Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label counterfeit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label counterfeit. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Flooded With Bogus Money

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New York, 1895 Local storekeepers and saloon men at Hicksville are much exercised over the flooding of the town with counterfeit coin. The c...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

A Counterfeiter Arrested

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New York, 1895 A gang of counterfeiters swooped down upon College Point Sunday afternoon and made an attempt to flood the place with counter...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Gold Is Shaken From Coins

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1910 New York Detectives Unearth a Clever Swindle In the Maiden Lane Jewelry District New York. — Secret service agents who have been at wor...
Friday, February 22, 2008

A Use for Grasshoppers

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Editorial observations, 1910 A Colorado farmer has gathered 125 bushels of grasshoppers, which he intends to dry, so that they may be used f...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Tracing a Counterfeit

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1899 The tracing of counterfeit bills back to the person responsible for their issue is a curious and exciting employment. The experts assig...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

She Swallowed 1,446 Pieces of Hardware

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1911 Editorial Quips on the News A post-mortem examination of a Missouri lady who had a mania for heavy diet resulted in the discovery of 1,...
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