Equitable Directors Admit Some Misconduct in Court Filing
New York officials and the Equitable Life Assurance society seek a full court investigation of directors and officers amid charges from a state suit. The 49 directors admit some improper acts, acknowledge a 250000 loan to Depew Improvement and a 565000 loan to Mercantile Trust, while blaming individual officers rather than the board as a whole.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
State of
Equitable
Depew Improvement Company
Directors deny key stockholder links in Safe Deposit case
The respondents concede a Broadway lease at inadequate rent to Mercantile Safe Deposit but deny that listed individuals were stockholders or directors at the time. They admit Equitable bought Missouri Safe Deposit stock at 250 per share with par 100, while claims about officer knowledge vary. They acknowledge some improper loans and wasteful advances, dispute full awareness, and defer responsibility for Western National bank losses to those who acted or should have known. Investigation continues into the Depew company matter.
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Broadway
Mercantile Lafe Desposit Company
James H. Kyde
Janes W. Alexander
William Alexander
Gage E. Tarbell
Valentine T. Snyder
Thomas D. Jordin
Charles B. Alexander
Henry R. Winthrop
Alyin W. Kreck
William H. McIntyre
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Missouri Safe Deposit Company
Equitable Society
Equitable
Western National Bank of the United States
New York
Depew Company
Would-Be Murderer Commits Suicide After Violence
Cincinnati dispatch reports George Wolfel a former Stewart Ironworks employee who shot his employer in Covington, then, after being declared insane and released, cut his throat at home following a violent quarrel with his wife. Stewart survived.
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Cincinnati
George Wolfel
Richard C. Stewart
Stewart Lronworks
Covington
Stewart
Wolfel
Trade prospects from Dun and Company weekly review
New York Aug 26 The Dun and Company weekly trade review notes heavy autumn merchandise distribution and a high forward business volume promising to set a record for late 1905. Retail demand is strong, with depleted stocks and few collection issues. Labor disputes ease, wage supply tight in some areas, and manufacturing runs near full capacity with contracts ahead of 1904 levels. Crop prospects lift confidence. Failures total 19 in the U.S. and 27 in Canada versus 150 and 302 a year ago.
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New York
G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Woman leaps from Burlington train on Eads Bridge dies
Mrs. Laura Oxford, 32, escaping from her niece while en route from Texas, jumped from a Burlington train halted on the Eads bridge and drowned. Rescue teams have not recovered her body. nervous trouble is blamed for the act. On the water, she opened a door and climbed over the chain rail before vanishing.
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St. Louis
Texas
Laura Oxford
Burlington
Eads
Oxford
Very Low Rates to Kansas City for Firemen’s Convention
Ex excursion tickets will be sold August 28 to 31 inclusive with favorable return limits on account of the Annual Convention National Firemen's Association. Apply to agents Chicago and North-Western Ry.
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Kansas City
North-Western
National Firemen’s Association
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Low Rates to Fair and Races Spar ta Wis
Tickets via the North Western Line will be sold at reduced rates Aug 21 to 25 inclusive with return only until Aug 26. Apply to Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
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North-Western
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Advertising solves stubborn difficulties in small notices
A compact reflection on turning problem areas into opportunities through enterprising ads. The tone nods to historical ad mindset and urges testing challenges with practical promotion.
Reunion of Quantrell Gang Survivors in Missouri
Cole Younger led the Quantrell gorilla survivors reunion in Independence Missouri with Jim Cummins D Hughes and Lt Lee Miller among attendees. In Lewistown Montana Samuel Studzinski a fur buyer and pawn broker was found slain in his shop with blood marked notes reading KC No 17. Clara S Hay widow of John Hay files petition for probate of his will valuing real and personal property over 250000.
