Chelsea National Bank Closed After Overloans to Officers
The First National Bank of Chelsea Massachusetts was closed by directors and named examiner Ever as receiver. The failure is attributed to excessive loans to officers and directors, with June 28 1906 condition report showing loans 1 114 586 dollars. cash 57 379. capital 300 000. deposits 679 729.
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Washington
National Bank Examiner
First National Bank of
Chelsea
Mass
Examiner
Comptroller of the Currency
Tash
Chelsea First National Bank Closed in Chelsea
The First National Bank of Chelsea was closed and Bank Examiner Alfred Ewer placed in charge. Winnihimmet National Bank offered to pay depositors fifty percent, while other Chelsea banks held limited funds. The failure followed large transfers to Boston banks and heavy real estate ties totaling about $500,000. President Hinckley is reportedly seriously ill.
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Boston
Chelsea
First National Bank
Alfred
Winnihimmet National Bank of
First National
Chelsea Bank
Chelsea Savings and Co-operative Provident
Hinckley
Ewer
Washington
Garfield Park bank put in receivership after run
In Chicago on August 17 the Garfield Park bank at 2024 West Madison Street was placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Bethea. Three creditors filed to declare the bank insolvent and Ellis E. Drake as president faced the action. Henry Heist named receiver with a $10,000 bond. Depostiors had been withdrawing after the Milwaukee Avenue State bank failure sparked the run. Drake said he is solvent and can pay creditors in full with time.
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Chicago
Garfield Park Bank
West
Madison Street
Bethea
United States District Court
Ellis E. Drake
Henry Heist
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Drake
Eagles May Have A Uniform Rank
Voters in Milwaukee forecast the re election of H G Davis of Ohio as head of the Fraternal Order of Eagles over Edward Krause of Delaware. Boston and Norfolk are favored for the next convention while a committee proposes tactics to form a uniformed rank of the order.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Aerie
Order of Eagles
H. G. Davis
Ohio
Edward Krause
Wilmington
Boston
Norfolk
Edward P. Edson
Seattle
Aerie 20
Winners say no Sunday cars on Winona line
Winona Lake Ind August 17 The Winona interurban directors postpone the meeting to decide on operating Sunday cars on the Goshen division. They will likely vote to indefinitely postpone the question, citing Sabbath observance for moral and financial reasons. The Winona system denies merger with Northern Indiana. Summer schools report 1137 enrollment this year, up from 652. new principals and lecturers announced for next year. Distinguished speakers including Rev W L Watkinson and Rev Parks Cadman will attend the Bible conference opening in August.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Interurban
Goshen
H. J. Heinz
Europe
Winona
Indiana
C. M. McDaniel
Hammond Schools
Eliza A. Blaker
Indianapolis
John M. Coulter
Chicago University
D. W. Dennis
Earlham College
Charles A. Prosser
New Albany
Prosser
Indiana Reformatory
International Bible Conference
David Gregg
Western Theological Seminary
Allegheny
Charles Strouse
Salem
Ford C. Ottman
John J. Tigart
Southern Methodist Church
Archdeacon Webber
Episcopal Church
William E. Geil
Africa
Parks Cadman
Central Congregational Church
Brooklyn
W. L. Watkinson
London
England
Watkinson
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Mr. Spurgeon
Joseph Parker
Cadman
America
Grove City
Lake Geneva
Wis
East
Made a Little Profit at This Ice Inquiry
At Toledo August 15 witness H P Watters owner of Michigan Lake Ice testified he bought ice from the lake and had it hauled by rail for 1.15 a ton including freight. He said Toledo homes paid 10 a ton under the combination, highlighting potential profits and indicating broader inquiries as officials sent documents to Washington.
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Toledo
H. P. Watters
Michigan Lake Ice Company
Kinkade
Watters
Michigan Lake
Clements
Washington
Miss Lucretia Phelps Dies in Columbus Ohio
Miss Lucretia M. Phelps founder and head of the Phelps collegiate school for girls in Columbus died suddenly Thursday afternoon. The death notice appears in local columns as news from the Gwynne homestead and mentions her longtime leadership of the school.
