Greenport investor swindled by fictitious banana scheme
In Greenport, John Rivers falls for a Rio Vista Banana Company fraud that offers $10 monthly shares with 2 percent returns. After 25 months with no dividends, he learns the company is fictitious and a wave of similar retirements and scams follows, as fraud evolves to safer but still deceptive ventures.
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Long Island
Greenport
John Rivers
John
James W. Snowden
Rio Vista Banana Company
New York
el Campo
Brazil
Mr. Snowden
Inland Seas Copper Mining Company of
Jennie
Swindlers Expand Grow with False Prospects and Mail Frauds
The piece describes fake corporations selling stock and schemes like the mating ads and mining concessions, details Mrs Frances McLean of 26 Broadway, and recounts how dupes lose money while authorities push for tougher laws and enforcement led by Walter S. Mayer and Edwin W. Sims. It notes Chicago and New York as fraud hubs and warns of English style penalties as a model.
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Milwaukee
Dubuque
Kansas City
New York
Bayonne
N. J
Frances M. Mclean
Broadway
J.B. M. Miller
Cincinnati
Miller
Ne *H
Baltimore
McLean
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
Sims
Sime
Dupes
Chicago
Henry L.stimson
Manhattan
Walter
Mayer
Post Office
Federal
England
Rand
Quaker Oats touted as health boost for athletes
Practical experiments with athletes show Quaker Oats to be the greatest strength maker and imply better health with increased consumption.
Inebriety Admission From Chaplain Dialogue
Scripted exchange shows Chaplain Tommy apologizing for an inebriety state last night and Tommy pledging not to go out when drunk. The line hints at a confessional or disciplinary scene within a dialogue.
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Tommy
Marriage and Diplomacy in Everyday Life
A humorous observation contrasts marriage with a game of chance where the man leads then yields to the wife. It notes confusing rules and calls the wife’s early morning leverage “diplomacy” while joking about spin and privileges. Also includes a joke about a man ordering a ham sandwich to eat and take both remaining at a nick-lunch restaurant.
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Ladies' Home Journal
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Boston
Mr. Miller
Fearsom Publishing Co
Oe Co
Dodds
Turlock
California
Dept. F. Turlock Board OF Trade
Cal
John I. Brown & Son
Mass
Staria
Ford Co
Bor
Crafien Bea
Witteburg, Pa
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