The Loan Sharks of Paris and London
A Kansas City Star analysis of Paris Mont de Piete flaws shows how the government pawnshop system drives borrowers into usury. It details sworn valuers undervaluing items, high fees, and a London-linked loan pipeline that profits from pawned jewelry while leaving small borrowers with little protection.
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Kansas City Star
Paris
Maxim
S— G
London
Liane
America
Comedie Francaise
Mont de Piete
Mont-de-Piete
Seine
Iscal
Wight
New York
Mont-de-Plete
Maisons d'Achats de Reconnaissances
Jean Colly
Monte de-Piete
Engagement scheme ends in wealth or poverty trap
A noble son Neil seeks his father Lord Ralston's consent to marry Barbara St Moyes, a former actress. Ralston schemes to dispose of Barbara for money, while Barbara faces choosing love with Neil over wealth. Eventually a mine flood reveals the plan, and the Earl realizes Neil has won Barbara's hand, despite the ruse.
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Neil
Lord Ralston
Continent
Miss St. Meyes
Barbara
Miss St. Moyes
Kensington
Diss Tarbara St. Moyes
Barbara St. Moyes
Rotherfield Hall
Earl
George Meldrum
Rotherthca Hall
Nell
Sir George
Ralston
Fashions Embrace Land-made Embroidery in New York
In the June Delineator Helen Berkely-Loyd notes rising demand for land-made embroidery and lace effects. Lingerie styles appear where possible, with high grade embroideries on leather laces and textiles. Plauen and St Gall fabrics blur with lace, expanding use in trims, borders, sleeves, and apparel. Lace value surges amid triad of embroidery, fringe, and ornamental bands.
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Helen Berkely-Loyd
Plauen
St. Gall
Growth in Indian Schoolchildren Surges Since 60 Years Ago
Sixty years ago about 150000 children attended school in India. Today the number exceeds 4000000, reflecting a vast expansion in access to education and schooling nationwide.
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India
She Kept Her Premise
A New York girl at a private dance school refuses a request from Harold Jos Gay as promised. Her mother warns of trouble between families but the girl later admits she called him a skunk while keeping the letter of her promise.
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Harper's Monthly
New York
Mamma
Hung on to the Plow from the Buffalo Times
An Old English gentleman narrates a village tale about oxen yoked to a plow and a plowman who clung to the handles to pull out a stump. The yarn contrasts English and American farming feats and ends with the plowman hanging on as the stump came free.
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Buffalo Times
Ohio
England
Smoking prize won in Concora ia club Berlin
A man at the Concora ia club in Berlin recently won a smoking prize after smoking half an ounce of tobacco in a pipe of a specified size within eighteen minutes.
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Berlin
Comforts of the Japanese Soldiers and Their Canteens
A New York Sun feature outlines Japanese army canteens, beer, and rations. It notes beer costs ten cents, cigarets three cents, and that soldiers receive sake as a ration during battles. It mentions officers’ tastes and the widespread availability of drink in camps and trenches.
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New York Sun
E. Hinds
Hempstead
The
Sun
Mameohuria
Manila
Nanshan
Shaho
Japan
Oyama
Kodama
Senator Cockrell and the Potomac anchor tale
The Success Magazine recounts a fishing trip by Senator Cockrell and a Missouri aide. After two miles upstream they forget the anchor stone, then pull downstream against current. The boat keeper spots the heavy drag and the pair deny ignorance, insisting on their right to exercise.
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Senator Cockrell
Success Magazine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man Cockrell
Potomac River
Potomac
Missouri
Cockrell
Australia’s No-Man’s Land From the London Stock Exchange
The article surveys Australia’s northern territory as a largely unknown region with Palmerston as its capital. It notes harsh climate for whites, fierce aboriginals, buffalo herds, potential mineral wealth, and early stock interest in northern mines. It mentions Pocahontas society in Washington and a planned Pocahontas day at the James Town exposition.
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Australia
London Stock Exchange
Northern Territory
Palmerston
Greater Britain
London ‘Stock Exchange
Pocahontas Society
Washington
James Town Exposition
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Mahomet
London Pun
Reaij Mont-de-Piete
Colly
M. Colly
Amba
W. R.beans
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