Counterfeiting Gang Flourished in Missouri One Hundred Years Ago
A compiled account describes the Bank of Niangua counterfeit ring centered in St. Louis with Stephen W Foreman as self styled president. The gang operated from a home office in St. Louis and a printing plant along the Niangua river in present Camden county. The gang’s leaders, methods, betrayals, arrests and jail escape are chronicled with mentions of General Augustus Jones and Judge James H Peck. trials followed in 1834 but outcomes were inconclusive as public interest faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Society of Missouri
Columbia
Floyd C Shoemaker
St. Louis Society
Missouri Republican
Stephen W. Foreman
Bank of Niangua
Missouri
Jackson
St. Louis
Niangua River
Camden County
Pulaski
James Garjland
Waynesville
Wetmore
State of
Augustus Jones
United States
Wetmores Gazeteer
Missouri Anne Amanda Jemima Skidmore
Skidmore
James H Peck
States District Court
St Louis
General Jones
Jeffersonian Republican
James Garland
Charles Quilling
Russell Wilson
Justus P Stevens
Garlands Settlement
Neonga Springs
George Stephens
Admiral P. Strattab
Foreman
Garland
United States District Court
Wilson
Stephen
Be Considerate on the Road and Share the Right of Way
This reader urges courteous driving by yielding to others at junctions and lights. It advises dimming personal rights at night, allowing faster cars to pass, and avoiding dangerous maneuvers on Main Street to preserve safety and courtesy.
War Chest Drive Set for October 9 to 31
Missouri's 1914 War Chest campaign will run October 9 through 31 to raise funds for the National War Fund. R L Hill of St Louis, president of the state organization, announced the drive with Edwin Jo Stark of Louisiana as finance quota chair. The National War Fund goal is 240 million dollars. Missouri's share will be determined. County and community chests will allocate funds to agencies such as USO War Prisoners Aid United Seamen's Service United China Relief and Russian War Relief. The note also mentions long-running Trowbridge England Tabernacle Sunday School in 1784 and claims of white ants in Northern Australia deserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
National War Fund
R L Hill
St Lows
Edwin Jo Stark
Louisiana
Cnaiman
The
USO
War Prisoners Aid
United Seamen’s Service
United China Relief
Russian War Relief
Music In The Air At Municipal Opera July 17
Gladys Baxter and Al Shean lead the St Louis Municipal Opera revival of Music In The Air at Forest Park July 17 at 8 30 pm. The cast includes Carelli Boecker Holmes and others with songs like Ive Told Every Little Star and When Spring Is In The Air. The production runs nightly through July 23 with Victor Herbert Naughty Manetta featured through July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Opera
Forrest Park
Gladys Baxter
St. Louis
al Shean
Gallagher and Shean
Mary Hopple
Earle MacVeigh
Jess Walters
Leroi Operti
Zaman Cunningham
Trudy Brooks
Forest Park
Jerome Kern
Miss Baxter
Carelli
Victor Herbert
Death sentence for killing son in Pittsfield case
Berkshire county jury convicts John F. Noxon Jr. of murder in the first degree for the electrocution death of his 6 month old son Lawrence. Massachusetts law mandates death by electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County
John F. Noxon, Jr
Pittsfield
Mass
Lawrence
Highway Department Appeals to Candidates
Missouri State Highway Commission appeals to candidates parties and firms to keep highway rights of way free from campaign posters and advertising signs. Patrols will remove unauthorized signs to avoid traffic hazards and clutter while maintaining roadside beauty across Missouri’s 16 000 mile highway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri State Highway Commission
Department
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trowbridge
England
Tabernacle Congregational Sunday School
Northern
Australia
Frisco A
Krashwad
Wspaap
Tne Herald
Highway Department
SCOTT
New Madrid
Mississippi
Coop. Association
Walton & Williams Motor Company
Vogue Dress Shop Star Cafe
Elite Hat Shop
Paul's Tobacco Store
L. A. Tucker Truck Lines
Dame’s Feed Store
Malone & Rex Theatres
Board OF Public Works the People’s Store
Armstrong Appliance
HAHS
STON
Claude Turner
Lambert's Cape
Lair Furniture Company
Norton's Shoe Store
Garner-Cement Motor CO
LIRE
TON Arm Equip CO
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Company
EO Robinson Lumber CO. Garrett's Drug Store
Savers Furniture Store
In-Way Cleaning CO
Marshall’s Cafe
Sikeston Laundry Dempster Furniture CO
Sikeston Paint & Wall Paper Company
Hartzell Blacksmith & Welding Shop
Shell Cafe
Scott Insurance Agency
Roberts Store
Reiss Dairy
R. D. Clayton
Myles Ralph’s
White's Drug Store
F. & M. C. Company
Vogue Beauty Shop
Heisserer’s Drug Store
Dunn Hotel
Dan McCoy
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