Boots and deceit in a widow’s hoard tale in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia widow, Mrs Blinkinsop, inherits a fortune hidden in her late husband Blinkinsop’s boots after miscalculations and cruel gambits around a marriage to Jeroboam Sparks fail. Sparks buys the boots, discovers the hoard, and is spurned when the banknotes prove worthless. a failed wedding follows, with lawsuits and social fallout. The piece also notes bullfighting changes in Spain, Garibaldi’s austere early life, and a political caution from the Charleston Mercury.
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Isaac Blinkinapp
Oak Cooper
Philadelphia
Dunkinsop
Eil
Rha Bac
Sui
Blinkinsop
Biinkinsop
Eblinkinapp
Lgt
Thut
Feroboam
Jeroboam
Clovwyman
Hopkinaites
Hopkins
Hopkitsitea
Sparks
Gentlemmn
Trooking
Jerobeam
Impa Hert
Mr. Sparks
Hyidegroom
Greas
Pargen
Bride
Geesta
Doctor tricks sheriff to settle rogue note debt
A Pennsylvania physician evades arrest on a note by misdirecting a debtor. A scammer lures the doctor to a staged accident scene, where a waiting sheriff arrests him. The doctor offers a horse in partial payment, is released, and the next day must return the horse to its owner after the fraud is exposed. Separate items discuss rats and pest poisons, a Potawatomi anecdote, a garden quip about potatoes, and civic remarks from Syracuse Stand describing Abe Lincoln lore and a Great Eastern steamship report.
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Garibaldi
Elmes
Nod
Dugeld Dalzetty
Firme
Secoad
Nice
Odessa
Mazzini
South America
Montevideo
Rosas
Lord Brougham
Lord Howden
Col
Caradoc
Italy
Norrow
Rome
Mazaini
Armansli
Staten Island
Columbus
Alps
Syracuse
Sicily
Wheeling Tnteligencer
Easiog
Ile
Horne
Wellsbury
Brooks
Fasa
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Cure Jang
Prescott
Waerren
Solllor
Omee
Luin Peescott
Will Promptiy
Coutruntid
Wien
White
Eevoit
Wisconsin
Fieree
Paysicians
Proteott
Yin Prescott Ling
A. Yoara
Odie
Waller and Jellers Everd
Shoemakers
Aida
PV Palita
Casthy
Vreseen Libris
Druz
Lonkk
A. Tots Fett
Sana c
Emsiem
Sveum Cabinet & Chair
Hemi
Whe
Sega
Beanuds & Langdon's
Advertising Agen
Randolph St
Chicago
Barris
Angion
Johm Reimelund
MS. Grits
Charles Strauss
Efotel
Barnard
Candeer & C
Denver
Snyder
Deliy Street
Tunis
Bepsteads
Ctairs
Jrhetesale
Herzog
Tornieron
Bey
St. Paul
Willaceo
Fiore County
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John Harwell
John Howell
Willerry
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Collins
HH. Reed & Co
Lake
Haglesale Despore Druze
Medi Chesnicatls
Algohol
J. H. Reed & Co
Lake ST
Illinois
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Alt
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Elias
American House
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Stek
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Weillock
Mia
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Cannes
Jeroboam Sparks
Ars. Blickintop
House of Peers
House of Deputies
Portugal
Spain
Aragon
Charleston Mercury
Beaton
New York
Cincinnati
United States
Persovina
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Dostor
Bella
Syracuss
Abe
Great Ezatern
Windus
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