Great Gold Coin Swindle of 1873 Crushed by Wells & Co
A bold 19th century counterfeit scheme duped Wall Street banks during the 1875 panic. Nathaniel Storms vanished after exchanging bogus coins valued at about 200000 dollars, traced to London firm Frink & Beaman. Wells & Co uncovered forged papers, seized suspects Andy Bliss Warry McGee and others, and raided Ravenswood to arrest the gang and their counterfeiters outfit.
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England
Wall Street
Well & Co
Frink & Beaman
London
Warry M'Gef
Nathaniel Storms
Wells & Co
Storms
Europe
Frink & Beamen
Scotland Yard
Sinclair
Andy
Warry
Andy Bliss
Warry McGee
America
Cunard
New York
Bliss
McGee
Wood
Ravenswood
Frenchy Kline
George Keene
Billy Wallace
Darby Jones
Sing Sing
Brutal Killing After Dancer Dispute In Parfittown
In Mount Pleasant area of Pennsylvania, Harry Porter shot and killed Max Morgan after a row over a dance partner. Porter drew two revolvers, fired into Morgan’s face and chest, then fled. Morgan died instantly.
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Pennsylvania
Coke
Westmorland County
Parfittown
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Coleman
Harry Brown
James Porter
Max Morgan
Porter
Morgan
Fiendish dynamite plot targets Henry Sellinger’s home
A dramatic dynamite plot in Mount Carmel Pennsylvania aimed at Henry Sellinger’s residence partially succeeded. A large dynamite charge was placed before the house and a fuse lit while the family slept. The blast shattered the front and injured three children as debris filled the area. the perpetrator fled. Police have no leads.
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Henry Sellinger
Mount Carmel
Sellinger
Teacher Dies in Blizzard Near Lyons New York
A school teacher identified as Mrs. Davis is found dead in the Barrett district near Lyons after a blizzard. She had been missing for days. her body was located about a mile from the school under the snow. She was about 25, married, with unknown relatives likely in Rochester.
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Rochester
N. Y
Notable People and Oddities From a Century Ago
A collection of brief items: Abel Stead and brothers Ernest and Willing Head. a Sheboygan driver dismissed for being a woman. Mrs Ellen Spencer Massy a leading Washington lawyer. Yuet Lee the first Chinaman to sue for divorce in New York civil court. social advice on home beauty. Charles Ridabock, once wealthy, 91, now penniless in San Francisco. Tennor Sims Reeves teaching fee in London. Miss Huldah Arnold dies at Milford aged 104 after starting to smoke at 14 to ease asthma.
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Sheboygan
Mich
Ellen Spencer Massy
General Massy
Washington
Yuet Lee
New York State
Charles Ridabock
San Francisco
Aimhouse
Sims Reeves
England
London Guildhall School
Huldah Arnold
Milford
Mass
Girl of the Lenten Period and a Chandelier Dream
A humor essay contrasts a witty satire titled Girl of the Lenten Period with a joke about a dream. The verse mocks penance and romance during Lent, while a Dream joke plays on waking to find oneself hanging from a chandelier on the elevated road.
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Chicago
M. L. Rayne
Dashaway
Cleverton
New York World
Winter fate of New Jersey mosquitoes
In a witty exchange, Quericus asks what becomes of New Jersey mosquitoes in winter and Witticus jokes that Jerseyites use them as ice-picks.
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Quericus
New Jersey
Witticus
It's a Great Story About a Divorce Case
A city editor hears a visitor claim to possess insider divorce information. The visitor says he is the co respondent and will sue for divorce after MecSwigger found him in the wife's room and fired four times, missing. The exchange reveals a sensational if dubious tip.
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MecSwigger
Snowball-Say and Reckon You Has Been Witnessed
A New York World item notes a racial echo as Amos Moses and Ephraim Johnson discuss identity and recognition in a remembered encounter. The vivid vernacular suggests social tension and personal history shaping the dialogue.
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Amos Moses
Snowball
Black Boy
Ephraim Johnson
Das
New York World
Fragmentary Trial Dialog Cited in Cross Examination
A brief exchange shows Saidso objecting to questions until lawyers began cross examining. Herdso recalls the cross was intense and demanding, while Saideo notes the lawyers were all-fired cross.
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Saidso
Herdso
Saideo
Cest Poems for Basque Jacket Pattern No 6344s
The listing describes a Basque jacket pattern titled pattern No 6344s for five sizes. It notes fabric gauge or size codes and provides measurements 6 82 34 36 34 and 40 inclusive as basing details for sizing.
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Astor House
Ravens
Abel Stead
Boston
Ernest Head
Willing Head
Vivia
Jones
Smith
Aunt Eliza
Uncle Hiram
Hayville
Liza
Do Cest
Ima
Hases
Berina
Atlas
Capital Publishing CO
Lincoln, Neb
Helena
J. Francis
Omaha
NEB
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