National Banks Revenue Reaches New High in War Era
Currency Controller Williams reports 38,157 national banks yielded 1.109 billion dollars in revenue for the year ended June 30, a new high. Only five banks failed, losses by loans and discounts top 31.2 million, bonds 61.7 million, and miscellaneous losses 91 million. Banks paid 287.6 million in interest to depositors and taxes totaled 79.4 million. The era’s commodity shrinkage is described as the greatest in commercial history, yet banks remain safe and sound.
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Washington, D. C
John Skelton
Williams
Wiliams
Erincipas
Magri Midget Claimed by Death in Massachusetts
Count Primo Magri aged 71 former husband of Mrs. Tom Thumb died in a Massachusetts hospital after a two week illness. He had conducted an auction of Tom Thumb’s and his widow’s effects to fund a return to Italy. Born in Bologna in 1849, he rose to fame on Italian stages and later joined Barnum’s troupe. He married the widow in 1886 at Trinity Church, New York.
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Magri
Migdieboro
Mass
Primo Magri
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumbb
Italy
Count Magri
Bologna
Explosion and Fire Kill Twelve in North Tonawanda Plant
Twelve men died after an explosion and fire at the Niagara Falls Power Company distributing tower in North Tonawanda North Carolina. The blast followed a transformer cut in and ignited lubricating oil sprayed by an oil barrel. Thirteen men were present. four died instantly and eight later succumbed to burns in hospital.
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North Tonawanda
N. C
Niagara Falls Power company
power company
Seaplane Crew Rescued Off Oceanside After Drift Night
A seaplane with a submarine chaser party drifted at sea off Oceanside about forty miles north of San Diego. Navy Lieut T Garnette four seamen and a diver were rescued after spending a night adrift while coast searches continued. Snow Blanket Over Northwest Nebraska and Adjacent States Records Wet Fall Storm with Light Disruption. Wheat Loss Expected.
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San Diego
Cal
T. Garnette
Oceanside
Neb
Alliance
Neuiska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Mollasy
World events brief highlight boxing and politics
Two indictments against 13 payers including eight White Sox members were read before Chief Justice Charles McDonndl in Chicago. Jock Timpsey and Georges Carpentier, heavyweight champions, planned a world title bout between February and July 1921 in Cuba per New York dispatch. Kellogg of Morgan & Co. died in New York. Polk underwent an operation for appointment to a New York post. Harding campaign costs rise. Democratic totals to Oct 24 reach 878,831.24.
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White Sox
Charles McDonndl
Criminal court at
Chicago
Jock Timpsey
Georges Carpentier
Eu yore
chanpionhip
Cuba
New York
Democratic’ nuional conmitttes
Wilbur W. Marsh
Washington probes money trust demand from wartime conference
A committee appointed at the War Mothers Conference in Washington urged a federal inquiry into a “money trust” and to draft recommendations to assist workers. The report cites calls for reform and government oversight amid wartime economic strain.
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money trust
farters
Washington
Tummers
Greek Admiral Coundouriotis elected regent of Greece
A dispatch from Athens reports Admiral C. Coundouriotis elected regent by 187 to 3 votes. he is a minister of marine in the Venizelos cabinet. London dispatch notes coal miners' strike in Britain settled pending ballot of voters. Reports from Mexico City warn of serious labor tensions and possible national strike. Several other items: Bolshevik prisoners. executions in Dublin. Nobel prizes awarded. Greece’s king proclamation. unemployment in Germany. Bolivian brief revolt. Palmer directs election-law enforcement. siege proclaimed at Moscow. deportations resumed by Turks. Sylvian Pankhurst sentenced in London.
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Greek chamber of deputies
Admiral C. Coundouriotis
Greece
Athens
Admiral Coundouriotis
Venizelos
ase
Strikes, robberies, and crimes reported across cities
The Iowa Parmer union pled 35000 members to back a grain price strike. Henry Meek, 79, survivor of the Custer massacre, was killed near Toledo by an automobile. An unmanned post office in Washington near Dupont Circle was robbed of $5. Three unmasked men robbed Shapiro jewelry store in St. Paul of diamonds worth $60000. Wages fall and labor demand shrinks with layoffs in Chicago. A English liner arrives at New York with $10000000 in gold for the Federal Reserve. Forty three alleged night riders arrested in Alabama counties. David McNeal acquitted of murder by a four year old girl’s charge after mob lynching quest. George Cushna, 14, robbed of $1166 on Chicago street.
