Hypnotic swindle sues farmer for 2700 note in Ohio tale
Steubenville details a 72 year old farmer Zadroc Burris duped by a con man named Roper who under hypnosis signed a 2700 dollar note after a scheme selling a rural electric plant and lightning rods. Mrs Burris recalls a slick sharper with odd eyes and hints of a related William Burris bunko 15 years ago.
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Steubenville
Zadroc Burris
Smithfield Township
Roper
Burris
William Burris
Zadoc
Bunko
Bunko steering case leads to jail in Noblesville
Noblesville Indiana June 7. James Cruthers a colored man was brought from Wisconsin by Sheriff Bray and jailed on bunko steering charges. He is accused of swindling farmer Lucius Stout near Eagletown out of 3100 dollars by promising a fake race in Springfield Illinois with a known rival. Cruthers a Westfield native and pro foot racer set the scheme and engaged sporting men to bet on his victory.
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Springfield
Cruthers
Stout
Westfield Bank
Bunko
Noblesville
Ind
Delaware
Wis
Bray
Lucius Stout
Eagletown
Patent Wagon Brake Rip-off Reported in Vincennes
William Thorn a prominent Indiana farmer was swindled out of 4500 dollars by two men posing as patent rights brokers. He declined an initial offer, then bought the patent from the first man after a staged misrepresentation, and the two con men vanished. Thorn cannot be located.
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Vincennes
Ind
William Thorn
Thorn
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Parents
D. Scott Currin of Loganton Pa testifies that One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicines for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. The safe remedy acts immediately and mothers praise its effects on children. It is described as pleasant to take and a sure cure for grip bronchitis and coughs advertised by W E Bard Drug Company with a note to read The Sentinel wart column.
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D. Scott Currin
Loganton
W. E. Bard Drug Company
Bumper Year Forecast By Arkansas Fruit Agent
Calvin Gamble, Arkansas agent for the Smith-McCord company, arrived in Kansas City for a few days staying at the Hotel Victoria. She predicts record fruit crops for Arkansas and large wheat and corn yields, noting Kansas City as the state's market and the center of stock, grain, and mercantile business. The peach crop is expected to set records.
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Calvin Gamble
Smith-McCord Company
Kansas City
Victoria
Arkansas
Mrs. Gamble
St. Louis
How to Avoid Trouble with Chamberlains Coke Remedy
Evokes timely warning to stock Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for family use before summer. Claims it prevents night trips to town and is the most successful medicine for bowel complaints for all ages. Sold by Mertz & Hale J. L. Kantzman Otis W. Smith and all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Mertz & Hale
J. L. Kantzman
Otis W. Smith
Public memory targets naval policy on Cru'shell rise
Washington Post reports voters remember the policy that promoted a rear admiral and blocked Captain Charles FE Clark from a promotion. The controversy centers on Cru'shell and its impact on naval leadership.
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Cru’shell
Charles FE. Clark
Washington Post
Hanna jokes about presidential boom in tongue in cheek remarks
In a playful aside Senator Hanna addresses rumors of a presidential bid, joking that critics ask if he is “awful” while he blushes and responds with light humor about the surge in attention.
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Hanna
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad From Bard Drug Company
An old advertisement notes a seal brown taste of a can ton flannel tongue and urges taking Rocky Mountain Tea at night. price listed as genuine 35 cents from W. E. Bard Drug Company.
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W. E. Bard Drug Company
Grandpa
Grandma
Father
Madison Medicine CO
Madison
Wis
Tipton Hotel Changes Hands In Local Deal
The Tipton City hotel changes ownership with George M. Luce of Kansas City succeeding long time landlord J. A. Robinson.
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Tipton City
George M. Luce
Kansas City
J. A. Robinson
Dickinson County Citizen Granted Divorce and Settlements
The Reflector reports a Dickinson County resident was granted a divorce with his wife to receive 1000 dollars in cash and a 175 acre farm. It notes a prior divorce where the former wife obtained 40000 dollars in alimony. The subject remains prosperous with 400 acres of land and substantial funds.
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Flector
Dickinson County
Reflector
Democratic Pettis County Convention Called for Delegates
Pursuant to the county committee order a Pettis county Democratic convention will meet in Sedalia on June 30 1902 to elect eight delegates to the state judicial convention at Springfield on July 8 and eight to the St Joseph convention on July 22. Precinct primaries to select delegates are set for June 28 at 2 pm in each voting precinct including Sedalia. People and precincts listed include Green Ridge Heaths Creek Blackwater Houstonia Lamonte Sedalia and others with chairs J M Baldwin and Douglass Hewitt.
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Democratic Central Committee
Pettis County
Sedalia
Dila.m
Court House
Springfield
St. Joseph
PRU
Green Ridge
Dale Bees
Bee
Heath's Creek
Heath’s Creek
Blackwater
Houstonia
Longwood
Hughesville
Mastodon Fossil Found Near Dateh Creek
A farmer near Winfield uncovered a fossil he believes is a mastodon on the bank of Dateh creek. The story hints at a local joke about Ed Jacquins, a once roaring hairy figure linked to Cowley county Populism, though details remain unclear.
