New Haven Stock Schemes Highlight 1900s Profits and Losses
Testimony recounts large profits from Boston Maine and Rhode Island stock moves by New Haven interests. Brown details overstatements, asset transfers among steamship lines, and inflated goodwill while depreciation and bookkeeping practices mask true losses and deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Mr. Mellen
New Haven
New England Navigation Company
Consolidated Railroad Companies
New Haven Steamship Lines
Byrnes
Brandeis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mellen
John L. Billard
Boston & Maine
New England Steamship Company
Rhode Island Company
Providence & Stonington Steamship Company
New Haven Steamboat Company
New London
Norwich & New York Transportation Company
Bridgeport
Fall River
New Bedford
Old Colony Railroad
New England Company
Mr. Prouty
Cascarets Claim Quick Cleanse for Stomach and Bowels
Ad pitches Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for stomach liver and bowels promising relief from headache biliousness sour stomach and indigestion. Claims the product works while you sleep causes no gripe and costs 10 cents a box with broad family appeal including children.
Croxone Promises Fast Relief for Backache and Kidney Ailments
An advertisement touts Croxone as a universal remedy for backache rheumatism and kidney bladder disorders. It claims quick action by cleansing inactive kidneys, dissolving uric acid, and enabling proper filtration. The text notes refunds if the product fails to work on first use.
Police Club Jack Tars in Charlestown Square Fight
In City square Charlestown two sailors Edward Ginch and Joseph Skillings were clobbered by officers who used revolvers to keep back the crowd until reserves arrived and arrested the pair. Both sailors suffered scalp wounds while being booked for drunkenness.
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City Square
Charlestown
Edward Ginch
Joseph Skillings
Laughlin
Connerton
Vote Strike Marks Time in Belgium Debates Soon
Brussels on April 21 reports that about 600000 men are on strike nationwide per Socialist estimates while both sides wait for tomorrow's Chamber of Deputies debate on a Masson motion seeking a suffrage compromise. The Cabinet met to discuss the subject but offered no public results.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
M. Masson
Renova Claims Aid For Drink Abusers In Cobleskill
A Cobleskill woman writes that Renova helped curb her husband's drinking and improved his nerves, disposition, and appetite. The ad urges readers to try Renova, with a money back guarantee and an offer of a free sample from the Renova Co. at 204 Broadway, New York.
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Cobleskill
Renova
Riker- Jaynes
Renova Co
Broadway
New York
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