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This is a booklet of collected material on Dr. Till "Plaster Doctor" that was compiled by Nancy Hawkinson, library history room volunteer, in 2009. The material tells the true story of Dr. John Till who really wasn't a doctor. He created a "plaster" that he sold to people in St. Croix County that would supposedly cure anything. Till became a very rich con-artist who survived the courts until 1920 when he was fined and lost all his money.This tells his story along with a picture and a song that was written about him, "The Reward of John Till" which he, himself wrote and published from the Barron County Jail. The song is an extra insert.