Ponzi's Fast Rise to Eight Million from Modest Start
Boston Aug 5. Italian immigrant Charles Ponzi rose from dish washer to wealth creator in eight months. He claims profits from international postal reply coupons, buying stamps, and favorable currency exchanges. After a temporary office suspension, Ponzi paid out over a million to investors while awaiting an official audit.
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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 selected by the government 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 in future independence propaganda. Benitez stressed thrift and warned of pitfalls abroad. Men depart for the United States by army transports in July or August. women to sail later this month.
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Philippines
Dean Bentez
United States
Unhappy Future for Germany Told by Woman Politician
In Berlin Clara Zetkin, the first communist deputy, delivered her maiden Reichstag speech amid a bitter debate on Germany’s postwar resources. She painted a future aligned with Soviet Russia, with a dictatorship, compulsory labor, and redistribution of large estates to the peasantry, drawing mixed reactions from deputies.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Helferich
Wirth
Toeutoni
Clara Zetkin
Heofferich
Soviet
Russia
Tia
Olerant
Emory Titman’s Weight Loss Feat Shocks Atlantic City
Emory Titman of Atlantic City New Jersey cut his weight from 628 pounds seven months ago to 347 pounds. He held a weight record for his age and attributes his progress to volunteering as a laundry man and working in a steam room. He won many cigars during his reduction.
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Emory Titman
Atlantic City
N. J
Titman
Laramie Refinery Opens With Games and Banquet Today
Laramie Wyoming Aug 5 the Midwest Refining company refinery at Laramie will be formally opened tomorrow with visitors from Midwest Refining Standard Oil Ohio Oil and Illinois Pipe Line. The day features a 3 pm baseball game Casper Midwest vs Laramie Midwest, a 7 46 pm banquet at the Connor hotel and a Woodman hall dance for local men and women. Supervised plant inspection will be limited to company officers and a few guests due to safety. Crude oil shipments from Rock River and Casper field have begun arriving as the plant completes its trial run and drying of furnaces.
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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 Senate Nomination
Grasshoppers threaten a third of spring wheat in North Dakota and helped defeat Asle Grenna in renomination. Senator Gronna appealed for federal aid to combat the plague, but the Agriculture Department had no funds for the effort.
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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 rejects outside investigators probing North Carolina prisons declaring state rights and reliance on Dr Rankin and R F Beasley for health welfare. He notes Tar Heels may criticize officials but outsiders will not audit state institutions amid reports of Washington Prisoners Relief Society plans.
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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 Making Voyage to Atlantic Seaport
A Detroit barge loaded with twenty freshwater varieties from Belle Isle Aquarium sails to New York City for Battery Park Aquar ium. Captain Chapman Grant leads the voyage, with return cargo of saltwater fish and 3000 gallons of seawater destined for Belle Isle. The shipment marks the first freshwater fish transport by this route and recalls Grant’s 1910 Key West to New York voyage.
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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 View
A coal vein 26 feet deep was found in Hokkaido and Oska operators have begun its exploitation.
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Coal View
Tokio
Hokkaido
Oska
Editorial Reply Challenging Packery Claims in Cheyenne Leader
A Cheyenne letter responds to a June 5 editorial, disputing claims of packer collusion and industry domination. It argues no proof exists, cites 1918 profit limits and Swift & Co figures, and questions pork population statistics used by Senator Kendrick.
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Cheyenne
Ghigago
Federal Trade Commission
Forthermore
Swift & Company
Food Administration
Alsa
Kendrick
United States Department of Agriculture
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Chicago Woman
Mrs Anna Onnston of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe side and back pains that left her bedridden. The testimonial notes widespread female health benefits and urges others with similar ailments to try the remedy, stating it contains native roots and no narcotics.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Onnston
41St St
Lydia B. Pinkham
Swift & Company Dominates Market Shares in 1919
Swift & Company, the largest packer, handled 28.4 percent of cattle, 14.1 percent of sheep, and 17.8 percent of hogs at 69 principal livestock markets in 1919. All purchases occurred in competition with other buyers at these markets, showing no single firm dominates the market. Per Manager Commercial Research Department.
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Leader
Swift & Company
Commercial iResearch Department
Home of Jamaica Rum Takes Steps Against Old Jown
In Kingston Jamaica July 24 a movement against alcohol begins with two American missionaries aiding the Jamnaicit League against Alcoholism. The group plans to affiliate with the World's League against Alcoholism led by Leif Jones and Sir Donald McLean. A 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 Tax and Policy Hurdles
The article notes Johnson cites key obstacles to Jamaica's rum industry, essential to the economy, with the sector contributing about $1,000,000 in annual revenue to the government.
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Johnson
Jamaica
Seals Reported Moving North From Farallones
Farallon Islands lookout reported a large herd of fur bearing seals traveling northward about 80 miles from San Francisco. Observers believe this is the annual great seal herd that departs each year.
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San Francisco
Cal
Farallona Islands
Beale Bo and Alaska Fisheries Suspect Unsound Start of Summer
In Alaskan waters at the start of summer officials note uncertainty around Beale Bo and export fisheries. The Beale Bo's status and potential impacts remain undetermined as authorities review harvest data and market effects.
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Alaskan
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