A Trick With Dollars. Farnsworth Finance Plot Unraveled
Bailey Harrow engineers a fake bearer check scheme with Hartzell to steal Farnsworth’s funds but detective Kneeland traces it to the telegraph clerk. Miss Clarendon exposes the ruse and Farnsworth contemplates reform as he faces consequences and an honest match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland
Farnsworth
Robert Farnsworth
Hartzell
Bearer
Brink
Miss Clarendon
Bailey Harrow
Jordan
Thompson
Batley
Telegraph Office
Bailey
Jacob Hartzell
Telegraph
Bridegroom sets himself afire on eve of allentown wedding
A Philadelphia wedding guest list of about twenty witnessed Nathan Presser set his clothes ablaze with a match after pouring oil on them. He died at Mt. Sinai hospital from burns suffered in his yard and in his home. He had feared losing the money saved for the marriage to Rose Schattenstein of Allentown. Also reported, Mississippi Congressman John Sharp Williams resigns as minority leader effective December 1 to allow a smoother transition, and a Middletown carpenter sues after being struck by lightning on a car due to missing arresters, claiming heart injury and three weeks of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Harrow
John Farnsworth
Vallombrosa
Bailey Warren
Bailey
Farnsworth
Greenwich Street
Philadelphia
Nathan Presser
Rose Schattenstein
Grant Street
Allentown
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miss Schattenstein
John R. Goudy
Middletown
Carpenter
Central Pennsylvania Traction Company
Money Order Clerk Accused in Scranton Embezzlement Case
Patrick J. Messett a longtime money order clerk in the Scranton Pennsylvania post office is remanded in $5000 bail to answer embezzlement charges. He reportedly embezzled a $142 money order from Postmaster Matthew McPherson of Dickinson City with a broader shortage alleged at $5000 after account examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Messett
Scranton
Matthew McPherson
Dickinson City
Judge Gray declines Democratic VP nomination in 1900s note
Former Congressman L Irving Handy announced at Denver that Federal Judge George Gray of Delaware would not accept the Democratic nomination for vice president under any conditions. Handy stated Gray had previously been chosen for the presidency four years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
George Gray
Delaware
L. Irving Handy
Denver
Blind Marionette Wise man regains sight at Bellevue
James Cantillion of Marionette Wise in Marionette Wise reportedly regained sight at Bellevue Hospital New York after a fit of hysterics began when doctors announced his case hopeless and likely permanent blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cantillion
Wise
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Fatal Burns From Odd Cause In Seaford Yard
Mrs. Jane Jones widow of Jacob C. Jones of Seaford Delaware was fatally burned when a torch used to burn caterpillars on a mulberry tree ignited her clothing. Neighbors quickly extinguished the blaze but physicians say she will not recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Jones
Jacob C. Jones
Seaford
Del
Local notes from Vocansville and vicinity amid heat and harvest
Community brief from Vocansville Lancaster County detailing social visits and neighborly events. Mentions 8. M. Seldomridze’s banquet at Farmersville and hospitality by Sam the postmaster. Highlights haymaking heat and new wind engines, road supervisor meeting, and local ailments and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldomridze
Farmersville
Sam
Langaster County
Addison Wade
Jonas Wenger
Wade
Mary Oberholtzer
Rebecca Zook
Simeon G. Stoltzfus
William W. Ream
Reading
Eryl Grayhill
Lancaster
I. B. Sprecher
Chester A. Hoffman
Lititz
H. S. Hoffman
Annie Buck
Abram N. Hoover
West Earl
Styer Flouse
Martin P. Sheaffer
Adam Peters
Henry Lutz
Ohio
New Holland
Rocky Springs
John
Morton Fry
Ephrata Township
Peary
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Howard Fielding
Twartzell
Peter
Moses
Startzell
Pallng
Gorham
Gertie
Bob
West
Boston
Barnsworth
Pittsfield
Farsworth
S[wartzell
Rascal
Turtzell
James Kneeland
Martzell
Pittsfeld
Stere
Center Street
Pottsville
William Fritz
Fritz
Coaldale
Wesley Myers
Columbus
Myers
Queen Victoria
Spain
Ena of
Tamaqua
Tamaqua’ (Pa.) Manufacturing Company
Pierce
Bartholow
Lege
Har Awood
Bene
Finlengnett
Nege
Chicago
John King
Cincinnati
John M. Scudberg
M Edwin
Hahnemann Med
Golden Medical
Addreka
B. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Vocanville and Vicinity
Tiger
Jenny Linds
A. B
Groff
Holland, Pe
Parker's
Cash Store
Oxfords
Plete
Gro
B.¥. Lerman
New Holland, PA
The
Prince OF Quality
Newport Road
Heagmil
Intercourse
John Sigle
Gordonville, Pa
Schumacher
Hest
M.S. Graybill
Bareville, Pa
Copvriants &c
Munn & Co
Scientific American
York
F St
Washington, D. C
the Traveler’s Guide
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster, New Holland
Blue Ball
Terre Hill Division
Terre Hill
Bauce Ror Orer
Teg
Edgar Titzel
Woolworth Building
Paion
Foomwall Pointe
D& S
Eaaty
Poostoffica
Wright & Bro
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