Wall Street Stampede Ends With Half Recouped Losses
The New York Stock Exchange faced a historic crash as prices plummeted with tens of millions of dollars erased per minute. Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan & Co helped quell the drop, prompting a rebound and a record tally of 12,894,680 shares traded. Market chaos and crowded streets followed as bankers moved to restore calm.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan Partners
Bankers’ Statement
Stock Exchange
Fire wrecks film plant in Hollywood estimates reach high
In Hollywood twelve hours after a blaze at the Consolidated Film Industries plant investigators cannot fix a definite loss. One man died from burns and four others were injured among fifty night workers. Vault access delays hinder loss estimates of $50,000 to $100,000 while films including Hell's Angels and early talkies by Bebe Daniels Norma Talmadge Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford had been moved prior to the fire.
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Hollywood
Calif
Consolidated Film Industries
Motion Picture
Bebe Daniels
Norma Talmadge
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Dairy association proves grain ration is profit for cows
Members of the New York dairy improvement association show that increasing grain for cows is not an expense but an investment with some cases yielding returns up to 300 percent.
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New York Dairy Improvement Association
Bridegroom’s witty reply in wedding quip tale
A humorous Civil War era exchange unfolds as a colored parson asks if the groom will take the bride. The groom grimly answers that he is being taken himself, noting the bride’s confident demeanor and the odd balance of suits in the scene.
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House of Morgan
Albert Lund
Albert Walker
Irene Beardsley
Ada Wilson
Cleveland Clinic
Sterling Bros
Atwater Kent
San Antonio
A. Atwater Kent
Leo J. Blanchard
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Prince Albert
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