than any other issue. It recommends clean houses, proper feeding, and timing for kerosene emulsion spraying to kill mites. The home remedy includes a 10 percent kerosene emulsion mixed with soap and water, applied carefully to avoid harming hens.
The article advises recording the exact age of every fowl at their first stage, using a punched hole in a toe web to mark year. It discusses branding marks for inventory, ensuring hens reach maturity, and using belts or punches for individual identity to prevent loss of identity in flocks.
The fragment discusses proportions of space and profit in a rural setting, referencing hens and fowl housing. It contrasts a dozen feet per fowl with limited room per bird, and muses on efficiency, timing, and caution in tending livestock. The text reads like a stray notebook fragment with unclear authorship.
The notice describes Denmark moving toward electric mains and tramways, noting limited public funding and private plant development. It cites Copenhagen and surrounding stations, with a total metre length variance and diesel engines as a shared feature in power supply.
A 1911 reader testimonial from Wathena Kansas praises Catelurea Ointment for curing a boy with a severe eruptive skin condition. The letter claims rapid improvement after cutting mentions and describes a complete recovery. It ends with an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ointment offering free samples by postcard order.
A lottery ticket tied to Netro Bank and a State Market payment in Petersburg draws attention as relatives rush to adopt an orphan linked to Patel. The reward and connections spark an arcloprivet arrangement involving distant kin and guardianship, reflecting a tangled family claim.
A mangled line suggests a coded wartime communication about moving a weapon or gear. The garbled question mentions location clues and a possible effort to hide or transport an item. The legible bits imply secrecy and instruction without clear specifics.
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