Missouri Bank Failures Surge In 1923 Statewide
Missouri banks closed in 1923 total twenty four with deposits of 8 888 000 in five months. Finance Commissioner Milligh cited strict laws and small capitalization, plus examiner limits, as factors. The item lists court actions, arrests, and local incidents from Jefferson City to Kansas City, including political violence and public notices.
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Missouri
Milligh
Supreme
Jefferson
St. Is
Ireuit
Spstaint
William Huber
Huber
Creve Coeur Drivub
St. Louis
Higalds
E. Cahill
Americans Bank
Springfield
Frank C Millspaugh
Holland Banking Ny
Cahill
Bushtate
Bushnell
City
Jes B. Oldham
Unitates
Jefferson City
St. Louisansas City
St. Louis Re
L. W. Chapman
Farmers’Savings Bank
Poplar Bluff
Doniphan
Butler County
EK. A. Green
L. E. Tedrick
C. L. Ferguson
R. L Cope
North America
Kansas City
Willow Springs
Grit and Power Company
Romantic Sally and the Keepsake Book Bond
Roberta James announces engagement to John Kelley, while her cousin Sally pledges romantic devotion. Sally gathers keepsakes from Jack Kellogg’s mother to create a memory album, hoping Roberta’s engagement proves real. After Roberta’s engagement falters, Jack reveals his true love for Sally, and they plan to complete the album together.
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Roberta James
John Kelley
Bert
Pop
Trousseau
Roberta
Mrs. James
Jack Kelleg
Sally
Jameses
Jack Kelley
Jack
Famly
Mrs. Kellog
Mrs. Kelley
Mrs. Keiley
Jack Kellog
Frank Demming
Phases of Habit That Prove Hard to Break
A nostalgic column recounts Rear Admiral Niblack’s retirement outing and then shifts to humorous anecdotes about theater folk and unions. It contrasts wartime discipline with leisure, noting a Western visitor’s shock at show business life and ending with a quip about sailors on shore leave.
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Niblack
U.S. N
New York
The
Lambs’ Club
Telegraph Linemen’s Union
Sewer Diggers’ Benevolent Association
The Quiet Power Of Mrs Wright In Pittsfield Politics
Helen F. Wright of Pittsfield Massachusetts embodies a steady rise in influence through practical skill. Her husband Charles Wright sought her help to mobilize Republican women, leading to a strong showing that helped reelect Lodge and boost her own public role with lectures and book projects.
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Helen F. Wright
Pittsfield
Mass
Charles Wright
Wright
Senator Lodge
Mrs. Wright
MacMillan
Hich
Fargo woman runs North Dakota's year‑round public employment office
Mintie Bowe of Fargo manages the sole year‑round public employment office in North Dakota. She personally interviews most of the 70 000 annual visitors, mostly men, and advises that workers grow locally to attract bigger opportunities elsewhere.
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Engineer Corps
Brown
Fargo
North Dakota
Washington, D. C
Mary Jones
Mintie Bowe
Business Women's Club
Mrs. Bowe
Dodging Autos Necessity Sparks Creative Pedestrian Steps
A historical note highlights how avoiding cars forces pedestrians to improvise agile moves that could rival a ballet routine. The piece remarks on pedestrians developing clever footwork to navigate streets safely.
Indians Still Live in Ancient Homes
Alanson Skinner writes Adventure Magazine on Wisconsin and other states showing the largest Indian populations east of the Mississippi in 1910 and later shifts. He notes Wisconsin hosts tribes such as Chippewa Ojibway Oneida Brothertown Stockbridge while many groups moved west and retain limited customs and language.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Mennomint
Winnebago
Potawatomi
Brothertowns
Stockbridges
North Carolina
Michigan
New York
Florida
Everglades
Oneida
New England
Living Face Masks in Vienna Turn to Plaster Portraits
A famed Viennese sculptor runs a studio making plaster masks from living faces. Women constitute most clients. a mask takes about 15 minutes and costs around 25 dollars. The process uses grease, plaster, cotton wool, and silk threads to enable removal, with wigs or hats added for effect. The result is eerie and pallid, though the sculptor earns more from this than marble statues.
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Vienna
May Talk With Mars From Alpine Heights
As Mars nears Earth scientists plan an August experiment from Jungfrau in the Alps. They will use a powerful lens to emit light signals toward Mars with the snow reflecting the rays. The idea Mars hosts intelligent inhabitants dates to 1877 after Schiaparelli noted straight lines on Mars.
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Mars
Earth
Jungfrau
Alps
Schiaparelli
Marconi
Butler student teacher faces cheeky query in sociology study
A Butler College student teaching in a local high school endures a flippant remark from a girl pupil who mistakes sociology and economics for cooking, reflecting on his studious aim and social missteps during a tense exchange.
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Butler College
Butler
Sociology
Indianapolis News
Rats Foster Mites Threatening Southern States
Government scientists identify a blood-sucking mite allied with rats that bites and irritates people in tight clothing. They find the mites persist where rats are present and suggest eradicating rats and spraying nests with kerosene to repress the problem.
Great Help Clerks Assist Consumer With Pillowcase Request
A shopper asks for two pillowcases and the clerk queries size while the customer suggests a size seven fits. The exchange appears in Stanford Chaparral.
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Stanford Chaparral
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Missouri News Nuggets
Inon
Union Home Builders
Headquarters Syndicate Trust
Htie Stinson
Spice Billingsley
Almith
Jim Coffey
Eldorado Us
Hal- Banking Co
Greene County
E. L. Sanford
Finnance
Harold Lincoln
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Poplar
D Smith
Eldorado Springs
King James Coffey
Eldorado
New Franklin
Luis
B B. Atkins
New
Es White
Tucumcari
N. M
Martin A. Hulbert
E. House
Ferriss
Itex
Gillham
Hulbert
Otto Bauer
Penal Board
Charles G. Merrell
Hugh Pinkley
Michael O'Connor
Bernard C. Mengel
Morris Picking Company
South Broughway
Thirid E E. Blair
State Supreme Court
Blair
Walker
White
Michael ‘Kinney
Oakland
Missouri-Pacific
Kirkwood
Kinney
Frank Stone
Holmes Avenue
Polly Anna Dunkle
Shriners
Research Hospital
Greenville
Puxico
Ed Walden
Thurman
Charles Anderson
Grayridge
George Saxe
Missouri Chiropractors’ Association
Boonville
W. J. H. Lippelmann
S. G. Walters
J. W. Bechtold
M. M. Wattrock
Lee Wright
Dixon
N. C
McClure
Mary
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