Parson Robs Gold Camp in Classic California Scam
In a tale from California, a preacher and a young helper infiltrate the rough camp at Jones’s Golden West hotel. They gain trust, organize a church, collect funds, and stage a Christmas service before a staged raid. The gang is looted of about fifty thousand, and the parson vanishes, leaving the camp ruined and Ah Foo spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Five Ace
Bob
Bill Jones
Golden West
Cassin
Jones
Ah Foo
Chris
Chris’mas
Five
Alabam
Bird O Prey
Bay
Question at the church door from Linidiy to Spoonamore
On a quiet street they walk toward church when Linidiy asks Mr. Spoonamore a crucial question about her hat. The moment lingers with vivid street lamps and a somber evening as he steadies her arm and answers, noting the tremor in her voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spoonamore
Linidiy
Spoona
Spoonymore
The Guilty One
Dialogue fragments recount a social scene with characters Mrs Van Winkle Mrs Van Blumer and Mr Van Blumer. A returning son is recognized by a porous plaster while Castoria nostalgia and marriage talk punctuate the exchange in a humorous New York Herald style item.
Will Be Given Away by Morris & Mullen Drugists
Enterprising local druggists Morris and Mullen offer free trial bottles of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. They guarantee relief from headaches dizziness nervous prostration and tobacco or alcohol ill effects. Also free copy of Dr Miles New Heart Cure book and guarantee for heart disease symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris & Mullen
Dr. Miles
Dr. Nile
Teaching Welsh: An English Bishop Learns the Ll Sound
A Welsh scholar helps the Bishop of St. David master Welsh pronunciation. The student struggles with the Ll sound until the Welsh tutor suggests the bishop place his tongue to the palate and hiss like a goose, prompting a humorous verdict on linguistic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Polk
St. David
Wales
Mystery of Elopements Promoted by Restorative Nervine Ad
An old newspaper notice touts rich educated girls eloping with various men and cites Dr. Franklin Miles asserting hysteria and nervous instability. It promotes Restorative Nervine as a remedy, offering trial bottles and a book of cures at Morris & Mullen's along with Dr Miles New Heart Cure for heart flutter and shortness of breath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Morris & Mullen’s
Miles
Noyes Drug Store Paints and Painter Supplies Ad
Prices on pure lead and oils and color mixed paint in gallon pails and pint cans offered by Noyes Drug Store. Largest line of brushes and painter s supplies in western Pennsylvania highlighted in this local ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Noyes Drug Store
Campaign Banners and Transparencieg A Specialty
Campaign banners and transparency work described with a note on artistry and speed. Address listed as 209 Water Street near Market. A numeric 48.4 appears without clear context.
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Water Street
Market
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Louise Chandler Moulton
Angels
Bill
Parson
Hull Gang
Lucky Barnes
Dirty Smith
Shifty Sal’s
Devil Dodger
Shifty’s
Balters
Jay
Jim Dandy
Bil Jones
Longside
Ayer
Frank Teson, Jr
West Fourth Street
New York City
D. W. Barnes
Valparaiso
Neb
Guilty One
Castoria
A. P. Ordway & Co
Eor
J.H. Dunn
Siegfried
Rutherford &1
Binghamton, N.Y
Tgo
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Pitcher’s Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowel
Mas
J.P. Kiecke
Conway, Ark
A. Ancast
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N
Children’s Department
Boston
Mass
Aten C. Suita, Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
N.K. Wendelboe
Artis
N K
N. K. Wendelbee
Warren
Wendelboe
D. Shear’s
Warren, Pa
Hamburg
Nainsook
Sarah
É&E
D. Shear
Amora
Bissell
Gowanda
Wiard
Robison
R. Edmonds & Sor
Chas. T. Thurston
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