From Haberdashery to High Finance in Munroe Bros Case
The Munroe brothers, once haberdashers in Montreal, rose to finance via mining stocks in New York, backed by Greenshields links and Archibald Loomis of National City Bank, then collapsed. They used unwritten loans and stock washing to push prices, creating a vast but risky web that led to bankruptcy and creditor payouts.
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New York
Wall Street
Gotham
Munroe Brothers
National City Bank
Munroe & Munroe
McHugh & Co
McHugh
Joseph McHugh
George
Alexander Munroe
St. Catherines Street
Montreal
J. N. Greenshields
George Munroe
Greenshields
Munroes
Broad Street
Financial District
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company
Canada
Montreal & Boston Consolidated Copper Company
Pits
Eaw
James Stillman
Natonal City Bank
Montreal & Boston Consolidated Mining
Archibald G. Loomis
Montreal and
Boston
Loomis
McHueh & Co
Marconi
Cois
Mr. Loomis
Leach Suother
Joans
Munroe
Emile Gaboriau
Gaborian
Mrs Walker closes giant Philadelphia business coup
Philadelphia’s top businesswoman Mrs Anne M Weightman Walker ends a public life in finance by consolidating her father William Weightman’s chemical firm with Rosengarten & Sons to form Powers Weightman Rosengarten. She retains a large stake but steps back from executive duties.
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Philadelphia
Anne M. Weightman Walker
Walker
Powers & Weightman Chemical Manufactory
Rosengarten & Sons
Tims
Times
Morgan
Powers, Weightman & Rosengarten
Missouri man Pershing named military attache at Tokio
Capt John J Pershing of the Fifteenth cavalry is appointed by the War Department as military attache at Tokio succeeding Lieut Col Wood. Born Missouri September 13 1860 he rose from West Point graduate 1886 to major and adjutant general of volunteers 1899 then captain First cavalry and later transferred to the Fifteenth. Known for Philippine Moros campaign daring and war science study Pershing is praised as a courageous skilled officer and social figure in Nebraska capital circles.
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Exchange
Monroe& Monroe
St. Louis
John J. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
War Department
Tokio
Col. Wood
Pershing
Missouri
West Point
Military Academy
Sixth Cavalry
Ican
Volunteers
First Cavalry
General Star of
Army
University of Nebraska At
Lincoln
Nebraska
Capt. Pershing
Philippines
Funston
Oriental
Stone Implement Found At Roland Farm By Workmen
Workmen grading a road near Roland stock and dairy farm uncovered a light gray granite tool 16 inches long shaped like a shovel. The mound lies 700 by 450 feet and 26 feet high with an adjacent crescent lake. Owner T G Watts plans to send the relic to the Smithsonian Institution.
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Granite City
Roland Stock and Dairy
T. G. Watts
Watts
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Tisza Resigns Amid Budapest Audience With Emperor
Emperor Francis Joseph received Count Tisza in Budapest and accepted the Hungarian cabinet resignation. Julius Andrássy was summoned from opposition ranks to Vienna. Election returns show Kossuthists leading with 159 seats. liberals sb, dissident liberals 27, people's party 24, Banffrites 13, independents 10, nationalists unspecified. Second ballots planned in many constituencies.
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Francis Joseph
Budapest
Tisza
Hungary
Vienna
Julius Andraasy
People's Party
Banffrites
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Haberdashery
N. G
Sheriff's Office
tiSen
Stock Exchange
East Fifty-seventh Street
Southampton
Waldorf-Astoria
British Columbia
Selkirks
Alexander
Aic
WERE
Cun
ASILY
A. M. Walker
Philippine
Joan Pershing
Athols Town
Count Tisza
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