Evolution of Chicago Swindlers and Modern Confidence Schemes
Edwin W. Sims surveys Chicago as a hub for swindlers over 25 years, tracing the shift from shell games to sophisticated corporate fraud. He explains how false prospectuses, mining or oil scams, and mail fraud evolved, the legal hurdles to prosecute, and why federal authorities have fought these schemes using statutes and court action.
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Chicago
West
Menuo
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chievo
England
United States
Post Office Department
United States District Attorney's Office
Illinois
Maine
California
Joseph B. Bowles
Henley and the New Review’s Fate Told by a Wellington Funeral
A New York editor recalls Henley unveiling Rodin’s bust at Westminster Abbey and fondly praising the New Review. HW Wells lauded its editing, though the periodical folded, introducing now famous writers like Conrad and Yeats. A funeral passes as Henley wonders if it may be their subscriber.
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Rodin
Henley
Westminster Abbey
New York
HW. G. Wells
New Review
Joseph Conrad
Kenneth Grahame
W. B. Yeats
Mr. Wells
Sunflower speech gaps and Russian seed diet noted
The passage laments lacking English name for the sunflower’s key trait while noting French and Italian terms. it mentions Jerusalem as a name and contrasts with the tuberous artichoke. It recalls Tolstoy’s Caucasian stories where sunflower seeds serve as a gentle pastime and contemplation aid for peasants who crack seeds and discard husks.
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Jerusalem
Russian
Caucasus
Tolstoy
Rare Miners ten dollar gold piece to be sold
The New York Times notes an auction at Hitlers offering a rare Miners ten dollar gold piece struck in California in 1850. Collectors seek this pioneer gold money relic from the San Francisco gold rush era amid limited surviving examples and coin scarcity in the West.
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California
Hitler’s
New York Times
San Francisco
United States
Draws Young Men From Country
The drifting of German youth into the army pulls them from rural life as city life appeals with pay hours and variety, often overpowering home ties and returning to village life becomes less attractive.
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Germany
Richmond farmer wards off danger with stubborn stanch belief
Robert Ward a 69 year old farmer in Richmond Township endures numerous injuries from accidents yet remains spry. He has broken bones in multiple locations and a crushed foot from a wagon. Ward often sets his own fractures claiming it easier than a doctor and values his 260 acre show farm with five children including two daughters living in Lenox and Armada and two sons on the farm.
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Richmond
Mich
Robert Ward
Ward
Ira L. Lovejoy
W. L. Rowley
Lenox
J. Wakefield
Armada
Robert
Joseph Ward
Saloon Crackdown Shuts Muscatine Saloons
Muscatine closes 28 saloons at 10 PM on the 31st under a civic league push to enforce the mulct law. W. L. Roach leads the league with 1,500 pledged supporters to keep saloons closed. reopening requires 51 percent voter support. The move follows prior anti-saloon actions and agreements with bartenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Musccatine
Civic League
Billy
W. L. Roach
First Train Runs Over Atlantic Northern and Southern Rail
The Atlantic Northern and Southern railway completes its line between Kimballton and Atlantic with a first regular run on January 1. About 200 stockholders and local officials joined a New Year banquet in Kimballton as the $300,000 project, funded by 700 local stockholders, is hailed a success and plans emerge to extend toward Manning and Villisca.
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Atlantic, Northern & Southern Atlantic
Atlantic Northern and Southern Railway
Kimballton
Atlantic
New Road
A. N
Manning
Villisca
Dry Davenport Sees First New Year Quiet Saloon Scene
Davenport reports its first dry New Year with few incidents while saloonkeepers face a $3,000 bond filing deadline. Emil Berg of Schuetzen park signals likely closure this year and Suburban Island park mirrors the trend. Keokuk Council Bluffs Oskaloosa Burlington towns close saloons for New Year. Dubuque operates as usual.
