Steel Trust stockholders warned of unloading scheme and possible dividend cuts
A long analysis warns 200000 Steel Trust stockholders that prices were pumped from $8 to $95 through misrepresentation and conspiracy with banks and brokers. It urges holders to demand truthful answers from Steel Trust leaders about dividends, stock sales, and use of funds, while noting New Haven and Boston & Maine collapses as warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Trust
Frank W. Blair
Boston
New Haven
New England
J. P. Morgan
Boston & Maine
Wall Street
Wall Street Journal
Steel Corporation
United States Steel
The
Mellen
Blair
Steel
Hay
Brockway-Smith Corp
Canal Street
Haymarket
Mrs. Frank Leslie recalls historic Thanksgiving memories
In a New York press Thanksgiving chat, Mrs. Frank Leslie, widow and head of the publishing business, recounts a strenuous move, a near fiasco dinner with quail, and her rise to leadership just before Garfield's assassination. She details stopping presses, paying off a $300,000 debt, and a later triumphant revival of Popular Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leslie
New York Press
Chelsea
Sherman Square
Garfield
Washington
Leslie
Cascarets promise quick relief for troubled bowels
An advertisement claims a torpid liver and constipated bowels cause many symptoms from headaches to bad breath. A Cascaret, 19 cents, supposedly cleanses the liver and bowels by morning, making the stomach sweet and the head clear for months.
Worcester Hospital Abuses Revealed By Attendant
John Addison Haien presents Max E Franksl account of unsanitary conditions at Worcester State Hospital. He describes neglect, shared soap and toilet supplies, lack of night clothing, and tainted mail practices. He claims attendants police each other, suppress reports, and threaten whistleblowers amid an ongoing state investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Addison Haien
Huntington Avenue
Worcester State Hospital
Max FE. Frankil
John Addison Hazen
FINDS HUSBAND IN SING SING
Mrs. Bessie Jacobson of Boston claims she has located her husband Louis in Sing Sing prison New York using Bertillon measurements and a photograph She has filed for divorce in Massachusetts on desertion grounds The prisoner she identifies is serving two years for carrying a loaded revolver The search was aided by Boston police and the district attorney's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertillon
Bessie Jacobson
Acton Street
Boston
Sing Sing Prison
New York
Louis
Salem
Massachusetts
Sing Sing
Wild Auto Roars Through Medford Damage and Pursuit
A six passenger touring car owned by Hiram Cohen of Revere ran wild on Barehill road near Main street. It struck an elm, overturned trees, and a police officer was knocked to the brush while the car sped at high speed before Cohen halted the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Hiram Cohen
Nahant Avenue
Revere
James Cohen
Rose Norman
Rose Cohen
Esther Singer
Barehill Road
Main Street
Revere Beach
Cohen
Randall
Man Killed on Crossing in Bangor
Samuel D. Ames aged 76 of Bangor was killed when his carriage was struck by moving freight cars at Northern Maine Junction. His wife was seriously injured with fractured ribs and collar bone, and remains hospitalized with other injuries but is expected to recover. An inquest is scheduled for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Hochs
Bangor
Samuel D. Ames
Northern
Maine Junction
Thumb Nearly Bitten Off in Street Fight
In West Quincy a Reserve Officer Nils Dahlberg fought two men Mattie Keisala and Eric Moyland at 25 McDonald Street. He subdued them and delivered them to the police station. his right thumb was nearly bitten off in the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Quincy
Nils Dahlberg
Mattie Keisala
Eric Moyland
McDonald Street
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Tates
Morgan
Morgan Pet
United States Steel Common
Steel Common
America
England
Germany
France
Gillie
Legion
Quail
Frankis
Worcester
Frankil
Aeneas
Joseph Lanz
Lanz
Dryden
State Board of Insanity
Thomas W. Lawson
Castor
Gaatare
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