Mr. Hogdon person
also known as: Hogdon, Messrs. Hogdon
Summary: Demingite swindled by the flim-flam change puzzle.
Completeness: 32/100 Grade F
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witnessed
flim-flam racket
cited from TREMONT ARRIVALS (1891)m racket, the making change puzzle,
whereby the merchant in changing $10 for them
gets mixed and they come out $5 ahead. They
worked the game all right on two Demingites,
Messrs. Byron and Hogdon, but were caught
dead to rights at Smith …
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TREMONT ARRIVALS ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details