Stole Over $100000 from Elizabethport Bank Scandal
William Schreiber, 26, utility clerk, accused of siphoning nearly $108000 from Elizabethport Banking Co in New Jersey. He allegedly lavished funds on a New York woman, buying diamonds, a pearl necklace, carriages, and horses. bank officials rushed to replace losses as authorities tracked his whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabethport Banking Company
Elizabethport
N. J
William Schreiber
Frederick Heidritter
Schreiber
Heidritter
Eightythird Street
West Fifty-seventh Street
Jadge Gilhooly
Husted
West Forty-seventh Street
Gilhooly
Smiley Confesses in Chicago Insurance Murder Plot
Frank H. Smiley, jailed suspect, details a full conspiracy with Dr. A. M. Unger and F. Wayland Brown to obtain life insurance from Marie Defenbach’s death. Smiley claims Unger would get 3000 dollars, Brown 7000, while he received 1000 for posing as the fiancé. He says he was sent to Milwaukee before the death and helped cover cremation costs. The motive centers on divorce plans and insurance, with toxic poison used in Defenbach’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank H. Smiley
Smiley
F. Wayland Brown
A. M. Unger
Unger
Brown
Miss Defenbach
Milwaukee
Superindent Ferns
Mooney & Boland
Marie Defenbach
Dr. Unger
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay. The ad lists a price of 25 cents and emphasizes fast relief from coughing and cold symptoms.
Dramatic Run on Grand Haven Bank Ends Swiftly
In Grand Haven Michigan on October 11 officials feared reserves would fall short during a bank run. Grand Rapids First National Bank shipped $250000 in currency by special train to aid Grand Haven National Bank arriving as the crisis eased. Depositors pressed for withdrawals amid malice claims but assurances from nearby banks alleviated concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Haven, Mich
Grand Haven National Bank
Grand Rapids
Wylie
First National Bank
Assaulted by Tramps In Ill and Typhoid Measures In Wis
Engineer E R Talbot of Wabash train 63 witnessed a dying telegraph lineman from Chicago named E Jackson get robbed and shot by two tramps. Jackson, likely fatally wounded, described the assault before collapsing again. In Racine Wisconsin the board of health orders disinfection of all schoolhouses and removal of nuisances due to typhoid fever cases, plus mandatory physician reporting and sewers disinfection under threat of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Ill
E. R. Talbot
Mansfield
E. Jackson
Chicago
Jackson
Racine
Wis
Board of Health
Grace Boutelle Reports Hopeful Boutelle Waverly Letter
Miss Grace Boutelle, daughter of Representative Charles E. Boutelle, received news from McLean sanitarium physicians in Waverly, Mass. stating her father has improved greatly and may leave the hospital if the family desires. They advise he remains there for another month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Grace Boutelle
Charles E. Boutelle
McLean Sanitarium
Waverly
Mass
County valuations rise sharply in Marquette County
The Marquette County board of supervisors increased the total valuations from 9 512 400 to 17 046 000 after a tax commission visit. The rise largely ignored new figures and Ishpeming Negaunee and Marquette saw 5 318 862 of the increase deducted. The county’s total tax came to 118 847 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Board of Supervisors
Tax Commission
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Man killed by dynamite blast during charivari
Spring Valley Wis Oct 11 Frank Seelinger living near Farmhill planned to use dynamite at a night charivari. His wife fled in fright and an explosion wrecked the house blowing him to pieces. She says he intended to kill her with the dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Wis
Frank Seelinger
Farmhill
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Cited For Scrofula
A letter extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for blood taints and scrofula, claiming it cleanses the blood, strengthens lungs, and heals stomach issues. Testimony from Mrs. Hartrick notes improvements in her sons and a son avoiding repeated lung hemorrhages after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Seonk
Dr. Pierce
Blood Is Shed Again in Hazleton Strike Clash
In Hazleton Pennsylvania at Coxe Bros Oneida colliery a clash between 500 strikers and officers left a special policeman dead and several others wounded. Ten non union men were beaten or stoned as women joined the mob blocking a mine loco and the No 2 colliery.