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Davenport
Service Federation
Emil Berg
Schuetzenpark
Island Park
Davenport Breweries
Des Moines
Keokuk
Council Bluffs
Oskaloosa
Burlington
Dubuque
FIND DR JONES SATCHEL AT BURLINGTON STATION
Keokuk reports deepen the mystery of Dr. George W. Jones disappearance after his satchel with surgical instruments is found in the Burlington union station waiting room. He was last seen at 10:30 p m talking with a local physician before his train to Fairfield.
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Keokuk
George W. Jones
Union Station
Burlington
Fairfield
Boys in Real Battle Near Bear Creek Causes Hospital Hopes
In Guthrie County near Bear Creek about a dozen Guthrie Center youths staged a mock battle while rabbit hunting. Shots from shotguns at close range perforated several players, leaving them bruised but not seriously hurt as they were ballasted with lead.
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Guthrie
Bear Creek
Audubon County
Big Woods
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center
Cat Mistakes Hat for Rat in Washington Case
In Washington, Columbia Golf club manager Robert E. Costello reports his wife’s fur hat theft and a missing two-dollar bill. His cat, a long-moused feline, is suspected after the hat reappears by the yard’s cat lounging spot, sparking police involvement and a cautious hunt for the note.
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Washington
Robert E. Costello
Columbia Golf Club
Costello
Defunct Seymour Bank Faces $200,000 Suit
Depositors of the Defunct Farmers and Drovers' Bank of Seymour Iowa sue the bank officers for negligence in the amount of 200000. Ware remains jailed at Corydon with his wife and children at his parents home in Seymour and Mrs Ware failed to secure bonds.
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Seymour Institution
Seymour
Farmers and Drovers’ Bank
Iowa
Miles and Steele
Corydon
Howard Clark
Des Moines
Ware
Byers at Davenport Urges Law Respect at Sunday Speech
Davenport Attorney General Byers spoke to about 2,000 patrons at St. John's Methodist church on Sunday afternoon. He criticized Davenport for building a $350,000 high school yet tolerating open disregard for law through Sunday and all night saloons, a point that drew loud applause.
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Davenport
Byers
St. John’s Methodist Church
Doctor Wachendorf Dies by Own Hand to Flee Mail Fraud Charge
Dr C H Wachendorf once of Lidderdale committed suicide in Sioux Falls South Dakota to avoid capture by U S marshals. He was sought on a federal charge of using the mails to defraud by sending a blackmail letter to Omaha liquor dealer Henry Quaid. He had recently fled from Lidderdale via Manning to Council Bluffs before the final act.
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Jefferson
Dr. C. H. Wachendorf
Lidderdale
Sioux Falls
S. C
United States
Wachendorf
Henry Quaid
Omaha
Manning
Council Bluffs
One Hour Marriage Ends in Quick Iowa Divorce
Miss Nellie Tripp, 25, wed Elmer E. Hanks, 61, at a West Side Iowa church office. They obtained a license Monday and were married by Pastor George Knoche, then Nellie returned the next day seeking a divorce, saying she never loved him and left an hour after the ceremony.
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Waterloo
Nellie Tripp
West Side
Elmer E. Hanks
Iowa
George Knoche
Evangelical Association Church
Horse Thief Pursuit Grips Iowa Falls Area
Residents in central Iowa County hunted a horse thief after a theft from Rev. Ralph at Owasa. The horse was found but the suspect fled the country. locals keep watch in case the culprit returns.
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Iowa Falls
Ralph
Owasa
Burlington Barbers Strike Paralyzes City Shops
In Burlington a general walk out of barbers affects two leading shops with over 100 workers quitting. Workers demand a fixed salary of 12 dollars weekly plus 6 percent of earnings, up from an old scale of 10 dollars weekly. Bosses remain firm as others may join the strike throughout the day.
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Burlington
Dubuque Police Veteran Stricken During Arrest
Peter Scharff a twenty year Dubuque police officer collapsed from paralysis while attempting to arrest a drunken man. He was stricken as he stooped to life the man and doctors express little hope for his recovery.
