Post Office Fraud Scandals Reach Far Beyond Regular Costs
Investigation into post office frauds reveals over forty inspectors at work on more than forty cases. Large government losses stem from officials granting fat contracts and profiting via kickbacks. Items like cancelled ink and Doremus machines caused vast overcharges. Bristow and Heath figures dominate the report. Four officers resigned, thirteen removed, and forty four indictments issued as corruption erupts within the Postal Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ault & Wiborg
Louis
Kemper
Barrett
Arnold
Machen
Beavers
Bristow
Perry
Heath
Post Office Department
Doremus
H. J. Truesdale
Green
Truesdale
Mr. Heath
Brandt Automatic Cashier
Winfield
Strang
Canton
George F. Miller
Washington
Postminsters
EB. A. Driggs
Brooklyn
Postal Service
Gen. Grant
Remarkable Record of 1903 Failures and Unemployment
The November 1903 Dunn & Co report shows a record surge in commercial, manufacturing, and financial failures. 1162 failures with $16.4 million in liabilities. 267 manufacturing disasters. 845 trading defaults. 50 bankruptcies. Widespread unemployment across railroads, paper mills, iron districts, and textile mills signals a severe economic strain and calls for conservative fiscal behavior and restraint on trusts and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dunn & Co
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Union pricing and Cuba statehood debate highlighted in opinion lines
The column argues for a union to stabilize ear prices and labels low sellers as seab. It questions Senator Newlands push to admit Cuba as a state while NM, AZ, and OK wait for statehood, notes J D Rockefeller Jr. teaching thrift, and mentions a Spanish Cortes bill to compel voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newlands
Colorado
United States Senate
Cuba
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Local notes reflect community life and events
Des Moines helper at Conner's drug store notes solid trade as town resumes activity. Gar field transplants to Mulhall Oklahoma, with hopes for health and happiness. An exchange touts burnt corn as hog cholera cure, while corn prize results report L. Dickinson Algona and Will Banks Burt earning second prizes. Merriment scheduled for a December 16 show, and Sam Goodspeed of Bancroft dies after long illness. his lodge dues help a family. fraternal orders praised for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Godfrey
Des Moines
Conner
John Spelser
Garfield Township
Mulhall
Oklahoma
Peoria
Register and Leader
Yeterday
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
State Farmers’ Institute
Des Moinés
Will Banks of
Burt
Kossuth
W. P. Dawson
Quimby
S. F. Ross
Elk Port
Sam Goodspeed
Bancroft
Goodspeed
Sam
Wilfrid P. Jones Named National Bank Examiner
Wilfrid P. Jones has been appointed National Bank Examiner with headquarters in Algona and a salary between 4000 and 9500 dollars annually. The appointment by Secretary Shaw is praised as fitting and Jones is noted for his Algona roots, prior service at First National Bank, and noted business integrity. Wm. C. Steele offers a Christmas souvenir free to all shoppers entering his store during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid P. Jones
National Bank Examiner
the Courier
Algona
Shaw
Jones
Tie
Mr. Jones
First National Bank
J. B. Jones
Wm. C. Steele
Holly
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Aipoua
BY Hinchon & Finnell
Chicago
Dowie
Zion
Ironwood
Mich
John Goeders
J. D. Rockefeller Jr
A Rockefeller
Cortes
Fisher’s Clothing House
Erishel
Towa
Howes
Griffiths
Beitler
MAGE
Ric
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