Clearing House to Take Hand in Bank Wrecks
The Clearing House Association of Chicago orders Bank Examiner McDougall to inspect the looted Milwaukee Avenue State Bank conditions. Dawes named receiver of Milwaukee Avenue Cooperative Store with 150 000 value. debts total 1 0 0 0 00 to bank and creditors. Steel Hall Company receiver Seibel. other creditors claim 8 0 0 0. Bail Company owes 253 000 to Milwaukee Avenue bank. assets around 150 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clearing House Association of
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Clearing House
McDougall
Instituten
Depositors’ Association
James E. Ferwon
Clearing House Association
Bethea
United States District Court
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company
Milwaukee Avenue Cooperative
Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
WF. Seibel Reiver
Steel Hall Company
Wand
Milwaukee We State Bank
Vasseta
Steel Ball Company
G A R Opposes Southern Women Over Wirz Monument
Minneapolis reports the Grand Army of the Republic business sessions with key debates on abolishing the canteen at old soldiers homes and opposing a monument to Wirz. Delegates show division on the canteen, while broad opposition forms to a Wirz monument. The annual report notes 235,823 members, 3,360 new in six months, and 2,205 deaths in the year ending 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersonville
Hveniy
Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Hémen
Henry Wire
South
Wirz
Grand Army
Tweedaia
C. A Clark
Gettys.uz
Altercation Leaves Two Men Severely Injured in Birmingham
In Birmingham on August 16 a personal altercation between James, superintendent of the gag works for the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Co., and W. H. Rogers, a prominent paint maker, ended with James striking Rogers on the head with a heavy monkey wrench. Rogers fired a shot that may have fatally wounded James. Both men are in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
James
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company
W. H. Rogers
Rogers
Meeting at Zebulon Ends at Blutt Springs
Zebulon Ga August 16 Special The annual campmeeting at Blutt Springs began last Friday night and closed Tuesday night Owing to a change of the time when brought on the meeting two weeks earlier the attendance on Sunday was not as large as usual The pastor Rev Mr Davis was assisted by Revs Grogan of Barnesville H D Pace of Wert Mon Tom and F W McCoskey of Zebulon While there were but few additions to the church a benign influence characterized the meeting from beginning to end Good order prevailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zebulon
Blutt Springs
Mr Davis
Grogan
Barnesville
H D Pace
Wert Mon- Tom
F W McCoskey
Zebuton
Food Groups Prove Incomplete For Sustenance
The text asserts meat lacks search value, potatoes lack meats, eggs lack acid, and fruits lack matriment. It presents a playful critique of dietary sufficiency by highlighting missing elements in each food category.
Apitero Health Concoction Featured In Obscure Ad Copy
An odd ad copy extols Apitero as a life sustaining cereal claimed to contain essential elements, veins of vegetable iron, and energy boosting properties. It touts digestives aids and a cream like texture while promising daily use and nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apiters
Ays
Ballard Bifocal. A New Glasses Revelation
Walter Ballard Optical Co in Atlanta promotes Ballard Bifocal combining near and distance vision in one frame. Advertises worldwide reach, in‑house oculist prescriptions, and a system to serve customers with affordable, quality lenses at 64 Peachtree Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Walter Ballard Optical Co Manufacturing
Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Ga
New Haven Railroad Sells Massachusetts Trolley Lines
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company has disposed of all its trolley companies in Massachusetts Rhodesland and Connecticut to several individuals forming the New England Security and Investment Company. The sale affects 76 percent of the electric railways in Massachusetts and lines into New York and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
New Haven and Hartford
Massachusetts
Rhodesland
Connecticut
New England Security and Investment Company
Governor Guild
Illinois Holds Election Under New Primary Law
Chicago on August 16 reports under the new primary law congress conventions in twenty five districts, with Democrats Republicans and Socialists holding meetings. In Chicago districts covering Cook and Lake counties the eighth district drew attention with three Democratic candidates after William Preston Harrigan withdrew overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Utinola
Cyokt
William Preston Harrigan
Carter H Harrison
Jowph O'Donnell
Ascen
Fae
Escape by three convicts from Ashley Junction stockade
Three convicts Alonzo Goodwin Hammond Wilson and George Kennx escaped the Ashley Junction stockade near Charleston after overpowering guard H C Stella at about 2 PM. They donned guard clothing and fled into swamps while a sheriff posse with bloodhounds hunted the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Alonzo Goodwin
Hammond Wilson
George Kennx
Canitary and Dreinage Commission
Ashley Junction
H. C. Stella
Bargain Beauty Picks At Chamberlin Johnson Sun
Catalog style listing of toiletries and cosmetics with prices. Includes Magda Cream 44c Pozi zzoni powder 25c Wood land Violet talcum 6c Roger & Gallet items 20c soap cakes and various tonics and dentifrices. Items feature brands like Pond s Pear s Otto of Roses and Listerine with prices mostly under a dollar.
