Depositors Paid As Chicago Banks Stabilize
Chicago workers faced runs on the Chicago National and Home Savings banks but were paid promptly. Clearing house directors stepped in as bank confidence returned, while Walsh’s troubles linked to Indiana rail ventures and political shifts in Chicago finance.
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Walsh
Chicago
Chicago National
Home Savings Banks
National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Chicago National Bank
West
Ridgley
Chicago Clearinghouse
The
Clearing House
James K. Forgan
First National Bank
John J. Mitchell
Ilinois Trust and Savings Bank
Orson Smith
Merchants Loan and Trust Company
James H. Eckles
Commercial National Bank
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
Terre Haute
Blount
West Park Board
Fragmented note hints at medical and social warnings
A garbled but urgent notice discusses dyspepsia and nervousness linked to stomach issues, and warns about alcohol, drugs, and unhealthy habits. It mentions a physician’s active practice, value of native remedies, and a call for attention to safer, cleaner living.
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Eve
Plerea
Walsh the Wests Millionaire Newspaper Builder
Lowell Courier reports Chicago financier John R. Walsh built and funded top papers like the Chicago Record-Herald the Chicago Post and the Chicago Chronicle. His vast spending and political leanings strained assets, leading to a notable failure as bank collapses spotlight his era of media wealth and control.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Middle West
East
E. B. Smith
Lowell
Walsh
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Post
Chicago Chronicle
Post
Bryan
Palmer
Buckner
Chronicle
Roosevelt
Mr. Smith
Mr. Walsh
Oiffice
New Hampshire State Grange Opens 32nd Session in Manchester
The New Hampshire state grange opened its 32nd annual session at Mechanics Hall Manchester with the largest attendance in history. Master Herbert O. Hadley presided as subordinate granges and pomona granges represented. Total membership reached 27 561, up 286. A public reception to national and state officers followed with speeches by city mayor Eugene Reed and grange leaders from several states.
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Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Mechanics Hall
Herbert O. Hadley
Temple
Pomona
the Grange
Eugene Reed
H. O. Hadley
State Grange
N. J. Bachelder
National Grange
S. Ladd
Massachusetts Grange
J. H. Hale
Connecticut Grange
Rough voyage ends for Pearl Eve crew in damaged schooner
Halifax reports the schooner Pearl Eve, 39 days from Oporto with salt, arrived in a much damaged condition. The captain says heavy weather and a gale shattered sails, leaving the crew short of provisions for two days until a passing steamer provided help.
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Halifax
Dee
Pearl Evelyn
Oporto
Evelyn
Schooner Exotic Sinks. Crew Saved in Newfoundland
A Newfoundland report notes the schooner Exotic from Notre Dame Bay to Halifax foundered with a valuable cargo of fish totaling about 200 quintales. The crew were saved. the vessel and cargo were insured, and shipping interests await the Browcon sailing from Catalina for Halifax amid uncertainty and financial stakes.
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Halifax
Dee
Notre Dame Bay
N. F
Vette
Newfoundland
Ansious
Browcon
Catelina
Vettel
Rioting Workmen Threaten Soviet Backed Coup
Dec 14 St Petersburg reports say workmen's council printed a hundred thousand copies declaring no civil war and urging the people to accept the challenge to topple the throne. lines show extreme unrest across Russia with troops expected, railways damaged, and foreign gold moving to support securities. Military actions and reprisals continue as insurrections advance toward major cities.
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St. Petersburg
Workmen's Council
Revolutionist Wre Among Rail Stop Rioters
Dispatch from Kusela reports troops returning over the trans-Biberian angrily wrecking railroad stations and other buildings amid delays. The revolutionist group is described as fired at several stations as it incites further disorder during halts.
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Wre
Jegrame
Kusela
trans-Biberian
Dragoons Surrender After Battle near Livonia
Details reach Walck province Livonia of a dragoon unit drawn to escort a wagon train, engaging insurgents. The clash ends with the dragoons surrendering after ammunition ran low and their charge repulsed amid regular fighting.
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Walck
Livonia
Dee
The Ant Feete About One of Nature's Moat In Dustrious Creatures
A fragmented account notes the industrious ant as a model of seasonal behavior. It describes ants emerging from winter quarters to locate new homes, gather sustenance for winter, and move with the seasons amid references to minor germination and natural cycles.
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Feete
Crete
Letts Overrun German Camp in Raid and Capture Victims
German families and an armed band of about 4000 Letts attacked Hoemeershor. Dragoons ran low on ammunition as the Lett camp held barricades and opened fire. A subsequent charge failed, the dragoons surrendered as ammunition ran out. A second Lett group appeared and carried captives to Lennawardenette, where an oration was held over the victims.
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Lennawardenette
Insurgents Run Southern Livonia Invasion Advance
Dorpat Dec 14 insurgents hold southern Livonia and much of Courland as warlords struggle to meet the threat. Roads and towns reported burned while German nobles and families are held by the insurgents in a rapidly deteriorating security situation.
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Dorpat
Livonia
Courland
Rita
Wenden
Back Again Among His Own Folks
Dramatic sketch of an old black man’s futile attempts to find work and food across northern cities while seeking return to the South. He faces repeated rebuffs in Boston and other hubs, finally reaching Baltimore as he clings to the hope of returning home.
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Boston
Springfield
Hartford
New Haven
Nothela
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charles Street
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Tinues
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Courier
Waltham
Elgin
China Novelties
Tiffany
Belcher
Rogers
Forks
Merrimack Street
Workmen’s Council
Berlin
Imperial Fours
Wouree Gazette
Yell
Renensk
Riga
Brock
Mansof
Laenti
Regenek
Leon
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