Cunning Con Artist Finally Gets His Comeuppance
Bartee Haile recounts the 1842 New York jury verdict against Monroe Edwards, a Texas con man famed for slave smuggling and real estate fraud. Edwards fled Texas with his lover Kitty Clover, forged letters and papers, posed as an abolitionist in Britain, attempted a Caldwell alias in Arkansas, and vanished after a failed $25,000 loan scam in Manhattan.
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Monroe Edwards
Lone Star Justice
New York
Texas
Edwards
Cuba
Brazoria County
Chenango
Christopher Dart
Dart
Brazoria
Kitty Clover
Daniel Webster
Martin van Buren
England
John P. Caldwell
Arkansas
Manhattan
Philadelphia
Kitty
Sing Sing
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Bartee Haile
P.O
Friendswood
Then again I could be wrong by Dennis H Phillips
An editorial reflection on a whirlwind of community events in Meridian and Clifton. The author praises the Chamber of Commerce efforts for Spring activities including Chiggerfest, a Duncan Seawright Tractor Pull, rodeos, parades, graduations, two barbecue cook-offs, and notes mixed reactions to his hat style while praising local volunteers and the value of differing opinions for growth.
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Dennis H. Phillips
Manacine Bortor
The
Carrion Record
Chamber of Commerce
Meridian
Duncan Seawright
Plum Jelly Pleasures and Summer Memories
Dr Gene Ellis recalls hot kitchen days making plum jelly with family, plums picked from a neighbor’s tree, and Sure Jell shortages. She notes the joy of crafts, bees, and summer memories, then shifts to Edwards and Powell’s 1847 cotton swindle capture in Philadelphia and Sing Sing imprisonment.
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Pat
Zack
Community letters urge support for Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Bosque County residents write to Clifton Record praising Goodall-Witcher Hospital and urging a YES vote to fund the hospital and clinic. They warn that a NO or tax hike rejection could strip access to emergency care and damage local services, urging another vote to preserve care and local employment.
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Goodall- Witcher Hospital
Goodall-Witcher Healthcare Foundation
Goodall- Witcher
Waco
Hillsboro
Hamilton
Glen Rose
Stephenville
Goodall-Witcher
Clifton
Goodall- Witcher Healthcare Foundation
Bosque County
Mal Couch
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Reeper
James Hamilton
Republic of Texas
Dennis
Cliftonre
Melo
Fair and Rodeo Association
Clifton Horse Show Association
Lisher Mark Henry
Gene Ellis
Curzon
Alexander Powell
Powell
Boston
Europe
New Orleans
Clifton Record
Sincerely, Nikki Michaud Clifton
Bosque County Publishing, LP
West Fifth Street
Clifton TX
Mark Henry
Dennis Phillips
Carol Spicer
Melanie Harvey
Tammy Shelton
Timmy Kieine
Kay Ortiz
Charlie Gandy
Georgia Bell
John Paulson
Perrie Stanford
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