Currency bill becomes a law with regional reserves
Washington reports the currency reform bill will create regional reserve banks to hold reserves and issue elastic treasury notes in emergencies. It requires national banks to join, limits open market operations, and preserves existing notes while shifting more reserves to new regional banks over three years.
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Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Regional Reserve Bank
United States Treasury
United States
Reginal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Conference edits toll points on federal reserve and act changes
The conference modifies the banking bill with adjustments to members, stock limits, and reserve rules. Alaska is excluded. regional banks rise to eight to twelve with $4 million capital. salaries rise to 12000. terms extend up to ten years. deposits, reserves, and notes rules shift.
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Federal Reserve Board
Regional Reserve Bank
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Alaska
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Federal Board
Reserve Board
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Banks
Congress
Norfolk couple marks golden wedding after ten children
Scarcely a living wage kept Mr and Mrs John Pitt of Trunch Norfolk and their ten children, all alive, as they celebrate their golden wedding. Wages ranged from 2.50 to 4 a week.
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John Pitt
Trunch
Norfolk
England
Furniture Factories Kept Busy
Furniture factories remain active as homes nationwide require about 2.26 billion dollars worth of furniture annually. The figure highlights strong demand for domestic production and consumer spending in the sector.
City magnate buys lavish doll for daughter
A wealthy city figure spends one thousand dollars on a doll for his little daughter. The doll includes a complete wardrobe with dozens of miniature outfits and is described as a marvel of workmanship.
Cancer's Annual Toll in the United States
Cancer kills about 25 000 people annually in the United States according to the report. The figure highlights the ongoing mortality burden and the need for medical research and prevention efforts.
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United States
Misfire by Maryland Hunter Mistakes Trolley for Deer
A Maryland hunter fired at a trolley car thinking it was a deer. The Courier Journal notes the incident and questions why he obtained ammunition at a corner drug store rather than the usual place.
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Maryland
Louisville Courier- Journal
Leechlike in Other Words The Kiss Quote
A brief literary fragment cites Eden Pholpotts "The Joy of Youth" with a long kiss described as living on in many earthbound creatures. The line evokes intense affection and memorable imagery from a vintage text.
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Earth
Eden Pholpotts
Quartet Complains of Faulty Singing Disagreements
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes the quartet members are agreeable men yet faulted for disagreeing loudly when they sing. The light remark highlights their cordial yet comic musical friction.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Fulfilled Youthful Promise in Piano Prodigies
The most compelling prodigies include infant pianists hailed as genius. Mozart Liszt and Chopin are cited as marvelous at age ten, reflecting enduring high expectations for young talent.
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Mozart
Liszt
Chopin
Funk Named On Railroad Board
Governor Dunne appoints Frank H. Funk of Bloomington to the public utility commission as part of a slate of new state board appointments effective 1914. Robert Eadie and James P. Kellett receive posts on the industrial board and labor board respectively, with additional civil service examinations announced for 1914 openings across many agencies.
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Springfield
Dunne
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Frank H. Funk
Bloomington
Funk
J. A. Willoughby
Belleville
Public Utility Commission
Robert Eadie
Miner
Cantrall
Industrial Board
Eadie
United Mine Workers of America
James P. Kellett
Gillespie
Board of Commissioners of Labor
Michael H. Madden
Chicago
Lewis McGovern
Freeport
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Board of Arbitration
B. F. Shadley
Galesburg
Henry C. Gerks
Edwardsville
Public Guardian
Madison County
G. C. Stullken
Albert Huber
Rock Island
The
Charities Commission
F. L. Trotter
Sangamon County
State Civil Service Commission
U. of S
State Food Commission
Board of Prison Industries
Illinois and
Michigan
Secretary of State
Board of Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rivers and Lakes’ Commission
Incorporations Filed by Secretary Of State Woods
Certificates issued for two Chicago firms. International Patent Title and Indemnity Company with capital $2,500 lists Archibald W. Loss Margaret C. Loss and Hu! Henri Loss as incorporators. Leland Piano Manufacturing Company capital $2,500 lists Charles J. Mulvey Benjamin H. Jefferson and August John Lehmkuhl as incorporators.
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Secretary of State Woods
International Patent Title and Indemnity Company
Chicago
Archibald W. Loss
Margaret C. Loss
Hu! Henri
Leland Piano Manufacturing Company
Charles J. Mulvey
Benjamin H. Jefferson
August John Lehmkuhl
Illinois Crop Production Final Estimates 1913 and 1912
Final estimates of production and values for crops in Illinois in 1913 and 1912 are issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Prices are based on December 1 figures and cover the state’s agricultural output.
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Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
State Board Appoints New Superintendents
The state board of administration appoints Nellie McFarland Mc Gowen of 3343 Prairie Avenue Chicago as superintendent of the Soldiers' Widow's Home in Wilmington, succeeding Flo Jamieson Miller who resigned. Carrie S. O'Connor of Rock Island is named superintendent of the State Training School for Girls at Geneva, replacing Margaret Elliott who resigned to lead a similar institution in Lisbon Ohio.
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State Board of Administration
Nellie McFarland McGowen
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Wilmington
Flo Jamieson Miller
Carrie S. O’connor
Rock Island
Geneva
Margaret Elliott
Lisbon
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Illinois Utility Commission
Contralt
Civil Service Examinations
Hall of Representatives
Imperial Quartet
Donald C. MacLeod
First Presbyterian Church
S. B. Hursh
Western State Normal
Macomb
Edward F. Dunne
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Charles McIntosh
Monticello
G. W. Conn, Jr
Woodstock
H. S. Magill
W. R. Hatfield
A. J. Hoffman
W. W. Coulins
DeKalb County
Frank McMurry
Columbia University
Lucy B. Owen
Eugene Davenport
University of Illinois
State Highway Commission
Cook County
Stephenson County
O. G. Hively
Winnebago
A. R. Carter
Montgomery County
Arthur Ware
A. N. Paner
Shelby County
N. A. Baxter
Thomas Inman
Clinton County
John T. Goldsmith
H. J. C. Beckmeyer
F. A. Lietzie
Jefferson County
Tony Fitchford
Henry Weisbecker
Christian County
C. C. Stanfield
Hancock County
E. B. Gordon
William Burgner
John H. Horner
Livingstone County
R. W. Osborn
John W. Whalen
Mercer County
W. C. Grant
J. E. Russell
Washington County
John A. Davenport, Jr
State Board
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