Noted Confidence Trick Involving Green Currency Scam
An 1884 New York letter and a second circular describe a counterfeit money scam baiting victims with “greens” and staged proofs. A local man sent five dollars to test the trick, then faced loss as the scam collapsed when the second letter revealed the ruse. The piece lists witnesses and attendees at a local gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Geo, Coleman
E. Twenty-sixth Street
Coleman
New Romance Proposal for Geneseo News Readership
The Geneseo News previews a romantic plot featuring Chapman of Cambridge and Lucinda with a dramatic, melodramatic arc. It proposes leveraging a cliffhanger ending and a sensational scene to entice subscribers, even suggesting a backstory where Anonis becomes a highwayman in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneseo
Chapman
Cambridge
Adonis
Lucinda
Love
Anonis
New Mexico
Kiner
Memorial gathering for George Rhode on eighty ninth birthday
Friends and family celebrated George Rhode’s eighty ninth birthday at his home on a spring Saturday. Attendees enjoyed lunch baskets and a supper prepared by the ladies, while affectionate remembrances praised a life of faithfulness and service and his wife’s devoted care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rhode
Rhode
Secret Society Debate Stirs Moline Overload of Orders
The article notes George P. Drennan plans to organize a Modern Woodmen camp in Moline amid a crowded field of secret orders. It questions city demand, cites numerous lodges and societies, and warns against excessive mushroom groups and mismanagement while naming Herman Schrader visiting from Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Drennan
Cordova
New Insurance Order
Moline
Odd Fellows
Druids
Turnverien
WLO
shin tin_esorst
Herman Schrader
Galesburg
Herman
O. R. T. John & Co
Desperate Robbery Injures Elderly Davenport Couple
Davenport police report a brutal burglary at 620 Fourth Street where Michael Comerford and his sister Margaret were bound and assaulted. The 70 and 80 year olds lost $12, with the intruder slipping away before dawn after chloroforming the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Fourth Street
Price
Michael Comerford
Margaret
Wiian O
Explosive accident injures East Moline man
John C. Moore of East Moline returned home drenched from a shower and placed a tea cup of blasting powder on the stove. Lighting the fire, the blast blew him back, blistering both hands and singeing his beard and brows. Dr. Bardwell treated the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Moore
East Moline
John
Hellgate
Moore
Grain Speculator Moses Fraley Faces Margin Demands
In St. Louis, Moses Fraley, a bold grain speculator, faced mounting margin calls after a May wheat profit of 250000. A failed June grain bet forced him to liquidate railroad stock and other properties at depressed prices. A further 900000 demand arrived as wheat rose, leaving total liabilities around 1 million.
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St. Louis
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Uticura
Chas, Houghton, Esq
State Street
Boston
Everett Stebbins
Belchertown Mass
H. T Carpenter
Henderson
Hendersen
Mra. S. B. Sc
Uuppie
Decatur
Mich
Curiulia
Resolvent
Putter Drug and CukUleac Co
Mass
Sanford
Potter Drug and Chemiscat Co
Hops and Malt Bitters Co
Detroit, Mich
U. S
America
Hallet Boon Co
Portland
Kean
Chicago
Keeses
Cage
Dover
Egypt
Etijah Sharp
Mr. Sharp
Parker
PayxEr
Grant
C L Morgan
Wright
Beck
Alfred Williams
Frank
R Nye
Gamble
A L Carsons
Belding
Coon
Huey
Swartzenberg
Ida Sedgely
Anthony
Wm. Clendenin’s
Drug and Book Store
F A. Burgston &Co
Illinois
A. Ancuer
M.D
Fulton Street
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