Crabbtree-led fraud wrecks Northern Counties Insurance venture
A Manchester Examiner report details the Crabb tree scheme at the Northern Counties of England Insurance Society. Starting with £100,000 capital and rising to £1,000,000, directors falsified assets, paid inflated salaries, and misrepresented profits. Investors face ruin as payments collapse and fraud is revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Counties of England Insurance Society
Crabtree
Manchester
Polar exploration shifts to private ventures amid pole doubt
The New York World notes governments abandon Arctic expeditions as private ventures dominate. It cites Corwin’s latitude 60 degrees versus a private English yacht reaching 80 degrees north, contrasting search for missing ships with pleasure cruises. The piece also surveys Price on monetary theory and bi metalism amid rail expansion critiques.
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New York World
Pole
John Franklin
Corwin
Washington
Franz Josef Land
Serwarkws
Ayet
North Pole
Four Statesmen of Note in Private Letters
Extract suggests praise for Hon. aie M. ieee and Mr. Speer, noting their roles on key congressional committees and strong Democratic support. Mentions Hancock and Enrumbull as state candidates and hints at political prospects and public esteem for rising figures.
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Aie
House
Speer
Congress
Rae Norte
Chek
Stors
Hancock
En‘rumbull
Siberia
Aed Inc
Congréss
Demcorst
Hancock and English Campaign Tale Ends With a Slurred Exit
A Galveston saloon scene recounts a middle aged man ejected during a campaign night. An ex Federal soldier boasts of voting Hancock, recalls fighting at a bloodstained field, and limps away amid crowd chatter and cigar requests.
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Galveston News
Strand
Hancock
United States
Ared
Gens
Hanscock
English
Batte
General Hancock cited for constitutional faith and civil power
A historical fragment highlights General Hancock's views on governing law with charity and fidelity to the constitution. It contrasts civil authority over military force and includes unrelated chatter about a youth and apparent notes of admiration and admonition.
Little Green Apple Dreams Of Power In Burlington
A quirky tale unfolds as a green apple laments its small strength and a banana peel urges usefulness. A strong South Hill merchant is injured by the peel while a boy and family watch, leading to a moral about doing good within one’s sphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acre
Burlington
South Hill
Globe
Scientific talk and romance at Concord seminary visit
The Brooklyn girl and a Boston visitor discuss science in a satire on Concord seminaries showing love of molecules protoplasm differentiation and ascidians. Mr Cook and Mr Emerson are praised while hats and scarves are named after them in a playful scene.
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Boston
Concord
Brooksyn
Brooklyn
Kine Starney
Mr. Emerson
Ialmost
Cook
Mr. Cook
Brooklyn Sunday Eagle
The Clerks Who Rise and Make Themselves Indispensable
Sir John Walmsley started as a clerk on forty pounds yearly. He learned grain from an old warehouseman before office hours, mastering quality weight and origin. His superior knowledge led to a promotion over other clerks and eventual partnership, proving value creates ascent. Watermelons are said to be more pion in Madison than at any time uring the summer.
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Bonamy. Price
Oxford University
England
International Review
Francis A. Walker
Yale College
Walker
France
Finns
Latin Union
Price
Wbich Reed
Mississippi
Louisville
America
Warner Observatory
Rochester
N. Y
Biella
Bond
Hall
Washington Observatory
Mars
United States
Watson
Swift
Erick
Warner
Lewis Swift
Hye de
Cmt
Weber
Sory
Goa
Ratare
Rocheste
Kansas
Scotland
Nashville
Ivreat
Britain
Ireland
Canada
Quebec
Annapolis
Jabeau
Waterloo
Erasmus
The
Sandwich Islands
Charles
William
Monsieur
York
Leith Station
Uniiontown Pa
John Donohue
Donohue
New
John Walmsley
Liverpool
R Jise
Peter
Aable
Walmsley
Madison
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Counties of England Insurance Directors
Maine
Minnesota
New York
Ita Heancock
Gotham
Statesmans Oftnion
the Watchman
Tailora
Rochester Astronomical Observa
General Hancock
Pease
Texas
South Carolina
Ruger
Sherman
Waalin
Ton
Jefferson
Clay
Calhoun
Wister
Ghechly
Scienge
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