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Columbus, O
Lucretia M. Phelps
Encampment Chooses Saratoga For 1907 Meeting
Minneapolis reports the Grand Army of the Republic will likely take no action on abolishing canteens or building a Henry Wirz monument. Saratoga, N Y was chosen for the 1907 encampment after a lengthy vote amid invitations from Cincinnati. A memorial to Lee's surrender site received approval from Ladies of the G A R.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Henry Wirz
Committee On
Saratoga
New York
Cincinnati
Ohio City
N. Y
Ladies of the Grand Army
McLean
Appomattox
Lee
Grant
S. D. Lee
Southern Veteran Association
Andersonville
Ghio Man Chosen Commander in Chief of G A R
R B Brown of Zanesville Ohio elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at Minneapolis. Williams Armstrong of Indianapolis and E B Fenton of Detroit named senior and junior vice commanders respectively. Archbishop John Ireland of St Paul chosen chaplain in chief. Carrie Sparkling of St Louis elected national president of the Women’s Relief Corps.
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Minneapolis
Minn
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
E. B. Fenton
Detroit
John Ireland
St. Paul
W. H. Johnson
Lincoln
Neb
Archbishop Ireland
Carrie Sparkling
St. Louis
Women’s Relief Corps
Palace Hotel Rebuild Plan Joined By Sharon Heirs
San Francisco reports a 9 percent rise in bank clearings over last year with totals above forty million. Lady Hesketh, daughter of the late Senator Sharon, cabled from London to join Sharon heirs in rebuilding the Palace hotel signing to subscribe 4 million for the project. Wrecking contract ready to let, insurance coverage listed, and new ten story design being perfected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hesketh
Sharon
London
Palace Hotel
Laying Plans for Rousing Indiana Campaign
Louis Ludlow reports from Bloomfield Indiana that William J Bryan will tour Indiana in October with a special train lasting a week to ten days. Gilbert Hendren, head of the state Democratic speaker bureau, says Bryan will be the principal figure on the stump in Indiana and may deliver about one hundred speeches. The plan centers on a strong tariff fight with Bryan and other Democratic leaders pressing the issue to sweep Republicans from power.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Indianapolis Star
Louis Ludlow
William J. Bryan
Gilbert Hendren
Hendren
Democratic State Committee
Bryan
Harikari
Indiana
Mr. Hendren
New York
Lincoln
Neb
Democratic
Indianapolis
C. B. Landis
Joe Cannon
Beveridge
Hemenway
Bride Takes Her Life in Circleville
Mrs. Mary Burton aged recently married three weeks ago in Circleville Ohio committed suicide by carbolic acid while husband was away in Columbus. Her body was found this morning after she hung a white card on the door and left a long undelivered letter. She hailed from near Louisa Kentucky and left no money. Her father is W H Calhoun of Kentucky.
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Circleville, O
Mary Burton
Columbus
Woman Seeks President Roosevelt for Expenses in Washington
Ida May Morse a St Louis actress came to Washington to obtain the 25000 travel expense funds voted to the President. She was put in the custody of relatives in St Louis after trials in D C for alleged intent to coerce payment.
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Washington
Ida May Morse
St.Louis
Roosevelt
Congréss
Aes
St. Louis
District of Columbia
Ungey
Eed
Trade with noncontiguous U S territories tops 199 million
A Commerce and Labor Department bulletin shows that U S trade with Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines reached 199 304 511 in the fiscal year ending 1906. Shipments to noncontiguous areas rose about twenty percent, led by Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico, while Philippine trade declined slightly.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Philippine Is
Territories
Peace at the Mines Ends Strike Tension in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburg Plate Glass mines near Pittsburgh on August 17 peace was restored with non union workers operating the works and no strikers visible. Steven Mosely, the man believed thrown into the river by strikers, was found unharmed. Stefano Reaway, who was beaten and stabbed in the riot, died last night.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Steven Mosely
Stefano Reaway
Fourth of July Toy Dangers Highlighted by Medical Society
Chicago August 17 The American Medical Association warns the Fourth of July celebrations cause many injuries and deaths. Blank cartridges lead with 979 casualties, total injuries and deaths reach 5466 with 158 deaths and 75 due to tetanus or blood poisoning. Firecrackers and toy cannons cause most harm. the group urges banning giant firecrackers and caps. Stray bullets injure 187, with 14 fatalities. tetanus cases total eighty nine.
