Generous old banker dies after bank collapse shock
Frederick Gwinner Sr a Pittsburgh financier died at 77 after the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny failed amid a state funds scandal. He wept over the bank's collapse and pledged to repay depositors, though the loss totaled about $1 million personally. Gwinner and cashier T Lea Clark faced ruin and disgrace as stockholders and depositors lost about $2 million. The banker, once a streetcar driver, was connected with the Pittsburg Allegheny Manchester railways and left an estate around $3 million.
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Pennsylvania
T. Lea Clark
Gwinner
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Republican Party
California Avenue
Pittsburg, Alegheny & Manchester Railways Company
Enterprise National
Bank Scandal Ends in Suicide After Debt Ultimatum
A student and favorite of a banker faced a demand to quit the market. The banker offered 190000 dollars to quit, but the student refused and kept 100000. Six hours later the student killed himself, revealing a major Pennsylvania bank scandal.
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Clark
Pennsylvania
Rat kills rattler after hard battle in barn
Bayonne New Jersey Sept 9 A truck farmer Edward Hawkins reports a rat fought a rattlesnake in his barn. The rat, four feet three inches long with 13 rattles, killed the snake after 12 strikes failed to score and the fatal 13th strike. Haw kine and brother Joseph watched from a hay loft trap door.
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Hawkine
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Poland Hermit Celebrates 25 Years On Wills Island
Yardley, Pa. Sept. 3 James Willis, the hermit of Wills Island in the Delaware here, marks the twenty fifth anniversary of his habitation. He has hosted over 2,000 prominent visitors who must register in a large book and enjoy generous hospitality. Once a Philadelphia businessman, Willis transformed a wilderness retreat into a modern cabin wired for electricity. The island’s features include doors that open automatically and fans that breeze with unseen electrical control.
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Willis
Philadelphia
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Island Rebuilt After Repeated Floods
With many discouragements floods have several times practically cleaned the island of everything habitable. With renewed energy, however, he has rebuilt.
Birdshot Found in Newark Man’s Appendix After Surgery
New York Sept 9 Jacob Deisler of 48 Pierce Street Newark underwent appendectomy at City Hospital for appendicitis. Surgeons discovered 12 pellets of birdshot in the appendix, swallowed earlier while eating pfeffer es rabbit meat in a German stew.
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Jacob Deisler
Pierce Street
Newark
City Hospital
Deisler
Plenty of Oysters Warn of Smooth Season in Washington
Dr H F Moore a fishery expert says Maryland and Virginia beds are clean and ample for the season. State health boards supervise beds for cleanliness and the Pure Food Bureau oversees interstate shipments. He notes typhoid fever is wrongly blamed on oysters.
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Washington
H. F. Moore
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Maryland
Virginia
State Boards of Health
Moore
Pure Food Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Longed Youth and Laughter Found by Users of
A fragment notes that longed youthful energy and laughter are found by users of a new social platform. The source mentions community events and shared activities, highlighting user engagement and positive mood across tabs and feeds.
Milan Tribunal Sentences De Valli for Earring Theft
In Rome on September 9 Abraham De Valli a 33 year old chemist born in Boston and practicing in America was sentenced by the Milan tribunal to 15 months imprisonment and a year of supervision for stealing an ear ring from a young woman in the street. He denied the charge claiming to help catch the thief and quarreled with witnesses and counsel. He remarked he believed Italians more generous on hearing the sentence.
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Abraham de Valli
America
Boston
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Milan
de Valli
Hog Balance Confounds Garber Experts With Fifth Leg
In Garber Oklahoma on September 3, R. I. Goode reports a hog bearing five legs. The extra limb grows behind the left foreleg and matches the size of the other four legs. The incident notes the animal developed legs with all limbs appearing normal aside from the anomaly.
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Garber
Okla
Goode
Policeman To Stay On Job After Inheritance
Chicago September 9 Despite heir to fifty thousand dollars John Messerly of the Desplainee street police station says he will remain on the force until his time is out. Messerly 38 was left the money by an uncle Samuel Messerly Jackson Illinois who died July 3. Lewis Messerly a brother of Sioux City Iowa is to realize a similar amount. Messerly never saw his uncle since childhood.
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Samuel Messerly
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Lewis Messerly
Sioux City
Messerly
Mineral land swindlers plague northern Wyoming
Cheyenne Wyoming Sept 7 State Geologist Edwin Hall reports mineral land swindlers in northern Wyoming have drained about 400000 from eastern residents over two years. He plans to ask Gov Broons to act after investigating and receiving more than 56 letters from accused victims.
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Wyoming
Edwin Hall
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