Bank Failures Hit Pittsburg Firms In Major Collapse
Pittsburg July 7 bank failures include the First Second National Bank with 40 million in liabilities, along with the Kuhn banking house and the American Water Works Guarantee Company. Receivers were appointed, with C. C. Murray named for the First Second National and J S Kuhn firm receivers for the Kuhn interests.
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C. C. Murray
Murray
Alleghany National
Fort Pitt National
First Second Bank
Pride’s Crossing
Beverly
Mass
Secretary McAdoo Says Pittsburg Bank Failure Is Isolated
Secretary McAdoo stated that national banking is strong and that the Pittsburg First Second National Bank failure is a sporadic case with no broader significance. He noted a nearly two million dollar discrepancy in reports and pledged a Treasury Justice probe into possible irregularities while officials deny responsibility for the bank merger.
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Comptroller’s Office
Lauterbach Denies Guilt Before Welfare Committee
Lauterbach and Lamar concede immunity and testify amid a wide ranging inquiry into lobbying at the committee hearing. The session features sharp exchanges with Senator Reed and questions about Stone Ledyard and Riordan while the wool and sugar investigations loom for later discussion.
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Midnight Train to Quincy Restored by City Effort
Long effort by Mayor Stone and the Quincy Board of Trade leads to restoring the New Haven midnight train from Boston to Quincy beginning Monday night.
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Woman seeks mail nuptials using Socialistic ritual
Mrs Hannah Whilldin of West Palm Beach Florida writes to Justice James Fraser asking to marry her fiancé by mail. She requests a ceremony conducted by letter employing the Socialistic marriage ritual, noting neither the ritual nor methods are approved.
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West Palm Beach
Florida
Justice of the Peace
James Fraser
Secret Socialistic Marriage Stirs Public Curiosity
Justice Fraser officiated the hush hush marriage of Kenneth Macgowan, dramatic critic, and Edna Behre of New Orleans in a ritual praising comradeship and equal rights. After inquiries from Mrs. H S Whilldin, Fraser offered to marry by letter but would not perform the ceremony remotely. He invited the couple to Boston for the legal rites.
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Florida
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Macgowans
Women leap from car as Brookline collision injures four
In Brookline near Harvard and Beal streets an Allston car collided with a John Burnham coal wagon last evening. Twelve women fled the car to escape injury with Bridget Lynch and William Overton seriously hurt and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Alice Christian and Sadie Earl also injured and sent home.
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Oriental Court
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William
Overton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Alice Christian
Downing Street
Sadie Earl
Forest Street
Allston
Harvard Street
Beal Street
John Burnham Coal Company
William J. Lord
Leaps as Train Strikes Auto at Winchester Crossing
Huston of Winchester narrowly escaped death when his auto plunged through a gate and onto the lower track as the Montreal express neared at 50 miles per hour. He jumped to safety just as the train struck and wrecked the vehicle. He says twilight kept him from seeing the down gates.
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Huston
State Street
Hancock Street
Winchester
Montreal Express
Winchester Square
Hypnotic Cure Claimed For Epilepsy By Dr. Fox
Prominent New York physician Dr Alfred J Fox now in Boston says hypnotic suggestion cured several epileptics in the past year and could cure millions with proper treatment He cites 19 cases once deemed hopeless including a New York boy named Moses Berger whose severe attacks and resulting disability disappeared after deep hypnotic sleep and recalling a prenatal shock.
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Fox
Moses Berger
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