Newton J Skinner in Wisconsin to California fortune tale
Newton J Skinner, once a local Algona businessman, moved through Galveston and Los Angeles to lead an all night bank, then vanished as the bank changed hands. A clipping notes his role in the International Securities Company case, detailing fraud, windfall salaries, diverted funds, and eventual bankruptcy. Also reported is the death of Vivian Ray Naudian, a 27-year-old Algona native and former drainage engineer, with services held at the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Newton J. Skinner
Geo. W. Skinner
Bancroft
George
Galveston
Los Angeles
B. H. Vesper
Glendale
Calif
International Securities Company
Arizona
Prewett
Placer County
Fal
JG. Beck
The
J. J. McGee
J. D. Jacobsen
Mr. Skinner
Judge Prewett
George H. Woodruff
Clyde Shoemaker
Beck
Vivian Ray Naudain
Vivian Ray Naudian
W. E. Naudain
Paine
F.C. ‘Taylor
Methodist Church
Knights
Pythias
E.grave
Circular insanity tale mirrors Fairmont minister case
The article links Rev. W. R. Burton of Fairmont to the W. H. Ketcham case, noting Burton vanished December 15 and was found unconscious in New York. Medical remarks describe circular insanity with alternating mania and melancholia, plus heredity notes, followed by a long list of jurors for 1915 and a separate tale of Nick and a Minneapolis widow and daughter, ending with Peterson aiding them home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Burton
Fairmont
Sentinel
W. H. Ketcham
Altona
Burton
Instreet
New York
Ketcham
Mr. Ketcham
Ray M. Jones
Minneapolis
Nick
Sexton
Nelson
Peterson’a
Clift Peterson
Ole Peterson
A Hard Hearted Widow Titanica Topic
A fragmentary crime era item mentions a widower and a sensational topic. The readable text hints at a wartime or sensational Jersey connection with names such as Julius Kunz and Nick Nelson. Details are incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titanica
Nick Nelson
Livas
Julius Kunz
For Sale at Yankee Lidge Stock Farm Auction
Property and livestock for sale at Yankee Lidge Stock Farm. About 50 fall brood Hymouth Rock hens and a bay colt coming two are offered, plus 3 cows including a fresh one and a two-year-old Holstein bull. Also seeking 50 White Leghorn pullets from diramie Neville Algona Iowa. Home sale reason: 12 room house too large for two, plans to build smaller. J B Winkel offers bargain in CN blankets.
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Yankee Lidge Stock Farm
Hymouth Rock
Sabe
Houe
J. B
Winkel
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W. C. Steele
B. Kuppenheimer & Co
Henry Sonneborn
Tore
On Wind
Long Beach
Canada Land
Croge
W.H. Ketcham
Charles Bell
Theodore Mueller
Fenton
M. A. Burtis
J. Kester
Eagle
W. A. Barry
EB. J. Murtagh
W. I. Pressnell
Herman Wehler
Leroy Boey
Harrison
Wm. Carolan
Paul Laftner
Greenwood
J. W. Elbert
Henry Wichtendal) Jr
Whittemore
J. Green
Join Zeller Jr
River
Buffalo
Hugh McMahon
Union
G. ©. Oatyander
la Verne
M. H. Raskell
Prairie
Henry Stenberg
Frank Willmert
Hebron
Gotlieb Schafer
Garfield
J. J. Slater
Cresco
I’. A. Welp
Lincoln
H. QO. Buell
Burt
Dave Calin
Swen
John
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