Sugar Trust Scandals Exposed by Parr and Loeb
Richard Parr, a New York customs investigator, exposes weight frauds at the Williamsburg pier and alleged sugar trust control. He faces threats, relocations, and a fight with Assistant Secretary Reynolds and Loeb, while prosecutors press a landmark case and call for broader reforms.
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Lech
New York
Parr
Cuba
Washington
The
Treasury
James Reynolds
President Taft
Tariff Commission
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Sugar Trust
Loeb
Williamslurs Per
New York City
Uncle Sam
Ma Tor
Celiy
Treasury Department
Williamsburg Pier
Aain
Trust
San Francisco
New Orleans
Reynolds
Roosevelt
Panta i
Cielal
Elieves
Muyter
Witt
Wilbur Wakeman
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Henry O. Havemeyer
Washington B. Thomas
Wakeman
New York Custom House
Richard Parr
James I. Bendernagel
Custom House
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Patriotism and the stronger stomach for duty
A 19th century style advertisement arguing that hunger and discomfort test loyalty, claiming a sound stomach ensures citizenship and health. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for digestive diseases and urges readers to request medical guides from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Common Sense
Rez
Address World's Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Fierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Christmas Tree Chair From Reused Trunk Lumber
A newspaper correspondent describes a friend who saves Christmas tree trunks to craft a chair for her thirteen year old daughter and future generations. The plan uses sterilized trunk sections joined with copper fittings and upholstered by a local craftsman, aiming to blend sentiment with practicality and become a family heirloom.
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Ile
Christine
Seven Foot Pie for New York Mayor Elect Thanksgiving
New York pie bakers union No. 112 votes to send a seven foot diameter pie to Judge William J. Gaynor as a Thanksgiving gesture amid competing mince pies for President Taft. A Newark bakery will bake the giant pie for delivery.
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New York
Taft
Pie Bakers’ Union
William J. Gaynor
Gaynor
Newark
N. J
Goats as golf trophies at Hackensack club
Hackensack New Jersey golfers form a 60 member goat club to award medals bearing a goat relief as trophies. The season ends with the shepherd of the flock crowned by all goats, and medals redistributed for the next year. First matches set for New Year’s Day.
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Hackensack
N. J
W. D. Moffatt
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