Fraud and corruption scandal touches national figures
Washington reports Bristow's post office fraud inquiry reveals years of schemes and payments for government contracts. August Machen's case outlined with details of letter box contracts tied to William Maybury of Detroit. Maybury allegedly granted Scheble a 25 percent interest in the contract amid the scheme.
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Washington
Joseph L. Bristow
Post Office Department
August W. Machen
Bristow
Machen
William ©. Maybury
Detroit
Maybury & Ellia
Mich
Alx
Maybury
Macheo
Eugene D. Scheble
Toledo
Schebie
Detroit Politician Ties in Postal Contract Scandal Unfold
The record cites Maybury then Detroit mayor and congressman, Scheble, Machen, and Wynn in a series of alleged kickbacks, inflated profits, and bid interference involving the Scheble box and Montague Indicator contracts. Indictments by a federal grand jury in 1907 allege conspiracy and fraud in post office dealings.
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Maybury
Congress
Detroit
Toledo
Scheble
Schebie
Maybury & Ellis
Machen
Seome
Solomon C. Wynn
Machen and
Federal Grand Jury
District of Columbia
San Francisco
Beren
Post Office
Iltewise
Startling Evidence in Benterville VA on Dr King’s New Discovery
A damaged notice touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for bronchitis throat and lung ailments. It claims a patient recovered after using the remedy and mentions trial bottles free with regular sizes priced at 500 and 790. Local druggists Sharrar and Mul holland are cited.
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Benterville
Uisk Case Evidence Leads to Broad Postal Scandal Indictments
District of Columbia US attorney reviewed evidence in the Uisk case. Beavers Machen and Erwin were indicted on Sept 8 189. for conspiring to defraud the government. The report details waste in salary and allowance divisions with promotions, rents, and devices used to inflate costs. Fourteen indictments named 31 people, including postal service staff, and many resignations or removals followed.
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Uisk
United States
District of Columbia
Beavers
Machen
Erwin
Tytriet
Heath
Tyner
Harrett
Bristow
Postal Service
Wynne
Robt
Feud Turns Fatal in Kentucky Family Dispute
A Hodgenville dispatch reports a deadly shooting in Loulaville where Squire Osborne and his son Dave were killed and Will Gardner wounded while Jett Bennett lost an arm. Custer Gardner, a young farmer, captured after a night assault near a window with a Winchester, then jailed in Munfordville. Tense quarrel driven by factional feud shocks Larne, Hart and Hardin counties.
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Loulaville
Dee L
Hodgenville
Squire Osborne
Dave Osborne
Will Gardner
John Bennett
Shatterra
Custer Gardner
Elizabethtown
Munfordville
Winchester
Wil Gardner
Jett Bennett
Laurie Osborne
Gardner
Yearan Larne
Hart
Hardin
Hobson Proposes Huge Navy Build Up in Congress
Washington November 30 Former Commander Michmos Pearson Hobson has drafted a bill, to be introduced by Representative Wiley Alabama, to make the U S a leading naval power within eighteen years. The plan calls for a total appropriation of 2 750 000 000 spread over years with 50 million this year 60 million next year and increasing by 10 million annually until 1918 when 1 500 000 000 would complete the program to 1125.
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Hobson
Washington
Michmos Pearson Hobson
Navy
Representative Wiley
Alabama
House
Congress
United States
Ner
Women Now Admitted at Munich University
United States consul-general James H Werman reports to the state department that the University of Munich has opened its doors to women students. Previously no women were permitted to matriculate in German universities.
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Washington
James H Werman
United States
Munich
Germany
State Department
University of Munich
He Wall
Liquozone claims vast cure claims for Liquorone germ killer
A bold advertisement touts Liquorone as a liquid oxygen germ killer, asserting the drug kills germ diseases without harming tissue. It cites a $100,000 price tag for rights and promises a free trial offer via coupon, claiming hospital-wide endorsement and universal efficacy.
Roosevelt's Comment on Punishing Corruption
President Roosevelt endorses Bristow's report and calls for vigorous punishment of corrupt officials. He supports extending criminal statutes for government trust offenders, urges law enforcement against insiders and outsiders, and promises to prosecute to the limit of the law.
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Washington
Brlatrw
Roosevelt
Bristow
Mesers Conrad
Bonaparte
Congress
Postomee Department
Post Office Department
Prominent citizen found murdered in Quincy Ky
Christian Bote, a leading resident of Quincy Kentucky, was found dead with his head crushed, apparently by a hammer. A neighborhood gang of desperadoes was suspected but no arrests have been made. Also included is a short note on laundress tips for starching and ironing and an advertisement for a sprinkler at a house furnishing shop.
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Pauli
Quincy
Christian Bote
Floriet
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good
A. HL. Thurnes, Buffalo, C., reports kidney and bladder trouble for years with stones and pain. After taking Voley's Kidney Core, pain ceased and gravel passed. he calls it a dollar’s worth of good. Sold by Charles Rhodes.
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A. HL. Thurnes
Buffalo, C
Voley
Charles Rhodes
Met and Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
A Detroit man Mr J H Lefty reports the tablets improved his appetite and digestion. He says they restored appetite, relieved bloated feeling, and provided satisfactory bowel movement. The ad urges readers in the community to try the product via Hivene & Rondes Y.
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J. H. Lefty
Detroit
Otmanlty
Hivene & Rondes
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