Financial crisis hits International Correspondence Schools network
Scranton reports reveal a vast pyramid of affiliated corporations tied to T. J. Foster and the International Text Book company. About 50 million dollars have been raised from students and investors with promises of large dividends. plans for a 20 million Education Corporation General are abandoned as the Textbook firm borrows 500 thousand and mortgages assets to stay afloat. Foster faces decisions on already sold stock and a looming collapse of planned schemes.
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Scranton
International Text Book Company
International Correspondence
T. J. Foster
United States
Foster
Education Corporation General
Textbook Company
Educational Corporation General
International
Northwestern's golf special adds lunch counter car for diners
Chicago reports the Northwestern railroad running a golf special with a long white enamel counter and white-clad waiters serving meals in under a minute. Other briefs note a fatal lightning strike near Chester West Virginia killing two sisters, opinions on prohibition in Georgia, a divorce in Huntington, a long delayed Christmas greeting reaching Philadelphia, Frances Cadero running a 76 acre farm in Connellsville, and a bicycle accident in Philadelphia with a rider rescued from a tree crotch.
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Chicago
Ill
Northwestern Railroad
Chester
W. Va
Nancy Logan
Margaret Wychoff
Atlanta
G. W. Eichelberger
The
Georgia Commonwealth
Georgia
Connellsville
Frances Cadero
Philadelphia
Joe Ritter
Astor visit shocks New Haven hotel staff
Waiters recounted Mrs. John Jacob Astor formerly Madeline Force visiting New England with her poodle Mizzie. The chauffeur asked for a steak to be cut up for the dog, which Mizzie quickly devoured, and the waiter received a tip.
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John J. Astor
New England
New Haven
Conn
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force
Mrs. Astor
Mizzie
State cold storage goods totals reported July
The quarterly report to the State Dairy and Food commissioner shows in cold storage on June 30 in Harrisburg 18 800 169 dozen eggs 4 965 877 pounds butter 2 861 431 pounds poultry and 1 800 188 pounds fish. Eggs and butter are richer than at quarter end.
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Harrisburg
Dairy and Food Commissioner
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International Correspondence School
Huntington
Francis Edgell
New York
H. C. Pearson
Wetern Union Telegraph Company
Allentown
Warren
Warren County
Glassman
Warren, Penny A
Elias I. Glassman
Boe
Hickory ST
Calicon
Kimonas
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