Get Rich Quick Oldest Bait Across American History
Boston recounts the perpetual lure of get rich quick schemes from the 49ers to the Klondike era. Promoters lure crowds with visions of easy wealth, including Captain Kidd treasure hunts, the Ladies Deposit scam, Jernegan sea water gold, and other bold swindles that ended in ruin.
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Boston
Jason
Thames
Powers
Boston Globe
America
Prairies
California
Massachusetts
New York
Eamp
United States
Klondike
Kidd
Execution Dock
England
Gardner's Island
Sarah KE. Howe
East Brookline Street
P. F. Jernegan
Jernegan
Brown Uni
Women Feed the Men on Rapa Island Charm School
On Rapa in the South Pacific, women outnumber men seven to one and use feeding as a method to win husbands. The piece notes the island’s charm practices and places it between the Cook Islands and South America.
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Rapa
Charm
Cook Islands
South America
Olde Tavern to be Torn Down for Modern Office Structure
The historic Olde Tavern at Broad and Water streets in New York City will be demolished to make way for a modern office building. Built in 1746 and remodeled in 1886, it was a noted stop during Revolutionary days and frequented by George Washington.
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Newton Theological Seminary
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Heavenly Vision
P. EF. Jernegan
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Washington Street
Marine Salts Company
Jernegan
Thomases
Gould
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Arctic
Boston
New England
Jernecan
New York
Frank W. Thompson
New York Bank
Broad and
Water Streets
New York City
George Washington
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