Cleaning Up Fake Oil Stock Monumental Task For Officials
The government fights a massive fake oil stock scam in Fort Worth as investigators, led by Judge Sylvester R. Bush and John Fratt, pursue hundreds of promoters. Fort Worth Press editor Leon M. Siler and postal inspector John S. Swenson built the case, with hoped indictments surpassing 1,000. The probe will extend another year. education is urged to prevent future deception and loss of savings.
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Roy J. Gibbons
FT. Worth
Tex
Dec
Washington
Sylvester R. Bush
John §. Fratt
United States Attorney General
Leon M. Siler
Fort Worth
John S. Swenson
Siler
Swenson
Henry Zweifel
United States
Texas
Wheels of Justice
Frederick A. Cook
Ft. Worth Press
Sylvester R. Rush
U. S
John S Swenson
John S. Pratt
Henry Zweifer
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh deafness
Historical advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine relieves catarrhal inflammation with an ointment and a tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to restore normal conditions. It notes the product has been sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo for over forty years.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Democratic Victory Seen by Chas Brand in 1924
Athens December report notes Congress member Charles H Brand of the eighth district returned to Washington to resume duties and is expected to seek re election in next year’s primaries. Brand optimistic Democrats capture the next house and senate and have a good chance to regain full power in 1924. Washington data states 700600 incandescent lamps are in use worldwide with about half in the United States tracing to the Edison patent of 1880.
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Chas. Brand Athens
Charles H. Brand
Washington
Congress
Brand
House
Senate
Usithinsonish
United States
Thomas Eaisen
Chinese bandits extort money by graves threat
Honan bandits revive a practice in Nanyang Henan province extorting money from wealthy Chinese by threatening desecration of ancestors graves. The gangs, numbering 600 to 2,000 each, control dozens of villages and imitate famed outlaws while authorities make little effort to curb them.
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Peking
Associated Press
China
Nanyang
Honan
Chu-ko Liang
Haci
White Wolf
Henan
Wang
Chang
Loads Car for Orphanage in Georgia
Dawson reports the Summerhill Baptist Association collected and loaded a car of produce for shipment to the Orphans Home in Hapeville, Georgia, continuing the annual local tradition with contributions from numerous towns.
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Dawson
Hapeville
Summerhill Baptist Association
Malaria Fight Budget Sought For Sumter County 1924
County officials discuss quinine distribution vaccination and operation costs. Dr Branham and Sam county work noted with a $6500 budget proposal for 1924 to fund a health commissioner nurse and field man. State Board to supply a sanitary engineer. decision to seek funds from the chamber of commerce and grand jury precedents referenced. Freda Denton case notes a 13 year old sentenced to 15 years in Cedar Rapids reform school for forgery.
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Smithville Road
Charlie Williams
Bear Creek
Bryant
Sumter County
S. A. L. Railway
Central of Georgia Railway
Central of Georgia
Seaboard
Leslie
DeSoto
Cobb
State Board of Health
Ellis
Dr. Brandan
Jin
Branham
Sam County
Sumter
State Board
Grand Jury
The
Americas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Freda Denton
Woman’s Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
Those He Forgot. European critic on American leisure class
A brief Chronicle remark mocks a European critic who claims America lacks a leisure class, suggesting observers should study our officeholders to gauge the truth. The comment implies satire on social status and governance in the United States.
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America
San Francisco Chronicle
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