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Kansas City
Cole Younger
Billidit
Quantrell’s
Independence
Jim Cummins
James and Younger
D. Hughes
Hughes, Ark
Lee Miller
Sknebwoster
Lewistown
Mont
Samuel Studzinski
K. C
John Uay
Washington
Clara S. Hay
John Hay
Northeast Midwest Weather Forecast Up to 8 PM
Forecast covers Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan and Wisconsin fair and warmer with southeast winds. Iowa also fair and warmer with fresh southeast to south winds.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Board of Trade closes on mixed commodity notes
Quotations from Chicago on August 25 show mixed results across grains and meats with listed open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats and futures. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo reflect varied receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and lambs with market strength noted in some segments.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Excursion Tickets to County Fair at Galesville Wisconsin
Reduced rate excursion tickets via the North Western Line sold Aug 28 to 31 with return by Sept 1. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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Galesville, Wis
Stanford estate denies bribery attempt over autopsy statements
In San Francisco Aug 26 attorneys for the Stanford estate and Captain Callandan deny a cable report that efforts sought to pressure the autopsy surgeon and attending physicians to alter their statements on poisoning. They say Dr Wood's $150 claim was paid and all physicians involved were compensated. the notion of government or estate pressure is absurd.
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San Francisco
Llandulu
Jane Stanford
Wilson
Stanford
Callandan
C. K. Wood
Wood
Wood & Day
Eighteen Dead in Colorado Floods
A Hastings telegraph reports eighteen people dead or missing after floods at Berwind and Tabasco near Trinidad Colorado. Six bodies recovered include a woman and a six month old child. several miners Harry O Neal and Charles Rjeboldt named among the dead. Miss Fannie Floyd witnessed the flood from Tabasco as houses were washed away and residents displaced with no warning. Wreckage lines the arroyo for miles, with twenty five to thirty families affected.
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Trinidad
Colo
Hastings
Berwind
Tabasco
Harry O'Neal
Charles Rijeboldt
Fannie Floyd
Canon
Miss Floyd
George Mason
Time and Money Equalized in 19th Century Advice
The passage argues that time and money should be valued equally, suggesting one would willingly give money to secure service or meet needs, and ponders how much time one would offer, perhaps just enough to read and respond to a few want ads.
Notice to S. A. D. Puter on defaulted school land certificates
La Crosse Wisconsin notes on August 8 1905 that S A D Puter Berkley California owes 1710 dollars under a September 1904 contract. If not paid by October 6 1995 the 15 school land certificates numbered 11974 to 11985 inclusive and 12480 12490 12504 will be forfeited and become the property of the undersigned.
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la Crosse
Wis
S$. A. D. Puter
Berkley
California
North Western Line Offers Low Excursion Fares to Pacific Coast
Excursion tickets sold from all stations to Portland Tacoma and Seattle daily and to California points on late August to late September dates with favorable return limits. Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily The Overland Limited electric lighted. under three days en route. Also The California Express with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. For rates and tickets see Chicago & North Western agents.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
California
Pacific Coast
Overland Limited
California Express
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Excursion Train To Dubuque For Tri-State Fair
The C M and St P Ry offers excursion tickets to Dubuque on Tri State Fair dates August 21 to 26 at 3.65 for round trip. Tickets on sale August 21 to 26 good for return until August 28, 1905.
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Dubuque
For Sale Ad Could Turn Lost Items Into Cash
A plain reminder urges turning forgotten belongings into quick cash through a simple sale. It cautions against borrowing from friends to avoid damaged relationships and emphasizes the value of small ad listings to raise funds.
Train Schedules for Green Bay & Western Route Details
Timetable shows La Crosse departure at 8:15 a m with connections at Marshland to Winona at 9:15 a m and arrival Merrillan 12:15 p m linking with Omaha road north and south routes. Westbound trains depart Green Bay 7:00 a m via Amherst Junction Stevens Point Merrillan Marshland arriving Green Bay 6:15 p m with connections to Wisconsin Central at Amherst Junction and a Merrillan to La Crosse return 4:40 p m. A daily Merrillan to Winona service leaves 7:40 a m except Sundays arriving 11:20 a m, and Winona to Merrillan leaves 5:00 p m arriving 6:30 p m.
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la Crosse
Marshland
Winona
Merrillan
Omaha Road
Wisconsin Central
Amherst Junction
Green Bay
Stevens Point
Real estate ads urged for savers to watch closely
A columnist advises readers who have saved a few hundred dollars to monitor real estate ads closely, likening vigilance to a hawk watching a chicken. The pointed metaphor underscores careful scrutiny before investing in property.
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