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Watch Factory Financing and Fire Trial Testimony
Trial records detail the Freeport Watch Manufacturing Company financing plan. Witnesses describe proposed loans, security via a chattel mortgage and deed of trust, and inventories to secure notes. The case covers machinery additions, insurance, and events surrounding a factory fire.
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L. Munn
Scofield
Sian
Fry
Sand
Chicago
Bailey & Neff
Rose and
Chiffth
Gaith
Bulley
Jessor Gri
SM Hat
Harvard Junction
McHenry
Aly
Harvard
CMT
Griffith
Freeport Watch
International Bank
Hoyt
Hoyt Watch
A. Hoyt
Mr. Rose
St. Q. Wilson
A. Weill
Mann
Sedfield
Grffith
Mer. Scofield
Sterling
Swett
Munn
Taylor
Freeport
Illinois
Stephenson
Stephenson County
Joseph Minchester
Mary ‘Henninger
Mary Emmert
George Emmert
Peter Henninger
William Emmert
Daniel W. Fink
Maria J. Fink
Eliza Fink
Charles Fink
Orns Fink
Elizabeth Fink
Alien Fin
Towi
Stephenston
George Fink
Samuel P.reesman
Reesman
Freaport
Michael Stoskopf
J. C. Garver
Rockford, T