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Henry Meek
Ottawa road
Point Place
Toledo
David McNeal
Welland
out
Multiple Iowa news items show a busy year across counties
Clinton appoints William W. Paddock as deputy governor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Lawrence Walton, five, of Anamosa, nearly lost his face after a horse kick. Vanderbrake, a Rock Valley druggist, was killed by an unknown shooter. William Standlee of Mount Pleasant pleaded guilty to bigamy and drew five years at Fort Madison. Perry rail traffic expands with two new through tracks. The Grand Chapter of Iowa Odd Fellows meets in Ames and plans to convene next October at Muscatine. Ed Sherry buys Jack Gable farm near Ulster for 375 dollars per acre. James Crawford injured by a corn knife near Dallas. Ernest Hacaoerla injured when an auto explodes, not badly hurt. Maloney couple escape burning home as walls fall. Forristall sues Allen for 12000 dollars over tire slander. Over 100 Red Cross delegates meet in Des Moines for a roll call. Iowa State Grange plans Des Moines convention December 14 to 16. Charles Dennstadt loses his life in a threshing accident near Decorah. Gretna housing law upheld. Fole guilty of violations in Waterloo. Merle Kerr given military burial in Burt with Estherville Legion attendance. Four alfalfa cuttings yield five to six tons per acre for Lou Bragg near Atlantic. Elkhart bank robbery attempt fails. two men escape. Cedar Rapids faces a violet theft scare over Cecil Gerry’s disappearance. Chariss Morgan dies from injuries after a fall at a Water loo power plant.
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William W. Paddock
Clinton
Federal Resdrva Bank of
Boston
Lawrence Walton
Anamosa
W. 5
Vanderbrake
drugaist
Rock Valley
William Standlee
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
Perry
Grand Chapter of
Iowa
Orders of
Odd Fellows
Ames
Muscatine
Floyd county
Ed Sherry
Jack Gable
Ulster township
James Crawford
W. Wagner
Dallas
Ernest Hacaoerla
lowa ity
John Maloney
Coin
walla
Frank Forristall
Carson
A. J. Allen
Allen
Forristell
American Red Cross
Das Moines
Iowa State Grange
Des Moines
Charles Dennstadt
Decorah
contro
Waterloo
A. F. Fol
Merle Kerr
Estherville
Burt
American Legion
Lou Bragg
Atlantic
Bragg
Mr. Bragg
Elkhart
pollce department
Cedar Rapida
Cecil Gerry
Sac City
Vigton
Detective Lecoq and a Paris Bank Robbery Case
Emile Gaborian, born Banjon Charente Inferieure, and famed detective Lecoq are invoked as the piece reviews crime fiction and a bold Paris bank robbery tale. The article traces the era’s fascination with crime narratives and stageworthy plots, citing Lecoq, Gypsy, and the Fauvel family network amid a dramatic bank theft and court handling.
Amazing Lecoq crime tale ends in secret revealed
Detective Lecoq unravels a web of betrayal in a tale where Count Louis schemes to control fortunes and hide a family secret. Raoul, Valentine, Gaston, and Gypsy drive a dramatic series of plots, disguises, and danger before a final revelation and a happy concession for most.
Insane Patient Groups Aid Mental Health Reform
The New York Medical Journal notes that placing insane individuals together benefits them. Insane people grow unsettled when with rational peers, while pairing with more irrational inmates consoles them. This contact may curb delusions by provoking their own reasoning and self-improvement.
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New York Medical Journal
Backward Glorious Vanity Ends in Falls and Sore Pride
A village elder recounts attempts to prove youth by boxing and wrestling. He recalls sparring with Freisinger causing a black eye and a week of soreness. He laughs at vanity and vows to curb reckless demonstrations despite temptation to prove age defies skill.
Appetite Restored with Tonic Promises Quick Recovery
In a brisk economy era item a physician endorses a tonic claimed to restore a man’s appetite. A wife pleads about market money concerns after her husband’s loss of appetite, reflecting everyday financial stress and household commerce.
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Boston
The Compromias Golf Joke Card
The Compromias offer a jokey exchange about golf and domestic compromise. A wife allows the husband to play golf but bans talking about his game or after arriving home. The humor rests on a light domestic setup and a punchy twist.
British Merchants Plan Exhibitions in Chinese Cities
British traders, after trade disruptions, plan exhibitions in major Chinese cities to regain commercial position disrupted by the war.
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China
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