Gold vs. Silver Crowds Disrupt Denver Bank Panic
In Denver on July 18 a public meeting declared war on gold and silver, sparking a bank run after three savings banks failed. The Taiou, Commercial, and National banks closed as crowds blocked streets and officers cleared traffic. The Mercantile Savings bank failed earlier. two more savings banks later assigned, while others received gold shipments to avert broader collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Clearing House
Taiou National
Commercial National
National Bank of Commerce
Mercantile Bank
Union Reational Bank
Colorado National
Mercantile Savings Bank
Auseta
Denver Savings Bank
Bank of Stephens & Hatchett
Capitol Savings Bank
Retired from business in Savannah by M. Comer & Co
Receiver H M Comer of the Central railroad retires from the cotton trade after a long, successful career. He will devote full time to railroad matters, leaving a firm long known for honor, integrity, and business capacity. The piece notes Comer's reputation and claims the cotton business was among Savannah’s most successful. It also reports a separate, unrelated incident about a lightning shock at Albany News and Advertiser causing injuries to printers, and then briefly mentions a coroner's jury verdict in Chicago over the world's fair cold storage calamity and a petition concerning a streetcar crossing. The text ends with a stray, garbled line about someone named J W Farlow taking a vacation and a nonsensical fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
H. M. Comer
Central Railroad
Mr. Comer
Albany News and Advertiser
Veronese
Verones
Jesse Reynolds
Chicago
D. H. Burnham
Edward Murphy
Sweet Mets Moate Candy Sale Promises Finest Stock
Lingering garbled ad copy notes a sweet sale at a local shop with a focus on new candies and a tempting assortment. It hints at a promotional offer and a display of treats, though the text is fragmented and hard to read.
Where Are We At in the Sam Railroad Case
The article reviews the Sam railroad receivership showing debtors and creditors split over net earnings. It explains two rival views: Cal. Hawkins says money was diverted to bond interest and construction, leaving creditors unpaid. Col. Hambleton argues no net earnings existed, so no diversion occurred. The court must settle disputed transactions and bookkeeping, with outcomes determining if general creditors are paid.
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Sam Railroad
Ameticus
Tur Trans- Recokven
Alabama
H. Hawkins
Montgomery
Col. T. Edward Hambleton
Baltimore
Hawkins
Hambleton
Col. Hawkins
Hull
Disputed Bondholder Case Against Alabama Road in 1891 Accounts
The document outlines a legal clash over how 1891 road expenses were charged. Col Hawkins argues for charging old line costs to construct the new line, claiming equities favor the road and that accounting methods vary. Bondholders insist no diversion occurred, seeking to deprive creditors of any payout. hearings planned with a master’s report and possible appeals as year ends.
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Bondhatchera
Alabama
Hine
Hawking
Montgomery
Col. Hawkins
Auegust
Major warehouse fire devastates central London district
A large blaze in Lordson's warehouse area, bounded by Leadenhall and Revixe Marks streets, destroyed thirty buildings and impacted over twenty-five firms dealing in stationery, clothing, tea, wines, and furniture. Loss expected around £1,500,000. Firefighters extinguished the flames, with the district near the Bank of England and Royal Exchange.
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Loxnox
Lordon
Leadenhall Street
Cammomile
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Mansion Horse
Peabody Institute Session Opens in Thomasville News
Exchanges from Hoth within and without Georgia report the Peabody Institute in session at Thomasville while other items note a bed spring factory in Cuthbert a reunion for Cobb's and Phillips' Legions in Atlanta and the Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad declaring a 14 percent dividend. Also mentioned are Rev J W Burke’s son’s death at Cumberland Island and Gov Northen asking George DeSsinasure to draft a Georgia banking history paper for a Chicago bankers congress.
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Peabody Institute
Thomasville
Cuthbert
Cobb's
Phillips
Atlanta
Isaac Waddell
North Geeorgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
J. W. Burke
Cumberland Island
Alfredo Barill
Adeling Patti
Lew Wallace
Thia
Blasell
John Locke Martin
Georgia
Interior Department
Huke Smith
Romo Huas der
Tom West
Albany
Harriet Strong
Whittier
Europe
Strong
North America
South America
Northen
George DeSsnasure
Exchange Bank
Congress of Bankers and Financiers
Chicago
de Sinssare
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Wall Street
Becauec
MH. M. Comer & Co
Jackson Street
Americas
Fediral Service
J. W. Farlow
Tax Tiues-Reconpen
Mr. Farlow
Sumter Co
GA. Loan and Trust CO
Awerjens, Ga
Cncago Litziograp I Co
Omcaoo, Iu
Sumter Cousty Bible Society
Onium
Tks
S. A.M
Ampiey
Jersey
Anslay
Axe
Alaska
Loving & Hightower
Cotton Avenue
Brown ST
Geo. D. Whealley
Mercury
Andy Fletcher
Geo. D. Wheatley
Americus
Habto
U.S
Royal
London
Dr. Price
Price’s Cream
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