Trust Company Run Follows Banking Turmoil in New York
New York October 24 heavy depositor run at the Trust Company of America amid ongoing banking turmoil linked to Morsy Heinze and Knickerbocker closures. About 700 people queued by 12:50 as tellers paid out money. accountants reviewed collateral for possible Morgan and Stillman aided rescue. Westinghouse Electric drops on NYSE after exchange closures. treasury secretary deposits funds locally and Mayer & Co. bankruptcy petition seeks $6 million liability. H C Benedict named receiver with $100,000 bond.
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Trust Company of North America
New York
Trust Company of America
Morsy-Heinze-Thomas Banks
Knickerbocker Trust Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
James Stillman
National City Bank
Pittsburg Stock Exchange
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse Machine Company
Nernst
Westinghouse Electric
New York Stock Exchange
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Srook Exchange
Mayer & Co
H. C. Benedict Swan
Army practice ride prompts broader horsemanship tests
President Roosevelt orders annual physical fitness tests for all field officers, extending cavalry style marches to ninety miles over three days. West Point cadets will face a compulsory horsemanship evaluation, with a five officer board classifying graduates by mounted service suitability.
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West Point
Roosevelt
New York Times
Cavalry
Secretary of War
Coast Artillery
Atl
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Infantry
West Point Cadeta
White House
War Department
Scott
Howze
Saving Time In the Barber Chair in New York
A New York correspondent notes a tensorial parlor innovation where each barber chair has an individual telephone. The time pressed client can dictate a letter to a stenographer while barbers, bootblacks, and manicurists handle tasks. A tabloid breakfast food could complete the setup.
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Sayd
New York
Pittsburg Dispatch
Tonsoria
Novel Letter Telegram Reform Proposed in France
Paris dispatch to the New York Herald reports undersecretary M. Bimyan introduces a letter telegram. Vessels may mail a telegram at night for 1 centime per word with morning post delivery, minimum 60 centimes, limited to cities with night telegraphic service.
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M. Bimyan
Yale's New Song Wins $2300 for Brian Hooker
Yale completes nearly a decade long search for a new school song with Brian Hooker winning the 2300 prize for Mother of Men. The committee includes Rev Ansot Phelps Stokes Jr, Prof Edward J Reed, Prof Harry B Jepson and W. J. Garter. Beth D. Bingham, 1897, wrote the music adapted to the lyrics.
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Brian Hooker
Yale
Nassau
Princeton
Harvard
New Haven
New York Times
Ansot Phelps Stokes
Old
Beth D. Bingham
Electric Stove Time Lock Debuts at Johns Hopkins
A Baltimore report describes Professor Harmon W Morse of Johns Hopkins University inventing an electric stove with a clockwork timer to regulate heating without supervision. The device, housed in porcelain tubes, can turn heat on or off at set times, allowing a head of household to sleep late in cold weather without tending the furnace.
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Johns Hopkins
Harmon W. Morse
Chemical Laboratory
Johnes Hopkins University
Baltimore
New York Press
Heop Beieves
Professor Morse
Save the American eagle movement urged by Spokane leader
Delegate Carey Smith of Spokane Wash twice grand worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles urges legislation to bar wearing eagles claws or emblems of the bird and to free caged eagles in parks He asks members to back candidates who favor preservation of the living symbol of American freedom Also Chicago dorm humor includes a Morgan joke about Pharaohs daughter and a river of wit from University of Chicago coeds
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Carey Smith
Spokane
Wash
Order of Eagles
Kansas City
Order
New Kindergarten Plan by Brussels Woman
A Brussels woman Mme Pecher invents a kindergarten system using dolls to depict European history from ancient Egypt to Napoleon. A Paris dispatch to the New York Herald says the method arranges scenes chronologically and helps children absorb and retain historical incidents with ease.
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Brussels
Mme. Pecher
Paris
New York Herald
Population of Cities Census Expert Estimates Growth Leaders
Census figures show New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Boston as the top five U.S. cities by population for 1904–1906. New York likely remains the largest, with London projected to surpass it around 2071 if trends continue. 1910 projections place New York near 4.6 million while London approaches 7.48 million. The report also covers state chartered places, urban incorporations, and total U.S. population in 1906 across 541 places.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Loula
Boston
London
United States
Evansville
Ind
New York State
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wyoming
North Dakota
Towa
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Massichusetts
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
Staten
Chase Edtles
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Queen's University
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Presbyterian Church
Aokley
B. E. Purcell
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Wagon Maker
American Eagle
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Coada
Morgan
University of Chicago
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Wells
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New York American
J. Flerpont Morgan
Ike Pharaoh
America
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Walter Beatt Meriwether
Harper's Weekly
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