Interview with the King in Charles II's Court
Quentin Waters, son of Lord Waters, visits London to plead for his father’s affairs. In a tense interview, King Charles II questions a forged paper and reveals family secrets linking Raoul Dwight, Lady Felton, and a past divorce. The scene ends with Waters ordered to return the paper and renounce Raoul's claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raoul Dwight
Raoul
Charles II
Quentin Waters
Lord Waters
Long Strait
King Charles
Tondon
Traving
Long Haut
Charles 1
King Charles 1
London
Kenneth
Sir Longville
Lady Waters
Elaine
Cromwell
Marsden
Stro
Lauderdale
Dwight
Lady Dwight
France
Felton
Water Gardens in the Yard and a Doctor's Diagnosis
A Garden Magazine reader extols a yard water garden with hardy water lilies and lotus noting beauty and low maintenance. The piece contrasts lilies and lotus blooms and praises water plants over geraniums and caladiums. A later exchange features a doctor telling a wife her husband’s illness requires a symptomatic diagnosis, joking about lacking flannel in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Magazine
Milwaukee Bank Losses Amid May Wheat Speculation
Funds belonging to a Milwaukee bank vanished amid May wheat speculation wrecking the career of Frank G. Bigelow, former head of the bank and a prominent figure in banking circles. The crash reveals a years long manipulation of bank books with losses estimated between $200,000 and $250,000, while Bigelow faces court arraignment after confessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Bank
Gilimata Enterprises
Bigelow
United States Court
Bloodgood
Milwaukee
First National Bank
Cupes
Forty-Year Banker Bigelow Crashes Into Bankruptcy
Milwaukee story details the fall of Frank G Bigelow once head of a bank now named First National. Embezzlement involved accomplices among bank staff including Henry Goll and Gordon Bigelow, son of the president. Rumors claim losses mounted as external brokers sought settlements and wheat stories circulated. alleged misentries tied to the National Electric Company and other defalcations totaling over a million.
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Milwaukee
Frank Bigelow
Bigelow
Lanuk
First National
Hartford
N. Y
Grand Avenue
L. D. Kneeland
Chicago
Kreeland
Frank G. Bigelow
National Electric Company
Bigelow's Bank Downfall Traced to 1904 Collapse
Directors estimate Bigelow’s net assets around 250000 with life insurance of 560000 at Northwestern Mutual and stocks and bonds. The son, educated at public schools here, joined the bank in 1864 and rose through years of service until December 1904. A forty year clean record collapsed in just over four months.
Banking executives and staff listed with large sums
A fragmented roster from a bank history shows names of presidents, cashiers, tellers, and clerks at several major banks. Amounts of millions and hundreds of thousands accompany each entry, spanning cities like New York Philadelphia Elizabethport Detroit and Los Angeles with dates from 1864 to 1902.
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Ferdinand Ward
Grant & Ward
John C. Eno
Second National
New York
P. J. Clauseen
G. H. Pell
Sixth National
Lenox Hill and
Equitable
John T. Hill
Ninth National
Samuel C. Seeley
Middlesex County Bank
William Schreiber
Elizabethport Banking Company
Elizabethport
N. J
C. L. Alvord
First National
Newport
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
Detroit
Mich
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Rosemary Allyn
Millicent E. Mann
Lucas L
ILN
Chicago Board of Trade
American Parkers’ Association
Financial
America
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cirectors
Higelow
Golpqvy
Lillilow
Liline, Gligalow
Lee” Goll
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