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Scarborough, George

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Get-rich-quick advertising

Get-rich-quick advertising

George Scarborough, a special agent for the Department of Justice, has discovered that newspapers have no scruples about selling fake ads for “get rich quick” schemes. Scarborough would like to arrest the newspaper ad sellers as well as those buying the ads, but “men higher up” in Washington think that this is going too far.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02