Lifting Sure Things and Wildcat Investment Schemes
Article warns laborers about sophisticated investment swindles that prey on credulity, detailing tactics used by promoters to simulate legitimacy. It outlines how fake references, trust company impressions, and misleading endorsements create a veneer of legality, advising direct verification with named institutions and caution with prominent figures. It also notes how trust companies can be misrepresented and stresses researching every reference before investing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Post Office
Heite & Falr Securites
Tits Srontrat Company
Brite
Wildcat Investment
Cone
Tn & Moti
Cean- Dart
Trust Conmany
Yale of Bone
Joseph Be Bowlesy
Catchment for Rain Water on Gibraltar Rock
An American journalist notes a white patch on the rock of Gibraltar that hides a 10 acre rain catchment. Galvanized iron is fixed to piles above Catalan Bay to feed a 2000 foot tunnel delivering water to western reservoirs. Yield per loch of rainfall is 240,000 gallons.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Catalan
Traps for unwary buyers in mail order schemes
A long critique explains how mail order houses lure customers with deep cuts on standard goods to imply overall low prices. It cites fraud cases including paint and jewelry misrepresentation, warns that homespun stores offer fair deals via trust and service, and urges young workers to seek legitimate employment where effort, value, and steady work win advancement.
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Wich
Ceol
Dhune
Standart Wilnex
Mark
Akways
Units States District Court
Mall Order
Barnum
Busineas
Bor
Ufe
Daily Preas
Farm Journal
Tradt
The Cooperative System and Its Critics
An analysis argues cooperative schemes fail by removing distributors and retailers, inflate costs, and harm producers. It defends the present distribution model as the most economical, noting cooperatives disrupt hiring, wages, and competition while manufacturers avoid large warehousing costs.
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United States
Travller
Tyne
Editor Urges Local Merchants to Advertise
Wilkinsburg Call argues local merchants lose business to Chicago and New York mail order houses. It says merchants must advertise to inform customers of available goods, noting mail order companies spend large sums on ads. It urges Wilkinsburg shops to imitate national ad practices on a smaller scale.
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Wilkinshire
Chicago
New York
Wilkinsburg
Home market, price benefits from local production
An old congress address cites Thomas B Reed on farmer choices between sending supplies far for lower wages or selling at home to higher wage workers. The argument supports developing a strong local market by building commercial and manufacturing capacity to raise prices and expand demand.
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Congress
Thomas B. Reed
Roeil
Drake inquiry committee seeks new body to finish report
In Columbus the Drake inquiry panel contemplates naming a fresh body to conclude the investigation. The committee notes 83,700 in incurred obligations and unpaid personal notes totaling 4,400, urged to be funded by the General merely if possible, as part of the effort to finalize the work.
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Board
Drake
Columbus
Htta
Fire Marshal Report Shows Arrests and Convictions Rise
Columbus dispatch outlines the eighth annual State Fire Marshal Creanor report noting 105 warrants issued for disorderly conduct and public safety offenses, 14 arrests, 58 guilty pleas, 60 punishments returned, 32 acquittals, 7 violent charges secured, and 47 cases pending as of December 1947. The Ohio Legislature section reports 58 bills introduced in a week, with one passage in the Senate, plus local option sentiment from nineteen senators pledging support for Roce county measures.
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Columbus
Creanorte
Hatta
Ohio
Senate
Woeat
Qo House
MIT
Representative Prizell
Montgomery
Miki
Gtrla
Delaware
Bail Denied Lukens in Ohio Murder Case
Albert Lukens, charged with murdering his sweetheart Elizabeth Brown on January 6 with a hammer, was bound over to the grand jury without bail by Mayor Turnbull. State witnesses Harris Parkington Drwin and Martin were sentenced to the workhouse and fined. Evidence contradicted Lukens statement but Brown was last seen with him Monday evening. The bloody hammer was identified. Attorney Kapp clashed with Prosecutor Upham over Detective Bristin, ruled bowtie witness.
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Canton
Albert Lukens
Eizabeth Brown
Hammer
Turnbull
Mabel Harris
Lacy Parkington
Minnie Drwin
Hasel Martin
Mies Brown
Mayer Turnbull
Wlan
Lukens
Elizabeth Brown
Wit Neem
Lakone
She Earl
Lukese
Girl Three
Kapp
Cinemati
Upham
Brincip
Kane
Bristin
Saved Her Life In Zoneaville Fire Incident
Miss Anna Donnelly narrowly escaped disaster when a fire broke out while she stood near curtains in Zoneaville. She fled the house and jumped from a window saving her life despite serious burns to her neck and body. Sheriff Will Sel Findlay reports the incident as a notable escape and cautions on fire safety.
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Zoneaville
Anna Donnelly
Ashair
Sel Findlay
Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Co
Phoenix Inn
Sheriff Groves
Dry victory eyed in Erie township special election
Rifle Range Ltd of Sandusky reports a Beal law driven vote in Erie township Ottawa county that could put Camp Perry and the Ohio rifle range into dry territory. A new phase of the ballot law moves to remove circles and emblems and requires voters to mark a dot for each name.
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Rifle Range Ltd
Sandusky, O
Erie Township
Ottawa County
Columbis, O
Woods
Medina
Arguments Against Tax Bill in Ohio Senate Meeting
A Senate Taxation Committee hearing discussed the Howe bill and its high property burdens, with Walter Knteile representing interurban interests warning of a death blow to Ohio interurban properties. Debate touched on delaying action until Tax Commission proposals are voted, and potential statewide tax recasting, plus a proposed 1% referendum option for voters.
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Polumbus
Ohio
Senate Committee On Taxation
Walter Knteile
Saehimatration
Obie
Hie
Ritchie
Tax Commission
Senator Lamb Seeks Nation of Senators by Party
In a reform move Senator Lamb proposes that United States senators be elected by the people through party nominations at conventions, with the legislature pledging to elect the party candidate that has the most votes in the chamber. The plan aims to end direct party control via primaries and unify selection with legislative backing.
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Lamb
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