Nineteenth Century Mail-Order Bride SCAMS, Part 5

Part 5: Chicago’s 100 Matrimonial Agencies–all shut down by one Police Detective, Clifton Wooldridge.  ONE HUNDRED FALSE Matrimonial Agencies in Chicago at the Turn of the Century? Note the two new crime method additions (as addressed in my series of Nineteenth Century Mail-Order Bride SCAMS, Parts 1-5 so far): stock matrimonial letters and stock matrimonial […]
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Published on February 22, 2016 23:02
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Kristin Holt
I write frequent posts about all things Nineteenth Century Americana, especially elements of interest to readers of Sweet Romance set against the back drop of the Old West. I love history, and enjoy s ...more
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