The Trapped Bank Robbery of Valley City Syndicate Tale
A Valley City bank run as a private front by a San Francisco syndicate hides a trapdoor safe system. A young operator, his clever brother Tom, and a scheming pair Miss Nellie Haines and a robber mastermind pull off a near-miss con, ending with the crook jailed and Nellie vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Lewis
Valley City
Valley City Bank
San Francisco
Ankera
Tom
Big Bend
Grand Crossing
Stiss Haines
Wise Haines
Nellie Haines
Spoon of 1734 linked to Daniel family heritage
A New Orleans Picayune item notes a silver spoon gifted by Dr. John M. Daniel of Virginia to his grandson John Moncure Daniel. The relic, engraved with “P. D.” and the date 1734, survived the Crows’ Nest fire and ties to Raleigh Travers and the Daniel line, ancestors of Judge John W. Daniel and Senator Peter Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cleveland
John M. Daniel
Virginia
Little John Moncure Daniel
Seldon Brooke Daniel
Eliza Barr Todd
Justice Todd
Raleigh Travers
Earl of Travers
Sir Walter Raleigh
Crows’ Nest
Potomac River
Old Dominion
Sarah Travers
Peter Daniel
Judge Daniel
Supreme Court of the United States
John W. Daniel
United States
Peter and
Sarah Daniel
New Orleans
Picayune
Items a prudent girl should travel with in 19th century lists
A curated list of travel essentials includes grooming products, writing materials, sewing supplies, and personal care items such as shoe polish, cold cream, tooth powder, ink, brushes, pins, hooks and eyes, tape, a comb, brushes, a sponge, soap, a rope of braid, a traveling clock, Bible, and a copy of Tennyson. It contrasts with a brief note about plant roots seeking water or light without consciousness, citing potato sprouts forging paths to light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Seidlitz
Tennyson
Fur skins compare sea otter and sable values
A sea otter skin sold for about 775 dollars while sable skins about the size of a man’s hand fetch 100 dollars each, making sable more expensive by proportion. A sable mantle weighing 16 ounces was a coronation gift to Russia’s empress from Viutotsk, valued at 60,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Vitoutsk
Boston Globe
A Noble Cause Promotes Kennedy Remedy
Commander James B. Dean of General Grant Post G A R Rondout N Y credits Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy with ending chronic stomach trouble and sour foods after a week of use. Also Quartermaster Wilbur L Hale of Pratt Post York reports cure of Salt Rheum and renewed health after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 8. Dean
Grant Post
Rondort
N. Y
David Kennedy
Dean
Quartermaster Wilbur L Hale
Pratt Post
Kingston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jewet Gas Ranges
Pittsburg Exposition
Jewett
the Pickett Hardware Co.; Limited
Warren
Penna
Hannogd
Mumory
Ann
Leach
Wildrogeists
Tsimg. Andress Nerve Seed CO
Masonic Temsie
Chicago
Warren Pa
Noyes Drug Store
Siegfried & Co
Lreet Parter
Supolio
Brown & Friend
Henry Friend
Menis
A. Weiss
Water Street
Warren, Pa
St. Louis
Miss Haines
Halifax
Father Mollinger
Troy Hill
Allegheny City
A. F. Sawhill
Kidael
A. F
Sawhill
Allegheny
U.S
C.a.snow&co
Hington
Wast
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
F. A. Garrie P
Jamestown
N.Y
A Beath
City
Warren County
Grange
Toledo
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