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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
1
A muddled advertisement touts Compound Oxygen as a life enhancing tonic. It claims enriched oxygen and magnetism will improve health and strength for all, urging readers to seek treaties or proofs and to visit a clinic or home office for treatment.
Two Tennesseans, Mr. Pippin and Mr. McRoberts of Johnson City, were lured to Syracuse by a counterfeit money scheme. They met with operators under aliases at Congress Hall and Empire House, wired for meetings, and were shown bundles of fake bills. Money and goods were exchanged, then the victims discovered only worthless paper, returning to report to police. The con men used fictitious names and were tracked by investigators seeking indictment.
The Chicago Record notes women, especially mariners wives, prize safety and small savings over high interest. It argues postal savings banks offer indispensable stability and foresee this as Congress should establish a nationwide system.
A St Louis Republic writer urges an immediate congressional investigation of the Pension Bureau under McKinley’s commissioner H Clay Evans. The piece cites escalating expenditures, 200000 pending old claims, and rapid certifying at 150 a day, urging Congress to inspect papers and halt fraudulent or wasteful payments. It recalls Star Route abuses and demands action to protect taxpayer funds.
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