The Deluge of Wall Street Fraud Continues
The narrator recounts Bill Van Nest's disappearance and the National Coal underwriters manipulating stock prices. Roebuck Langdon and Melville buy vast quantities to prop up values as the public abandons the market, while the narrator vows to keep exposing their schemes and resumes daily letters with legal backing and a bold forecast for each chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill van Nest
Stick Exchange
National Coal
Roebuck
Langdon
Melville
Frankfort
Newark
Thomas Lowry
National Industrial Bank
National Coal Company
Mr. Roebuck
Mowbray Langdon
Mr. Melville
Stock Exchange
Schilling
National Manufactured Food Company
The
Poison Trust
Ned
Great Britain
Roebuck, Melville and
Delots
Europe
Moseby
Roebuck, Melville & Co
Anita's Secret and a Widow's Jealousy Unfolds
In a tense parlor scene, Anita learns of Mrs Langdon's harm toward her and the husband. The visitor presses demands for truth, Anita remains composed, and the narrator confronts betrayals tied to past engagements and lovers. The confrontation ends with Mrs Langdon weeping and leaving, while Anita remains calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howdy
Blacklock
Anita
Mrs. Langdon
Tom
Mowbray
Wall Street
Tom Langdon
Anita Rose
Riverside Drive
Mail Order Evil and It Feeds Upon the Prosperity of Country Towns
A 1906 broadside by P Bell argues that buying from mail order houses harms local merchants and town life. It urges farmers to support home traders, stressing town schools, local credit, and community pride while denouncing eastern catalogue firms as only after profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Clark
United States
Sor
Smith's
Commonwealths
P. Bell
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Graham Phillips
BOBBS
Anita’s
Monson
Rascal