War ren Savings Bank Report of Condition 1914
Bankers sworn statement lists assets totaling 4 988 513 91 and liabilities 3 951 674 88. Capital stock 466 575.00 and surplus, profits, and various deposits including 3 131 286 54 individual deposits. Notary public and directors attest to accuracy as of November 9, 1914.
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Eseo
ASIC
Pennsylvania
Banks and Trust Co
G. B. Ensworth
Nora E. Mills
Senate
Pensylvania
Warren
H. S. Keck
John Siggins
Financial statement of Warren bank shows assets and liabilities
The document lists reserves, securities, loans, real estate, and other assets totaling 397 025.61 with liabilities 125 000.00 and capital details including 74 080.21 in surplus and deposits. Treasurer H S Keck swore to accuracy before officials on July 7.
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Banks and Trust Co
Eee
Ewreereree
Eee Eeeeters
Banks and Trust Cos
QverGrafts
Sises Ac Cs
Advancing City Lighting Brings Safer Streets to View
The article describes a shift from old overhead arc lamps to modern crown-mounted luminous lamps. New systems showcase underground wires, uniform white light, and improved efficiency, reducing glare and the need for tree trimming while enhancing street beauty.
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Tangie
Wir
Cabies
Boy Scouts Guarding Trees
Philadelphia boy scouts guard city trees from caterpillar pests and other harm using enforceable laws. The program, also in Burlington Vermont, aims to enlist boys in forest protection and teach care for trees beyond shade or sticks.
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Boy Scouts
Philadelphia
Burlington
Picnic Morning Brings Quiet Joy to Town
The Pessimist recalls an old-fashioned picnic starting today and notes a strange gladness in watching others enjoy themselves. The exchange hints at a wary appreciation but undercuts with a sigh of relief at not being part of the scene.
Modern French Evening Frocks Shape Fashion Ahead
Mary Dean notes changes in Paris fashion from plaited skirts and high necklines to Moyen age decolletage and a new emphasis on velvet hats and bare silhouettes. She observes practical collars, lace trims, and jeweled bodices, with Parisian etiquette shifting as Europe mourns.
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Mary Dean
Moyen-age
Paris
Europe
Ritz
Hersevi
Spain
Italy
Streets of Christiania Feature Palace and Waterfalls
The Manchester Guardian describes Christiania as Norway’s tastefully laid out capital attributed to King Christian IV. The city’s wide perpendicular streets resemble squares, powered by Aker’s waterfalls near Sagene. The royal palace, built by Christian IV., is noted for its handsome but unattractive architecture.
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Christiania
Europe
Paris
Christian IV
Denmark
Oslo
Aker
Sagene
Norway
Royal Palace
Manchester Guardian
Tides Predicted by United States Tide Machine No 2
A brass and steel tide predicting machine at the U S Geodetic Survey in Washington computes tidal times and heights a year in advance. One observer operates it, producing a plotted tidal curve on paper. Each year a tide tables book is issued listing minute times and tenth foot heights for seventy ports and 3000 others.
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United States
United States Geodetic Survey
Washington
Scientific American
Equal Suffrage Fails to Reach Africa Jungle Life
The Christian Herald recounts a village scene where a husband assigns specific domestic and agricultural tasks to his wives. Two handle cassava farming, two rice farming, two chop firewood, one fetches water, one cooks, and another polishes the sword and serves the pipe while he talks with male friends.
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Africa
Christian Herald
Life Insurance and Excuses at the Club
Cummings and Weisner, rivals, discuss life insurance at the club. Weisner confirms he carries 10,000 dollars payable to his wife. Cummings then asks what excuse he gives his wife for living, prompting a terse, humorous reply in a New York Press tone.
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Cummings
Weisner
New York Press
How to Loosen Stuck Screws and Fittings
A dated tip explains if screws gas fittings or bedstead parts are tightly fixed, pour a small amount of tile off on the tipot parts and hold a lighted candle underneath until the area warms and loosens. The method claims to ease separation of fixed components.
Illinois man compares brick and earth roads in value to farmer
W T Blackburn of Paris Edgar County Illinois argues brick roads bring higher value to farms by delivering more grain per day at far lower cost than mud roads. He cites two 320 acre farms in Illinois corn belt, four miles of road, and estimates brick roads yield 33 tons daily at 19.7 cents per ton versus six tons on earth roads at 75 cents per ton.
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W. T. Blackburn
Paris
Edgar County
Illinois
Dismissal of Weak Drones in Treasure Island Aviary
In a harsh cull the keeper orders removal of feeble drones from the aviary crowd. Only the brightest and most vigorous birds remain in the breeding group, leaving a leaner, tougher stock.
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Puirets
France Reaps Road Tax Revenue for National Highways
France levies a 15,000,000 franc yearly road tax on rubber-tired traffic with funds split between administration and road upkeep. Four main direct taxes plus small municipal levies finance road and street maintenance, totaling more than 20 million dollars annually to maintain about 400,000 miles of national, departmental and communal highways.
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France
Fresh Air for Chicks Keeps Coops Open in Cold Nights
Advice urges keeping front of poultry coops open during cold nights to maintain air flow and prevent sweating as chicks crowd inside. Emphasizes drafts should be avoided while ensuring cool, airy conditions for growth.
Green Feed for Fowls
A brief poultry yard management tip urges spading a yard section and sowing quick-growing legumes, then rotating fowls to the fresh patch once established, and plowing the previously used side. Do it now.
Dentristry Night Course Mentioned in Quirky Exchange
A humorous exchange features a character asking why someone lounges at the mouth of a pitcher. The reply frames the moment as professional curiosity as the speaker pursues a night course in dentistry and studies mouths observed.
Britain Near 2,000,000 Men in War Recruitment
The article notes a steady flow of recruits for Kitchener's army in England. It estimates that with colonial territories totaling 600,000, Britain will soon field about 900,000 soldiers.
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Kitchener
England
Enel
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