Weltmer Institute of Suggestive Therapeutics

Weltmer Institute
Emblem of the Weltmer Institute, c. 1912
Motto	"Man Can Achieve What Man Can Conceive"
Formation	15 March 1906
Dissolution	c. 1933; forfeited in 1941
Purpose/focus	Magnetic Healing
Headquarters	Nevada, Missouri
Headed by	Sidney Abram Weltmer
Affiliations	American School of Magnetic Healing; Weltmer School of Healing

The institutional motto: MAN - CAN - ACHIEVE - WHAT - MAN - CAN - CONCEIVE

In which Suggestotherapy is linked to the mission of Christendom, per Mark 16:15-18

The Weltmer Institute of Suggestive Therapeutics Co. was a Nevada, Missouri-based sanitarium, mail-order concern, and publishing house, established by Sidney Abram Weltmer, its namesake. The institute was dedicated to the use, promotion, and teaching of Suggestotherapy (Weltmerism), the brand of hypnotic or magnetic healing devised by Weltmer.

Selected Publications

• Weltmer's Magazine, http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/weltmers_magazine/  (iapsop.com)

Press Coverage

Corporate News

• "PARK TO THE WELTMER INSTITUTE. Deed Filed Which Is the Basis Of Nevada's Fame As A Health Resort.", The Weekly Post (Nevada, MO): 14, 28 Oct. 1910, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119887889/park-to-the-weltmer-institute/  — corporate purchase of Lake Park Springs, Iron Springs, and Atterbury tracts
• "Notice of Meeting For Increase of Stock. (Weltmer Institute, 18 Dec. 1912)", The Weekly Post (Nevada, MO): 4, 24 Jan. 1913, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119887388/notice-of-meeting-for-increase-of/  — corporate increase of stock
• "Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders. (Weltmer Institute, 6 Jun. 1921)", Southwest Mail (Nevada, MO): 5, 1 Apr. 1921, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119918268/notice-of-special-meeting-of/ 
• "PROMINENT CITIZENS ON WELTMER INSTITUTE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.", Southwest Mail (Nevada, MO): 2, 16 Dec. 1921, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119918424/prominent-citizens-on-weltmer-institute/ 
• "WELTMER INSTITUTE GROWING RAPIDLY", Southwest Mail (Nevada, MO): 5, 10 Feb. 1922, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119918526/weltmer-institute-growing-rapidly/ 
• "Notice of Meeting For Decrease of Capital Stock. (Weltmer Institute, 11 Dec. 1922)", Southwest Mail and The Weekly Post (Nevada, MO): 4, 6 Oct. 1922, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119918661/notice-of-meeting-for-decrease-of/ 

1900s-1910s

Thompson Spree Killing (1917)

Louis Thompson, described as a patient of the Weltmer Institute, shot and killed Charles Janes, his attendant at a nearby boarding house, during the afternoon of 6 Apr. 1917, and then proceeded to the institute, where he threatened several office workers, before shooting a Prof. J. O. Crone and John Cooper. Janes and Cooper would die of their injuries.

• "SLAYS ONE; WOUNDS TWO. INSANE MAN RUNS AMUCK IN NEVADA STREETS. CHARLEY JANES DEAD. After Killing Attendant With Revolver Louis Thompson Went to Weltmer Institute, Where He Fired Three more Shots, Wounding Prof. J. O. Crone and Janitor Cooper.", The Weekly Post (Nevada, MO): 4, 13 Apr. 1917, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119888559/slays-one-wounds-two-insane-man-runs/ 
• "COOPER DIES FROM EFFECTS OF WOUND. MAN SHOT BY INSANE PATIENT SUCCUMBS AFTER 14 DAYS. Had Expressed Confidence That He Would Recover Until Three Days Ago, When He Gave Himself Up — Bullet in Spine Caused Paralysis.", The Weekly Post (Nevada, MO): 4, 27 Apr. 1917, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119888874/cooper-dies-from-effects-of-wound-man/ 

Advertising

• "Col. Banks Has Just Returned from a visit of Thirty Days at Nevada, Mo., the Home of Prof. Sidney A Weltmer. Col. Banks States That He Has Personally Investigated, Experienced and Witnessed the Wonderful Results of the Treatment Given at the Weltmer Sanitarium.", The State (Columbia, SC): 20, 9 Jul. 1911, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119884888/col-j-a-banks-testimony/