Missing Cashier Sparks Bank Probe In Iowa Town
Des Moines Nov 23 A bank cashier J H Standling of Corwith Iowa disappears after sending a letter blaming himself without specifics. A $5000 deposit shortfall is found after bank officials and state auditors review books. Standling left a $30 000 farm deed to bank directors. a $15000 encumbrance on the farm complicates losses.
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Des Moines
Cashler
J. H. Standling
Corwith State Bank
Corwith
Buchanan County
Canada
Standling
Morgan the banker and yachtsman faced the panic
The article portrays J Pierpont Morgan as the steady figure during financial fear, hosting late night conferences at his mansion and art gallery to reassure the public and avert bank ruin. It notes his cautious withdrawal from active street work earlier and his later return to influence as the crisis deepened.
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Wall Street
Mierpont Morgan
Morten
Morgan
Ft Alote
Broadway
Ambassador to Germany Dr David Jayne Hill Named
Dr David Jayne Hill, age fifty seven, named ambassador to Germany by President Roosevelt. Hill has led Bucknell University and Rochester University, served as first assistant secretary of state, and was minister to The Hague after a career in diplomacy and scholarship.
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David Jayne Hill
Germany
Roosevelt
Bucknell University
Rochester University
Switzerland
the Hague
Hit
Panic Doctor: Morgan the financial brain and press aversion
The story profiles J. P. Morgan as the sole financier with brains and nerve for leadership, noting his private life is kept away from print. It recalls his wife Frances Tracy, her family background, and their children, plus a famed episode abroad where photographers crowded him and he joked about losing a fortune.
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Mr. Morgan
Une
Viscountess
Esher
Morgan
Frances Lowise Tracy
Tke
Irles
Cracy
Nat
Ex Governor Smith Named Democratic Choice In Maryland Primaries
The 1890s Maryland primary elects ex governor John Walter Smith as a Democratic choice for U S Senator. Smith, born 1845 in Snow Hill, has long political ties including service in the legislature and Congress. Governor for a term following Senator Gorman’s death, Smith seeks the full Senate term alongside Whyte, with Whyte appointed to fill the unexpired term.
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John Waltermith
United States
Maryland
John Walter Smith
John Walter Sulich
Marykind
Senate
Wil Pinkney Whyte
Senator Gorman
Smith
Whyte
Gorman
Snow Fill
Washington Academy
Strike Called Too Hastily Turn to Work or Lose Charter
Oskaloosa switchmen faced recall of their charter after refusing to drop the total disability claims clause from a railroad wage agreement. First Vice President B Haeberling was sent to Oskaloosa to demand a return to work or risk expulsion from the Switchmen's Union of North America. Other items report Iowa firemen district choices, a train strike incident with injuries, arrests over a Davenport prizefight, a cattle sale at Denison with top price, a fatal Des Moines auto crash, dairy association officers reelected, and Bert Pel l guilty of second degree murder in Marshalltown.
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Chicago
Oskaloosa
B. Haeberling
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Iowa Central Railroad
F. T. Hawley
Switchmen's Union of North America
Buffalo
N. Y
Haoberng
Des Moines
Iowa State Firemen's Association
Kirkwood
Embree
West Liberty
B. B. Embree
George M. Kellegher
Tom Price
Cilator
Alderman
Marion
W. J. Francis
Sanborn
B. Parsons
Rebate Case Goes to Trial in Des Moines
Judge Howe overruled the Rock Island railroad demurrer to Agar Packing's suit seeking 500000 in a rate discrimination case. The suit, first in state courts under the law allowing double damages as exemplary punishment, proceeds to trial on its merits. The railroad admits discrimination in favor of Chicago packers but argues Des Moines was not harmed though its rate was higher than Chicago’s.
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Howe
Rock Island Railroad
Des Moines
District Court
Agar Packing Company
Chicago Packers
Chicago
Eloping Couple Detained Until Husbands Return
Nov 26 Creston Iowa a Woodburn couple was stopped and held by authorities after eloping Mrs Purdue nineteen and Whitlock twenty five were detained until the husband arrived by later train He persuaded the wife to go home with him Whitlock initially refused to pay the costs but relented after hours in jail
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Creston
Woodburn
Purdue
Whitlock
Whitjock
Miners Balk on Checks in Des Moines Meeting
Des Moines Nov 26 coal miners union repudiated officers action with operators to take half cash and half clearing house certificates. Miners vow to strike unless cash payments are made. Reports say meetings are held statewide by unions planning similar action.
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Des Moines
Spence Pleads Guilty in Liquor Case at Circuit Court
J M Spence and brother Ora Spence of Clemons faced indictment for selling intoxicants without license. J M Spence pled guilty before Judge Bradshaw and paid 375 dollars. the state dismissed Ora’s case. In Des Moines Irvin D Gore of Pitot Mound filed as first candidate for Boone County representative, petition with 79 signatures meeting the fifty voter requirement.
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J. M. Spence
Marshalltown
Ora Spence
Clemons
Bradshaw
Des Moines
Secretary of State
Irvin D. Gore
Pitot Mound
Boone County
Gore
Educator W O Reed Resigns to Return to Banking
Des Moines reports superintendent W O Reed of Valley Junction Schools resigns to rejoin Hubbard Ia as superintendent and take up banking. Judge James A Howe upholds Des Moines plan of government as constitutional finding it republican in form and not local or special legislation.
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Des Moines
W. O. Reed
Valley Junction Schools
Board of Education
Hubbard
Iowa
James A. Howe
Snowstorm disrupts Wyoming Valley services in Pa
A blizzard grips the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, delaying telephone and electric service and hindering railroad operations. The storm leaves several inches of snow atop the mountains, affecting transportation and daily life.
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Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Navy
Wyoming Valley
Fortune teller warned in scam at palm reader on banknote
A middle aged man whispers to a palmist about his wife’s fortune. He urges the reader to tell her not to buy a motor car, claiming she would be killed in an automobile accident. The man hopes to profit from the reading. New York Tribune reports.
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Iisten
New York
Remembering the human heart by Bishop’s mitre memory
Professor Huxley humorously described heart anatomy noting the left mitral valve with two flaps and the right valve with three flaps. He used a bishop metaphor to aid recall while joking about the system’s limits and human iron content in a 150 pound man.
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Huxley
Her Opportunity Notes From a Vivid Interview
The fragment shows a courtly interaction where a speaker asks for a reference, addressing a woman with familiarity. The line hints at social dynamics and travel toward Mr. Jones across the way, with the speaker expressing a strong negative sentiment toward another woman.
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