The daily sentinel., 1901-02-19
GRAND JUNCTION swINDLER.
Ladies Home Journal Complains.
Many People Send Money to
This Postoffice Through
an Advertisement.
an Advertisement.


The Ladies Home Journal, one of the
greatest publications in this country has
! made complaint that some Of it's sub
scribers have been defrauded by per-
son working the msils in this city.
1t appears that an advertisement was
sent from this city by a certain man,
whose name is not given for purposes
best known to those who are after him
at the present time, to the National Ad-
vertising company OF Denver, to be in
serted in a number of eastern publica-
tions. The advertisement exploited the
sale of certain articles and gave as the
address OF the party advertising, the city
Of Grand Junction.
| The National Advertising company Sc
lected the Ladies' Home Journal, one Of
in the country, as one OF the publications
which should receive the advertisement
The company in Denver thought the
man was thoroughly reliable as he paid
cash in advance for the dvertising in a
considerable sum and stated that he
would advertise more extensively in the
future, il the placing Of his advertise
ment would bring the results which he
anticipated and which the National Ad-
vertising company thought he should 70.
ceive, considering the great name of the
Home Journal.
Nothing was heard of tho man or his
advertisement in the Journal by the Ma
tional Advertising company, until COM
plant was made by the Curtis Publish
ing company OF Philadelphia, the pub
fishers Of the Ladies' Home Journal, that
they were receiving many complaints
from their subscribers and readers that
the goods advertised by the Grand juno
tion man had been purchased by them
and that while they had sent the money
for the goods, the man had never dsliv-
cred the goods which they had ordered.
These complaints became 30 loud and
80 frequent, that the Curtis Publishing
company sought redress from their
agents in Denver and that company has
now come out to make rigid examina-
ton to see if it 10 not possible to ap-
prehend the party who advertised from
this city.
Inquiry was made OF Postmaster Ed
win Price about the receipt of mail for
| the man, whose name was furnished by
tho company in Denver. Mr.. Price
instituted rigid inquiry and the result
was that the force in the Office could re-
member a man receiving considerable
mail under the name, yet they had no
| record, as the man had not rented box,
but received his mail through the gen-
eral delivery.
The Ladies' Homo Journal practically
guarantees the honesty Of it's advertisers
| and they are in earnest about obtaining
| clue OF the man who has defrauded
their subscribers and readers. Nothing
OF a spurious nature could possibly have
access to the columns Of that great Jour
nal, it matters not how much money was
offered for same. The company is very
wealthy. 1t has reading constituency
of several million and has over a million
su bscribers, besides what are purchased
by the public who are not general sub
scribers to the paper.
1t will be seen at once what distribu-
tion an advertisement mast receive in
such publication and what a great
amount of money any one could obtain
who was determined to defraud
The matter is now in the hands of the
United States District Attorney and will
be pushed to the limit in the endeavor
to apprshend the individual who obtained
money under false pretsnses and after
ward robbed the public.