Windling by Wholesale Frauds Exposed by Postoffice Findings
A sweeping summary of recent Postoffice Department fraud cases highlights mass mail scams. The Texas Gift Concert Enterprise collected about 100,000, distributed 3,000 to 4,000, and paid a confederate 500 for a prize impersonation. A New York man named Henry P. Jones solicits autographs and lotteries through a cousin ruse, with dupes paying 5 more for supposed tickets and stock certificates. A Massachusetts scammer mailed 800,000 circulars to children, taking 8,000 to 4,000 registered responses with money, while the American Book Company sought 67 cents for clerical data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Texas
Henry P. Jones
New York
Jones
Burnett
Jie
Haa
Silver Mountain Mining Company
American Book Company
Weymouth
Mass
Cleganymen
Widoy
Massachusetts
New York Palaces and Fifth Avenue excesses in social rise
The piece contrasts early modest homes of magnates like Marshal O Roberts and E D Morgan with grand Fifth Avenue palaces planned by Vanderbilt heirs. It recalls William H Vanderbilt’s simple Brat Island origins, notes the two million price tag for new mansions, and hints at social critiques of wealth and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
James Lexox
Stewart Palace
Vanderbilt
Marshall O. Roberts
E. D. Morgan
Aue Aust
Bratep Island
William H. Vanderbilt
William
Cornelina
Troy
Exhibition Date The Boy Is Proposing To His Sweetheart
A young man escorts his sweetheart through the exhibition and reveals attractions. He praises the dog show, the Boanco Apollos display, the industrial engines, and the art gallery. He also touts a famed forest painting and an object he calls the Bid Abe in the Gipoaition, concluding with a proposal in the public space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ognes
Mick
Abe
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Burlington
Santorp
Lulu
Broadway
W. Sanford
Warner
Arnor
Craig
Bright
Rochester
Wall Street
Baxter & CO
Bankers
Walst
O'realars
Lawrence & CO
Brosd
N. Y
Victor
Barnard & Leas Mio, Company
Molini
Tao
Victor Smutter
Barnard's
Barnard
Barnard’s
Eureka Flour Packer
Mattison
Eureka
Bran Packer
Mattison's and
Barnards
J. S. Keator & Son
Moline
Illinois
Dacuslou
Sawai
Atkinson Street
Moline Manufacturers
Dimock, Gould & CO
Nichols,shepard & CO
Battle Creek Mich
Crain
Ular
Wichols
Shepard
R.J. A. Sherman
DR. Sherman
M Rey
Lucente
A Sherman
Cor. Murray St
A.sherman
Dr Sherman
Tamonos
Cieryman
DR. Beckley
Botanic & Reform Practice
Davenport
Ino Pay
DR B. Also Kleps
Brady St
Davenport National Bank
Beardence
Fifteenth
Perry Sts
Moline Iron Works
Williams, White & CO
DuFour & Co
Edwin B. Knox
Chemica
Rodman Avenue
Postoffice
Capcine
Benson
Seabuley & Johnson, Pharmaceutical Chemists
New York Palaces
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