Speculation in Cotton Futures Nets Bank Cash Loss
Alexander R. Chisolm, paying teller at First National Bank Birmingham, embezzled 97000 from reserve funds amid cotton futures speculation. He confessed after a federal arrest and bond set at 60000. Brokers W L Sims and C M Hayes faced charges of aiding embezzlement and posted bonds.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alexander R. Chisolm
First National Bank
United States
R. B. Watts
W. L. Sims
C. M. Hayes
I N
National Bank
Sims
Hayes
Liberty
Chisolm
W. P. G. Harding
Tima
President's Secretary Sued Over False Arrest Claim
Wm Loeb Jr Secretary to President Roosevelt is named defendant in a 50000 dollar suit alleging he caused the false arrest of Nadage Doree a Jewish writer. The arrest occurred last winter in Washington while Doree distributed leaflets in defense of Russian Jews at St John s Episcopal Church. Papers were served in New York with 20 days to answer. Loeb will be defended by the Department of Justice. Doree previously sought to see Roosevelt at Oyster Bay last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Wm. Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
Owith
Nadage Doree
New York
Loeb
Department of Justice
Washington
Miss Doree
President Roosevelt
Up, Men, and at Them. Kentucky Belies Stir Controversy
A brief quip from the New York Herald mocks Kentucky and its Colonels, chiding them as complacent and implying a dented pride. The verse suggests a call to wakefulness and vengeance, referencing French labels and a lighthearted jab at Kentucky belles.
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Kentucky
New York Herat
Local notices from Campbell Station reflect community health and travel
Campbell Station Tennessee notices date August 13 describe Mrs N S Craig's accident at a Sunday school picnic with a hip injury and ankle sprain. Other items note illnesses, including typhoid fever, and various residents visiting Nashville Decatur Ala Texas and Maury County. Several families report returns from trips and a fall term school teacher appointment.
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Jordan Hobbs
John Martin
Baby
Nashville
Will Hobbs
Misa Sallie Coffey
Ka Decatur
Ala
Wade Barrett
Mise Irene
Texas
Mra.Barrett
Dan Mahoney
Nettie Porter
W. J. Hobbe
Misa Maymie Kincade
Pauline Martin
Columbia
Blanche
Wille Coffey
Maude O'Shea
Annie Smyel
Decatur
Misses Wells
Jeff Porter
Houston Wells
Sam Smith
Grace- Martin ‘Hee
John Fleming
Mise Nannie Redding
Bill Cook
Hubbard
Will Kerr
Lynnville
Lucky Boy Finds 1804 Silver Dollar Worth $500
A 15 year old boy in Mountainville, Harry Trimbo, needed a dollar for flour and accepted a dollar from a stingy employer after a dispute over pay. A passerby saw the coin fall and realized it was an 1804 silver dollar valued at about $500. The man who took the money back faced no chance of reversal as the stranger arranged matters under law.
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Lesuer
Minn
Cor
St. Louia Republic
Harry Trimbo
Mountainville
Hart
Harry
Limaelf
Frye Returns to Chicago After 31 Years Absent
Professor Charles H. Frye, former superintendent of the Chicago Normal School, returns home after a 31 year disappearance. He hands his wife a roll of $5,000 in counterfeit? no, real money, saying ask me no questions. He was last seen as a young man and reportedly earned money in the Philippine Islands before settling back in town.
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Chicago
Charles H. Frye
Chicago Normal School
Frye
Philippine Islands
Hig
Fragmented quotes and editorial excerpts circulate across papers
A mosaic of snippets from Buffalo Times Baltimore Sun Manchester Times Knoxville Journal Raleigh Times Chicago Journal Washington Post Nashville American Calhoun Times. Jabs at political figures pledge diplomacy missteps and wasteful spending while noting naval strategy and trade in the Pacific. Many lines are paraphrased or clipped from various editorials and letters.
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Sanders
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Tate
Sandera
Rockwood Times
Japan
Philippines
Orient
Philippine
Pacific
Hawaii
China
United States
Atlantic
Manila
Washington Post
Debs Proposes Lead for Revolt if Labor Officials Hanged
St Louis Republic notes Eugene V Debs offers to organize a workingmen uprising if certain labor officials in Idaho are executed, presenting a radical plan tied to punishment of labor leaders and stirring controversy over vigilante justice.
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Eugene V. Debs
Idaho
St. Louis Republic
It Wont Equal the Schooners in Milwaukee
A local Milwaukee note remarks that the cruiser Milwaukee stands as a listed item contributing to the city’s fame, underscoring a boastful tone about naval assets and regional pride in the Sentinel.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
Local Exchange Leads to Cash for 1804 Dollar Trade
In a curious deal a man and Harry visited a bank where the man drew $500 in cash and handed it to a boy for an 1804 dollar. Harry, overjoyed, accepted the exchange though not concerned with the cash type. He later returned most of the money and went home with the best flour obtainable.
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Harry
Real treasure islands and elusive pirate legends
The article surveys the Faroe Islands historic discovery by a Norse pirate and notes the phrase Fare from sheep. It recalls Columbus learning of America there, British seizure in 1800s, and Sudero as a coal island near Denmark. It mentions buried treasure myths and other islands like White Inland in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty.
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Faroe Islands
Tioke
America
Denmark
Yeb Sudero
Admiral Palliser
Bart Fitzwilliam
Keating
Cocos Island
Trinidad
Sudero
Bay of Plenty
New Zealand
Newport Vignettes on Fall Fashion in August
The article notes Newport as the fashion hub where Parisian makers supply early fall styles. It highlights silk damasks and helvetia silks, Pekin stripes in black and white, and the mushroom hat. It mentions wearable adornments like belts, gloves, parasols, and jewelry, with specific fabrics and color trends for society’s winter wardrobes.
Islands with guano and mineral wealth spark fortune
The article surveys valuable mineral deposits and guano on remote islands. It details White Island with volcanic activity, a 50 acre sulfuric acid lake, and guano riches on Chincha and other Pacific islands. It notes Plum Pudding, Possession Islands, and rich coasts near Spanish Honor islands with ideal climates and minimal labor requirements.
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White Island
Chincha Islands
South America
Possession Islands
German Southwest Africa
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Campbell Station
Lucky Boy
Hobson
Bnap Ghots
Naeds
Cnado
Globe Democrat
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Houston Post
Sagamore Hill
Raleigh Times
Fairbanks
United Atlalla Mirror
States
New Willard
Invest
Chicago Journal
Noashville
Calhoun Times
Newport
Earth
Riage
Paris
Paquin
Worth
Narragansett
Jess
Silk the Mater’a
Lucy Car
Clipperton Island
Central Pacific
Spansh Honos
Five Bay Islands
London
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