Jimmy's City and the Social Empire of the World
The piece recounts Jimmy becoming president of the S British-American Corporation and plans by Cass Gilbert and Howard Major to build a marble and crystal city in Florida. It notes lavish offices in Miami, freighters, a 2 000 member American British Florida Club, and costly notes backed by MrsStotsenbury and MrsDillman. The venture collapsed into a $6 million bankruptcy with assets valued at $75 000 to $10 million mortgaged. the social empire ends in receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury
Jimmy
Cass Gilbert
Woolworth
Howard Major
Miami
Atlantic Coast
Florida Club
Lord Campys
Stotsenbury
Dillman
Dixie Highway
Ft. Lauderdale
Social Register empire teeters amid Floranada fallout
New York dispatch reports a collapse of the Floranada social empire plan in Florida as Cromwell and prominent Palm Beach figures separate from the venture. Debtor signs include a $6,000,000 real estate bubble burst and shifts in Palm Beach society leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
New York
Floranada
Fla
James H. R. Cromwell
E. T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Hugh Dillman
Detroit
Stotesbury
Cromwell
Empire Builder
Palm Beach
Dillman
Horace Dodge
Joshua Cosien
Delphine Dodge
Boca Raton
America
Greece
Lord Campys
Countess of Lauderdale
Thirlytane
Floranada Inn
Fumigated to death by a superstition in Japan
Superstition in rural Japan led Sakujiro Hamade, a Toyama Prefecture fisherman, to be fumigated to death by his wife who attempted to drive out an evil spirit with sulfur fumes. The tragedy occurred as the widow believed Hamade was possessed and sought a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tokyo
Japan
Sakujiro Hamade
Toyama Prefecture
Afflicted Husband Bound By Wife Over Alleged Fix Spirit
A husband suffering tal affliction was bound by his wife who believed he was possessed by the devilish Fix Spirit while he slept. The incident reflects beliefs in possession affecting domestic relations in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal
Man subjected to sulfur fumigation suffocates
A man was subjected to a thorough fumigation using sulphur fumes and died from suffocation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Social Register Empire Totters
West Washington ST
Indianapolis
Georgettes
Morrison's
Dorfman
Axminster
Brussels
Dorfman Rug CO
West Washington ST. Oormience
E. C. Horn
Mountain Valley Water
Massachusetts Avenue
Wall Paper
Doser-Allep Paint and Glass’ CO
West
Washington St
Oye
Richman Stores
Toledo, O
Canton
Youngstown, O
Cincinnati, O
Cleveland, O
Marion, O
Akron, O
Mansfield, O
Zanesville, O
Erie, Pa
Jamestown, N. Y
Minneapolis, Minn
Lima, O
Lorain, O
Hamilton, O
Mt. Vernon, O
Pittsburgh, Pa
Buffalo, N. Y
Lansing, Mich
St. Paul, Minn
Richman
The
Richman Brothers Company
Washington Street
Washington Hotel
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