Monster Embezzlement and the Eads Bank Scandal
A historical critique traces James B. Eads and associates to the Bank of Missouri collapse. It alleges misused funds to finance bridges and jetty projects, noting a $1.86 million personal liability, fictitious loans, and concealment via a “Bank of Commerce Account No. 3” envelope. The piece details failed oversight, subsequent bankruptcy, and calls for punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fade
Bank of Commerce of New York
Eads
Kaas Ring
Eee
Nto
Bank of Commerce
Bank of Missouri
Getor Bank
Walter 5. Johnston
General Henderson
Kada, Britton & Oy
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Eaas
New York
Bank of
Missouri
Sneeze prank at Sixth Presbyterian Church shocks Chicago
A six teen year old boy Arthur Johnson is sought on a warrant after a pepper throwing prank during Rev Henry I Miller's Ascension sermon at Sixth Presbyterian Church. The crowd suspected an uncivilized joke as pepper smoke and coughs disrupted the service. The incident ends with the peppered lad likely to face punishment. A separate Cincinnati tale tells of a student and a young woman secretly marrying and the husband’s death en route to obtain the marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.mes
Eads
Ohio
St. Louis
Third National Bank of
Chicago
Beyz
Sixth Presbyterian Church
South Division
Henry I. Miller
Nimothy
wWe
Arthur Johnson
Cotage Grove
Arthur
Cincinnati
Lim
Bret
Pushand
Justice’s Office
Biaeee
Canned Fish Industry Profiles and Arch Wharf Output
The feature details the bustling canned fish trade along Arch Wharf with 260 workers and 200 can makers, outlining products from codfish balls to minced fish and snowflake varieties. It notes large scale firms like Griffin Thompson & Co and Henry Mayo & Co, production methods, and the global reach including New England chowder, salmon from the Columbia River, and Baltic exports, plus Boston’s Fish Bureau and Arch Wharf’s industrial span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Griffin, Thompson & Co
Atlantic Avenue
Messrs
Henry Mayo & Co
Commerce Street
Christendom
New England
Sony
Prince Edward
Commissary Department
Army
S. Wiliam Underwood & Co
Broad Street
Brayland
A Hint to Drinkers Turning Wives Into Bar Financiers
A lecture argues bar rooms profit from drinkers and urges temperance by making wives lend money for whiskey. The speaker illustrates costs at ten cents per drink, showing yearly totals escalating with daily consumption. A man counting his three daily drinks learns the debt surpasses his earnings, prompting him to quit drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Campbell
Larif
Evey Saan
Tin City
Bau
Reminder of Confederate Times in Asheville News 1865
A facsimile of the Asheville News dated April 6 1865 shows a half sheet containing editor Elder Adkin a Methodist minister and a Confederate price list with astonishing values for staples and slaves. It notes General Order No 4 about recruiting negro troops and a $4000 reward for two runaways Noah and Edward from King's Mountain Iron Works near Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate Times
Casheville
N. C
Enterprise
Asheville
Lee
Appomattox
Elder Adkin
7. B. Palmer
Noah
Edward
Gist
King’s Mountain
Jerry Black’s Story in a Pennsylvania Trial Farce
Judge Black recounts a comical trial where a German doctor acted as defence witness. The witness, an ex fence-builder, is teased about decapitation and postmortem exams as the judge-cross examination unveils a farcical medical tale amid damages proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Pennsylvania
Leben
Schudge
Fatal Street Shooting Over Seduction in Pawtucket
