Gourdain Near Death as Lottery King Fights for Life
New Orleans dispatch reports Louis A. Gourdain, famed lottery shark, dying at his mother in law’s home in New Orleans. Once valued at 800000 to 1000000, he built a mansion on St Charles Avenue and amassed vast wealth before a rapid decline. Witnesses recount his audacious courtroom antics and lavish schemes, including fake prepayment tickets and grand lithographed letterheads.
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New Orleana Dispatch
New York
Louis A. Gourdain
United States
St. Charles Avenue
Gourdain
Joliet
Mincie
Chicago
New Orleans
Moise
Neces
Steves
C. Doris
Darby, Ira
Dorris
Jaz Ne
Pelican
Louisana Trust Banking Company
Chemical Bulding
Telephone Private Exchange
Chermincal
Camp and
St.Joseph Streets
Chemical
Chemical Bank
Louisiana Trust Banking Company
World's Guarantees and Surety Company
Gourcain
Munaforth
Madison Street
Black & Co
Midnight terror turns to humor in Lovable home tale
A Washington Post brief from Lynchburg Virginia reports fireman Collie B. Fore, 40, unmarried, died after a Thursday fire. Fore, born in Appomattox County, had served No. 3 Fire Company for a year and leaves ten siblings. The piece frames the incident with a comical exchange about marauders and a dead cat barrel, then notes Fore’s death.
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Mary
Smith
Jones
Washington Post
Lynchburg, Va
Collie B. Fore
Appomattox County
No. 3 Fire Company
Sulphur remedies praised in Stuart calcium wafers
Historian notes old sulphur tonics gave way to modern concentrated forms. Stuart's Calcium Wafers are highlighted as a superior liver, kidney, and blood remedy. Dr. R M Wilkins endorses calcium sulphur for constipation and skin issues. Free trial offer from I A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Ana
Stuart
R. M. Wilkins
Patart
I. A. Stuart Co
The Faux Antique Trade Exposed in a Village Laboratory
A London Meil visitor chronicles a village shop where a dealer demonstrates authentic looking yet faked furniture and artifacts. He explains how veneers, knots, aged hinges, firebacks, and replicated wear fool buyers and even pose as genuine antiquities, detailing methods used by makers and dealers to deceive experts.
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London
Meil
Band of Hope
Wardour
Bureau
Fetta
Ita
Louvre
China
Old Stafford
The Curio Dealer Who Reaches for the Ideal
A London craftsman boasts of perfect workmanship and the sale of impeccable imitations. He claims no dishonesty if the imitation equals the original and reveals a talent for forecasting taste, from Venetian chairs to Della Robbia ware. He plans farmhouse sales to maximize profits.
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Sheraton
South Kensington Museum
Louis XVI
London
Christie’s
Downed in Long Island Village Election Feud
A lawyer questions a Long Island villager about his election loss. The man admits his honesty harmed him after a past kiss with a widow was raised during the campaign, yielding a crushing majority against him and a “burying” of his chances.
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Long Island
Mr. Jones
Don’t Let Your Piles Grow Try Pyramid Pile Cure
A Vintage style medical advertisement urges readers to stop constipation and hemorrhoids. It touts Pyramid Drug Co remedies including suppositories and pills, claims quick cure, cites testimonials, offers a free trial package by mail from Marshall Michigan, and lists price 60 cents at all druggists.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Co. Crowley
Seattle
Wash
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
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The
Washington Sunday Post
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Seventh and K Streets
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California
Tor
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Norfolk
Vienna
Carlsbad
AOC
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