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Winfield
Dateh Creek
Ed Jacquins
Cowley County
Sedalia Graduates Commissioned As Officers In Missouri State Forces
Governor Dockery issued military commissions to Wentworth Military Academy and Kemper Military School graduates. Named Second Lieutenants include Clarence Warren Baird Ralph Waldo Cole Allen Miller Davis Wade Doster Newton Leo Graham John Keith Goodwin Paul Leftre Hart Byron Cleveland Herbert Charles Melvin Igenfritz Robert Rogers King Thomas Earl Kenser Heggam August Lewis William Baird Quigley John Nicholas Sturgis George Ernest Stuckley James Richard Vance Elmo Newton Wilkiss Rector Linde Williams William Quillin Jamison Ford Wentworth and Kemper graduates Wilford P Wilson Clement M Me Spadden Lewis V Eager.
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Jefferson City
Cameron
Dockery
Wentworth Military Academy
Kemper Military School
Lexington and Boonville
Wentworth
Clarence Warren Baird
Ralph Waldo Cole
Allen Miller Davis
Wade Doster
Newton Leo Graham
John Kieth Goodwin
Paul Leftrce Hart
Byron Cleveland Herbert
Charles Melvin Igenfritz
Robert Rogers King
Thomas Earl Kenser
Heggam August Lewis
William Baird Quigley
John Nicholas Sturgis
George Ernest Stuckley
James Richard Vance
Elmo Newton Wilkiss
Linde Williams
William Qquillin Jamison
Kemper
Wilford P. Wilson
Clement M. Me. Spadden
Lewis V. Eager
Francis Captured in Hugo After Murder Suspect Identified
Warrensburg Missouri reports the arrest of Bessie Francis sought for the murder of Miss Mary Henderson last summer. Photos circulated and positively identified by the murdered woman’s sister Mrs Chap Hyatt and Hyatt’s daughter and local neighbors.
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Warrensburg
Bessie” Francis
Mary Henderson
Hugo
I. T
Koch
Chap. Hyatt
Whooping Cough Aid Cited by Fairhaven Editor
A World Herald editor from Fairhaven Washington credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with ending a bout of whooping cough that could have led to pneumonia and severe croup. The product is sold by Mertz Hale J L Kautzman Otis W Smith and all druggists.
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Chamberlain
H. J. Strickfadden
World Herald
Fairhaven
Wash
Mertz & Hale
J. L. Kautzman
Otis W. Smith
Tragic Train Death Near Versailles
Engineer Stahl spotted a man beside the track as the branch train headed to Versailles. The body was identified as Mock Thruston of Versailles. He had been seen boarding a box car Monday and authorities think he fell from the train accidentally. his neck was broken.
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Versailles
Moreau Bridge
Stahl
Mock” Thruston
Tipton Times
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Ad Promises Piles Cure
An advertisement from Willow Grove Delaware touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a certain cure for piles and skin diseases. It claims piles never resist and warns to accept no counterfeits from W. E. Bard Drug Company.
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DeWitt
R.S. Meredith
Willow Grove
Del
W. E. Bard Drug Company
New Power Drives Ohio Ice Cream Maker
Frank Avansino a confectioner on Ohio Street adds an electric motor to his equipment enabling faster freezing of his popular ice cream and expanding production capacity.
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Frank Avansino
Ohio Street
All Up-to-Date House Keepers Ball Blue Ad
An old fashion advertisement promoting Red Cross Ball Blue for washing clothes. Claims it makes fabrics clean and sweet as new and notes availability through all grocers.
Visiting Fort Scott Visitor Hosts Family
Oscar Michaels, Tribune operator, receives his mother and brother who traveled from Sedalia this morning, staying in Fort Scott.
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Oscar Michaels
Tribune
Associated Press
Sedalia -Fort Scott
Wash Dress Goods and Domestic Linens Sale
Advertises cheap dress fabrics and muslin underwear sale with many prices. Highlights umbrellas parasols talcum powders and cosmetics. Promotes millinery bargains street hats trimmed hats table linens damask napkins and towels with big reductions and a week long sale on portieres and rugs.
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Bunko Steering
Address Peal Medicine Co
Cleveland
Ohio
W.E. Bard Drug Co
Sentinel
Praggisix
Democratic
Comemeeca
Sedalia S Edalia No. No
J. M. Baldwin
Douglass Hewitt
Bears
Alwa
Francis
Hugo, I. T
Abilene
R. A. Higdon
Katie Building
Fort Scott
E. Second Street
J. Lb. Grifelth
Snes
Chiropodist
Blfore
Darling
West 3Rd Street
Wife
Monarch Laundry
Scott’s
Santal-Pepsin CO
SANTAL-PEPSIN CO., —_ Bellefontaine
Sedalia, Mo
West Main Street
Pollack
Wheeling
Dow Drug Company
Boston
Gloria
Daugherty
Joe
Portieres and Rugs
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