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Category: Medicine, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 07, 2015 -
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Category: Technology, Air Travel and Airlines, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 01, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Politics, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, 1910s
George Graham Rice, a famous stock promoter, capitalized the stocks of Goldfield, Greenwater and Rawhide mines, listed them on the national exchanges, and reaped the profits until convicted of mail fraud in 1911. In 1907 when investors nation-wide were delirious over the stupendous rise in the market value of securities of Goldfield mining companies, the public clamored for opportunities to buy into Nevada mining stocks. With childlike faith they invested in Death Valley's Greenwater and also the Rawhide district, where several companies capitalized stocks, listed them on the national exchanges and had them underwritten by prominent brokerage houses. In Rice's own words: "I make a conservative statement when I say that the American public sank $30 million in Greenwater in less than four months . . . yet the suckers, . . were crying for more."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 15, 2015 -
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Category: Crime, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1900s, 1910s
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Category: Holidays, Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, Books, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 07, 2015 -
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Category: Crime, Books, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 20, 2015 -
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Category: Disasters, Inventions, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1910s, Europe
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 12, 2015 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 09, 2015 -
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Category: Inventions, Air Travel and Airlines, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 06, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Children, 1910s, Australia
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