Tim Jenkins and his shin plaster currency scandal
The tale follows Timothy Jenkins a self styled banker who promotes a shin plaster currency as free banking ends up swindling grocers and townsfolk. Angelina Tompkins distances herself while mobs chase Jenkins through Hoboken and New York as his paper money collapses.
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George Washington
Cromwell
Timothy Jenkins
Tamia
Thia Chamber
Simpkins
Jenking
Peter Spyk
Albany
Nick Biddle
Gen. Jackson
Timothy
Jenkins
Bay House
Timo
Mustard
Miss Tompkins
Timothy Jenkin
Baer
Jones
Mr. Jenkins
Smothy
John Jones
Angelina Tompkins
Staten Island
Hoboken
Misa Tompkins
Doctor Advocates Cure for Consumption with Hands-On Experience
The author, EWD. C. Cooper, M. D., cites over a decade of practice in treating diseases of mucus and purulent expectoration. He notes leaving a humane yet unprofitable profession to share a life-saving treatment despite avoiding ridicule for claiming consumption can be cured.
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New-York
Busher
Hoas
Leon
Ewd. C, Cooper, M. D
A Strange but Just Man in Jamaica and Indian Tales
A Jamaican landholder of eight decades is described as wealthy, childless, with loyal followers, accepting only specie and refusing more than five percent interest. The piece contrasts his frugality with an Indians tale about a chief named Glover who exploited a promise to drink and smoke before execution, a ruse that saved his life in a 10 year old account.
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Jamaica
Isix
Himi
Ldo
Cure
Indiana
Mississippi
Glover
Carlotina Watchman
Wheat Output and Dam Progress in Maine
A Maine agricultural expert estimates this year wheat production around 1 million bushels, about 320000 barrels of flour. Last year Maine imported 150 barrels. export is likely this year. Hay crops expected one third below last year. Augusta Dam should finish in about four weeks, described as a stupendous work.
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Maine
Augusta
Doston Herald
Accidental Suspension In Sympton House Staircase
A man in Sympton, Massachusetts, fell while leaving his cellar stairs and became suspended by a rail point through the nose. The weight finally pulled the head of the rail through the board, freeing him after a painful, though apparently not life threatening, ordeal.
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Sympton
Mass
Reston
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Banka
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Charon
Blecker Street
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