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Chicago
Ill
American Medical Association
Medical Association
Pashaney
Defies Governor and Kills Negro in Greenwood Lynching
In Greenwood, near Ninety-Six, Robert Davis, a Black man, was lynched after attacking two girls including a store clerking Miss Brooks. Governor Heyward pleaded with the mob to stop as hundreds fired on him. Davis was captured, brought near his victim's home, and killed by gunfire despite state militia and guards on alert.
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Columbia
S. C
Heyward
Robert Davis
Greenwood
Davis
Chickamauga
Richland
Miss Brooks
Austrian Coffee Cup and Other Vintage Recipes
A collection of old time recipes including Very strong coffee desserts, crab apple pickles, spiced cake without eggs, walnut bread, hot water gingerbread, Vermont blackberry pie, New England muffins, grape fruit salad, Russian sandwiches, nut sauce, summer bread, baked rice, veal croquettes, cream of cauliflower soup. This reflects Harper's Bazar style home cooking and notes a spice house prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Review Will Be Imposing Affair at Indiana Maneuvers
Indiana troops in camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison prepare for Vice President Fairbanks to observe a nineteen gun salute. Units include infantry artillery cavalry hospital and signal corps under Brigadier General Carter with Major Ray present. Maneuvers pit regulars led by Colonel Owen Sweet against Indiana national guard under acting Brigadier General Harry B Smith. An accident during drills claims Private Oliver Gray of Fort Snelling, who drowned after diving into Fall Creek.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Carter
Charles W. Fairbanks
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Hospital
Signal Corps
B. B. Ray
Paymasters Department
United States Army
Owen Sweet
Indiana National Guard
Harry B. Smith
Oliver Gray
28Th
United States Infantry
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fall Creek
State conference of charities and correction program published
Indianapolis Aug 17 The program for the state conference of charities and correction to be held at Muncie October 6 to 9 is complete. Opening Saturday night and a mass meeting Sunday afternoon are planned with five sessions across the event. Monday morning will focus on state charities with Lieutenant Governor Hugh T Miller presiding.
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Indianapolis
State Conference of Charities and Correction
Muncie
Hugh T. Miller
Methodist Protestants to Meet at Swayzee for Union Talks
Greenfield Ind Aug 17 The Indiana conference of Methodist Protestants voted to hold the next meeting at Swayzee It was devoted to reception of fraternal delegates and addresses on proposed church union Resolutions are believed to pass with little opposition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Ind
Indiana
Plan Sunday School Work by Indiana Committee
The Presbyterian Sunday school committee of Indiana meets here tomorrow with workers from across the state to discuss methods for advancing the coming winter campaign. Rev. I. N. Houser of Connersville will direct the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Presbyterian Sunday School Committee of
Indiana
I. N. Houser
Connersville
State fair sets old soldiers and children day
Indianapolis August 17. The state fair management fixed Monday September 10 as old soldiers and children's day. All old soldiers school children under fifteen years and teachers in charge of pupils will be admitted free of charge.
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Indianapolis
State Fair
Terre Haute Woodmen win at Washington Jog Roll
The Terre Haute team of Modern Woodmen gave an exhibition drill at Washington Indiana during the annual Jog rolling. They won the first prize of 125 dollars and the second prize of 75 dollars.
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Washington
Ind
Terre Haute
Modern Woodmen
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