Unclaimed Millions in Banks Relate Tragedies
New York report details how unclaimed bank balances, dating back decades, surface through dormant accounts. Stories trace families, arrests, marriages, and long searches across states as investigators seek rightful heirs. Many cases end with heirs found or funds dispersed, while others remain unresolved.
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New York
Washington
New York World
Congress
John Skelton
Williams
LegislHion
United States Treasury
Campbelier
D. R. Crissinger
Tyoth
Edward J. Kelleher
San Francisco
Eddy
Eddy Kelleher
Wesson H. Tunnicliff
Chambers Street
Tunnicliff
Belleiver
San Quentin
Bowery
Lawrence
Mass
Salem
Hontaver
Salefi
South Dakota
Welf Ang
Keleher
Emigrant Industrial Bank
Wiliam Overton
Overton
Birmingham
England
United
William Overton
Mary McCrea
Brooklyn
James Brickley
Bridget Chandler
Brickley
County Wexford
Ireland
United States
Elizabeth
Lizabeth
John Walsh
Catherine
Walsh
John Tawless
Pacific Coast
Rickley
Mary
Samuel McCrea
Nelson Winniclift
Elizabeth Buckley Lawless
Boerum Place
Bae
Harry Allen Eastings
Onalda County
Hastings
Cormnvall-on-the-drudgon
Delmonico’s
Beaver Streets
Bowery Savings Bank
Cullmann
Frederick Cullmann
Fritty’ Street
Eliza Cullman
William Cullmann
Eliza Cullmann
Eliza
Charles
Elizabeth Coleman
Ward’s Island
Hart's Island
Randall's Island
Ranedall's
William
Prana
Yalesville
Conn
Pericy
Business and finance in 1920s car boom and storage trends
Industry reports show a heavy winter motor vehicle buying season as closed cars and touring models gain popularity. January 1924 output reached 243000 cars and trucks, a 164 percent rise from a year earlier, with exports and storage egg holdings also shifting. Building costs reveal masonry dominates per dollar and labor exceeds half of total building expense.
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W. BE. Meisser
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ihe
Senate Takes Up Foreign Control of U S Oil Lands
Washington February 11 Senate deliberates foreign ownership in U S petroleum as FTC reports on Royal Dutch Shell and Union Oil Group holdings in the United States. The study details organization development and control, noting discrimination against Americans seeking oil lands.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Royal Dutch Hell Group of Oil Companies
Union Oil Company
Delaware
Union Oil Company of
California
New Angle Put On Usual Triangle In London
Two young Americans and a British girl turn a love triangle into a laughing comedy in London. Ivy Featherstone and H. S. Booker plan marriage but a third suitor arrives. After delays at the St Martin's Registry Office and American consulate, Booker clears up papers and the wedding proceeds with Featherstone marrying Booker’s rival left out.
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London
Tora
England
Great Britain
Ivy Gladys Featherstone
KE. L. Robertson
Miss Featherstone
H. 3. Booker
Booker
St. Martin's Register Office
Featherstone
Peatherstyune
Ivy Ginggs Featherstone
Mhen
Big Brother
Anerican
Obituary notices for OConnell Daly and Steinborn in local death notices
Clement J OConnell longtime Ledge Quarry secretary and World War I veteran dies at home on Vine Street. Mass at St Augustine s church and burial at St Michael s cemetery. Irene M Daly wife of Terrance J Doran dies at 48 Benson Road Fairfield with two daughters. funeral at St Thomas church then St Michael s cemetery. Henry R Steinborn of Madison Avenue dies at St Vincent s hospital. funeral at mortuary chapel with burial pending.
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Clement J. O'Connell
Vine Street
Patsy Sansone
Patsy
Charles
Marian Ha Sansone
Tyes Court
Dis
Mary Christiano
Joseph
Angela
Nicholas
Irene M. Daly
Terrance J. Doran
Fairfield
Atlee
Betty Jane Doran
Thomas Daly
Fred Daly
Bridgeport
Vincent Aly
Milford
Margaret J. Daly
St. ‘Phomay’ Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Henry R. Steinborn
Henry R. Stelmborn
Madison Avenue
St. Vincent's Horpital
Augustus G. Baker
Financial Markets Rise on Industrial Progress Signals
New York reports show stock optimism driven by stronger industrial activity and favorable financial results. Rail freight hits record loads, steel demand surges with January pig iron output doubling YoY, and orders rise while mills operate at 40 percent capacity. Prices firm with commodity indices nudging higher amid global tensions.
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New York
Associated Press
Wall Street
Great Britain
United States
Intercut
Dun
Bradstreat
Liverpool
Catherine the Illiterate Empress of Russia Times
Catherine I born 1684 rose from Swedish peasant roots to become empress in 1724 after aiding Peter the Great. The history recounts her indecent reputation, literacy, and pivotal role in diplomacy saving Peter’s army in 1711, with death following a drunken revel.
