Financial District Sees Signs of Crisis Ending
New York reports show the banking crisis easing with no new suspensions and prospects for resumed operations at banks that paused last week. A wave of $18,750,000 in European gold imports and copper shipments raises foreign money in the U S to about $25,000,000. Trust company deposits exceeded withdrawals by $296,000, and $228,000 of loans were collected, lifting daily cash by $519,000 as normal conditions return and isolated bank runs fade.
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New York
Financial
Europe
United States
Trust Company of America
Lincoln Trust Company
Merchants Honor Cortelyou and Morgan Allies for Financial Stabilization
At a Merchants' Association of New York meeting, resolutions praised Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou for applying national resources to curb distrust and restore business confidence. They also lauded J. P. Morgan and associated bankers for addressing the recent acute financial crisis, noting the vast benefits to the community and nation. The piece cites a rise in gold stock from below $800 million in 1898 to over $1.5 billion today, with free gold around $250 million to shield public credit since 1896.
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Merchants’ Association of New York
George B. Cortelyou
Treasury of
The
United States
J. P. Morgan
Merchants’ Association
Aleady
Oklahoma Declares Currency Holiday Amid Bank Strain
Acting governor of Oklahoma proclaims a currency holiday from Oct 25 to Nov 2 as leading cities unite to curb conditions affecting banks and deposits. Reports from Chicago show checks replacing cash with no trade decline. Pittsburgh notes fire damage easing. Kansas City notes Bankers Trust failure with limited overall impact. Philadelphia mentions Finishingham Moris of Girard Trust Company.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Stock Yards
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Bankers' Trust Company
Philadelphia
Fitlingham Moris
The
Girard Trust
Banks hold excess reserves across numerous states
Topeka Kansas Oct 29 John Q. Koyce state bank commissioner says nearly all Kansas banks hold 40 percent more reserve than required. Chicago Oct 26 cities adopting safeguards similar to those in Nebraska include Kokomo and other clearing house banks in Birmingham Memphis Nashville Mobile San Francisco Rockford Fargo Moorhead Detroit Dubuque Des Moines Sioux City.
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Pansy
Topeka
Kan
John Q. Koyce
State Bank
Kansan
Chienago
Kokomo
Nebraska
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Nashville
Four Iowa towns adopt precautions to protect cash reserves
Des Moines along with Sioux City Dubuque and Council Bluffs adopt measures to safeguard cash reserves. Davenport will meet today. In Des Moines the rule was well received with no unease at bank counters. Reports from other towns show normal conditions and no business restrictions.
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Des Moines
Itc
Sioux City
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Oregon bankers seek five day holiday in Portland
Portland bankers unite to ask Governor Chamberlain to declare a five day holiday to avoid possible financial complications in the city.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Senator McCumber Proposes National Incorporation Bill
Senator McCumber of North Dakota presented to President Roosevelt a draft bill for national incorporation of interstate associations. The measure allows formation of new companies and enables existing ones to obtain new charters. If chartered, firms fall under the secretary of commerce and labor, with access to books and records. issuance of stock beyond asset valuation would be prohibited unless for improvements.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Senate
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Government salary disclosure boosts revenue by 50 million
London on October 29 did not see much in Derbert H Asquith budget pledge for full salary statements from all employers. Since April 15 the requirement has yielded about 50 million dollars annually from previously untaxed sources.
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London
Derbert H.asquith
Booth at White House Luncheon With Roosevelt
President Roosevelt entertained General William Booth of the Salvation Army and Miss Booth at a White House luncheon in Washington. Booth said he had recovered from a hill injury in the West and that his health was back to normal.
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Gen. Booth
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
William Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
Cortelyou
Six Months Imprisonment for Dr Gillette Perjury Conviction
New York Oct 29 Justice Dowling imposes a six month penitentiary sentence on Dr Walter E Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance after a perjury conviction. A physician testified Gillette suffers heart trouble and imprisonment could cause death characterizing the risk.
