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Cashing in on $25,000 Dreams at the Landlord’s Door
A Cleveland journalist chronicles a crowded pawnshop of schemes where seekers, inventors, salesmen, actors, and con artists converge to invest or profit from a $25,000 fortune. Each offers improbable plans, promising huge returns with little risk, while the narrator observes motives, desperation, and the social theater of get rich quick schemes.
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Copsricht
New York Herald
All Rights Reservers
Cleveland Sunday Scholars
Ireland
Cain
Forties Dome
Packer
Roma
Mr. Sawyer
Albert
Tie
Wilham
Cmirse
Arizona
Miller
Robinson
Optimists’ Club
Real Estates
Furmer
Monsieur
Ft Fl
Anard
Newmarket
Nebraska
Towa
Kansas
Hanford
Robert Mantel
Sax
United States
Shakespeare
Wonin
Condi
Dia