Tricking a Lawyer in the Middleton Estate Scam
In Cleveland, attorney Thomas Adams recounts a bold swindle tied to the Middleton will. Two men named John Aspinall and a woman name a Mrs Aspinall try to claim 200000 dollars, with one posing as the heir and another as a genuine claimant. A clever ruse yields a $2500 deception, debts, forged marriage papers, and a tangled chase across witnesses and letters ending with the impostor revealed and the rightful claim resolved.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas Adams
Robert J. Middleton
John
Geo.Aspinall
John Aspinall
Adams
Middleton
State
Mr. Adams
Mgr. Aspinall
Jack Aspinall
Lake Erie
John Agepinalls
John Aspinalls
Mrs. Aspinall
Arizona
John Dience
Aspinall
Jack
Rockport
Jack A&spinall
Fred Sprawling
Bella Sprawling
P. S
New York Weekly
Droitwich Springs Show Water Twelve Times Saltier
Natural waters from Droitwich springs are reported to be twelve times as strong as seawater, highlighting the unusually high salinity of the mineral springs.
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Droitwich
Nature Faker and Birds Courage, Lip Pinckott's View
Bonnycastle Dale recounts observations of wildlife behavior detailing cruelty and care among wild fowl and shorebirds. He notes male birds hogging resources, females bearing nest duties, and predators taking eggs, with examples from ducks muskrats and sandpipers. The piece, attributed to Lip Pinckott, contrasts selfish male greeds with occasional maternal care.
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Bonnycastle Dale
Lippincott’s
Disgraces and the Know How of Living Long
The piece contrasts Carnegie’s assertion that wealth is a disgrace with Dr. Wiley’s claim that knowing how to live long is key. It discusses hygiene, diet, and laws, plus the complexities of obtaining food, water, and medical protections, warning that following either view involves broader social costs and power structures.
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R. Carnegie
Wiley
Washington
New York
Carnegie
Dr. Wiley
Pier 100
Lippincott’s
Chapped lips and simple home remedies
The text explains that chapped lips come from dryness of the membrane and constant moisture. It notes that court plaster can prevent further cracking and infection, while alum applied to sore mouth corners offers relief, though it stings initially.
Death feigning observed across animals and birds
Professor J Holmes notes in Popular Science Monthly that death feigning occurs in various animals. He describes vertebrates like fish and amphibians with limited patterns, reptiles with responsive feigning, and birds such as Penikese terns that show a dramatic shift from calm to frantic escape after initial immobility.
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J. Holmes
University of Wisconsin
Popular Science Monthly
Holmes
Darwin
Penikese
Wise Words: Musings of the Greenwood Lake Philosopher
The New York Times column collects aphorisms on work luck love and folly. Each quip offers wry social satire from a Greenwood Lake philosopher figure.
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Greenwood Lake
New York Times
Novel inspires wave of cake orders in Charleston
A Washington Post item notes Owen Wister's Lady Baltimore spurring demand for the local cake. The cake, cheaper than the wedding cake in the novel, has risen in price by about fifty percent due to many distant orders.
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Owen Wister
Lady Baltimore
Charleston
Washington Post
Mexico Supports Cattle Industry With 80000 Dollar Aid
The Department of Fomento submitted a bill to the Chamber of Deputies seeking an annual appropriation of 80000 dollars to improve the republics cattle industry. Rewards will be granted to top cattle and horse breeders and the department will assist in cattle shows.
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Chamber of Deputies
Department of Fomento
Republic
Mexican Herald
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J. M. Lewis
Houston
Texas
Ellis O. Jones
Willis L. Moore
U.S. Weather Bureau
Helen Watts McVey
Novel
Mexico
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