From haberdashery to high finance in a Wall Street scam
The Munroe brothers, once haberdashers in Montreal, rose to run a mining and cleaning stock operation in New York. They secured daily bank loans to wash shares of Montreal & Boston Consolidated, formed a broad underwriter syndicate, and used fake liquidity to push stock prices before a dramatic collapse and bankruptcy.
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New York
Wall Street
Gotham
Munroe Brothers
George
Alexander Munroe
St. Catherines Street
Montreal
J. N. Greenshields
George Munroe
Greenshields
Munroes
Munroe & Munroe
Broad Street
Financial District
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company
Canada
Montreal & Boston Consolidated Copper Company
James Stillman
National City Bank
Montreal & Boston Consolidated Mining
Archibald G. Loomis
Boston
McHugh & Co
Marconi
Loomis
Leach
Remedy Tested by Local Farmer and Captain Gains Wide Notice
In 1902-03 rheumatism left farmer Henry Schroeppel bedridden until he stopped doctor visits and used Dr Williams Pink Pills. Within weeks he improved, left bed in two weeks, and after eight boxes the disease never returned for over a year. Captain George Balfour also tried the pills for rheumatism and reports relief. The pills are popular locally and said to cure neuralgia sciatica and partial paralysis. sold by all druggists.
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Dr. Williams
China Township
St. Clair County
Mich
Henry Schroeppel
Schroeppel
George Balfour
Mr. Schroeppel
Captain Balfour
Cure for Eczema Claims Radical Relief by Cuticura
Patient Mary M. Fay of Westboro Massachusetts reports eight years of severe eczema with scalp scabs and facial disfigurement. She credits Cuticura Remedies with relief on day one and full recovery in a short time. The testimonial is featured alongside a New York Times adage about advisers causing confusion.
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Daticura
Mary M. Fay
West Main St
Westboro
Mass
Salzer’s Home Builder Corn Record Cited
The 50 acre Salzer’s crop yielded 157 bushels per acre in Indiana 160 in Ohio 198 in Tennessee and 220 in Michigan. The catalog promotes the variety as a record breaker to beat in 1905.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Mich
Salzer Seed Company Yields Promise 1905 Plant Results
An advertising notice touts extraordinary per acre yields for beardless barley oats speltz macaroni wheat pedigree potatoes and various forages from Salzer seeds. It claims high production from 1905 plantings and asks readers to request a catalog and seed samples by sending 100 in stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
Victoria
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Salter
America
John A. Balzer Seed CO
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Patent Remedy Ad
An advertisement offers Pazo OINTMENT as a guaranteed cure for piles with a money back refund if not cured in 6 to 14 days. The ad quotes miscellaneous testimonials and literary snippets, mentioning Emerson and J W O'Brien of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Chicago Woman Be Pain Free
Marion Knight of 88 N Ashland Ave Chicago reports severe kidney pain and fatigue improved after seven weeks using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says prior medicines failed but $0.86 worth of Dean's Kidney Pills restored her health and digestion. trial free by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents.
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Chicago Society
Doan
Marion Knight
Ashland Ave
Chicago
West Side Wednesday Club
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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Haberdashery
McHugh
Joseph McHugh
Pits
Wallstreet
N. G
Sheriff's Office
Stock Exchange
Exchange
East Fifty-seventh Street
Southampton
L. I
Waldorf-Astoria
Munroe
British Columbia
Selkirks
Alexander
Emile Gaboriau
Gaborian
Nonnom
OF Marcom Wireless
N. Y
Solomon
Nahum
Boston Globe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Emerson
Chicago Daily News
Shiloh
Aturles Alure
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Anakesis
Tribune Building
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D.C
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