Bank Statement Certification by Dalton State Bank Cashier
Loreng F Ripley cashier attests the balance sheet totals 123 222 58 liabilities and asserts truth to best knowledge. Notary Henry F Schutz signs on November 15 1910 in Cook County Illinois with official seal.
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Lorenz
Ripley
Dalton State Bank
Loreng F. Ripley
State of
Illinois
Cook
Oswald Okeluobel
Novary Public, BB
Henry F. W. ScHvuLtz
Horace Holmes
Grace M. Diekman
West Hammond Bank Reports 1910 Financials
The West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank financial statement filed with the Illinois Auditor shows loans on real estate 4750 dollars, collateral security 12634.40, other loans 18200.04, and bonds plus cash positions. Cash on hand 659.10, checks and other items 4666.45, capital stock paid in 2456.14, surplus 0, time certificates 1882.50, savings 17538.62, demand 2.30. The cashier Paul I. Muschelewicz swears the report is true. In New York, whale bones weighing 55 tons arrived for the Museum of Natural History, after being hauled from Moji, Japan.
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Cece Cecenner Banking House
Seas Wees
New York
Museum of National History
Moji
Japan
Cure for Sleeping Sickness Cold Cure Ward Concept
A new treatment named the cold cure uses a hospital ward placed inside a refrigerator. The white room, 12 by 9 feet with double walls and cotton insulation, keeps patients in 10 to 20 degrees below freezing while seated for hours.
For a Successful Bridge Party Narrative in a Stuffy Room
A verbose description imagines a lively bridge party with an odd number of women placed around a cramped overheated room. Hats for each guest, layered sandwiches, cake, olives, and tea form a lush scene while gossip spices the air and tempers flare. Cards may be added or omitted.
Bank Balance Sheet and Officials Authenticated
The document shows a balance sheet of a state bank with capital stock, surplus, and undivided profits. It lists liabilities including national bank notes outstanding, demand deposits, savings deposits, and certificates of deposit. Horace Holmes, cashier, swears to the accuracy on November 17, 1910, with directors Grace M Diekman and Robert Weidner noted.
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Capital Stock
Stenography Through the Ages and Key Systems
The passage traces stenography from ancient Rome with freedmen of Ennius and Cicero to the Ars Scribendi of 1412 and Timothy Bright’s 1588 English shorthand, noting steady progress toward modern methods. It highlights the historic lineage and evolution of shorthand techniques.
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Ennius
Cicero
Seneca
Rome
Timothy Bright
Oriental Brewery Drives Hong Kong Beer Boom
A Hongkong brewery story notes the Oriental brewery, begun early in 1909, as the first successful plant in Hong Kong with extensive modern American style buildings and a 100,000 barrel yearly capacity. American capital backs the venture as it competes with Japanese and Tsingtau beers.
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Hongkong
Oriental Brewery
Handwriting Expert Postmaster Worries Over Signatures
The Haystack Hollow postmaster frets about his nervous breakdown amid stacking postal cards. He laments the postal savings bank business and the challenge of identifying signatures on checks when many cards are illegible. The discussion with Ezzy highlights the stress of unreadable handwriting in a small town office.
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Haystack Hollow
Ezzy
Stavanger Plans Permanent Museum of Canning Machinery
Stavanger proposes a permanent museum to display all machinery used in the fish canning and preserving industry from its inception to the present, preserving industrial history and technical artifacts for public view.
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Stavanger
Calumet Theatre to Feature William Jonsey in The Squaw Man
Calumet Stock Company brings Chicago star William Jonsey back to the Calumet Theatre for the lead in The Squaw Man next week. The play, once a signature for William Faversham, is a virile American English drama set mainly in America with English principal characters. The matinee opens Sunday November 20th, promising a strong attraction for South End audiences.
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William Jonsey
Chicago
America
William Jossey
Calumet Stock Company
Calumet Theatre
Card of Thanks for Mrs. John Toarpal
We express deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy and help during our mother's illness and for the flowers sent. Children of Mrs. John Toarpal.
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John Toarpal
When They Go Out to Dine
Observer notes a gendered dining contrast as men favor solid, hearty fare like steak and potatoes while women seek expensive, non-nutritious choices such as artichokes and truffles, preferring out of season dishes. The passage highlights supposed differences in taste and spending between genders.
From Bricklayer to Preacher Finds High Calling
A Welsh bricklayer J Addison Jones of Port Talbot left his trade in the United States after a minister urged him to preach. He studied at Yale, earned an MA, and was recently awarded a Doctor of Divinity. He is visiting his father in the old country.
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States
J. Addison Jones
Port Talbot
Yale
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Dolton State Bank
Dolton
Ilinoia
Total
Lansing State Bank
Lansing
State of Ilinois
State of Illinois
Total Resources
J. William Winterhoff
Wa. Winterhoff
West Hammond Trust & Savings Bank
West Hammond
Ilinois
Resou
RCES
Paul I. Muschelewicz
West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank
Ignatius F. Mankowski
St. Nicholas
Fhrrst National Bank OF Dolton
U.S
U S
Robert Weidner
C. E Waterman
John S. van Deursen
Bileatrical
Obele
Electrion
Obela
Schaefer’s
Doiton
Lapin
Dolton and
Riverdale
Kern
Kipley
General Merchandise
Fe Riverdale
Obel’s
I. C. Depot
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