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This is fascinatingly depressing.

I’m currently reading ‘Dopesick’, which is about the Opioid crisis.

This excerpt is from a Virginia newspaper in 1884.

1884!!
Apparently there was an Opioid crisis following the Civil War as well.
Unreal.
Mad.
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Jamie Catherwood
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CRAZY STORY of "The Wheat King", or 'Old Hutch'. History can really read like fiction at times.

Trust me, and read the entire thread. Fascinating stuff.

The story begins with rumors of Old Hutch's death making their way to the Exchange, and Wheat prices falling as a result.
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The King wrote from his hospital bed:

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3/ From his hospital bed, Old Hutch continued to run the wheat markets as if he were still in his office.
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Jamie Catherwood
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‘The World of Advertising in 1896’

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Step Three: Profit.
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Lois Beckett
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