Rathbun Case Reveals Plot To Defraud Insurance Firm
Louisville and Jeffersonville detectives detail Newell Rathbun's scheme to fake a death for a $4000 insurance payout. He admits planning with a deserter and using a corpse misidentified as his own to burn a hotel. Police link the body to Charles Goodman and a man named Ten Dyke, while inquiries seek Rathbun's true identity and fate.
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Rathbun
Blanchard
Goodman
Atlanta
Louisville
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Little Rock
Ark
Hes
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles Goodman
Evansville
Associated Press
Salvation Army
Indiana
Sullivan
Applegate
Coots
Jeffersonvia
Paers
John D. Rodman
United States
Sulivan
Washington
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Pelton
Rathpun
Falls City
Leutaville
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Schneider
Detroit
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J. M. Young
Daley
Louisaville
Corose
Insurance Company
McKown
Rathbur
Atlante
Plattsburg
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Mich
Twentyseventh Infantry
Oswego
Frederick B. Blanchard
Fort McPharson
Georgia
Dover
N. J
Trenton
Joel Caluman
Ten Byck
Jesse V. Ten Byck
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Remarkable Claims for Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy
Reporters claim Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root cures range of kidney related ailments through a natural healing effect. The ad argues kidneys drive health and warns of consequences from poor kidney function, urging trials and noting hospital use and physician endorsements.
Prominent Atlanta Doctor Endorses Swamp Root Remedy
Dr A J Haile of Atlanta endorses Kilmer's Swamp Root, praising its value in treating inflammation of the genital urinary tract. He reports testing it in practice and plans to continue prescribing it, asserting patients will benefit from its use in cases of retroitis prostatitis and related conditions.
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A. J. Haile
M.D
Two Bottles Cured Captain Barksdale
A man recounts severe back and side pain two years ago and inability to walk upright. After trying many remedies he ordered Swamp Rocot from Dr Wilmer Co and reports relief after two 50 cent bottles.
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Georgia Insurance Man Praises Swamp-Root Cure
Col F M Darst of Longstreet Georgia testifies after doctors failed to help his kidney trouble. He says two bottles of Swamp-Root restored his health and he has not been troubled since. He urges others with kidney issues to try the remedy.
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F. M. Darst
Georgia
Bright
Swamp Root offer and Rathbun insurance case tales
Editorial notice promotes Swamp Root free bottle samples by mail from Dr Kilmer Co at Binghamton New York and urges readers to cite the Atlanta Daily Constitution. It then shifts to a desultory, tangled report from Little Rock Arkansas on Newell C Rathbun and the corpse debate, insurance probes, and confessions with sprawling details about Rathbun Blanchard and other soldiers.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Atlanta Daily Constitution
The Largest Wheat Farm in Western Kansas
Illinoisan William Ogden of McLean County buys 180000 acres from J F Bellew in Wichita Kansas at 2 50 an acre to form the world’s largest wheat ranch. He plans steam drills and binders, expects 725.00 yearly, and will move his family there. Also fur captain F J Bosticker and Miss Carrie Bostick depart Greenville for Canton China as Southern Baptist missionaries.
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Wichita
Kans
William Odgen
McLean County
Ilinois
J. F. Bellew
Kansas
Qdgen
China
Greenville
S. C
F. J. Bostick
Carrie Bostick
Canton
Ching
Mix Bostick
Southern Baptist Church
Retick
Furman University
Aissicn
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Judge Sessions Recommends Swamp-hunt
A letter to The Constitution from Judge W. M. Sessions of Marietta Ga endorses Swamp Root as a remedy. He cites loss of appetite frequent night awakenings and swelling in feet and legs that improved after taking the product. The note dated January 16 1901 credits renewed appetite better health and reduced nocturnal trips.
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W M. Sessions
Marietta, Ga
J. W. McSweeney
Albany, Ga
the Constitution
Praise from Dallas Woman Endorses Swamp-Root Remedy
Mrs P B Marsh of Dallas Georgia praised Swamp-Root in a letter to The Constitution stating forty years of kidney trouble improved after one bottle. She urged all kidney sufferers to try the remedy citing her relief and stronger back.
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P. B. Marsh
Dallas
Cured by Swamp-Root Atlanta collector praises remedy
G W Tilton, longtime Atlanta drug store figure and Asthma Cure proprietor, credits Swamp Root with curing his kidney pains after six bottles. He says the relief let him return to work full days and asserts his endorsement has boosted sales of about 150 bottles.
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G. W. Tilton
Constitution
Tilton
Swamp Root
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