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PATOKA FIELDNOT FERTILESlick Scheme Fails To DoAny Good So Men “Beat It,”ItTwo men, believed to be confidence men, talked to the wrongj • •person at Patoka a day or two ago when they tried to sell H. A. Milburn, druggist of that town, a choice buying proposition with j the “Vassar Drug company, of Indianapolis.”Mr. Milburn has been in the |drug business for twenty-live* • * . • • •years but his education has -not ] included the “Vassar” druglines. The men told him theywere.afield men doing away withdrummers and that they wouldMr. Milburn the right to fTom thehe had to do wa| to put up alittle matter of $100 with them just to show—Nothing doing,” said Mr. ;Milburn. |Then then asked where they;could get something to eat and j h e to Id them B oe rkes r e s ta u | rant, so they went there. After ja while they camo bdckr.and one •... - - ■ ■ lt;*of the men wanted to cash a $25 | check.^‘Nothing 'doing, ” said Mr.Milburn.i ^‘Can’t a fellow cash a check in this town?” the men asked. jWell,” replied Mr. Mill.urn,: . ‘ *• . .• . ' . . . 1“there base been so many bank jrobbers and crooks rlt;ming thvu j*. • • . • 'V Ilately that nobody tikes to take a jchance.” . jThe men, “beat-i: it”, coming' south on they afternoon train.—Clarion New;..i«
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Hazleton White River News
Hazleton, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 31, 1921
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