Lease amendments reveal rent tied to safe deposits
The document outlines multiple leases and amendments for Equitable Life Assurance Society properties. It describes rent adjustments based on net income from safes, with provisions for half of excess income as additional rent up to a cap, arbitration for expense disputes, monthly statements, and extensions across buildings in Boston and St. Louis. The core items involve the two Boston vault leases and a St. Louis expansion with similar terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable Safe Deposit Company of
Massachusetts
Milk and
Devonshire Streets
Boston
Safe Deposit Company
Federal and
Milk Streets
Security Safe Deposit Company
Equitable Safe Deposit Company
Rune
Iss
Aris
St.ouis
Missouri Safe Deposit Company
St. Louis
Hyde secretary resigns at Equitable life firm
Paul Morten, chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, accepted the resignation of Garles F. Williamson who drew a 4500 dollar salary as secretary to James H. Hyde in foreign business. Morton said no action has been decided on regarding other resignations and Hyde may lead temporarily as executive chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Morten
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Garles F. Williamson
James H. Hyde
Morten
Tarbell
Wilson
MelIntyre
Equitable
Morton
Ryan
Hyde
Wreck at Mentor Ties to Garfield Era Rail History
The article notes Mentor Ohio as James A. Garfield’s home and the site of the 1850 conference that solidified his Republican nomination. It describes Mentor’s location on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and details the East-bound Twentieth Century Limited service and fast trains between New York and Chicago, including performance figures and expected schedule improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentor
James A. Garfield
Garfield
Republican Party
Rosco Conkling
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Cleveland
Buffalo
Painesville
Century Limited
Chicago
New York Central
Premsylvania’ Railroad
Grand Central
Tiisety
Chiea
Federal Clerk Arrested On False Claim Charge
Frederick H. Wilson a financial and special disbursing agent at the Indian Warehouse was arrested by U S Marshal Henkel and arraigned before Commissioner Shields on a federal indictment. He pleaded not guilty and was held in bail for exam. The indictment accuses him of certifying a payroll on January 9 for Herbert L Sayers a laborer who received 875 though no service was rendered to the Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Wilson
United States
Henkel
Shields
Indian Affairs
Wilson
Herbert L. Sayers
Sayers
Burglars and Defaulters Ad Offer Local Coverage
National Surety Co at 35 Nassau Street promotes protection against burglary and default risks with an advertising notice highlighting security and financial safeguard services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Surety Co
Nassau St.—Ady
Central’s 18 Hour Flier Wreck Leaves Many Injured
A disastrous wreck stranded in the country at a train disaster caused a swift rescue. Cleveland doctors and Painesville firemen aided as nineteen were injured and one man, New York patent attorney Mr Bennett, died. Horace E. Andrews aided a dying friend with a final message to his wife as investigators began.
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Painesville
Cleveland
Horace E. Andrews
E. W. Moore
Andrews
Charles H. Wellman
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Bennett
New York
Mr.Wellman
Horace
Moon
John R. Bennett Killed in Chicago Business Trip
John R. Bennett a prominent New York patent lawyer of 31 Nassau Street and 38 West Fifty-third Street, aged fifty five, died on a Chicago business trip. He represented United States Steel and several major electrical concerns in patent litigation and served as legal representative of the city in patent matters. He was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Botanical Gardens and held Summer home in Dansville Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Bennett
New York
Nassau Street
West Fifty-third Street
Law
Manhattan
Crescent Athletic
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Botanical Gardens
Chicago
Advertising Man Beckwith Injured in Wreck
Samuel C. Beckwith, president of the Beck with Special Advertising Agency in The Tribune Building, was hurt in a wreck. He was in Cleveland on business and had planned to return home this morning on Central’s new flier, accompanied by his brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Beckwith
Beckwith Special Advertising Agency
Tribune
Cleveland
Central
Death Train Wreck Probe Cites Tampering At Switch
Chicago officials say an act of tampering appears to derail a fast passenger train near Cleveland. W C Brown and C F Daly note the switch was normal before Train 26, Twentieth Century Limited, and the crash killed many aboard. They deny speed caused the disaster and say 18 hour NYC schedules won’t be changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. F. Daly
Cleveland
New York
Daly
Vice President Receives Five? Ten Killed in Wreck
Dispatch reports Vice President W C Brown of the New York Central received bulletin from Mentor that the Twentieth Century Limited derailed in front of Grand Central Station with all cars off the track except the observation car. Ten persons killed. No official report reached Grand Central at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Station
Chicago
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Mentor
Twentieth Century Limited
Horsford Acid Phosphate Promises Nervous Cure
An advertisement touts Horsford's acid phosphate as a remedy for nervous disorders including headache insomnia exhaustion and restlessness claiming it rebuilds the nervous system and strengthens health.
