Insurance Swindler Tops W. E. Stevens Case
In Saturday Evening's Dispatch the W E Stevens agency is exposed as swindling through false reporting to insurers since the 1890s. Fourteen adjusters uncovered a scheme of large risk policies reported as small dwellings, with two sets of books and extensive irregularities. The agency, a major city operation since 14568, held many firms including American Philadelphia and Royal London, with the scope reaching national properties and large premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Stevens
Stevens
Chicago
Reas
Williams, White & Co
Phoenix
England
American of
Philadelphia
Connecticut Fire, Fire Association
London
Lancashire
Liverpool
Kidneyids Remedy Claims Cure for Backache and Urinary Symptoms
An advertisement touts Morrow's Kid-ne-vids as a cure for kidney disorders and related pains. It cites Henry Mahr of 613 Warren street praising the product from Frank Wadler & Co. drug store. The copy hawks yellow set tablets and Liver-Lax granules, with urging to mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mahr
Warren *Street
Frank Mahl
Morrow
Frank Wadler & Co
Insurance scam exposed in Stevens agency revelations
The Stevens agency scandal shows misappropriation estimated up to $10,000 with complex frauds across policies and companies. Actions included fictitious policyholder E. B. Knox, misreported policy values such as a $70,000 Deering plant policy shown as $10,000, and changing policy numbers via renewal binders. Colonel Stevens allegedly represented fourteen to fifteen companies including Phoenix of Hartford and held other agency ties. E. B. Knox had no knowledge of his name being used.
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Stevens
Times- Herald
Englewood
E. B. Knox
Knox
Deering
Columbus
Ohio
Moline
The
Phoenix
Hartford
Penn Mutual Life
Frankfort Marine
Accdent
Plate Glass
City Council Considers Saloon Exclusion Ordinance in Stewartville
City council to vote on an ordinance restricting liquor licenses in Stewartville area, requiring a majority voter petition to permit any license. Also discussed paving Library Street, DeFrance grates order, and a funeral procession streetcar rule. A Stewartville petition to bar a Fifteenth street saloon was read, and a Dorrance grate project was approved with staged payments.
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Library Street
Moore
Stewartville
Seventh Ward
Moline
Sixth Ward
Seventeenth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Twenty-third Avenue
Laddock
Tri-City Labor Congress
Street Railway Company
Albrecht
Perrin
W. W Whitehead
Dorrance Grate
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises $100 Reward
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It states the remedy is constitutional, taken internally, and improves the body by rebuilding the constitution. A list of testimonials is offered and Toledo based F J Cheney & Co is named as the address.
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Hall
F. J
Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Burtis to stage Money to Burn on Oct 31
Play Money to Burn by Charles King and Chrisy IV Schlegel set for Burtis opera house. Rehearsals begin Oct 20 with a company already assembled for the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ‘Kingt
Burtis Opera House
Chrisy IV. Schlegel
Burtis
Schlegel
Moline
Deere & Co. Workers Gift Blomberg With $70 After Illness
August Blomberg of Deere and Co. 1824 184 avenue has been ill for more than four months with bronchial trouble. Saturday evening a four member committee visited his home to express sympathy and presented a purse of 70 dollars donated by the shopmen as a token of their earnest regard and brotherhood.
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August Blomberg
Deere & Co
Avenue
Davenport Directory Firm Plans End of Century Book
N N Stone and Company proceed with Davenport directory work and report strong business patronage. Merchants of Davenport will feature prominently while Rock Island and Moline publishers stage a spring start for an end of century directory, hoping for good cooperation and a superior volume.
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N. N. Stone & Co
Conpilera
Davenport
Rock“Iisland
Moline
No Cause for Alarm Hood’s Sarsaparilla Advertised
Reader letters claim Hood’s Sarsaparilla eases lifelong stomach trouble and rheumatic symptoms. A Urbana reader reports relief for her mother’s rheumatism after using Hood’s. The jabbering OCR text also mentions individuals Enderton and a company, but the context is unclear.
