The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-09

that women who held interests in his
defunct bank TUNED over 81. 500. 900 TO
him and in the same publication he
states that he has received 81. IT'S. 600
on paper notes Here Is total Of a..
i0o, 275. collected for the most part
from the women of America. What
have they TO show tor III The Rural
New Yorker tells us that 80 claims
have been placed IN their hands a.
mounting 10 $40. DOC. Is IL not just
possible that many more claims might
be put into their hands amounting 10
many thousands OF dollars moref II Is
indeed Just possible that many poor
widow. or orphan may now be "drudg-
ing out their souls In the unceaseless
tolls OF housework. while Lewis Is
enjoying the good things Of this life at
their expense.
Many OF the readers of the Diamond
Drill are my friends and neighbors and
who with myself have been solicited
to enter scheme which at the best. is
OF very doubtful character, feel 1t
therefore my duty TO call their atten-
ton to the questionable methods Of
Lewis and 10 warn them not to fall
unwary victims to one Of the most
stupendous CANDLES of the 20th Cen.
tury. II the women OF Crystal Falls
should win out, 10 win DO because
thousands of other women have been
less fortunate and failed TO draw their
, prize.
, Wives, trust your husbands; dsugh'
tiers. trust your fathers and brothers,
they will do thousand times more FOL
, you than E. q. Lewis will ever do fol
you. Let Us pull together. Let III
'work together and some day not fal
r distant beautiful club house sinai
: sdorn our city. and our wives anC
, daughters can enter the Same withou
! Tear or hindrance, knowing that 1t Il
3 their own for all time .ss a gift from
those who love them best OF all.
I Sincerely yours,
n w. Poyseor.
q July /, 1910.
. Rev. William Poyseor.
o Crystal Falls, Mich.
$ Dear Sir:
4 We have yours valued favor OF jun
s % and we thank you for enclosing tn,
: clippings from your local newspape
: with reference to Lewis and his Amer
8 lean Woman League. You need hav,
( no concern over the part you have tax
q en- in the controversy. We have beef
I watching and following up fakes ant
y takers mere for 90 years.
e As we wrote you previously he ha
= been collecting money from these poo
Y people during the last ten years and n
Is and his apologizers now say Lewis !
not legally liable to them for penny
J, He is now paying back some OF thi
| money because Of the publicity whic
o THE RURAL NEW. Workers. in
n fluence they would never sec a penn
/. OF ii. We believe his American wC
q mans League, his Correspondence
v courses and all his other schemes al
) but incidental to get himself into III
a good graces OF the country people i
q order TO induce them 70 send him thei
a money for his worthless paper certit
Il Gates
/, Eventually his schemes will tumb
d like house OF cards as all fake scheme
ID do In the end and you will never hay
II reason to regret using your infiuenC
,e to save the people of your communit
70 from putting their hard earned saving
AZ within the grasp Of Lewis. If you d.
sr sire any other facts we think we ca
Il give you all you can use.
NJ Very truly yours,
IA THE RURAL NEW YORKEF
VIM 4. Dillon
p. 8. With these letters feel ha,
dons what consider my duty toward
your readers in bringing. before the
attention this information concernin
u the methods OF f. c. Lewis and q
DO now leave the results to their ow
e good Judgment
Is w Poyseor.
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