Southern California: tramps, droughts, and a dreary winter
A Salt Lake Telegram account describes Southern California as lovely to view yet discouraging. Tramps roam in droves, Japanese workers replace them, water and climate fail to compel hard work, and price controls by Fruit Commissioners deter production. The critic notes a cultural shift toward apathy, cigarette smoking, and complacency over 20 years, with little incentive to labor.
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California
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Board of Commissioners
Broad Street Office Keeps 42000 Names of Wall Street Swindlers
A Philadelphia office catalogs crooks and fakers in finance, preserving 42,000 names from two decades of scams. The staff study schemes from gold mines to bucketshops, recording court records and clippings to map the underworld of finance.
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X. ”. Sellem & Co
Sellam
Henry P. Robbem
Nevada
Broadway
Robbom
Cold & Stone
Broad Street
Finance
Wall Street
Records of all fakers in Wall Street history
The article describes a secret agent in Broad Street who maintains a card index of fakers and dubious schemes. His records aid banks and brokers, helping to expose bucket shops and discretionary pools, driving them from Wall Street as public awareness grows. It notes the decline from over 7000 bucket shops to fewer than 2000 in four years as speculation loses appeal.
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Broad Street
Financial
Wall Street
Cotton Underclothes and Health in Cold Weather
In cold weather when perspiration occurs during intense exertion, cotton underclothes dry quickly and allow moisture to evaporate, with a blanket protecting the body after exertion. Woolen garments stay damp longer, risking chills. clipping horses and people to aid evaporation is discussed, suggesting cotton may be healthier and cheaper than wool.
Nevada Rubber Prospects From Local Greasewood
A Reno industry potential emerges from greasewood and yellow sage roots as a rubber substitute. P B Ellis and A Y Werner report 500 pounds of rubber per acre from grease wood, using a patent process with carbon disulfide and high heat. Tests to follow when weather permits.
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Nevada
Reno
Akron
Ohio
United States
P. B. Ellis
A. Y. Werner
Carson
Ellis
Reno Journal
Maps of Eureka Mining District Adds Windfall Mine Prints
The SENTINEL reports limited new black and white prints of Eureka mining district including Pardy and Windfall mines with adjoining claims in Secret Canyon. Maps cost 200 dollars each by mail 5 cents extra. Location notices and legal blanks for sale at the SENTINEL office.
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Eureka Mining District
Sentinel
Secret Canyon
Sentinel Office
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Southern
John P. Stringem
Philadelphia
Empire Coal Company
Nova Scotia
Stringem
Atlantic City
Girard Trust Company
National
Blank
Scamp
Lusitania
Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Miller
Daclin
Paris
Mulberry Street
James A. Rattazzi
North Main Street
Eureka
American Smelting & Refining Company
Garfield Smelting Company
Utah
Salt Lake City
R. MH. Locke
Box
Carson City
NAL
John S. Spencer, JR
Eureka, Nevada
C. A. Coneling
Clark and Munroe
J. Garfield Smith
L. H. Francis
Boure
Maaan Eureka
W. M Forster
San Francisco
Cal
Henry KE. Mitchell
Rabbit
W. F. Burnett
Pollan
Lto
Sand Trosru
Eureka County
Dward and Clark Strests
Kureke
C. Hamilton
Smith-Richard Building
Over Wella
Farr & Cos
Eureka, Ie
Otto T. Williams
Attornet
Dotts
Hlko
THE
Eureka County Bank
Main Street
Tranmade Oeere Mining and
Samomlaat
Vollenshaings En boardLa
Acebanta
Scheoline Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
Transacta General Banking and Trust Company
Business
Demetee Reene
Henderson Banking Company
Gnoorpe
Jons Henpxrson
L. O
Henperson
Hayoren Hexpersos Canton
Haxperson
Assurant Caserea
Hleo
Johnson Mercantile Go
Biramsounson
UREKA
J. B. Biale
Giant Powder Co. Consolidated
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