Collapse of Chestnut Street banks shocks city
A sensational Banking crisis hit Philadelphia as the Chestnut Street National Bank and its Chestnut Street Trust and Savings Company, owned by William M. Singerly, suspend operations. Deposits totaled about 3 million dollars. Efforts shift to voluntary liquidation with key officials and the Treasury deputy aiding the process. losses stem from Singerly's unproductive Elkton mill and other investments as investigators assess asset values and funding options. The bank previously served as a city depository, with state and federal funds on deposit.
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National Bank
William H. Hart
Chestnut Street National Bank
Chestnut Street Bank
Trust Company
Singerly
the Treasury
George M. Coffin
Washington
Hekels
Chestnut Street National
National Bank Examiner
Philadelphia Record
Eckels
Elkton
PumapeLruya
Chestnut Street
Pennsylvania
Haywood
Losa
United States
Winter hive work and trimming fertile workers in apiaries
Practical tips for apiarists on winter tasks including building hives, feeding sugar candy to nurse bees, and the method to remove fertile worker bees by relocating the colony. The piece explains detecting fertile workers and uses a step by step transfer to establish a new hive with queen cells, citing William Ballantine from Farm Journal.
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William Ballantine
Farm Journal
Finely-Cut Roughage for Winter Poultry Ration
A farmer extols finely cut roughage as an excellent winter ration for poultry. He notes surprising intake of clover by a flock after rigging a cutter from an old scythe blade and shares practical observations from his experience.
Homemade Feed Cutter Demonstrated in Farm Note
A simple V shaped eavestrough forms the cutter frame with a leg extended to guide the knife. An old scythe blade is drilled and bolted to a stake driven in the ground, allowing free play against the guide leg. Clover hay and other greens or dried feeds can be cut easily and quickly.
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W. J. Noble
Coarse Manure for Clover in Fall Top-Dressings
Rural World advises farmers to apply coarse manure as fall top-dressing on land for next spring clover. Deepening clover roots boosts subsoil fertility and long term soil health. Winter grain sown with clover benefits from fall top-dressing, offsetting manure cost through higher grain yield and subsequent fertility.
Farneren Pork Harrell Discusses Pigs and Pork Barrel
A fragmentary note reflects on a farmer who raises pigs for his pork barrel and contemplates the costs and benefits. The text suggests pigs consume material of value and mentions winter provisions, though the passage is garbled and difficult to parse.
Handy draining level built at home for tile work
A simple do it yourself level uses a tin tube with glass ends or bottles, waxed joints, and a tripod. Colored water in the ends rises to the same sight line, allowing accurate leveling for drainage during tile laying.
Building precise carpenter level sights in home shop
Marion Hays explains a do it yourself method to gauge sight alignment using a water level tube or a long carpenter s level. By placing two nails as sights and verifying alignment against a fixed object, one can adjust until ends point to the same target. A 25 cent kit and simple materials yield a functional level.
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Marion Hays
Thrifty Farmer of the Future Must Be a Student
Editorial from the Chicago Record urges farmers to adopt scientific study of soils and markets. It cites Secretary Wilson on tying agricultural practice to economical production and stresses systematic learning, planning, and disciplined methods for future success.
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Chicago Record
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Tuskegee
Ala
Whole Grain for Fowls From a Poultry Guide
The article discusses poultry digestion and feeds. It notes that all birds have strong digestive organs if provided gravel and exercise. It warns against overprocessing grain and suggests feeding young chicks small amounts of cracked wheat and pressed milk curd, with little and frequent meals.
Your Turn Next in Timely Health Trends
A vintage ad style item promotes Dr Sell's Pine Tar Honey as a quick cold remedy. It extols early use to prevent progression and mentions Wheat Rain-O coffee substitute marketed as a grain-based drink suitable for children, priced 15 and 25 cents per package.
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Rocery
Smoke and mirrors and a promise cure in one night
A collection of brief quotes and plugs: a fired employee cites smoke implies fire, a girl admires her dress in a mirror, Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey marketed to cure croup and colds in one night, and a wish for suspensions that never wear out.
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Cures Ailments
An old advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine promotes daily bowels and overall health. It asserts gentle action on liver and kidneys, cures sick headache, and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents. The note ends with a proverb about under and upper dogs from Chicago News.
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Lane
Railroads rush to Klondike fields with through tourist cars
Railroads anticipate a large Klondike rush as winter ends. The Baltimore and Ohio has begun through tourist service from New York to San Francisco via Philadelphia Washington Parkersburg and Cincinnati reaching St Louis Texarkana El Paso and San Francisco. Other lines including Baltimore and Ohio Pittsburgh Illinois Central to New Orleans and Southern Pacific coastal routes also operate through cars with weekly schedules and return trips from San Francisco and Pittsburgh.
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Klondike
Baltimore: Ohio Railroad
New’ York
City
San‘Francisco
Philadelphia
Washington
Parkersburg
Cincinnati
St. ‘Louis
Texarkana
I Paso
Texas
San '‘Francisco
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pittsburgh
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
New York
San Francisco
Hureday
Foul Ball Stuns English Player in Chicago Match
A baseball incident in Chicago left an English player senseless when struck from behind during a game. He regained consciousness and asked what happened, thinking it had been a mule as officials confirmed it was only a foul ball.
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Chicago News
Tremendous Exodus to the Klondike
Warnings ignored, thousands of Americans head to the Klondike region. The piece urges Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a medicinal safeguard to warm and nourish the system and to reveal malaria rheumatism kidney trouble and liver complaints while aiding digestion and constipation.
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Klondike
Andredict
Hostetter
Quips and Remedies Parade in a Patchwork Ad Page
A fragment from a 19th century advertisement page features quips about social behavior and health cures. It includes lines about a disappointed arrival at a hotel, the promise of St Jacobs Oil for aches, and various patent medicines such as Kemp's Balsam Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It notes sales pitches for tonics, cough cures, and anecdotal maxims, reflecting era commerce and social humor.
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Chestnut Street “National Bank
Choapant Street Trust
Apt “and Company
Science IN Farming
Willy—Pa
Papa
Puck
North American
Washington Democrat
St. Louis
Butler Choise Dairy
Chicago
Kansas City
Wener
Seeree
ORLE
Minching
Ouisville
Abeewnee Owen
St. Jacobs Oil
Ram’s.Horn
Hale
Pike
Dr. Bell
W. Pickett
van Sielen
Blake
Brooklyn
Sciatica
Croup
Dr. Ayer
Ayer
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