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Hazleton
Oneida
Coxe Bros
Ralph Mills
Beaver Meadow
George Kellner
Leaver Meadow
Derringer
Coxe Bros. & Golive
van Blargin
Kudlick
MURDER IN A Hazleton district clash ends with officers shot
A gun battle in the Hazleton district leaves Policeman Mills dead and Striker Lesko wounded as strikers and officers exchange fire near Oneida and Der ringer collieries. Coxe Bros. & Co alert guards and suspend work as authorities move to quell the strike amid union talks and pay law debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Joseph Lesko
Kellner
Lesko
Sheriff Toole
Schuylkill County
Philadelpha
James O'Donnell
Carl Houser
Freeland
Oneida
Kudlick
Coxe Bros. & Co
Derringer
Gowen
Beaver Meadow
Hazleton
Luther S. Smith
Delaware, Susquehanna and Schullkill
Shamokin
George Hartiein
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Columbia
Dauphin
State Banks’ Loans Rise Sharply Amid Shifting Deposits
Reports to the Illinois auditor show seventeen Chicago banks increased loans and discounts by 2,966,271 since July, with savings deposits up 858,169. United States bonds fell 129,488 while other securities rose 054,263. Demand deposits grew 2,525,982 and amounts due to state banks and bankers rose 2,868,538.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Auditor of Public Accounts
Chicago
United States
For Sale Two Tron Settees and Two Tron Chairs
Public notice advertises sale of two tron settees and two tron chairs suitable for lawns with inquiry directed to the office for details.
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Society
Drs. Morgridge and
Norton
G. O. Morgridge
S. Norton
la. m
D. m
Fice
Iowa Avenue
West Fourth Street
Muscatine
Iowa
Redman Hall
Shammo Hall
Joumson
Sachem
F. Washburn
C. Ret
Masonic
J. Pitcurorts
W. M
W. MorGan
Bawkeye Lodge
Sumyer G. Sharnit
W. Eversmeyer
Washington
G. A. Riemcke
M. E. BH. P. Gro
C. Winn
Secy
DE Molay Commandry
Miriam Lodge
D. of R
Prairie Encampment
Muscatine Lodge
Speer
Second
Cedar Streets
Cedar Street
M. W. OF
Muscatine Camp
Woodmen of America
Olds’ Block
Frank Gould
V. C. Clay Kneele
Court of Honor
Woodman Hall
S. E. Fox
R.C. Scuenck
Bend City
Modern Brotherhood of America
J. H. Coscrove
G. W. Coverston
Knights OF Pythias
Wyoming Lodge
K. of P
K. of P. Hall
Atrena
J. C. Coster
C. C. H. S. Howe
K. of
Eagle Lodge
A. O. U. W. Hall
Second Street
John Tillie
Maccabee Hall
Fisch
Henry H. Fack
J. W. Hawn
Adies
THE
Maccabees
Muscatine Hive
Macabee Halil
Fisch's
W. D. Hine
Mary E. Peck
Bankers’ Union OF the World
O. L. Peyeatt
N. W. Meyers
Electa
L. E. GresLer
Emma Manlove
Thos. Brown
Illinois
Clymer A. Coldren
East Second Street
J. W. McKee
Bramworth's Drugstt Second
B Thompson
Sue Browning
W. B. Thompson & Co, Life Insurance
Old's Bldg
Iowa Ave
2D St
Z. Carskaddan
D. Burk
Carskaddan
Burk
LAW
West Second Street
T. KR. Fitzgerald
Hershe State Bank
Iowa Avenue and
Muscatine, Iowa
M. Titus
D. W. Jackson
Titus & Jackson
H. Jayre. Layne
Scott Richman
W- F. Richman
Richman & Richman
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
Cook, Musser &Co
West Third Street
Bank
J. Dean
Alleienhone
Boutelle
Lee
Electric Light & Power Company
China
Dillaway's Crockery Store
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Indian Territory
J.V. Weidlein
Iad
Oscar E. Pauline
Star Restaurant
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