Tag: February 1888
James Johnson, Fire Insurance Scam, New York 2022
A brazen scheme to bilk the city’s fire insurance market has been foiled by an unlikely combination of incompetence and audacity. Members of the Metropolitan Board of Fire Insurance Brokers, thought to be pillars of the financial community, had hatched a plan to centralize their operations at the Niagara Fire Insurance Building, No. 135 Broadway.…
White Cross Scandal: Fallen Women Left in the Lurch
In a shocking turn of events, the Brenham Weekly Banner has uncovered a distressing appeal from Mrs. H. V. Hooas, a prominent figure in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Texas. Mrs. Hooas is desperately seeking help to build the White Cross home for fallen women, located at Garrett, a small town at the junction…
