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The Faking' of Freaks

... impossible to 'fake 'or manufacture them. A man 6 feet 9 inches, by specially constructed boots and by padding the shoulders, can be made to appear 7 feet 6 inches, AV i thou t fear of discovery. Bearded ladies are easy er.ough to fake,' fat women can ...

Published: Sunday 10 April 1898
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 842 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MYSTERIES OF THE MILK TRADE

... of milk ; that is what we call the fake. The evidence of Mr. Hanson was corroborated by the detective officer and by Mr. Hanson's foreman; the latter, under cross-examination, denying all knowledge of the fake. Mr« Howers said the prisoner's cros ...

Published: Saturday 08 December 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 427 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

There ie news of any moment reported from the seat of war, and the scare in regard to the Russian

... armies are busy in strengthening their positions. One important fact, however, is given prominence to by the journal which exposed the horrors of the Bulgarian atrocities. The publishes special telegram from General dited October the «1rd, which the commander ...

Published: Thursday 05 October 1876
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 299 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION

... should not be left in these days of Unions arfcl Rations without an organisation. He did not another trade which was less exposed to charges on all sides than the cotton spinning est had been. If, as statistics went to the production was greater than it ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1882
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 499 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Spirit Photograph. AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN .A-1-.LL.-GED MYSTERY. GHOSTS TO ORDER. THE HUMBUG OF SPOOK ..

... desert where death is, into the silent land; and, therefore, it was with peculiar delight that I set out to expose the latest and most barefact d fake o them tall—the spook or spirit photograph. The first spirit picture was shown, - I beieve, at the Spir ...

Published: Sunday 08 June 1890
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1559 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

=VIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE

... week, though they generally quoted higher; while the genial rain that has fake given • to all vegetation; the wheat plinth, Mona were weak, and threatened in light soils sad exposed sitearione by the winds, begin alremly to show a marked improvement. With ...

THE MANI

... evidently an uncomfortable feeling in the House that their lordships were exposing themselves to the charge of discussing a matter which was subjudiee, and doing that which would expose an editor to imprisonment for contempt of court. Lord £3elborne did not ...

Published: Wednesday 04 July 1888
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1239 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

YESTERDAY'S POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... (18S7). Mr. M'Keand, who prosecuted, said the offence* cliarged againet defendant were selling, exposing for sale, and having his possession, stout, which a fake description was applied. Practically they were the same offence. The facte were that Me«srs. ...

Published: Saturday 02 September 1893
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 769 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FACTIOUS DISSENT AND THE CHURCH

... FACTIOUS DISSENT AND THE CHURCH. Our readers will remember letter which appeared in the Courier few weeks since, exposing the mode in whioh factious Dissenterß seek to prejudice the Church in the feelings of tbe people the propagation of the most impudent ...

Published: Saturday 01 September 1860
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2038 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

The recent disclosures ■which, have brought to light the existence of an organised Assassination Society in ..

... celebration has been fixed, and time after time the ceremony has been postponed, presumably because it was thought unwise to expose the Emperor to a peril whioh his advisers, with all the immense force at their disposal, feel themselves unable to guard against ...

Published: Thursday 08 February 1883
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2825 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A SOCIAL WASTREL: OR, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF TRAMP LIFE

... where I'd get a tanner. Howsunidover, the sailor fake's tho best in this part of tho country, and will do very well till something bettor turns up. Well, I'm like tho cat in tho fable, I've only ono fake ; but though the fox had 10 tricks the cat's ono ...

Published: Saturday 25 February 1882
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3506 | Page: 10 | Tags: none