Coroner's Inquest Reopens Over Virden Riot
Springfield Oct 18 the coroner's inquest into last week's Virden miners and guards riot resumed with Fred W Lukins of Chicago Virden Coal company testifying He said miners fired first from inside the stockade and guards did not fire until the train neared the stockade He denied shots from the tower and contradicted Sheriff Davenport's signed statement stating rifles fired from platforms and cars during the arrival of the train.
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Lukins
Springfield
Ills
Virden
Fred W Luking
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Davenport
Virden Depot
Blizzard Ahead of Time Hits Midwest and West
A prelude blizzard pattern hits Chicago with yesterday’s heavy snows and strong winds. Dakotas and Nebraska report snow with fading melt in places. In Des Moines and Pittsburgh area, weather foreshadows the storm sweeping toward the central United States.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Des Mofnga
Pearl buttons from Rock river shells turned out in Janesville
In Janesville Wisconsin on October 18 the city’s first pearl buttons from Rock river clamshells were produced by the Janesville Pearl Button company. The factory runs at full blast and the buttons are praised as fine as European work. A Chicago dealer has contracted to take the entire output.
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Janesville
Wis
Rock River
Europe
Chicago
Final US flag ceremony in San Juan marks island handover
On October 18 at noon the final delivery ceremony occurred at El Morro and the captain general's palace. National salutes fired by American artillery accompanied the event as insular officials and foreign consuls attended the function.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
United States
Captain General's
el Morro
San Juan
Four Men Killed in Locomotive Explosion at Joanna Station
Reading Pa Oct 18 four men died when a Wilmington and Northern freight engine exploded at Joanna station. The victims are engineer William Herflicker fireman George Mills brakeman Willis Woodward and conductor Harry Haydam.
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Reading
Wilmington and Northern
Joanna Station
William Herflicker
George Mills
Willis Woodward
Harry Haydam
Editors clash leaves wounds in Springfield fight
The Springfield dispute between The Republic Times editor Marco Morrow and The Daily Democrat editor B M McMillin led to a physical confrontation. Morrow sustained serious bites to his arm and hand while McMillin suffered facial scratches.
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Springfield
Marco Morrow
The
Republic Times
B M McMillin
Daily Democrat
Morrow
McMillin
Legal Challenge in Kidd Conspiracy Labor Case at Oshkosh
The Oshkosh jury for the Kidd conspiracy case has not yet been seated. The central legal question is whether maintaining pickets near mills is legal, with the defense led by Thomas T Kidd arguing strikes and moral suasion are lawful. The case centers on alleged concerted action behind factory riots.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Kidd
Thomas T Kidd
George Zentner
Michael Trolber
Paine Lumber Company
Indians Surrender Near Minnesota After Uprising
Washington reports Adjutant General Corbin received a dispatch from General Bacon stating the Minnesota uprising is nearly ended. In Walker on October 17 the hostile Indians agreed to surrender Wednesday after their defeat on the 5th, with approval from Commissioner Jones.
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Washington
Corbin
Bacon
Minnesota
Walker
Sash and door pool not organized despite change of front
Oshkosh manufacturers report no sash and door pool formation due to reconciling diverse interests from pine yards to large factories. In Carlinville Illinois, Mrs Maria Frey of Brighton is found dead in a well after a days long search. on her person are $310 in gold and $95 in bills amid ongoing family troubles.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Carlinville, Ills
Maria .Frey
Brighton
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Will Roach
Hood
Kate Henly
Urbana
Abe
Wise Enderton
Denver
Ulisa
Priteburg
Simon Burns
Mare Burns
Porto Rico
Elizabeth Willforey
Milledgeville
Hogp
Hil
Hood's
Manteer's Sale
J. B. Oaklens
State OF
Rock Island
Minty
Perées
Edgewood Park
the Peace Commission
America
Battle Ax
Home Health Club
Otte Doller
Inter Ocean Pab Co
Tae Inter Ocean Pre. Co
Home Hearth Civ
Inter Ocean
Great Club
Ornce
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