Laundry graft revealed by canvassers and jardinieres scam
A fearsome scheme unfolds as a smooth grafter recruits laundrymen with a promised windfall from 500 to 600 daily contracts. He extorts cash bonds and orders jardinières as free premiums, swamping firms with unsustainable volumes. The victim laundyman learns the grim math of profit, debt, and imminent ruin. The con artist boasts weekly gains while promising expansion through a cartel-like monopoly, then offers a cash settlement to exit.
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Ohio
Erafter
Jardinieres
Caesar
Jardiniere
Disagreeably Agreeable and a River of Testimonials
A late James F. Joy story shows his disdain for false displays of politeness as a test of character. He exposes a young man using gilded credentials, testing sincerity with measured, uncomfortable questions. Sacramento, Ky. reports a woman praising Dodd s Kidney Pills after four years of rheumatism relief and renewed health.
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James F. Joy
Cincinnati Commercal Tribune
Joy
Mir
Operator hauled to lockup after patos in act
In a Chicago Tribune report, a man cried that this was an attempt to meddle in his affairs while asserting he could explain everything but was unable to prove an alibi as he was hurried away to the lockup.
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Patos
Jon
Chicago Tribune
Cuticura Remedies Aid Infant Skin Ailments
A garbled Chicago Tribune quote extols Cuticura Remedies for infantile and birth humors, scaly scalp, eczema, and itching. It claims the products soothe babies and please worried parents, calling them priceless cures for skin and blood issues despite confusing phrasing.
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Peter Rome
Not a Trace Left Rheumatism Cured by Pink Pills
testimonial from Watertown New York resident Mr T B Wagar describes relief from two years of rheumatic pain after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and notes his wife and daughter also benefited. The ad claims cures for bloodlessness indigestion influenza headaches backaches neuralgia nervousness and other ailments tied to weak blood with a safe drug free formula. price 60 cents per box six for 2 60 delivered by mail from Schenectady New York.
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Wiliams
Williams
T. 8. Wagar
Academytreet
Watertown
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Mr. Wagar
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Independence of the American waiter quoted in chatter
A San Francisco Chron clipping recounts A F D Stall of Australia praising waiter independence as he tours the Western Hemisphere. A Chicago exchange about pork chop versus mutton chop is cited, illustrating cultural talk of liberty and identity in light humor.
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A. F. D. Stall
Australia
Chicago
San Francisco
Nickel Plate Road Promises Fast Eastbound Service
An old newspaper ad touts Nickel Plate Road service with three through trains daily to Cleveland Buffalo New York and Boston. It highlights low rates no excess fare dining car plans from 35 cents to 1.00 and sleeping cars on all trains with general agent contact in Chicago. It pairs with a colloquial literary quip from the Cleveland Leader and Washington Star excerpt.
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Nickel Plate Road
Eastern
Newngland
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Meala
Aleo
la Carte
J. Y. Calahan
Adama St
Chicago
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J. P. Johnston
Hasling
Johnston
Joseph B. Bowles
Gratter
Sacramento
Ne Dodd
Catherine Devine
Dodd
Gan
Avoirdupois
Eben
Saet
Ada
Washington Star
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
W. L. Douglan
Tampica
Gudan
Athany
W. H. Smith & CO
W. C
N.K
Jfornia
Louisville
Cal
Ala
Woodwards& Col, Grain Commission
Bulote
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