New Gold Brick Swindle In Hester Street Case
New York Sun reports a counterfeit liquor scam in Hester Street where Samuel Berdstein of Brooklyn and Mrs. Frieda Baum of Suffolk Street sold fake brandy via elaborate boxes. Bernstein used a hollow box to ship six gallons. customers later tested it at saloons and bought more. Police traced the scheme to tinsmith Tous Levine. Bernstein fled Brooklyn before arrest. The episode ends with ordinary townsfolk duped by a clever fraud and a court case looming.
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New York Sun
Hester Street
inkEem
Tugslay
Hinseelf
Samuel Berdstein
Brooklyn
Mary Pinum
Daum
Suffolk Street
Berne Utein
Mra. Fiatimbaum
Bernstein
Tom Saloon
Enr
Nees
Tima
Plaumbaum
Nome
Fiaumbanus
Re Blaumbaum
Sucl & Wayne
Finumbaum
Pilanco
Ural
Rock Island Route Tickets on Sale October Dates
Kansas City sod Return $2.67 with tickets on sale October 9 11 24 and a final return limit October 20. Readers are informed through the State Journal in this brief notice.
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Kansas City
Topeka Tales of Love Letters and Wedding Woes
A Topeka household forms a odd collage of romance and rumor as a married man’s letters to a mysterious Elizabeth trigger suspicions. A sister-in-law’s snooping and a wedding tension stretch across a string of comic misreadings and small domestic crises.
Paine's Celery Compound Helps Child Health
An advertisement from F. L. Skillin promotes Paine's Celery Compound for children, claiming it strengthens the system, regulates bowels, boosts appetite, and aids anxiety or nervous trouble. A five year old boy is reportedly benefiting from the remedy.
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Paine
Unclear text fragment on a troubling event
The readable lines describe someone reacting to a perceived threat from a creature. The passage is fragmented and lacks clear names or places, but conveys fear, an attack, and a difficult nighttime scene in an outdoor area.
Colorado Flyer Through Great Rock Island Route Delays
An OCR fragment notes a Colorado flyer train via Great Rock Island Houta departing at 10 pm arriving Colorado Springs at 13 with Denver at 1100 am next day. The readable items imply a schedule notice with times and routes though many details are garbled. Entities include Colorado Springs Denver and Great Rock Island.
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Great Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Denver
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Mr. Hossfeld
Toreka Trunk Manufactory
GEO. VY. Hossfeld, Proprietor
Kansas Avenue
Gavitt
Stu
Alar
Sunflower Remedy Co
American Tract
New York City
N. H. Wolff
Chaney & Morton
Eral National, Union and Monarch
Rock Island
Jutees Smith
Dora Smith
John Smith
James Smith
J. Smith
Bine
Hubby
Elizabert
Elizabeth
Mrs. Smith
Tard
Topeka
Ube
Eat
Anothop
Cold Marbor
Richmond
Jackson
Lee
Manny
General Ley
Taft
McCtellan
Harrison's Landing
James River
Paine’s
F. L. Skillin
West Somerville, Mass
Columbia, Tribune and Andrae
Topeka Cycle CO
Phope
W. Beh St
Colorado Flyer
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