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Catherine I
Bhé
Peter the Great
Russia
Peter
Catherine
Patel
Local Produce Market Conditions Reported by State Board Bureau
Market conditions show quiet prices for most fruits and vegetables as week closes amid weather hampering arrivals and deliveries. Potatoes and onions soften while cabbages remain firm. beef weaker, veal and live calves firm, hog prices rise. wholesale prices list detailed ranges for fruits vegetables poultry dairy and livestock components.
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Marketing Bureau
State Board of Agriculture
Lamb
Rees
Bannery
Economy Plans Work Out
Treasury figures show a $57.38 million debt reduction in the last year with the gross debt at $22.78 billion on February 1, 1929, down from $23.89 billion a year earlier. President Harding and Secretary Mellon aim for broader departmental economy, noting debt per capita and revenue per capita trends, with interest and principal payments shaping monthly outlays.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Plana
Harding
The
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Ini
United States
Market Prices for Livestock and Feed
Declers price es at doo per 100 Ibs No. 1 based 1.10-1.55 loose per ret 27.00-28.00 oats 1.60-1.70 torn 1.90-2.00 wheat 2.60-2.70 bran 1.75-1.50 Bluten 2.50-2.75 cottonseed meal 2.25-2.85 scratch fore 3.35-2.60 dry mash 2.75-?
Bridgeport Second to Boston in January Bank Clearings
Bridgeport shares second place among New England cities for January bank clearings with 51.55 million, far behind Boston’s 1.735 billion, while Providence had 16.42 million. The period shows local clearings up 17 percent from January 1922. New Haven 27.83 million, Springfield 25.28 million, Worcester 17.46 million, Waterbury 7.98 million, Holyoke 4.38 million.
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Bridgeport
New England
Boston
Providence
R. 1
Park City
New Haven
Springfield
Waterbury
Worcester
Portland
Fall River
New Bedord
Lowell
Holyoke
Newly Laid Eggs Fall to 65 Cents in Market Slump
Market reports show the price of freshly laid Connecticut eggs dropping to 65 cents per dozen as wholesale values weaken for two weeks. Hens resume high production, making it more profitable to feed flocks than harvest them, with four months left in peak output.
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Connecticut
Imarket
Irving Fisher Weekly Index Report Summary
The piece describes Irving Fisher’s Weekly Index of 200 wholesale commodities and money purchasing power relative to 1913, noting May 1920 price peaks at 147 percent above pre war levels and a dollar worth 40.5 pre war cents. It credits Fisher’s book The Making of Index Numbers and Dan’s Weekly Review as sources, with weights from War Industries reports.
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Tis
Irving Fisher
Houghton Mifflins& Co
Pollak Foundation of Economic Research
Newton 58
Mass
Dan
War Industries
Millionaires of Rhine Become American Paupers
Savannah dispatch describes returning Rhine front soldiers adjusting to U S life on $30 a month as German marks collapse in value. Doughboys lament higher costs for whisky cigars and transport while noting old Rhine comforts like cheaper champagne and beer. Prices in Coblenz rise as marks fall. some report buying power of dollars plummets from wartime levels to near pauper status.
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Malcolm Ellis Savannah
Rhine
Savannah
Fort Sereyen
St.Mihiel
Coblenz
Oliver P. Washburn
Des Moines
Germany
United States
Washburn
Cobtenz
Wiesbaden
Rhineland
Delaney
Kingston
Rhinsland Commission
Rhire
John Marcelle
Brockton
Mass
Coblen
Dolla
Walking fish crawl from water with winged tails in offshore streams
A rare walking fish from Sao Thome in the Gulf of Guinea uses strong fins with bony spikes to crawl from water and cling to logs. Its tail, soft and boneless, contains an arterial net that supplies oxygen when out of water, allowing extended survival if the tail stays wet. Also described is a black satin gown with a front slit revealing a silver petticoat and silver lace cape.
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Sao Thome
St. Thomas
Gulf of Guinea
Equator
Africa
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Franz
Cullman
HighMother
Walter
Cullingann
Mr. Liddle
Liddle
Metropolitan Savings Bank
Andrew Miller
WA. 8
Department of Agriculture
Department of Lebora
U.S
Obervers
Dun’s
Bradstreet
Catherine OF
Feech Arr
Tay
Science Servic
Irving Fisher’s Weekly Index
Bridgeport Gas Light Co. Capital Stock
Hincks Bros.’ & CO
Main St
Bridgeport, Conn
Barnum
Equitable Industrial Loan Society, Inc
Conlin Company
Elm St
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