Money condition in bank circles and 1918 outlook
A historical assessment contrasts pessimistic and optimistic views on 1918 business. It notes higher commercial failures, weaker bank clearings, and steady profits in rail and steel sectors amid calls for policy reform. It discusses monetary strength, European strains, and potential radical legislation targeting the money power and railroads.
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France
Germany
United States
Europe
Wilson
Congress
Pujo
Penmylvania Railroad
Ite
Anthracite Coal
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Cial
Texas Dope Fails as Schwab Declares Presidential Oath
In New Orleans a Texas visitor Dr Charles Schwab insisted he was elected president and forced a staged oath with a fake chief justice. The ruse included a mock Bible and a trip by train to Dallas after a theatrical oath.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Grunwald
Southern Pacific
Dallas
Texas
New Orleans
Charles Schwab
Grunewald
Schwab
Leonhardt
Joe Jr
Lone Star
Geo. P. Wallace
F. Bl. Schafuss Company
New York
United States Supreme Court
United States Secret Service Bureau
Evans
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Wall Street
Mexico
Japan
Harry Thaw
Sulzer
Treasury
Wilson
Surgeon’s skill saves wee girl in New Orleans
Odessa May a four year old from Aldridge Texas was saved by Dr. R C Lynch in New Orleans after a five penny nail lodged in her right lung for six weeks. Two Beaumont surgeons had said she would die. A rubber tube X ray guided magnet removal.
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New Orleans
Odessa
Aldridge
Texas
R. Cc. Lynch
Beaumont
Charles H. May
Lynch
Mother Hears Of Daughter S Death In Austrian Toll
Associated Press reports Frau Aumuller, mother of Anna Aumuller, grieving in Oedenburg, recalls her daughter's travels from Szombat to Oedenburg and New York. Anna left for America in 1910, visited in 1912, and expressed hopes of marriage before her death at Hanshmidt, with a threat to leave her savings book to a friend.
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Associated Press
Oedenburg
Austria
Aumuller
Anna Aumuller
Hanshmidt
Anna
Szombat
America
New York
Frau Aumuller
Joseph Igler
Tf Mitsi Meyer
Anna Bruger
Condition of the Pope Raises Anxiety in Rome
Rome September 29 The ailing Pope Pius X shows no specific illness but his health is unsatisfactory. Rest and care are expected to restore him, and physicians have asked that receptions be avoided until he regains strength. It is unlikely he will preside at the Constantin Jubilee closure on December 8.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pius X
Constantin
Death of Sir Alfred East
London reports the death of Sir Alfred East born 1849 and longtime president of the Royal Society of British Artists. Knighted in 1910, he earned gold medals in London Paris Munich and Barcelona. While visiting Chicago in January he spoke on American courage in action versus judging and urged the U.S. to develop its own art.
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Associated Press
London
Alford East
Royal Society of British Artists
Alfred East
Paris
Munich
Barcelona
Chicago
United States
Whitman Baby to Inherit Vast Family Wealth
Announcement notes the Whitman baby will be heir to more than 15 million dollars with the mother Jennie Crooker Whitman and the Crooker fortune cited. It mentions Malcolm Whitman practicing law in New York and lineage from Boston wool manufacturers, plus a nod to the tonic ad at the end.
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Whitman
Jennie Crocker
San Francisco
Frederick Crooker
George Crooker
William Whitman
Boston
New England
Woolen Manufacturers Association
Massachusetts
Malcolma Whitman
New York
Birmingham Jeweler Duo Accused in Diamond Fraud
Joseph Rich, owner of a major Birmingham jewelry store, and his son Abraham, residents of New York, are named in a U S district court bankruptcy petition. They allegedly bought diamonds on credit, shipped them to New York, and resold to dealers at steep discounts. Creditors say most Maiden Lane dealers extended credit, averting a possible million dollar loss.
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New York
Joseph Rich
Ole
Birmingham
United States District Court
Rich
Abraham
Maiden Lane
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Businesa
Grove
Sir Alford East
Joseph and
Abraham Rich
New York City
Price One National Toilet Company
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BURKE
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State Streets
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Tilia Ls
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Mobile Electric Co
North Royal Street
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