Million to Thief Catcher
New York December 19 William Loeb Jr collector of the port of New York approves Richard Parr deputy collector and original informer in the sugar rings claim to half of 2 135 480 paid into the U S Treasury as restitution for duties evaded by under weighing Parr will receive not exceeding in amount one half of the net proceeds The claim was upheld after investigation by Harrison Osborne solicitor of the customs Parr discovered a steel spring used by the companys checkers to influence weight of sugar draughts exposing the fraud and aiding a civil suit verdict and penalty totaling 2 million restitution and 135 486 32 restitution received by Parr
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Port of
Richard Parr
United States Treasury
American Sugar Refining Company
Parr
Harrison Osborne
The
Customs
Vineland Chief's Last Descendant Dead Says Deerskin
In Vineland New Jersey Old Danny Deerskin claims to be the final descendant of Mohican ruler Mohican Mohican died leaving Danny Deerskin asserting he is 100 years old and the last of his line. The report notes the Indian chief Mohican once governed South Jersey.
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Vineland
N. J
Danny Deerskin
Mohican
South Jersey
Barron’s premable omits key facts on county petition limits
L 8 PADDOCK accuses Mr Barron of hiding Section 10571, noting petitions of 10 percent of voters in 2 3 townships can submit a statewide countywide proposition at general elections. He urges publishing the law and warns of high Ex Officio Surveyor salaries at seventeen hundred dollars annually and taxpayer funded offices. The letter defends not undermining officials while criticizing pay. The piece then shifts to Missouri Sixth District race politics with Democratic and Republican maneuvering comments and editorial quips.
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Barron
Bates County
Missouri
David A. DeArmond
Moses C. Wetmore
Colonel Wetmore
Mack
Democratic National Committee
Lloyd
Congressional Committee
DeArmond
Banquo
Warrensburg Journal-Democrat
Congress
Warrensburg
Kapp
Deering Bureau
Tax Notice for Mock Run Net Office in Base Rae Oat
Tax notice appears to reference a mock run for a net office in the base Rae oat area. The readable text is fragmented but indicates an official tax notification or assessment related to a local office or operation in a named place. Further concrete details are not clear due to OCR issues.
Real Estate Transfers Journal Summary
Real estate transfer notices list multiple parcels across Hudson Adrian Rich Hill Grand River Walnut Butler Butler and Prairie areas. Transfers include 20 acres sec 26 Hudson to J S Roach for 900 and 40 acres sec 21 Walnut to Daly Bradley for 1600 among others. Buyers include J S Roach E O Twyman Leta Howard Daly Bradley Myrtle Bobo and Rosa Vogler with prices ranging from 50 to 5050 dollars.
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TC Britt
J S Roach
Hudson
AJ Lentz
E O Twyman
Adrian
Chrest Lee
Leta Howard
Rich Hill
Ava A Doolittle
Jesse G Doolittle
Walnut
CC Goodrich
Pearl Shelton
CH Argenbright
W E Greenwood
Grand River
Emma P Shelton
Daly Bradley
Jesse Doolittle
Myrtle Bobo
Jennie Warford Et al
Warfords
F L Smith
Rosa Vogler
Deer Creek
W P Mullies
John Lindsey
Estelle Stewart
L M Harris
Walton’s
Rich
Rich Hill $550. Benj G Davis
George H Hereford
Hudson Two
Nannie Hawkins
Fred C Keys
Butler
Harvey Beshore
James B Douglass
Holstein Cow Urged as Real Milk Culprit at Hearing
At a New York public hearing before the commissioners of accounts, Lofton Horton of a Bellevue hospital milk supplier testified that the Holstein cow is the real offender for milk below sanitary standards. He cited cows producing as low as 3.2 to 3.4 percent butterfat versus dealers' milk at 3.6 to 3.6 percent, insisting more responsibility lies with the cows than with dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dec
Commissioners of Accounts
Lofton Horton
Bellevue Hospital
One Dollar Bargain for Three-Year Subscriptions
The Twice-A-Week Republic of St. Louis offers a Christmas deal: a three-year subscription for 1.00 dollars, valid December 1 to 31, 1909. No premiums or cash commissions. rate is net. Send money to The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Mo. before December 31.
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Republic
St. Louis
Southwest
St. Louis Republic
This Pistol Exhibited At Bow Street
A pistol shown at Bow Street renders the person fired at unconscious without injury. Cartridges contain a small amount of gunpowder and burned cayenne pepper, delivering a nonlethal reaction.
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London
Bow Street
Pistol Aimed at Women Cyclists Feared for Road Safety
Lycopodium, a moss extract, and pepper fumes render a person unconscious briefly. The idea of such a pistol design appeals to some as a useful device, enabling women cyclists to defend themselves on lonely roads against violent men.
Hurricane Hero Kills Self in Coast Tragedy
Everett G. Lewis, 37, Galveston Tex, who saved ten lives when a hurricane wrecked a fishing pier and hotel on the jetties July 21, died from laudanum. He carried William Davis, a legless man, to the hotel roof as fifteen fell into the gulf. He treated victims with life-saving aid and provided cork legs.
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Galveston
Tex
Everett G. Lewis
Lewis
William Davis
Gulf
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Heath
Mount Vernon
F. C. Johnson
Charles Heath
Clarence Mosier
McDonald County
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Ike Lad
Louis Republic
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Baserae Oat
Yorkville
Inuan
Elite
Yours
Norfleet & Ream
Hurricane Hero
Self
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