Denison Love Lottery Writer Lived as Negro
C B Hamilton, arrested for fraudulent use of the mails in a love lottery scheme, confessed to posing as a black man while living among Denison residents. He admitted deceiving three women across Texas and Missouri, spurring marriages after promising a windfall. He awaits extradition to Oklahoma for arraignment.
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Denison
C. B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Sherman
Oklahoma
United States
Texas
Missouri
Hominy
Okla
Statement of Women Benefit From Adler-i-ka
A testimonial claims Adler-i-ka helps digestion by clearing stomach trouble and enabling eating again. It states the product acts on upper and lower bowel to remove poisons, reduces gas and sour stomach, guards against appendicitis, and reveals hidden toxins in the system.
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Gallaher & Son
Pioneer Residents Recall Denison City Founding
Denison residents mark the citys forty nine years since its 1872 founding with former mayor Dr. Alex W. Acheson recalling early population of about 700 and a cholera plague that halved the town. He notes L S Owens as first mayor and a later population drop to 600 after the outbreak.
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Denison
Alex W. Acheson
Gate City
L. S. Owens
Acheson
North
Texas
Not Guilty Verdict in Bonham Murder Trial
John Blankenship, charged with the murder of Rufus Milstead on April 5, 1921, was acquitted by a district court jury. Milstead was shot outside the First National Bank, fled to Wilson's drug store, and was killed in a passage between show cases after four additional shots.
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Bonham
John Blankenship
Rufus Milstead
Milstead
First National Bank
Wilson
Read What U S Dept Says About What Two Rats Can Do
Government figures show two rats breeding for three years produce 359,709,482 individual rats. Act when you see the first rat. RAT-SNAP exterminator offers a clean, convenient solution with no smell, not attractive to pets, cold and guaranteed by Dyer Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co.
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Dyer & Jones and Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
30 000 Americans to Rest Forever in France Soil
Washington reports more than 30 000 Americans will rest forever in the soil of France near battlefields where they fell. Secretary of Army officials outline plans for graves and memorials for the fallen in a major wartime program.
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France
Washington
War Dead to Be Returned Home for Burial in France and England
War Weeks told the American Legion's legislative committee that 43,670 AEF dead will be returned to the United States, with over 40,000 already here. Some 30,162 KIA or died in France will be buried in six French cemeteries and one in England under the care of the U.S. military. The Meuse-Argonne, Aisne-Marne, Somme, Oise-Aisne, St Mihiel, and Suresnes cemeteries will fly the Stars and Stripes forever, and Brookwood in England will be the permanent American cemetery near London.
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War Weeks
American Legion
United States
France
England
Meuse-Argonne
Romagne
Aisne-Marne
Belleau
Somme
Bony
Oise-Aisne
Seringes et-Nasles
St. Mihiel
Thiaucourt
Suresnes
Paris
Brookwood
London
Father and Three Sons Reunited After Flood Seventy Years Later
Wichita report from Sept 25 describes a family of four once thought lost in the 1900 Galveston flood. The 83-year-old father and his three gray haired sons, Harry, G. A., and Walter Brown, are now reunited after nearly three decades apart. The sons learned of their father’s survival near Kaw City, Oklahoma, while one son is a railroad president in Nome, Alaska and another a South Dakota rancher. The father’s current status is noted as living near Wichita.
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Wichita
Kansas
Galveston
Kaw City
Harry
G. A
Walter Brown
Nome
Alaska
South Dakota
Henry Brown's Quiet Retirement in Northern Oklahoma
Henry Brown, a man well regarded for his sons, has remarried and now leads a quiet retired life in Northern Oklahoma after a long career.
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Henry Brown
Oklahoma
RAT-SNAP Rat Control Ad Promises Quick Death
Mrs Joanny reports finding a decayed rat in the cellar after using RAT-SNAP cake pieces bought from Dyer Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co at 35 cents. The product allegedly killed the rodent within six months without odor, with sizes of 35c 65c and 1.25 dollars.
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Joanny
Dyer & Jones and Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure
An old advertisement describes catarrh as cold in the head and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system cleanses the blood and reduces susceptibility to colds. It says chronic catarrh can follow acute bouts and that the medicine is taken internally and works through the blood, with testimonials free and a dollar refund if not cured.
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Hayes
Grove
Hall
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Commercial Bank
Wolfe, Freeman & Wolfe
Sherman, Texas
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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Lester Short
Progressive Shoe Shop
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New York
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Toledo, Ohio
Mark
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Littell
James F. Ballard
St. Louis
A. Y. Creager
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