Mercerized cotton cheat undercuts good wool fabrics
The passage warns against mercerized cotton and parades wool as superior. It argues the cheat lies in the inferior performance of mercerized cotton compared with all-wool fabrics, urging buyers to seek Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers labels as a reliable standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Schaffner
Marx Good Clothes Makers
James McCreery & Co midsummer dress fabrics sale
James McCreery & Co offers midsummer dress fabrics including lawns batistes and lawns. The June 22 event features 300 dozen shirt waists with embroidery and lace and a range of fabrics in medium to sheer weights priced 95e 1.50 and 2.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haberdasher’s
Siegel Cooper Store
Train Mystery Involving Milwaukee Men Hints at Missing Passengers
Fragmentary report identifies Arthur and Carlin of Milwaukee as possible companions on a train. Their first names are not confirmed and it is unclear if they were aboard. The source notes D. C. Hewett leads the related company with its president at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Company
D. C. Hewett
Arthur
Carlin
Milwaukee
Names of Chicago and other notable residents listed in records
A compiled list presents individuals and addresses across Chicago, Evanston, Milwaukee, San Francisco, New York and other cities. Names include Beal Wood Calentine Daniels Harwood Insull Katz Kingsmith Kuhl Lowe Pardee Peck Trott Watt and more with multiple Chicago addresses and associations to firms and households.
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Amen
Nathan
Kenosha
Wis
Beal
Wood
Colony Building
Chicago
Bembar
Z. I
Bird
Esther
Colvin
W. H
Evanston
Countess
S. D
Calentine
P. A
Daniels
Fifth Avenue
New York
Devons
Arthur L
Hamilton
Mass
Dibbe
Adams Street
Dilmen
A. J
State Street
Milwaukee
Dickinson
A. E
Marquette Building
Fauntleroy
F. F
Lake Forest
Hairwood
San Francisco
Harwood
Nancy
Horton
Insull
Samuel and Child
Katz
Forty-first Street
Armour Avenue
Kingsmith
Miss Anna
Kuhl
Randolph Street
Lowe
Henrietta C
Elizabeth
Pardee
William
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and Son
Peck
F. L
Jefferson Avenue
Scranton
Penn
Charles
Cleveland
Ohio
Turney
Miss. H. D
D. T
O. Treat
E. M
Locust Street
St. Louis
Trott
Kate
Watt
Pittsburg
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Merton
S. C. Beckwith
Auditorium
Palmer House
Henry Zibblee
Inlaw
Marshall Field
T. A. Valentine
Armour & Co
Samuel Sinsall
Chicago Edison Light Company
R. E. Dickenson
Hewett
The
Hewett Manufactur
Horsford's
Connectio
Shari
Boperg
Rovers
York Perc
Pan A
Siegel
Goperg
OPERG
Vera Moewsts
Russia
Iso
Ise
James McCreery & Co
Twenty-third Street
Eastain
Wen
Siegel Cooper
18Th St
Beauty
John Bond & Son
Rosewood
Schuman & Sons
Ebony
Grovestein & Fuller
Rosen
Wheelock
Bailey
Kingsbury
Criterion
Newton
Thayer
Caldwell
Wissner
Brooks
Lester
Henry & S. G. Linde
Erard
Princess
Mason & Hamlin
Estey
Needham’Church
Farrand & Votey
Orgars
Gan
Kranich & Bac
Thompson
Woodward & Brown
Lord & Dumster
Chickering
Gordon & Son
Stodart
Raven & Bacon
Gary Germs
Paris
Boardman
the Beautiful
the Jam
Lay
Albany
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