Saturday, March 31, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 31


March 30, 1913 – Some unscrupulous person has been taking advantage of the general sympathy for the flood victims in Ohio and Indiana to collect money and clothing from Duluth people, which will probably never reach their proper destination.


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Today a young man of good appearance, described as being of slender build, with dark curly hair, dark eyes, dark skin, and quite prominent white teeth, canvassed the East end and Lakeside, and is known to have secured at least $9 in money and considerable clothing. He represented himself as collecting for the Salvation Army for the flood sufferers. The officers of the Associated Charities made inquiries the following morning of both the Salvation Army and the police, and found that the man had no authority to take contributions for this purpose.

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No clothing is being collected here for the flood victims as they are not in need of such contributions. The Herald has a fund to which any contributions may be sent, and the Rotary Club is also receiving donations of money. The money collected in this way will be sent directly to Governor Cox of Ohio—in fact The Herald’s fund has already been sent. Money may be sent directly if the donor wishes to do so, but otherwise these two funds are the only ones in Duluth at present and neither of them has solicitors. Any solicitor who claims to represent either The Herald or the Rotary Club is a liar and swindler.

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The Duluth Herald; “Probably A Swindler. Unknown Young Man Canvassing City ‘for Flood Sufferers.’ Not Authorized to collect Funds By Any Duluth Society.”; April 1, 1913; p. 6.

1The Duluth Herald; March 29, 1913; p. 7.


2The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune; March 30, 1913; p. 1.

3The Duluth Herald; April 1, 1913; p. 2.
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