The Opportunity and Responsibility of Southern Bankers
A Virginia oriented address asserts Southern bankers stand in a pivotal role to advance the South’s growth. It catalogs coal, iron, cotton, water power, and industrial potential across Virginia, Alabama, and the broader South, urging bankers to lead in education, self reliance, and regional development amid a global industrial surge.
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Virginis
Virginia
South
America
Potomac
Rio Grande
Atlantic
Blue Ridge
Gulf
Great Britain
Germany
Pennsylvania
New England
Massachusetts
Manchester
Texas
Oklahoma
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Wall Street
Rlain
North Carolina
Old South
Washington
Carolinas
Tennessee
Whitney
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Europe
Weather Bureau
Commodore Maury
Middle States
Active phosphate mining resumes amid rising prices Mt Pleasant
In Mt Pleasant on Aug 6 work in phosphate mining has resumed and is expected to stay active if weather stays favorable. High grade rock above 65 percent is in demand with prices rising. Export rock 78 34 3 at $5.60 to $6. Domestic 61 2 3 at $4.00 to $4.25. Ground rock at $3.25. Moguls show little interest awaiting higher prices.
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Mt, Pleasant
Tom
Mt. Pleasant
Mutual Life Ordered to Show Cause in New York
An order directs Mutual Life Insurance to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not require it to furnish a correct set of policy holders to the State Superintendent of Insurance and the Policyholders Committee. The court also directs why the committee should be allowed to use stenographers allegedly used by the insurer when addressing policyholders.
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New York
Mutual Life Insuranc Company
State Superintendent of Insurance
Loternatory
Justice Gelgerich
Thidor
Drugging Case Brought to Medics Banquet
Milwaukee Sentinel reports Dr. Horatio Parkins recounting a prison scene where a prisoner was found muddy and disheveled in a cell. The physician declared the man drugged, and a policeman admitted transporting him from a Carnes saloon.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Horatio Parkins
Carnes
Ballooning praised by Ottinger and Fulton for nerves
The North American quotes Dra Ottinger and Fulton arguing ballooning benefits the nerves while calling for someone to buy an air ship for the Ice Trust. The item frames public appetite for air travel with a satirical twist.
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Dra. Ottinger
Fulton
Ice Trust
Philadelpha
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Richard H. Edmonds
Manufacturers’ Record
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Old Point
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United States
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio
Oliiole
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Fittess
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Orient
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Africa
Jamestown
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Mexico
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