Federal probe targets Florida Everglades land scam
Federal agents seize books and papers from the Florida Everglades Land Co. in Chicago under a judge's subpoena as part of a grand jury inquiry into mail fraud and land sales. Company officials defend their actions while noting most buyers were friends and paid by mail.
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Ederal
Florida Everglades
Fmany
Chicago Post Office
Florida Rerglades Land Co
Everglades
Secial
Chicago
M. Landis
Yenwood
William F. Greenwood
Bryan &Enwood
Inda
Lake Okeechobee
In Memoriam for Mary Alma Divelbiss
In loving remembrance of Mary Alma Divelbiss born March 11 1900 died July 26 1914 printed by Riley Divelbiss and family. The poem laments her untimely death, offers comfort about heaven and eternal reunion, and expresses deep family grief through sentimental verse.
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Mary Alma Divelbiss
Riley Divelbiss
Marshall County Board of Review Reopens Weekly Sessions
The Marshall County Board of Review will reopen for the first five days each week to handle business. Complaints may be made in person or filed in writing with the clerk. All complaints must be signed by the complainant and filed before August 5, 19Le. D Wartley, Clerk.
Mix of crops, curiosities and local notices across towns
A parade of small town items reports harvest rain boosts and crop damage from a river flood. finds a Grand Rapids bequest for a grandson conditioned on football abstinence. buried coins found in a field. a turtle attack on a deputy’s daughter. a nail factory’s scale. a Ford driver teased by a passerby. a plan to use beer kegs as binder wheels. a needle swallowed in Aldarian. new mulberry variety. odd marriages by pockets of overalls. a big silo loan offer. a mock iron traffic cop. and beet and alfalfa notes amid wartime optimism.
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Junction City
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Rachel McMullin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dreyfull Bonham
Bridgeport
daugh_ter
Ed Fuller
Ralston
Tenn
Pueblo
Cal
Cherokee County
Kansas
H M. Snodgrass
Columbus
Harry
Frank Isereditn
Aldarian T. V
Henry
Bond
Wilmington del
Edward Riehl
Burbank
Grafton Road
Alton
Riehl
Central Illinois
Lee Fitts
Aurora
Mabel Richards
Bloomington
Miss Richards
Missichards
Minnesota
Farmers Bank
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tessEr
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