Turkey Establishes National Bank Attracting British Control
The Ottoman Empire forms a national bank funded largely by English capital with Sir Henry Babington Smith appointed to lead in Constantinople. The bank will replace reliance on the Ottoman and Deutsche banks, handling industrial, commercial and land-mortgage finance and drawing foreign capital to develop Turkey's resources. Smith previously served as British representative on the Ottoman Public Debt Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Europe
England
HH. Babington Smith
Constantinople
Ottoman Bank
Deutsche Bank
National Bank
Sir Henry
World's Biggest Farmer David Rankin Built Vast Empire
Profile of David Rankin who transformed rural Missouri into a sprawling farming and business empire. He owns 25,610 acres near Tarkio, 12,000 hogs, 9,000 cattle, 800 horses, 100 cottages, and runs an implement factory, water system, telephone company, bank, and other ventures. He endows Tarkio College and sources wealth from feeding steers rather than selling grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rankin
Mr. Rankin
Rankin
Missouri
Tarkle
Indiana
Tarkio College
First Woman Coroner Steps In For Buchanan County
A St Joseph Missouri woman Mrs FE Byrd serves as deputy Coroner while her husband the official Coroner Dr Byrd is away at Seattle. She has handled six inquests including two murders and several accidents, earning praise from authorities and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
Byrd
St. Joseph
Duke of Abruzzi Also Rising Naval Rank in Italy
Duke of Abruzzi returns to Italy from mountain climbing and is expected to be promoted to admiral and placed in command of Venice naval arsenal. He is reportedly pursuing marriage to Misa Katherine Elkins despite royal opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abruzzi
Italy
India
Venice
Misa Katherine Elkins
Victor Emmanuel
Margherita
Nevada and regional notes from the Northwest
Nevada figures include a county borrowing plan for criminal prosecutions and several local deaths. Notable items mention a Reno attorney's home fire injuring him, a brain-damaging injury in a wreck, and a man drowning near Carson. Also reported are railroad contracts, a large airship test, a Wyoming fair dates, and the Arctic Presbyterian mission burning in Point Harrow Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis McNulty
Goldfield
Dick Butler
Steno
Nevada
General Turcitin
Reno
Mark G. Bradshaw
Walker Lake
Minnie A. Bertsch
Arthur
Wm. Mansy
Barnwell & Searchlight Road
Wool
J. J. Hagerman
Colorado Midland Railroad
Colorado
Milan
Italy
Mr. Hagerman
Wyoming
Douglas
Sheridan
Wyo
Thomas F. Brady
Montana
Great Falls
Bright
Joseph Ivey
Virginia City
Shaws Springs
Carson
Col
Isaac L. Ellwood
Eureka
Nev
J. G. Cash
John Jacobs
Manhattan
Jacobs
Tonopah
Okanogan
Great Northern Railroad
Brewster
Oroville
Wash
A. Guthrie & Co
Minneapolis
Monroe
Sixth Infantry
Whalen
Fort Harrrison
Helena
Mont
United
Denver
Edward J. Gi Houn
Wakefield
Mass
Tacoma
Charles Guignon
Whitehall, Mont
George Gordon Fitzgerald
John Grow
Hutte
New York
Guignon
France
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Falle
Belt, Mont
Presbyterian
Point Harrow
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Mire
Eliot F. Shepard
Seattle
Mining News Tidbits Across Western Fields
A roundup reports on Green River mining claims near Cape Dale and a 75 million dollar Esmeralda county output. Esmeralda diversions, Eureka tunnel plans, and a 4 cent dividend at Rownd Mountain Mining. Ore shipments from Alta to Sandy, smelter experiments, Death Canyon leads, and rising hard timber use. Grand Central damages case, State Fair mineral exhibit, Bullfrog gold brick, Rabbit Foot mine upgrades, and Goldfield payrolls. Bellevue Idaho mining activity, Minnie Moore spend, and a copper mining boom from Bingham to Ely. Owyhee camps Buzz Boulder Flint DeLamar receive new strikes. United States Smelting declares 1 percent quarterly dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim
Atute
James Haley
Esmeralda County
Nev
Eureka
Rownd Mountain Mining Company
Goldfield
Alta
Cottonwood District
Sandy
United States Smelting Company
Death Canyon
Erickson
Forest Service
United States Geological Survey
Mammoth Mining Company
Grand Central Mining Company
Grand Central
State Supreme Court
Harry 8. Josephs
Jesse Cannon
Salt Lake Tribune
Montgomery-Shoshone
United States Mint
Tonopah
Bonanza
Mill Junction
Rabbit Foot
Salmon
Idaho
Mines of Goldfield
Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company
Highland Bay
Tooele
Bellevue
Minnie Moore
United States
Bingham
Utah
Ely
Nevada
Owyhee County
Boulder
Flint
South Mountain
DeLamar
Osrnc
Brain Worth Little Without Tongue Quote
A French aphorism notes that intellect alone holds little value without the capacity to speak. The maxim emphasizes the importance of expression alongside knowledge in human worth.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank OF Turkey
Duke
Goodwin-Austen
Royal Geographical Society
Throwor- Oberst
Mount
Everest
Graham
Kabry
Himalayas
Northwest
M. Jamison
Pennsylvania
Washoe County
Geo. (. Carrol
Blair
Aines and Mining
Filinet
Green River
Hhe
Caxby Dale
United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Company
California
Fic Syrup Co
Yokohama
Jack
Baltimore
Brooklyn Standard Union
Baltimore Enty Council
Winslow
Dodds
T Guare
Carters
Chicago
T. Merritt
Manistee, Mich
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