The Chicago Swindlers Evolution and Court Battles
Edwin W. Sims outlines how Chicago became a hub for confidence games, tracing the shift from shell games to elaborate corporate swindles. He details methods, legal challenges, and the federal battle using mail fraud statutes to curb these schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Ohio
Wisconsin
England
United States
Post Office Department
United States District Attorney’s Office
Illinois
Maine
California
Joseph B. Bowles
Miners' Bank Ten-Dollar Gold Piece Highlights Auction
New York Times notes the rare Cal ifornia 1850 Miners' Bank ten-dollar gold piece as the auction centerpiece at Elders coin sale. Collectors chase this souvenir from the pioneer gold era, one of a limited surviving run amid gold fever in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Elder’s
New York Times
San Francisco
United States
Indian cotton yields and crop practices noted
The article observes cotton grown across India shows varying fiber length and coarseness, tied to local conditions. It cites primitive cultivation methods producing about one third the U.S. yield and notes that boll worm damage prompts a religious rite, with a second crop ruin leading to famine among natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeo
Woods
P. A. Barco
Briggs
Elijah H. Dilley
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Deomtone
Rose Dilley
Peter Frakes
Buff & Stratton, Attys
Joe K. Smock & Son
City Drug Store
Eaton-Hurlbert
Poland
China
M. B
WH. Wilson
Trimble
Crawford County
Edwin W. Sims
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
DR. King’s
Dr. King
Earl Shamburg
Cadell
Kas
America
Glidden & Douthitt, Clothiers
North Side
Sullivan, Ind
W. H. Hill, JR
Sullivan
Davis Hotel
A. E. Hazelrigg
R. P. Crawford
Shelburn, Indiana
H. L. Stratton
C.il Stratton Loan CO
LIV
Long & Warren
Crowley
Hoe
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