The ABCs of PDOS
Tom DeLorey writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYTE RAYMOND (1886-1956) (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n13a14.html)

Bibliophemera
Pete Smith writes:

Book: The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine
Regarding last week's mention of the New England Gold Hoax of 1898, Jeff Starck of Coin World writes:

In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so-called accumulators of electricallycharged rods in iron pots. Fooling many, he actually hid the gold beneath a wharf in the Bay of Fundy during the night. He and his accomplice, Charles Fisher, preached with fervent enthusiasm as theybuilt their factory and encouraged inspections, which reversed doubters to greedy high-stakes investors. Hundreds of laborers accelerated factory expansion until July 1897, when Jernegan and Fisherfled. Although residents of Lubec attempted civil and criminal action, both men relocated, and fantasies of gold wealth flowed away. Relive the excitement, disappointment and anger ofturn-of-the-century Mainers in this collection of accounts about the Lubec gold hoax.

For more information, or to order, see:
The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine(https://www.amazon.com/Great-Gold-Swindle-Lubec-Maine/dp/1626190089/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE NEW ENGLAND GOLD HOAX OF 1898 (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n13a17.html)