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3 stories matching faker

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:fake, fraker, aker, baker, faber, fakir

  1. The Globe-Trotter, the Elks, and the $5,000 Wager

    A Boston telegram called Paul Jones a fake. Seattle's own reporting found a Harvard man circling the world on a wager — and turning a paper suit into a sellout lecture.

    Jan 23, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends

  2. The Poultry and Pig Scam

    Fly-by-night promoters are preying on Washington farmers with fraudulent 'poultry association' memberships and deceptive hog-buyback schemes.

    Jun 8, 1923White Bluffs SpokesmanPullman, Whitman CountySnake Oil

  3. The Jailhouse Performance of an Insanity Faker

    A man accused of horse theft attempts a desperate, bumbling ruse to avoid trial by feigning madness, only to be caught plotting his escape with stolen keys.

    Sep 16, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing County Jail, SeattleTrue Crime

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