Boston Barber Turned Ponzi Millionaire in Months
Boston August 5. Italian immigrant Charles Ponzi rose from dishwasher to wealth through international postal reply coupons. He claimed an $8 million fortune in eight months, noting he built a $20,000 Lexington home and a $10,000 car as investors crowded his Securities Exchange Company.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
America
Parma
Italy
New Jersey
Baltimore
Somerville
Lexington
Hoe
The
Securities Exchange Company
United States
Gallagher
Young Filipinos To Be Educated In United States
Fifty young Filipinos chosen for U S scholarships were addressed in the House by Conrado Benitez and Prof Maxime Kalaw. Kalaw urged study of the Philippines to answer questions intelligently and aid future independence propaganda. Benitez urged economy and warned of risks abroad. Men depart by army transports in July and August. women travel by trans Pacific liner this month.
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Philippines
Dean Bentez
United States
Unhappy Future for Germany Told by Woman Politician
Berlin reports describe Clara Zetkin, first communist member, delivering her maiden Reichstag speech after a bitter debate on Germany's resources. She envisions a future aligned with Soviet Russia under a revolutionary dictatorship with forced labor and wealth redistribution.
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Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
Helferich
Wirth
Toeutoni
Clara Zetkin
Heofferich
Soviet
Russia
Tia
Olerant
Atlantic City Man Drops Weight From 628 to 347 Pounds
Emory Titman of Atlantic City New Jersey, once a weight record holder at 628 pounds, has slimmed to 347 pounds in seven months. He achieved the loss by volunteering as a laundry man and working in a steam room, aided by cigars won as rewards for his reduction.
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Emory Titman
Atlantic City
N. J
Titman
Laramie Refinery Opens With Dinner and Dance
The Laramie refinery of Midwest Refining Company will be formally opened tomorrow with visits from executives of Midwest, Standard Oil, Ohio Oil and Illinois Pipe Line. A 3 PM baseball game between Casper Midwest and Laramie Midwest precedes a 7:46 PM banquet at the Connor Hotel, followed by a dance at Woodman Hall amid festive decorations. The plant inspection will be limited to company officers and a few guests for safety.
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Laramie
Wyo
Midwest Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
Illinois Pipe Line Company
Casper Midwest
Laramie Midwest
Casper
Connor Hotel
H. A. Gish
Laramie Council of Industry
Allied Companies
Woodman
Caing
Cullen
Rock River
Casper Field
Grasshoppers Cost Gronna Office in North Dakota Row
Grasshoppers threaten one third of spring wheat in North Dakota. The pests, Melanoplus atlantis and Cdemnula pellucida, damaged fields and bark as farmers sought federal help. Senator Gronna, chair of agriculture, blamed the Agriculture Department for lacking funds.
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Washington
Asle J. Grenna
United States Senate
North Dakota
Gronna
Committee On Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Home Folks Entitled to Cuss Him Says Governor
Governor Bickett declared that outsiders cannot investigate North Carolina prisons and that state officials will handle sanitation and welfare. He said he respects Tar Heels’ right to criticize but rejects outside censure, amid reports that Washington women may visit to inspect prisons.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Bickett
Relief Society of Washington
W. S. Rankin
R. F. Beasley
Cape Lookout
Slick Rock Creek
Washington
Great Lake Fish Sailing to Atlantic Seaport
Detroit July 31 report that a barge carrying fresh water fish from Belle Isle aquarium en route to New York City marks the first shipment of its kind by water. Captain Chapman Grant, director of the Belle Isle aquarium, leads the voyage for the New York Battery Park facility with plans to return with salt water species.
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Great Lake
Atlantic
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Aquarium
Belle Isles
New York City
Chapman Grant
United States Army
Belle Isle Aquarium
New York Aquarium
Battery Park
New York
Belle Isle Institution
Central States
Balle Isle
Grant
Key West
Japs to Profit From Coal Vein Discovery
A July report from Tokyo notes a 26 foot deep coal vein found in Hokkaido. Oska operators have begun extraction along the vein, signaling earning potential for local industry.
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Coal View
Tokio
Hokkaido
Oska
Editorial Reply Challenges Cheyenne Leader Claims on Packers
A Cheyenne article from June 80 publishes a letter rebutting an editorial about packers and meat industry collusion. The writer argues no proof exists of collusion and disputes stated profits, regulatory limits, and pork population figures, citing FTC bases as suppositions and correcting beef pork data with farm population stats.
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Ghigago
Cheyenne
Federal Trade Commission
Forthermore
Swift & Company
Food Administration
Alsa
Kendrick
United States Department of Agriculture
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Patient Testimonial
Mrs Anna Onnston of Chicago reporting severe side and back pains kept her bedridden for days. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound recommended by her mother in law she recovered enough to resume work. The ad notes forty years of endorsements and claims the medicine helps female ailments without narcotics.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Onnston
41St St
Lydia B. Pinkham
Swift & Company Dominates Market Share in 1919 Cattle and Sheep
Swift & Company, the largest packer, processed 28.4 percent of cattle, 14.1 percent of sheep, and 17.8 percent of hogs at 69 principal livestock markets in 1919. Purchases occurred in open competition with all buyers at those markets, showing no single firm controlled the market.
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Leader
Swift & Company
Commercial iResearch Department
Home of Jamaica Rum Takes Steps Against Old Jown
In Kingston Jamaica July 24 war against John Barleycorn has begun as two American missionaries help organize the Jamaica Liquor League against Alcoholism. The league aims to affiliate with the World League against Alcoholism led by Leif Jones and others. An American missionary urged the mass meeting to follow the lead of "Pussytoot."
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Kingston
Jamaica
John Barleycorn
Jamnaicit League Against
World’s League Against
St. Honorables
Leif Jones
Donald McLean
M. P
Lora Jowallan
Pussytoot
Jamaica Rum Industry Faces Stringent Barriers
Fragmentary text notes the Johnson era obstacles to Jamaica rum production, an industry said to net the government about $1,000,000 in revenue annually.
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Johnson
Jamaica
Seals Seen Migrating From Farallones Each Year
A Farallon Islands lookout reported a large herd of fur seals traveling northward off San Francisco in early August. The moving herd is believed to be the annual great seal migration leaving the islands each year.
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San Francisco
Cal
Farallona Islands
Beale Bo Finds Uncertain Ties to Alaskan Fisheries
An old clipping notes unclear ties to summer beginnings in Alaskan waters. It mentions exports and fisheries but the Beale Bo is not clearly identified or verified. The fragmentary text leaves questions about ownership and timing unresolved.
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Alaskan
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GHM
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DWIFT
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