Bombay Bank Loss Reveals Massive Specie Bank Collapse
Provisional liquidator reports the Indian Specie Bank lost its entire capital and reserve of £100,000, with a large debit in the Bombay bullion account and a bogus network replacing Nanabhai ledgers. Silver held for Specie Bank of London shifted to a syndicate after funds failed to appear. Losses run into millions, pinning blame on insolvent pearl merchants and disputed share and credit balances. Jaffer Joosub, manager of Credit Lane, was arrested for criminal fraud.
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Bombay
Indian Specie Bank
Nanabhai
Specie Bank of London
Specie Bank
Ebrahim
Messrs. Sobhagehand & Neginchind
Credit Bank
Messrs
Wedanghir & Delal
Special Barber For St George’s Choir In Church Life
New York December 19 A special barber is the latest church feature at St George's Episcopal Church Stuyvesant Square and East Sixteenth Street funded by the late J Pierpont Morgan with half a million dollars The rector Rev Karl Reiland announced the feature noting it will groom choir boys for uniform appearance on Saturdays and Sundays before services.
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New York
St. George's Episcopal Church
Stuyvesant Square
East Sixteenth Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Karl Reiland
Obituary of Elvira Livingstone Gardner East Side resident
Elvira Livingstone Gardner aged 55 died after a week of illness at her home 147 Deacon Street. She was wife of Charles Victor Gardner and mother of John Lester and daughters Ella Victoria Carstesen and Idllie Pyle, with siblings Lester Campbell and Morris Campbell. Survived by one granddaughter Lillian Pyle. The notice also recounts a Bridgeport woman who lost one shoe from a package and a youth-related incident at a Bridgeport post office involving a revolving door and shattered glass.
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Deacon Street
Elvira Livingston
Charles Victor Gardner
East Side
John Lester
Ella Victoria
Louis E. Carstesen
Idllie
Fred H. Pyle
Lester Campbell
New Jersey
Morris Campbell
Bridgeport
Lillian Pyle
Health supervision in rural schools discussed
Rural schools lack health oversight and suffer from poor sanitation, ventilation, and weather exposure. The article argues for full time county health officers, state aid, and teacher training to improve prevention, with specialists visiting schools to educate on school and child hygiene.
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Michigan
Minnesota
Virginia
City Court Cases Highlight Local Offenses and Sentences
George Allen fined five dollars on three charges for striking a policeman with his own night stick near Cottage Place justice suspended, while probation supervision begins. James Slamin ordered to pay four dollars weekly for non support and placed under probation. William Hill to be tried next Wednesday for assault. John Fitzgerald jailed thirty days for drunkenness. has spent six months jailed last year. A W Porter hosted advertising men at Bridgeport club and Park theater. Lost and Wound Department at Busy Corner seen, with missing Christmas gifts. James A Marshall removed from State Reformatory for cruelty.
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George Allen
Fitzgerald
Cottage Place
Coughlin
Ailen
James Slamin
Railroad Avenue
William Hill
John Fitzgerald
Waterstreet
Open air schools and university benefactions in the era
A survey of educational trends shows open air classrooms at Bryn Mawr and Grand Rapids, a shipbuilding program at San Pedro high school, and diverse night schools in Gallup. International funding flows include Cambridge Bristol Glasgow Leeds and Hamburg endowments boosting science and agriculture programs as typhoid cases rise in Walden Newburgh.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Bryn Mawr
San Pedro
Cal
Nho
Gallup
McKinley County
New Mexico
Cambridge University
Bristol University
Glasgow
Leeds
Germany
Frankfort am-Main
University of
Hamburg
Electric Radiator for Localized Heat Use
This radiator fits any lighting circuit outlet with limited current to provide instant intermittent heat. Ideal for nurseries sick rooms and bathrooms. Available in nickel finish only.
Electric grill for radiant heat cooking
A portable electric grill suitable for use on standard electric circuits for broiling toasting stewing and frying with radiant heat.
The Gospel of Materialism Versus True Progress
A speaker denounces the gospel of materialism and imperialism. Progress lies in moral and spiritual growth, not mere wealth or rapid production. Nations might wage war for commerce, but not to aid oppressed peoples. The essay cautions against elevating material wealth as the chief good.
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Sottom
Germany
England
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Union McAvoy
District OF Bridgeport, Sr
William G. Lineburgh
Mieke
Edward F. Hallen
Bombay Bank
G. P. Robinson
Buechler
M. J. Buechler
the Reliable Jeweler
Fairfield Avenue
Middle Street
Rural School
U. 8
Bureau of Education Bulletin
Ernest Bryant Hoag
A. W. Porter
Wright Laboratory Chemical Company
Bridgeport Club
Park Theater
John Miller
Peter Barkeley
Forrest Montange
A. C. Goulden
Chicago
James A. Marshall
State Reformatory
Mazda
TORS
Cup
The
United
Lluminating
Education Notes
Bureau of Municipal Research
New York City
Elmira
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Wheatly
Middletown
Conn
Newburgh
Walden
Lakeside
Joseph P. Coughlin CO
East Main Street
Hugh Black
Union Theological Seminary
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