Fraud schemes evolve as swindlers target investors
A Greenport farmer John Rivers falls for a Rio Vista Banana Company scam and learns the word Fic titicis stamped on fraudulent mail. The piece traces a rise in modern cons from green goods to high finance and warns of post office frauds and the need for stricter laws like England's to curb false prospectuses.
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Long Island
Greenport
John Rivers
John
James W. Snowen
Rio Vista Banana Company
New York
el Campo
Brazil
Mr. Snowen
Mr. Snowden
Io Vista Banana Company
Inland Seas Copper Mining Company of
Big Teilors
Roach
Jennie
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Kansas City
Bayonne
N. J
Frances M. McLean
Broadway
Baltimore
Walter S. Mayer
Post Office
Federal
Mayer
England
Chicago
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham product for recovery
Chicago reader Mr W Ahrens reports severe health issues and a failed operation amid inflammation and weakness. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Finifier he claims to be a well woman with many testimonials backing the remedy.
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Chicago
Tors
Lydia E. Pinkham
William Ahrens
21St St
Chicago, IL
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
The Appetite of Kings and Afonso XIII’s Breakfast
A passage notes the king of Spain Afonso XIII maintains a substantial daily appetite with a rump steak and potatoes at breakfast, often preceded by eggs and followed by salad and fruit. It remarks that many sovereigns are “valiant trenchermen” in this Recollections snippet from M. Paoli via McClure's.
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Spain
Afonso XIII
M. Paoli
McClure
Marriage as a Game of Chance and Wives as Outlaws
A judge frames marriage as a risky game of chance where the man initially leads but often yields after the altar. The piece notes confusing rules, likening a wife’s playful restraint to diplomacy and noting wives enjoy more privileges than other outlaws in life’s game.
Premature Repentance in a Silent Confession
A dying man clings to his wife's hand and learns he may recover. He asks for the full truth and pleads to call his partner to foreclose the mortgage he had denied, admitting he was out of his head. The crisis passes as the doctor’s word comforts them.
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Miller
Broadway
McLean
Standard Oil
Station A
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
New York
Middle West
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Edwin W. Sims
United States
Haineis
Chicago
Sims
Wiliam
A Change of Food Helps Health Says Letter
A newspaper letter touts Postum and Grape-Nuts as cures for stomach and nervous troubles. A Missouri couple report improved health after quitting coffee and adopting the two products, with benefits for the husband and a California brother as well. A book titled The Road to Wellville is mentioned.
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Andy In Mo
Shs
Postum
California
Wellville
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Oy Bailey Millard
Boston
Mr. Miller
Rearsom Publishing Co
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