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Dubuque
Peter Scharff
Refuse to Drain Lowlands Delays County Improvement
The county board of supervisors halted the drainage project for the northern lowlands stopping a plan that would have cost about 250000 and could raise land values by roughly a million dollars. Landowners protested the expense prompting the decision.
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Burlington
Board of Supervisors
Ames Student Seeks Damages in Interurban Crash
Earl Baird student at Iowa State College sues Interurban and Northwestern, filed in Story County Court seeking 1800 dollars after a wreck a month ago injured his neck and spine. notices sent in Boone.
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Ames
Boone
Earl Baird
Iowa State College
Story County
Baird
Boone Bars Slot Machines Citywide Discontinues
Boone Mayor S Arrow ordered all slot machines in the city shut down amid reform waves in Iowa. Businesses were notified to comply with the shutdown.
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Boone
S‘arrow
Iowa
Twins Would Marry Him In Ohio Divorce Suit
Gennaro Marchesi of Cleveland filed for divorce after selecting Terresina from twin sisters who arrived in America as brides. He had corresponded with newcomers from Italy who named a beautiful girl from their hometown as a possible wife. The sisters arrived unknowing of each other and jealousy followed, ending in legal action.
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Cleveland, O
Gennaro Marchesi
Marchesi
Italy
America
Terresina
Bonaparte Addresses Rumors of a Faulty Venture
Baltimore reports Attorney General Bonaparte acknowledges some truth to assisting a friend in a failing business, yet claims it was not the main cause of his poverty. He refuses to name the friend or describe the transaction or chief reason for his financial stringency. Observers doubt his stated condition.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich. P
Wellville
Illinois Shells in Demand in Illinois River Industry
Bloomington firm F L Dodler buys large quantities of small mussel shells along the Illinois river for novelties such as hat pins cuff buttons shirt studs and watch fobs. He shipped 60000 pounds to France, aiming to boost Illinois river industry.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Ill
F. L. Dodler
Illinois River
Rodler
France
Missouri Giant Franklin Warner Weds Susie Proffit in Montgomery
Frank Warner a towering Missourian over six feet tall and 300 pounds married Susie Proffit in Montgomery. He comes from a large family whose four members total about 1,200 pounds, with father and brother even larger. The piece notes the era’s obsession with formidable physiques amid economic distress.
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Missouri
Montgomery
Frank Warner
Susie Proffit
Warner
Virginia Merchant Aid Of A Very Big Gravel Stone
Co L Wood a prominent merchant of Fentress Norfolk Co Va suffered months of back kidney and bladder pains with irregular kidney secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills he passed a stone four days of pain and has had no kidney trouble since. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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L. Wood
Fentress
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dear Little Chap men's scarcity at marriage told in verse
The fragmentary line hints at a humorous reminiscence about marriage in a rural or domestic setting. It features informal speech addressing a child, asking whether men were scarce at the speaker's marriage and whether pity influenced the pairing. The tone suggests light domestic anecdote.
Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary Remedies Endorsement
A historical note extols Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary Remedies as safe practical health aids for animals. Dr Earl Sloan, son of a veterinary surgeon, claims decades of practice and experiments yielding life saving results. Addresses readers to request Sloan's Treatise on the Horse free from Dr Hart Sloan in Boston. It then recalls John D Rockefeller Jr speaking on business care and a humorous coal weighing anecdote.
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Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Hart S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jim
Bosa
The Golfers Limerick and Club Reply
A Derbyshire doctor resigns from a Midland golf club with a humorous letter to the secretary asking his and his wife’s names be struck from the club. The secretary replies in verse urging him to play golf like Vardon, noting the subscription remains owed.
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Limerick
Derbyshire
Midland Golf Club
London Daily News
Postum Aids Two Coffee Addicts to Health Turnaround
A wife recalls how her husband fell ill from coffee and improved after stopping coffee and starting Postum. Her own nervousness lessened as she gained strength, and she notes others misjudge Postum as coffee. The testimonial cites the Postum Co. with Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
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Iowa State News
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Cat
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Virginia
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