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Dr. Gillette
New York
Justice Dowling
Walter E. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wreck Investigation Finds Negligence Led to Rudd Disaster
Greensboro officials report coroner's jury findings on the Southern railroad wreck at Rudd North Carolina on October 17. Three people were killed and nineteen injured as the verdict blames failure to lock an unlocked switch by flagman T. C. Leonard.
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N. C
Southern
Rudd
N.C
Flingman T. C. Leonard
Tuolena Hunt Ends After Big Game Run In Montana
Tolena Montana October 20 Wilam Loeb private secretary to President Troosevelt with Senator Carter Marty Child and Thomas D Miller of Helens hunted near Cook City. He ended his trip after killing a bear two mountain sheep and a deer.
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Wilam Loeb
Troosevelt
Carter
Marty Child
Thomas D. Miller
Helens
Cook City
Sorbonne Professor Claims Radium Color Change Method
Professor J Bordas of the Sorbonne announced before the Academy of Science a method to change the colors of precious stones by exposing them to radium.
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Paris
Oet
J. Bordas
The
Sorbonne
Academy of Science
Notices Request Regular Paper Delivery Improve Service
Patrons are urged to inform the office if they are not receiving their newspaper regularly. The notice asks readers to report delivery issues to ensure timely service and proper distribution.
Cannon Campaign Born In Illinois Congress Hit
Fourteen Illinois representatives met at the Audiorium to back Joseph G Cannon for the 1908 presidential nomination. Cannon joined at the end saying, Do as you please. Five others not present signaled support. Committee led by Frank O Lowden. attendees include Wilson Chapman Rodenberg Smith Graff McGavin Trince Sterling Snapp Fuller MelWinley Lorimer Madden.
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Joseph G. Cannon
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Ae Kinley
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
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Miner and official enters Yale law school for Montana bar
Mitch eM oR, Trageertiy, miner and Western Miners' Federation officer, begins Yale law studies to qualify for Montana bar. He plans practice in Butte. About 30, he has two sons. His wife, Mrs. Pareerty, also plans Yale study in sociology and elocution. They decline further comment, saying they aim for greater usefulness in Montana.
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Trageertiy
Western Miners’ Federation
Law School
Yale University
Montana
Bute
Uaegerty
Hageerty
Thagwerty
Heavy Jewelry Robbery in Norwich City
Jewelry valued at 7000 pounds was stolen from the home of Frederick J. Osgood in Norwich Cont on October 29. No clue to the robbers.
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Norwich
Frederick J. Osgood
Roubers
To Examine the Eye For Eye Irritants
If something enters the eye do not rub it. Have someone pull the upper lid over a penholder to view the eye ball. Wash with vinegar and water if the particle is seen. if not, drop olive oil and call a doctor.
Preach Gospel and Sport in Japan Missionary Move
The Rev. Alfred W. Place of Bellevue, once famed as a college athlete, preaches his farewell sermon in Pittsburg and departs with his family for Japan to blend gospel work with athletic training. He plans to organize football and baseball in Japan and teach American sports to students at Imperial and Waseda universities.
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Pittsburg
Alfred W. Place
First Christian Church
Bellevue
Japan
Place
Foreign Missionary Society of the Christian Church
University of Chicago
United States
Imperial
Waseda
Teetotalers Scarce In Public Health Report
Dr. W. D. Lawrence of Minneapolis presents statistics on drink and drug use. Fifteen percent of adult males are teetotalers while 65 percent are privileged drinkers who avoid excess. Thirty percent are diseased by use, 12 percent are submerged as dipsomaniacs, and seven percent are hopeless cases needing isolation or humane detention.
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W. D. Lawrence
Minneapolis
Dr. Lawrence
This Date in History Highlights Eight Century Milestones
A concise history list marks events on various dates: 1340 Moors defeated at Tarifa. 1618 Raleigh beheaded. 1727 New England quake. 1777 Washington at White Marsh. 1810 first Western steamboat voyage. 1814 Fulton steam war vessel launched. 1864 John Leech death. 1875 Princess Marie of Edinburgh born. 1901 Czolgosz executed for McKinley’s murder.