In Pawtucket on Main Street near the Benedict House, George H. Brown shot and mortally wounded John A. Jenks after a long, strained affair involving Brown’s wife. Jenks, a bread carrier and baker at Haven & DeWitt, had prior ties with Mrs Jenks, sparking Brown’s vow for revenge. Jenks died shortly after. Brown, an overseer at Conant Thread Mills, is jailed awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. J
Pawtucket
Jolim A. Jonka
George H. Brown
Te Luctor
Main Street
Jenks
JS Star Street
James Brown
Henry Ide
Benedict House
George Mr. Brown
Smith & Wesson
Brown
Olficer McCasker
Conant Thread Mills
Road Street
Central Falls
Is. Brown
Scituate
Mass
John A. Jerke
Alfred Jenks
Haven & DeWitt
Star Street
Se@tuate
Smething
Gome
Confession of Pawtucket Murder Victim and Suicide Attempt
John A Jenks died from a wound inflicted by George H Brown after betraying Browns wife. Jenks admitted criminal intimacy with Mrs Brown in an ante mortem statement. Brown, after learning of the death, attempted suicide by cutting his wrist and stabbing himself, but survived with critical yet not dangerous injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan
Jenks
George
Brown
Jenks’ Comapions
Barney
Benedict House
Bre. Whitney
Goodale
Arnold
Clase
Pawtucket
Suwide
Providexrcr
KR. L
John A Jenks
George H. Brown
Main Street
Lis
Rice
Jack Kale
Southern Society in Dixie Women North and South Compared
The piece surveys Southern manners noting isolation in elite life, with planters and families meeting mainly at church. It contrasts Southern reserve and pride with Northern chic, describing jealousy toward Northern-born ladies, who are seen as fashionably refined but socially distant. The circus is cited as a rare social exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Columbia
Cor
Brooklyn Eagle
Carolina
North
New York
Boston
Talaters
Time-lowered feat delights ministers and laughing echoes
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Brother Talmage observing a prominent Presbyterian and two Methodist ministers enjoying a daring feat of jumping through paper loops. They laugh at the old fashioned jokes of the comedic men in money garb, sharing amusement at the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
Texas Millionaire's Heir Search Sparks Probate Battle
A Texas paper recounts the long vanished Johnny Clark who left a $5,000,000 Texas estate to Wharton and Richmond counties, none of whose heirs could prove title until recently. Ma rinda Buckles, a Clark daughter, and her Indiana sister now hire lawyers to pursue about $1.5 million each in rightful claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Johnny Clark
Todina
Wabsh
New Orleans
Tie
Indiana
Kentucky
Hardin County
Stephensburg
Clark
Wharton
Richmond
Boens
Beirs
Marinda Buckles
Asansuckles
Ounce
Mrs. Buckles
Joan A. Clark
Texas Millonaire
South America News From Colombia to Central America
Reports from South America describe Colombia’s five day flood blocking rail traffic and resumed links between Asbinwall and Penawa. Panama Assembly convened with officers elected and support for President Grajillo. San Salvador reports Santa Suci volcano active with ash clouds and medicinal lava dust. Costa Rica’s Atlantic Division railway advances as routes via Santa Clara Valley face debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South America
Colombia
Asbinwall
Penawa
Royal Mail
Muselie
Southampton
Legislative Assembly of
State of
Panama
Augustin Jooane
Severs Brijido
Villareal
Lesignado
Lomingo d. Gonzales
Rapwubiie
San Salvador
Santa Suci
Szaleo
Costa Rica
Santa Clara Valley
Des Moines Lender Horse Sale Ends In Surprise Victory
A beleaguered old horse, pressed by a desperate owner Graves, crosses the track in a bold sale scene on Third Street. Spectators wagered up to 500 dollars as the nag trains under 2.5 miles, finishing at 2.50 amid dust and cheers.
