Bank of England Considers Silver Reserve Policy Shift
London reports that Bank of England Governor Hugh C. Smith informed the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach the bank may hold one fifth of its silver bullion against note issue if silver is freely coinable by France and market prices are favorable. The move spurred mixed reactions among investors and stockholders, with Mr. Robert Benson threatening to sell stock if the policy advances.
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Bank of England
London
Hugh C. Smith
Michael Hicks- Beach
Westminster Gazette
Threadneedle Street
Robert Benson
Widow Olga Norr Commits Suicide After Grief
Committed New York report states Olga Norr widow of William Norr, famed baseball writer and humorist, killed herself after four weeks of grief. She prepared a near airtight room and inhaled gas, leaving two notes to a mother and no one. Her belongings included her husband’s urn, a niche receipt, a loaded pistol, and floral funeral offerings.
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New York
Olga Norr
William Norr
Matilda Norr
Love Rewarded in New York as Hem of Death Gift
Jessie Ostrom cared for her dying fiancé Jack Wallace in New York City. He died Sept 3 after a long illness. Wallace left Ostrom his property near Belleville New Jersey, about twenty acres, and several thousand dollars in the bank, with Clarence Hedden named executor and cremation directed.
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New York
Jessie Ostrom
Jack
Jessie
Jack Wallace
West Eighteenth Street
Clarence Hedden
Bloomfield
N. J
Belleville
In Jail for a Kiss in New York Agent Held on Abduction Charge
Arthur Herenden, city agent for Union Central Life Insurance, is jailed on abduction accusations after allegedly taking 18 year old Lilla Coffin from Potsdam across the St Lawrence River to a Canadian hotel and kissing her. The suspect, married and residing at the Hotel Marie Antoinette, was held for the grand jury after parents alerted authorities.
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New York
Arthur &. Herenden
New York City
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Mr. Herenden
Iss Lilla Coffin
Potsdam
St. Lawrence River
Ces
Broadway
Marie Antoinette
Ogdensbur
Miss Coffin
Prescott
Missing Philadelphia Woman Sought by Boston Police
Boston police issued a manifold seeking Mrs. Jennie B. Everett who has been missing from Philadelphia since July 31. Everett is described as a striking brunette who swings her head when she walks and typically has either a harmonica or a cud of gum in her mouth while on the move. Patrols on main routes are advised to watch for her and her gum cud.
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Boston Police Department
Jennie B. Everett
Philadelphia
Remarrying the Borden Scion Stirs Peery Society
In Fall River on September 11, tale spreads about Matt Orden remarrying his former wife Mildred Negbauer, the woman his father paid to separate from him years ago. Rumors claim the pair had an implicit plan and accepted the subsidy while apart, mocking past ironies.
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Fall River
Matt’ Orden
Borden
Mildred Negbauer
Accum, & Vitaty
Syart Cies
England
Nantucket bark Nantum wreck near Haster Island tale
A Sept report from the State Department notes the wreck of the Nant on bark from Seattle. Fifteen crewmen abandoned ship May 27 and reached Haster Island. Eight were later taken to Valparaiso while the rest chose to stay, amid island lore of scarce men and plentiful women leading to matches with visiting sailors.
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Washington
State Department
Nonantum
Seattle
Wash
Haster Island
Valparaiso
Adamiessen
Pacific
Hynd
Chief Justice Fuller Spends Quiet Brunswick Visit With Family
United States Chief Justice Melville H. Fuller arrives in Brunswick with his family before leaving for Washington. The group plans Harbor activities Thursday night and spends time with close friends during the stay.
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Melville H. Fuller
United States Supreme Teen
Brunswick
Washington
Harbor
Ing
John Anderson Married in Philadelphia Linked to Whitman Murder
Boston bound in two weeks John Anderson the self confessed killer of Captain Whitman and Mate Sanders of the Minnie Raven is revealed as a married man with a wife living. Peter Grant a former shipmate says Anderson married a divorced wife in Philadelphia then separated. Grant and Robinson recall his peaceful character and family ties in Sweden.
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John Anderson
Captain Whitman
Sanders
Boston
John Andersen
Peter Grant
Minnie Raven
Andersen
State Hospital
Westboro
Cape Town
South Africa
New York
Baltimore
Mr. Grant
New Town
Wall River
John Rehnberg
H. Hanson
Hernesdad
Sweden
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Washburn Credit Company
Washington ST
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Russia
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Beath
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