Affinity Trust Swindle Exposed By Government Probe
The government cracks down on the so called affinity trust linking Searchlight Club and Seaman Club in Chicago and other cities. Miss Marion Grey and Mrs Jennie Scott led schemes promising wealthy soul mates for a fee. Patrons paid $5 or more hoping to marry, with hundreds of letters seized and dozens of witnesses summoned.
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Arelo Sam
Amity Trust
Ohio
Affinity Trust
Chicago
Searchlight Club
Sam
Elgin, Jr
Fox River
Watch ‘Trust
Marion Gres
United States
Matis
Miss Grey
William Grabell
Dearborn
Missourian
Mall
Russ Grey
Boissouri
Miss.Grey
Catherine Bolen
Belleview
John A. Logan
Carril, ML
Miss Bolen
Ious
Irl
Shirer
Memphis
Federal Secret Service
Jennie Scott
Second Street
Glenn
Mrs. Scott
Marion Grey
Ted Sloan
Harry Hart
Hart Lech
Wabash Avenue
Seaman Club
Isadore Meyers
West
Harrld
Morris
New York Correspondence League
Toledo
Lestershire
Vassar
Mich
Tokonsha
Vdike
New York Tribune
Editor Bok cites high rate of patent medicines in prescriptions
Edward Bok told Philadelphia doctors that 47 percent of 5000 examined prescriptions from eminent physicians called for proprietary medicines of unknown composition. He argued many patients pay $1 to $5 for Latin prescriptions for remedies doctors claim are best, while quinine and other drugs accounted for the rest.
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Edward Bok
Ladies Home Journal
Philadelphia
American Pharmaceuical Association
Bok
Wittaburg
Wise Words Epigrams from the Wittenberg Dispatch
A collage of witty aphorisms on money love and society from Epigrams in the Wittenburg Dispatch. It contrasts clever quips about wealth fame gender and character with playful observations.
Ostrich farming efforts under French rule in West Africa
The Youth's Companion notes that France plans ostrich brooders in its West African territories. Wild birds roam river regions like the Niger, avoiding humans, while island natives run small crude farms. Researchers caution Cape practices cannot fully transfer, requiring tribes to remain partly nomadic as seasons change.
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Western Africa
Niger
Man
Decorse
Cape
Escape notes from fire event on floor path
Witness reports describe escaping a fire as smoke flowed along the floor and a steady air current drove movement. The account mentions low visibility and the need to keep close to the ground to breathe and avoid smoke inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth
You Can Easily Operate Thin Typewriter Yourself
A fragmented public notice discusses using a thin typewriter for legal papers and memos. It cautions handwriting implies poverty or illegibility and advises against personal writing of letters, accounts, or hotel memos on any paper. The piece critiques handwriting as reflecting on one’s standing and affording a sonographer.
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Nike
OLIVER Typewriter promises ease for all buyers
An advertisement touts the OLIVER Typewriter as easy to learn and operate with 80 percent less wear and tear, adjustable to any page size without expensive attachments. It claims suitability for doctors, lawyers, insurers, merchants, and hotel keepers, offering installment pricing from 18 down or 60 down with monthly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Olivers
Steven
Easten
Comunicaten
Oliver Typewriter CO
Broadway
New York City
New York
Tormar
F. H. Morrell
Main St
Irvington
N. Y
Notice Pursuant to Surrogate Millard Estate Claim Deadline
Notice under order of Hon Frank V Millard Surrogate of Westchester County to all creditors of Hugh Crooks late of Irvington to exhibit claims with vouchers to administrator Harry J Selridge at Hackett Williams 226 Union Street Poughkeepsie New York on or before July 1 1908 dated December Harry J Hackett Williams Attorney for Estate Office 226 Union Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V. Millard
Westchester County
Hugh Crooks
Irvington
Harry J. Selpridge
Hackett & Williams
Union Street
Pougkeepsie
New York
Harry J
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G.H. Wagner
Town of
Hastings, N. Y
Worthington Farms Dairy
Joseph Coggins
Dobls Ferry, N. Y
Irvington, N. Y
Gazette
Prop
Beacon
G. Friberg
N.Y
Eadquarters OF
Witten
Africa
The
New York Telephone Company
Diway & Central
Tarrytown
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