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Des Moines
Graves God
Third Street
Plaig
Nau
Fair Grounds
Tugious
Lome
Laven
A Woman's Luck and a Glasgow Bank Failure Incident
A Philadelphia Evening Telegraph correspondent recounts a curious Glasgow calamity tale. An elderly woman with £3000 fortune earned £2000 legacy invested in Glasgow Bank, later failed. she learns her agent absconded with £2000 while paying interest from capital, freeing her from further liability but prompting potential legal action. A separate Ohio tale tells of John Smith pardoned from Cleveland Penitentiary after three years. he dies soon after receiving his pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lyveryone
General Hendersons
Glasgow
iPhiladelphia Evening Telegraph
Scotland
Natice
John Smith
Ohio Pententiary
Cleveland
Wood County
Lim
Cougar Attacks Boy in San Antonio Stock Yard
A mass of onlookers witnessed a chained cougar maul and tear apart Little Jose de la Barrera, daughter of Guadalupe Ramerez, after it lunged through a gate. Bystanders fired revolvers unsuccessfully in a failed effort to stop the animal at the South Flores street stock yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Herald
South Flores Street
Lores Street
Jose de la Barrera
Guadalupe Ramerez
Andrew Hogan
Little Duce
Groesbeck Looks for Gold and Silver Standard Reform
Cincinnati interviews United States Commissioner W S Groesbeck after the Paris Monetary Conference. He backs free coinage of silver alongside gold, opposes single metal standard, and argues Americans should act independently rather than await Europe’s moves. He cites global suspensions and argues abundance of money aids enterprise and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Groesbeck
United States
Paris
Cincinnati
The
Inquirer
Groesbeck
Groesperk
Weill
Mr. Groesbeck
Ir. Groeelock
Chen
Groesweck
Congress
England
France
Spain
Austria
Sue Law
Gan
Larbarisa
Gerebane
Russia
America
Europe
Atlantic
Youth and Old Age Elopement Moves by Train
Two passengers aboard the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad drew attention as Mr. Chattie S. Kline aged seventy one and Lis brule Parker aged twenty eloped from Charles City County last Wednesday and wed in Washington DC. They traveled north briefly before returning south and rested last night at the St. Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Washington
Chattie S. Kline
Lis Brule
Parker
Uuarles City
Junelog
Tonantle Duan
St. Charles
A Curious Incident on Fremont Street Involving a Bird
A bystander recounted a scene on Fremont Street where a Black man attempted to contain a loud bird in a basket. The bird caused a chaotic disturbance as spectators watched, a struggle ended with the bird torn from its holder and cries echoing through the crowd.
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Mississippi River
James B. Eads
Aod
Captain Eads
Eads Gnai
Southwest
Laois
Barnes
Oule
Lerewat
Weltown Bank
Mysery
Ailscourt Bank
Captain Fads
Mississippi
Neubhation
Sane
States Bank
James GG. Eads
Robert A. Barnes
Mietener
Fletcher
Mr. Barnes
J. B. Faas
Meyer James H. Britton
Charles K. Dickson
Barton Bates
Atos Couting
Joan J. Koe
John A. Absdell
Mangers
National Banking Act
State of Missouri
National Bank
Sate of
Palmers
Canton
St. Joseph
Suimmer
Bank of Biseouty
James
Baris
James B. Fade
Jamies Bride
Baron Bates
Charles K Diew
James B. Esvisebruary
James B. Hule
James St. Tais
James B. Fads Marcel
Lamen Bewis
James B.ews
Agg
Cosh
Coe Blu
Direcora
Dickson
Dbsciell
Aatimmal Bank
Eithering
Miggouri Enterprises
W. D. W. Barovard
Grant
Nut
Barward
Watson
Bank of the
Arch Wharf
Sir Walter Scott
Hough
Chidren
Parker's
Young's
Xuba Dam
I'ronswick
Baton Rouge
Nova Scotia
Columbia River
Oregon
Liverpool
San Francisco
United Kingdom
Pacific
Hiying
Lens
W. Dickson & Co
Daintiest Epicures
Baltimore
Maine
Great Britain
Calmon
Baddork
Canada
Shadines
Lastport
Holland
Boston Fish Bureau
Jerry Black
Hope
Jov’ Brker
Randall KH. Nive
Eoks
Bat
Beownad
Groug
Enterprise Edge
Rough Snd Ready Fire Company
Death OF the Betrayer
Southern Society
International Congress
Hon. W. S.S. Groesbeck
Love With
Silver
Thut
Balimore Gazette
Fremont
Ireet
Wis
Vale
Zack Chaudier
Wasieandes
Boaia
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