Girl Reunites With Lost Dog After Phone Check
Nine year old Mildred Clark visiting Chicago reunites with her black cocker spaniel Topsy rescued from the pound. The dog recognizes Mildred through a telephone call, enabling the mayor to grant a pardon and return the pet to its owner.
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Chicago
Mildred Clark
Janesville
Wis
South Side
Topsy
Mildred
Merinbaum
William E Stuart
Pound
Bold insurance swindle nets widow's claim in Minnesota
In Remidit Minnesota a woman claiming to be Mrs Jennie Anderson widow of Andrew E Anderson swindled $2 000 in insurance money from the Ancient Order of United Workmen using forged affidavits and an attorney as accomplice A $1 400 draft was recovered but $600 cash remains missing A warrant for grand larceny issued and sheriff pursuing the suspect The fraud involved miswriting a $1 400 draft as fourteen dollars and the case tests who bears the loss between the bank and the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Anderson
Andrew E. Anderson
Order of
United Workmen
McDonald
Andrew FE. Anderson
Bemidji
Little Falls
L. W. Vasaly
Scratchin
First National Bank
Green Bay men seek Hagemeister Park purchase
A five member committee of the Green Bay Businessmen's Association secured an option on Hagemeister park, a 66 acre tract, for 78000 dollars. They will ask the council to call a special election to consider buying the park which includes a race course, baseball grounds, two pavilions, barns and grandstands. The owners plan to subdivide the land for city lots. The area has served as a public playground for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Business Men’s Association
Hagemeister
Robbery at Clark Street Bank Club Varies in Chicago
Miss Hazel Curtis, cashier at Naomi club, was robbed in the Merchants Loan and Trust building corridor at Clark and Adams. A satchel with nearly 250 dollars, a gold watch, and jewelry was grabbed by a tall, darkly dressed thief who fled into a crowd. Detectives were informed. no arrest yet. Curtis described the man as tall, heavily built, with beard and mustache, wearing dark clothes and a light fedora.
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Tim
Merchants’ Loan and Trust
Clark and
Adams
Andy” Rohan
Miss Curtis
Washington Boulevard
John Lewer
Clark Street
Peabody faces accuser as mutual life dispute erupts
New York July 26 Accusations of bad faith by Mutual Life Insurance officials over incomplete policyholder lists at Albany and a second list for their own use drew sharp rebuttals. C R Serugham, organization manager of the international policyholders committee, attacked Peabody and associates, who replied that no truthful statement existed in the accusation. The dispute centers on trusteeship and handling of policyholder data used for literature and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrugham
A. H. Shook
Nashville
Mutual
Col. Shook
Grost
The
New York
Mutual Life Insurance
Albany
C. R. Serugham
International Policyholders’ Committee
Peabody 2Nd Associates
Peabody
Panama bonds bid by a New York clerk shocks Wall Street
Samuel Byerley a clerk at the American Express company whose $5,800,000 bid for U S Panama canal bonds was accepted by Secretary Shaw proved to be a 2 cent postage stamp investor. He can profit by selling bonds at 104 while delaying payment. The incident recalls a 1896 cash payment rule prompted by a large broker bid. The treasurer says Byerley acted personally and represents no company interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Company
Byerley
Shaw
New York
Abraham White
Treasury Department
Wall Street
The
Express Company
Society Woman Fights Off Masher in Cleveland
Mrs William Wagar a society woman slugged Frank Tyndall who tried to flirt and grab her as she wheeled her baby. He was fined and sent to the workhouse after police arrived and found him knocked in the gutter. The woman said she felt no fear amid the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
William Wagar
Frank Tyndall
Tyndall
Farmer Dies as Cow Starves in Aberdeen Barn
William Mulenbach, a wealthy German farmer, was found dead on a barn floor beside a dying cow in Aberdeen South Dakota. Neighbor Eugene Webb discovered the body after three days missing. coroner and sheriff found no foul play or suicide, suggesting heart failure. Mulenbach, widower, lived near the city since 1881 and leaves two daughters Mrs Sauck and Mrs Hardtke.
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Aberdeen
S. D
William Mulenbach
Eugene Webb
Muulenbach
Webb
Mulenbach
W. Sauck
Warner
Hardtke
Kenosha Auto Mystery Still Unsolved
Kenosha Wisconsin July 26 There have been no new developments in the mystery of the death of William Dreyer of St Charles Illinois who was found mangled in the road supposedly killed by an automobile Tuesday morning Chicago police have joined in the search for two men named Jones and Monroe who stopped at a Waukegan hotel Tuesday morning agitated and said their machine had broken down Captain Lewis of Racine was called as a witness and told of his trips between Kenosha and Racine Monday might Nothing developed in relation to the mystery.
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Kenosha
Wis
William Dreyer
St. Charles
All
Chicago
Jones
Monroe
Waukegan
Ill
Lewis
Racine
Delightful Grand Trunk Route From Chicago to Montreal
Across the lake Crosby Line steamers connect with Grand Trunk railway double track from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls to offer a daylight ride to Michigan New England New York and Philadelphia. A fast train with buffet parlor car connects with boat at Grand Haven for a scenic Michigan journey. Descriptive literature and timetables available from Geo. W. Vaux Grand Trunk Railway 135 Adams Street Chicago.
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Crosby
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Michigan
Canada
New England
New York
Philadelphia
Grand Haven
Adams, Street
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S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Mistress
Remidit
Minn
Perpe
C. W. Serutchin
Hf. C. Baumgarten
Hazel Curtis
Naomi
Tion
Vic
Accuser
Samuel Byerley
United States
C. S. van Auren
Pearl St. la Crosse, Wis
Masher
Across the Lake
Wisconsin Light & Power Co
Main St
Virginia
Kentucky
LA Crosse
Burlington
Minneapolis
SY. Paul
Saengerbund
AEC Houte
J.D. Shanesy
C.B
Q.ry
Gillette
Gillette Sales Company
Times Bidg
Times Sq
Elliott-Loeffler Company
Wines & Liquors
Pearl Street
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