Denver Savings Bank Indictments Expose Looting Schemes
The grand jury indicted partners controlling the Denver Savings Bank after its failure, accusing them of taking about 1712 from the bank as investigators probe who looted deposits. The cases may reveal how funds vanished and who profited, with further ties to wider Southwest banking deals and political plunder.
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Tibod
Denver
Graut
Behain
Vonsoring
Tmnk
Qne
Random thoughts on politics and finance mix in Ohio memo
A clutter of remarks touches on Secretary Wilson Packers inspections, Republican candidates in New York, and state finance from Alabama to Ohio. References include Mr Shaw and Mr Root as well as Warren G. Harding era figures, with notes on Teddy Taft Rockefeller and Pat Crowe. The piece mentions riots, insurance probes, and railroad talk, all in a sweeping, opinionated braid of contemporary political chatter.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
New York
Alabama
Shaw
Root
Mutual Life Insurance of
N.Y
Bryan and
Silver
Parker
McClellen
Greater
Marsh and Grimm Manufacturers Ad
Calvanized iron tanks flues and well casings available from Marsh and Grimm. Located at the Best of Bank, shop second door. Immediate stock and quick service advertised in a concise local notice.
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Best of Bank
Clayton New Mexico News Summary from Dazed OCR
Clayton New Mexico reports from Woodward Oklahoma, residents arriving for work. J Philips of Hansfowl Co Texas notes county visitors locating western Denver area. Local court attendees, a duck taunting record, and various building and hotel projects are mentioned along with a sick list and editor Palm’s Clayton Exrience visit.
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Cook
J. Philips
Hansfowl Co. Texag
Denver
New Railroad Chartered for Beaver and Denver Route
A new railroad charter is reported to be backed by A. E. Mullwell of the Orient. The proposed line would run through Woodward Woods and Woodward counties to Beaver County, then via Beaver City, Guymon, Mineral, and Kaiton to Denver. Surveyors are to begin in Woodward this week to map the preliminary line.
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A. E. Mullwell
Orient
Min Thrgazh Woods
Woodwanl
Beaver County
Beaver City
Guymon
Mineral
Kaiton
Denver
Bank cashier dies by suicide amid bank collapse linked to political bosses
Lee Clarke cashier of the Enterprise National Bank shot himself in his home as the bank failed after prolonged loans to Pennsylvania politicians and to a New Mexico political and corporate circle led by William H. Andrews known as Ball Andrews. Washington ordered the bank closed two hours later after the tragedy. The stress climaxed when Santa Fe Railroad declined to proceed with a New Mexico line project, affecting Clarke and the bank’s finances.
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Lee Clarke
Allegheny
Santa Fe
Bull” Andrews
New Mexico
Pittsburg
T. Lee Clarke
Enterprise National Bank
Washington
Pennsyvania
Pennsylvania Development Company
William H. Andrews
Ball” Andrews
Congress
Alfera
Clarke
Andrews
Santa Fe Railroad
J. Frances
Texline notes and ongoing town improvements
From Texline: Tesline not dead but sleepeth. The Texline depot carpentry is finished, painting due this week, and a ten foot cement walk to the Texline hotel to be completed. Three carpenters and two painters work on Tobe Pitt’s new house. WL. Brown sidelined with a knee. Local tame animals and Tealiné school enrollment rise, with several items in the vicinity.
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Texline
Tesline
Texling
Texline, Hotel
Tobe Pitt
Cras A Law Attorney Practice Note
A fragmentary entry lists Cras A Law as attorney with uncertain details and a partial mention of a practice before the United States, followed by garbled local references in Clanton. The readable text signals a legal matter involving an attorney and a procedural note.
For Sale Listings by W J Eaton in Clayton New Mexico
A detailed notice lists farm parcels and ranch improvements for sale by W J Eaton of Clayton NM. It cites multiple tracts including 166 acres with ditch rights, 160 acres with adobe house and fence, 160 acres deeded under cultivation, ranges of alfalfa forage, water wells, windmills, corrals and outbuildings. Prices shown include 81000 per acre cash and other terms, with various acreages and improvements outlined.
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WOO Acres
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Tuxline Hotel
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RQ Palm
Clayton Exriceunt
Textine
WL. Brown
Tealiné School
Cras. A. Law, Attorney
Clanton
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Fawcett & Dean
Merchents
W.W. Chilton
Lew Snniterhem Dittings
Fred Malm
Joan
Chyton, NM
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N.M
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Phoy & No
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