Orphans' Home Sparks City Debate and Warnings
A faction of children seen at Decatur and North Pryor streets spurs talk as Mayor Woodward moves to curb orphan work if no statute exists. The Memorial Orphanage run by JR Harwell and Mrs Ida Harwell faces scrutiny for unsanitary conditions and lack of education. The Associated Charities and Dr T D Longino urge action to prevent night begging by orphans.
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Decatur
North Pryor
Ciy
Woodward
Terrell
Memorial Orphanage
Whch
Evans
YT D Longino
Associated Charities
McDaniel Street
JR Harwell
Ida Harwell
T. D. Longino
Eclipse Catarrh Cure Promises Instant Relief
Instant relief from catarrh offered by Eclipse Catarrh Cure. A vegetable preparation claims to clear blocked air passages, soothe irritated membranes, and provide permanent cure in severe cases. Testimonies from Mrs. M. Black of Anderson and others praise the remedy, with an offer of a week’s treatment and a 25 cent trial package by mail from Heliose Medicine and Manufacturing Company in Atlanta, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heliose Medicine and Manufacturing Company
Atlanta
Velvet Dream-A Witch Hazel Healing Cream Sold Locally
Kingsberry presents Velvet Dream A Witch Hazel cream touted as pure and free from lead mercury arsenic or bismuth. Claimed cures include burns eruptions pimples and sunburns with two tint options pink or white. Priced at 50 cents plus 6 cents postage and marketed as a facial dressing and after shaving aid.
Kingsberrys Magic Balm Heals Aches And Colds
Kingsberrys Magic Balm advertised as a universal remedy for corns blisters and foot pain. It claims to relieve rheumatic pain cramps neuralgia earache and muscular rheumatism and also to ease coughs colds asthma and croup when taken internally. Priced at 50 cents with 8 cents postage.
Kingsbury’s Freckle Remover claims medical skin cure
An advert promotes Kingsbury’s Freckle Remover as a guaranteed external remedy for moth patches freckles pimples and other blemishes prepared on scientific principles and stated safe for delicate skin also advertised for skin poison ivy dogwood and insect bites It targets salt rheum eczema and similar ailments with immediate relief offered at 50 75 and 1 00 plus 12 cent postage
Arery Velvet Skin Food claims to prevent wrinkles
An تبلی advert claims Arery’s Velvet Skin Food removes wrinkles not caused by age or wild ingredients. It states the product nourishes and fattens the face hands neck arms and chest, is pure and does not promote hair growth, with a 6 cent postage offer.
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Alik
Issig Bros
Whitehall St
Chicago Association
Apitero
Apiters Biseyity
Apitens
Ballard
Tholley
Illinois
Hegroes
Guard
National Association of Employing Lithographers
Lithographers, Artists, Engravers and Designers’ League of America
Ella Berry
Beauticia
Roger & Gallet’s Rouge
Roger & Gallet
Hyebrow
Pozzoni
Levy
Colgate’s
Dorin
Stinson
Roger .& Gallet’s
Packer
Pinaud
Johanne Maria Farina
Cologne
Castile
Hudnut
Pear
Otto of Roses
Societe Hygenique
Hind
Piper
Orris
Newbro
Herpicide
Mason
Lyon's
Constantinople
Empire
Kingsberery
Kingsberry
Kingsbebey
Binge
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