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New England
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White Marsh
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Pittsburg
New Orleans
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John Leech
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Roumania
Czolgosz
President McKinley
Turkeys Scarce Ahead of Seasonal Demand
Dealers report inquiries rise as turkey season nears yet few farmers plan to sell. Illinois supplies largely come from Missouri and this year birds are expected to be smaller due to late spring. Prediction says demand will be met but with possible delays. The Daily Journal offers home delivery at 10 cents weekly.
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Tlinois
Chicago
Missouri
Bizarre Snippets and Animal Fates Across Tales
A collage of antiquated humor and travel notes from a New York Times feature. It contrasts digestion science with quirky anecdotes: a German dachshund’s runover death and a Bedouin tale where a sheik praises French-built housing for safety while he keeps to a tent.
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Algeria
Ring Purchase Denied by Pompous Millionaire
Gobsa Golde, a ninety horsepower car owner, enters a store to buy an engagement ring but rejects a ring with ruby hearts. He insists the only heart involved is his own, claiming the girl marries him for his money and not for love.
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Gobsa Golde
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Packing Off of Widows in Korea Custom
In rural Korea a farming practice called packing off of widows involves a widower and friends raiding a village known to have a young widow, entering the village, carrying off the woman, and marrying her. This describes a curious custom observed among certain communities.
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Korea
Hamlet riot sparks backstage joke on Yorick skull
A Pearson's Weekly item recalls a disturbance at a Hamlet performance last night. The line Alas, poor Yorick was used mockingly as the audience reacted, described as a riot in the house. The joke centers on a skull prop and the theater crowd.
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Ham
Yorick
Pearson’s Weekly
Trouble Either Way in a Tooth or Gruffleigh’s Daughter
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet captures a quip about facing a rough morning. The speaker frets between asking Gruffleigh for his daughter or enduring a tooth filling, highlighting comedic misgivings about social risk and dental dread.
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Gruffleigh
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Her Way Notions of a Busy Arithmetic Teacher
A young woman makes small things matter as she teaches arithmetic in a primary school. Her patient methods and steady flow of daily lessons highlight how simple tasks build understanding and confidence in young students.
Do not seek glory, nothing so expensive as glory
A concise quotation noting that glory is not worth pursuing, attributed to Sydney Sonith, reflecting a stoic view on ambition and fame.
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Sydney Sonith
Master’s Sale Public Notice in Stephenson County Illinois
Public notice of a master's sale in a Stephenson County Illinois chancery case dated Septembers term 1907. Willian Stock et al. v defendants Enum Stock et al. The auction will occur November 7 1907 at ten oclock at the courthouse southerly front door Freeport Illinois for lot six in block twenty two Knowltons Second Addition to Freeport. A deposit will be required and balance due on deed delivery. Master in Chancery Robert P Rekert Solicitor for Complainants.
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Circoutt Court
Stephenson County
Ilinoiis
Chancery
Willian Stock
Jeantle Stock
John Stock
Albert Stock
Charles Stock
Edward Stock
Maggie Stock
August Stock
Enum Stock
Paul Stock
Louise Stock
Lilazien Nickles
John Aharpels
Phillip Frid
Bimon Stock
Devoused Giee
Ruston
Simon Ortmeter
A. R. Nieman
GO. R. Nieman
M. M. Baumgartner
Jacob &Chronicler
Be OR. Rodenbaugh
Robert P. Rekert
Freeport
Dnsnia
Renal
Knowlton
Stephenson
Illinois
Ninols
A.D
Robert PL Rokert
RW. Trang
San Salvador Struck by Recurrent Earthquakes and Lava Arcs
A San Salvador report notes the city sits on a volcano with earthquakes occurring up to eighty shocks per hour. It describes a nine by three foot brick column moved without damage, caverns beneath the ground, a dug well collapse, and nearby lava from a past eruption forming walkable lava arcades where tree impressions remain visible.
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San Salvador
San
Old Time Friend’s Social Anxiety Reflected
The Washington Star quotes a conversation in which an elderly friend notes lingering social anxieties. Mr Cumrox replies that his family now works to keep other women out of society as they once sought entry. In naval contrast a Washington view explains merchant ships’ loads sit low, while warships bear heavy armor and armament high on their sides.
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Mr. Cumrox
Washington Star
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