A Robber's Failure Reveals a Clever Old-World Gem Scheme
A narrator describes his life as a gem buyer and a dramatic burglary attempt that ends with two men in disguise robbing his rooms. The con explains how the robbers, posing as two women, fail to find gems hidden in a secret belt or bag, are foiled by the servant girl and her beau, and are arrested after a police sting. The tale ends with the gems hidden nightly in a shoe bag.
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Cl Sites
BL Lewis
Lama Vachelor
Mel Yeevnoroeker
Lf Tean
Bey
Ineusi
Pard
Jim
Mary
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Buttas
Peter
Mrs. Wilkinson
Sebastian
Thief Tossed By Hooked Treasure Hunter in San Francisco
Charles Osbourne, a Shasta mining man, baited a pocket trap with six big hooks in his right pocket to snag a thief who tried to lift two gold pieces. He guided the culprit toward a policeman, the thief compelled to walk alongside as the hooks prevented withdrawal.
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Charles Osbourne
Shasta
San Francisco
Salvation Army
Mr. Osbourne
Osbourne
Where was I at Lady and a literary bookmark tale
A column mixes quips on a catchphrase Where was I at and a new mother of pearl bookmark bearing the line It notes manufacturers copying the query for profit and jokes about patent protection The piece also references Barbara Frietchie Mrs Stonewall Jackson and a Whittier couplet with remarks on speaking before thinking It closes with a London Sun fact about nail growth rates per finger and total hand length
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Alabama
Kate Field
Washington
Barbara Frietchie
Stonewall Jackson
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Fredericktown
Ion Pinger
London Sun
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Masonic
Warren Pa
Hayes Drug Store
Siexfried & Co
Brown «& Co
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Herve É Ver
Washington and Jefferson College
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Baugh
Baugh & Sons Company
Delaware Ave
Philadelphia
USC
Ess
YON Mohl CO
Cincinnati
Son
Dor
Wolff & Randolph
Philadeth
Laura E. Patterson
Nuwro
Iowa
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Farqubar CO
York
IN. L. Downs’ Elixir
Tus
Fico
Civel & Lond
Fron
Barling Ptb & Oy
Down's
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Sheffield
Harrisburg
New York
Sunbury Harrishore
Lancaster
Baltimore
Pullman
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Williamsport
Erie
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Philadelhia
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