Great stores of gold crowd New York vaults of subtreasury
The New York Evening Post reveals vast stores of gold and silver in government subtreasury vaults on Wall Street. It describes immense currency reserves, silver compartments, and guarded halls with steel cells, plus the scale of bank and safe-deposit vaults that hold millions in specie and precious metals across the city.
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New York
New York Evening Post
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Exthus
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Hale
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Europe
United States
Wall Street
Wallstreet
Specie
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Chase National
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First National
Hanover National
National Bank of Commerce
Western National
National Park
Great National City Bank
Treasury
Financial
New York Clearing House
Clearing House
Burk of Pennsylvania Trolls Wig Joke on Bald Bust
Washington Post recounts Representative Burk of Pennsylvania sharing a joke about his wig. A Vatican priest arranged a sculptor to bust Burk for 1800 dollars using a plaster cast after removing the wig, leaving a bald head that stays in a cellar and may never be seen again.
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Washington Post
Burk
Pennsylvania
Vatican
Cavenoe Solon
Chestnut slang origin linked to E A Abbey tale
A Philadelphia art patron pins the slang chestnut on E A Abbey the painter known for coronation of King George VII and Tile Club stories. Abbey told a rotating tale of a chestnut farmer who could not resist giving away his crop until listeners cried chestnuts.
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Philadelphia
Paes
E A. Abbey
Academy of Fine Arts
Ward VII
New York
Abbey
Tile Club
Arkangel Prison Described by Du Chailly in Russia
The Globe publishes Paul Du Chailly’s account from Arkangel detailing Sholonhola prison. He describes its two stories, capacity 90 to 1,000, clean cells, ventilation, a humane regime, and strict daily routines with work, meals, prayers, and weekly visits. He notes solitary cells, bread quality, infirmary order, and multiple faith chapels including Russian, Catholic, Protestant, and a synagogue. He emphasizes forced labor with earnings shared between inmates and the prison and records the daily schedule from rising to prayers and baths, with Sunday family visits.
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Boston Globe
Thomas J. Gargan
Globe
Russia
Paul du Chailly
St. Petersburg
Gargan
Arkangel
White Sea
United States
Moscow
Samode
England
Carl XV
Sweden
Norway
Whcce Tegulath
Prison Tour Reveals Humane Treatment of Students in Russia
A traveler recounts visiting a Russian prison near Arkhangelsk, noting no student prisoners among the inmates. He describes four rooms used as dormitory dining room billiard and exercise spaces, with students once held for three months for campus disturbances. The superintendent insists on fair treatment and separation from criminals and invites future visits.
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Russia
United States
Arkangel
Boston
Paul
Mixed Marriages Stir Church Rules and Doubts
The piece reports Catholic Church opposition to Catholic Protestant marriages, detailing dispensation rules and three conditions for non Catholic partners, plus priestly views from New York Jesuit authorities. It contrasts canonical restraint with common sense, noting potential unhappy outcomes and calls for discernment. It also recalls Columbus remains transfers and ceremonial honors.
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New York Evening Post
New
Twelve Cats Fall Sick in New Castle Town
In New Castle Pennsylvania a string of ill cats prompts worry among residents including Billy Manion George Kaufman and Ward Hopkins. One cat at the Times office has been ill for a week while our own adopted cat grew strong but later died after a prolonged illness implying widespread feline distress in the community.
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Billy Manion
George Kaufman
George
Ward Hopkins
Times Office
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