Ponzi Surrendered by His Bondsman in Boston Case
Four men linked to Ponzi's money scheme were jailed in Massachusetts as Charles Ponzi surrendered to federal authorities after bond changes. Ponzi faced charges of using the mails to defraud with millions of investors affected, while state and federal investigations raised estimates of Ponzi’s liabilities into the millions and questioned Hanover Trust’s finances.
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New England
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Middlesex County
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Hanover Trust Company
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United States
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Allen
Joseph Allen
Fred J. Burrell
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Coolidge
Burrell
Trust Company
Villa and Followers Surrender at San Pedro
Francisco Villa led surrender of his band and followers at San Pedro Coahuila as crowds cheered. He said the move aimed to avoid US intervention and urged unity, return to work, and national preservation while promising to return to the plow.
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Mexico
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Immigration line closed at Calexico border
United States immigration service on Saturday ordered the international line closed to all passport and border permit holders unless they can prove actual business in Mexico.
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Calexico
Cal
United States Immigration Service
Mexico
Texas Items Highlight Fair Plans and State Orders
Texan notes cover Fintonia fair dates, Bay City mills, and Bay region crops. Gov Hobby and officials announce bond actions, court-house work, prison population drop, and education funding totals.
Board of Education buys school bonds in Texas vote
The Texas board of education approved 292 650 in school bond purchases at its monthly meeting leaving outstanding obligations at 531 000. The mix included six independent district issues and 33 common district issuers with totals across Goodnight Henderson Robstown Palo Pinto and many counties including Bell Clay Coleman Delta Falls Fort Bend Hardeman Henderson Hill Hopkins Jackson Lamar Matagorda McCulloch Mills Navarro Orange Palo Pinto Runnels San Jacinto Upshur Travis Wheeler Williamson totaling hundreds of thousands across numerous districts.
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Skeletons Found Near Corpus Christi Hint at Treasure Ship Crew
Twenty-five human skeletons were found 14 miles south of Corpus Christi on the Laguna Marche's west bank by two men. The remains are buried in earth, likely long-deposed, with teeth suggesting men around forty. Locals recall a Spanish treasure ship sinking nearby in the early forties, proposing this crew as possible victims.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Laguna Marche
Fortias
Texan Farmers' Congress Ends Twenty Third Convention
The Texan Farmers' Congress closed its twenty third annual convention Wednesday and adopted resolutions stating the group fulfilled its aims. It urged merging many agricultural organizations into one large association and appointed committees to advocate unity before other groups.
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College Staton
Tex
Texan Farmers’ Congress
Arms Seized on Mexican Border Near Calexico
Customs officers seized a car loaded with rifles and ammunition near the border Friday. One man was arrested. the vehicle was registered to Fred Dato, brother-in-law of Bataban Canty, who leads a revolt against the Mexican government in Lower California. The suspect gave the name Carlos Ortiz.
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Cal
International Boundary Line
Fred Dato
Bataban Canty
California
Carlos Ortiz
Raisin Imports Rise After Prohibition Policy Effects
The United States increased its raisin imports from Spain in early 1920, with about 8,000,000 pounds consumed domestically since prohibition. Exports from Malaga to the U S reached nearly 6,000,000 pounds by June 30, according to the Department of Agriculture bureau of markets.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Malaga
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Substitute
An advertisement warns against calomel noting its dangers and side effects. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy that cleanses the liver without upset, claims it starts the liver gently, and is suitable for all ages.
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Dodson
Tetterine Promised To Clear Eczema and Improve Complexion
A Southern advertisement extols Tetterine as invaluable for clearing blotches and itchy patches and making skin velvety. It claims even severe eczema yields to the remedy and notes availability from Shuptrine Co. Savannah GA, price 50 cents.
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Long-distance flights of swallows traced from capsized roving rings
Five swallows ringed as nestlings in Britain and Ireland were later found across South Africa in Cape Province Natal Orange Free State Hast Griqualand and Lake Chrissie. The ringings show remarkable endurance and migratory wanderlust from 1919 to 1820 with organizer J H Whitherby of British Birds.
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Christian Science Monitor
Capetown
Roghind
South Africa
Lancashire
Cape Province
Ayrshire
Orange Free State
Yorkshire
Insurance Fortifies Homeowner After Explosions
A new homeowner boasts full insurance coverage against every risk including home brew explosions, declaring confidence in protection and security. Local coverage details and insurer statements are not provided.
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Ita
Kanens City Star
A Past Joy Pa and Son Dialogue on Alcohol Content
A brief fragment shows a father and son discussing the nature of alcoholic content. The exchange frames alcohol as something to be felt rather than quantified, suggesting a moral or reflective takeaway about drink and experience.
Cuticura Ad Promotes Soap and Ointment Use
An old advertisement claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieve sore hands and dry skin when used together. It urges rubbing the ointment into the skin and removing excess with tissue, presenting Cuticura as a multipurpose toilet product.
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Sonk
Cullewen
Splendid Baton for Foch to Honor French Marshal
Ferdinand Joch, marshal of France, to receive a costly baton as tribute. The baton features gold embossing of Metz and the Second Marne, the motto Terrible in war gentle in peace, and the arms of France and the Knights of Columbus. Presented by James A. Maherty of Philadelphia, to be given at Lafayette statue unveiling in France.
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France
Maarshal Foch
Metz
St. Gond
Marne
Strasburg
Marechal Ferdinand Woch
United States
Lorraine
Knights of Columbus
Pennsylvania
James A. Maherty
Philadelphia
Marshall Foch
Lafayette
Was It Lauder A Golf Ball and Gossip Tale
A wry chat on the golf course centers on Harry Lauder, rumored to quit golf after 40 years. Friends mock concern over his health, joking that his problem is simply losing a golf ball. The quip hints at questions of justice tied to publicity and reputation.
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Lauder
Harry
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