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Bribery Attempt Tied to 1857 Herald Scandal
A historical note recounts a bribery attempt on the New York Herald in 1857 linked to the Osiro Land Improvement Company. A Philadelphia editor was paid a twenty-dollar bribe. the Herald exposed the plot with a woodcut facsimile of the bank note, tempering schemes to promote Cairo as a western metropolis. Kidney Wort in hot weather sustains the system and keeps up the strength.
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Times
Colorado Co-operative Prospecting and Mining Company
New York Herald
Frederick Huwon
Osiro Land Improvement Company
Waleas
Fourth Street
Herald
Philadelphia
Nake
Cairo
Air
Perhathia
Illinois
New York
R.J. A. Sherman
West Indies
J.a.sherman
Broadway
Cor. Murray St
J A Sherman
Dr. Sherman
Huptare
Beaton