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The Frontier
O'neill, O'neill City, Holt County, Nebraska
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Grocer Edward Kiebler's goat Old Bill in Webster Groves, Mo., ate $15 in bank notes on Wednesday, leading to its execution. Fragments of the $10 bill were salvaged from its stomach for possible redemption.
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Old Bill, a goat belonging to Edward Kiebler, a grocer, of Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Mo., partook of a $10 and a $5 bank note as part of his breakfast Wednesday, and as a result, the value of his life was compared with the bills. The bank notes won. A post-mortem examination of Bill's stomach made by Kiebler revealed small sections of the $10 bill, which have been carefully pasted together in the hope of having the money made good by the St. Louis subtreasury. Kiebler was feeding his delivery horse in the stable when he heard the sound of rattling silver dollars in the vicinity of where he had just placed his pocket-book. Looking around he was in time to see Bill devouring the $10 bill and the leather wallet. The goat did not attempt to masticate the silver. Bill's execution ensued.
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Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Wednesday
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the goat old bill was executed after eating the bank notes; small sections of the $10 bill were recovered and pasted together in hopes of redemption by the st. louis subtreasury.
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Old Bill, a goat owned by grocer Edward Kiebler, ate a $10 and $5 bank note along with the leather wallet from his pocket-book while Kiebler fed his horse in the stable. The goat did not eat the silver dollars. A post-mortem revealed fragments of the $10 bill.