State Trust Company (St Louis, MO)

Episode Information

Episode UID
9472920891305
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
trust
Bank ID
947292089 hash
Start Date
September 18, 1908
Location
St Louis, Missouri (38.627, -90.198)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
c330495d80523fdf

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None

Description

Minority stockholders petitioned the circuit court for a receiver alleging insolvency.

Events (1)

1. September 18, 1908 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Alleging that the State Trust company is insolvent, A. R. Woodson and other minority stockholders have applied to Circuit court for a receiver.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (5)

Article from The Marion Daily Mirror, September 18, 1908

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ANOTHER BIG TRUST CO GOES REPUBLICAN St. Louis, Sept. 18.-Alleging that the State Trust company is insolvent, A. R. Woodson and other minority stockholders have applied to Circuit court for a receiver.


Article from The Columbus Journal, September 23, 1908

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A cablegram from Fanning island said the long missing British steamer Aeon was wrecked on Christmas is land but all the passengers and crew escaped and were camping comfort alby ashore. Many towns in Maine were threat ened by forest fires. Dispatches from Tabriz said the the bombardment of that city by shah's forces was imminent. Jilted by an 18-year-old girl, John Smith of Calhoun, Wis., shot and fatally wounded the mother of the girl Mrs. Agusta Grabow, wounded the girl herself, and then wounded the sheriff, who came to arrest him. The explosion of 250 gallons of gasoline on board a barge at the Mare Island navy yard resulted in the death of Chief Machinist Teddy May and injuries to three other men. The American Atlantic fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral Sperry, left Albany, Western Australia, for Manila, 3,600 miles away, where it is due to arrive October 2 or 3. Heavy rainfall in northern Michigan and Ontario checked the forest fires and insured the safety of the threatened towns. Maj. Gen. Charles Edward Luard, retired, whose wife was mysteriously murdered near London August 24, committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a railroad train. He had received letters accusing him of killing his wife. Forty men were overcome by smoke a fire which threatened the destrucin tion of Swift & Company's packing plant in South St. Joseph, Mo. The '000'09$ about si sso[ The Oklahoma election board refused to put the Prohibition electoral ticket on the ballot. The home of Mark Twain at Redding, Conn., was entered by two burglars. Later the men were captured and in making the arrests Deputy Sheriff Bangs was shot in the Jeg. Three hundred and five cases and 115 deaths from the Asiatic cholera were reported for one day in St Petersburg. The municipal administrations are under fire from all sides for their criminal inefficiency in handling the epidemic. Minority stockholders filed a petition in the circuit court asking that a receiver be appointed for the State Trust Company, a St. Louis real estate firm capitalized at $1,000,000. Edward Quick, a penitentiary guard at Michigan City, Ind., was murdered in his home by a burglar. Five persons were killed and 16 injured by a boiler explosion in a mine near Aix-la-Chapelle. Joseph James, the negro murderer whose crime helped start the race riots in Springfield, III., was convicted and sentenced to death. When Judge Gerard in the supreme court granted Miss Helen Maloney, daughter of Martin Maloney, a Philadelphia millionaire and papal marquis, a decree annulling the marriage ceremony which she went through with Arthur Herbert Osborne, a young broker, on the afternoon of December 25, 1905, it came to light that the young woman was influenced into taking the step by the fear that she was to be forced into a marriage with one of two titled foreigners known to her The parents. Bay Shore hotel, at Green Springs, Ia., one of the largest hotels on the west coast, was totally destroyed by fire, 40 guests having narrow escapes. Fire in the library of Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, did inestimable damage to ancient papyri and parchments. John Cook, aged 78 years, a farmer living near Philo, III., shot and killed Mrs. Edna McClelland and attempted suicide. Dense fog in Chicago caused accidents on steam and street railways that resulted in the death of two men and the injury of many others. The Interparliamentary union met in Berlin to discuss anew the peace of the world and how to maintain it through arbitration. A powder magazine near McAlester, Okla., was struck by lightning, the explosion killing one miner and seriously injuring eight others. Police Commissioner Bingham of New York publicly retracted his recent statement in a magazine article that half the criminals in New York were Jews. The New York stock exchange house of E. R. Chapman & Co. was victimmeens sq 000'08$ jo exteet the 01 [2 of fraudulent checks. The American battleships Maine and Alabama, the vanguard of the American fleet on its round-the-world voy age, arrived at Naples. Suit for the recovery of $100,000 damages, alleged to have been sus tained because of a boycott, has been begun against the United Hatters of America by D. E. Loewe & Co., of Dan bury, Conn. John and Wilbur Patterson, charged with holding up a street car near Boston, Pa., last May and robbing 11 passengers and the conductor, were convicted in the criminal court at The Pittsburg. Republican state convention of Utah nominated a ticket headed by W.


Article from River Falls Journal, September 24, 1908

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A cablegram from Fanning island said the long missing British steamer Aeon was wrecked on Christmas island but all the passengers and crew escaped and were camping comfortalby ashore. Many towns in Maine were threatened by forest fires. Dispatches from Tabriz said the bombardment of that city by the shah's forces was imminent. Jilted by an 18-year-old girl, John Smith of Calhoun, Wis., shot and fatally wounded the mother of the girl, Mrs. Agusta Grabow, wounded the girl herself, and then wounded the sheriff, who came to arrest him. The explosion of 250 gallons of gasoline on board a barge at the Mare Island navy yard resulted in the death of Chief Machinist Teddy May and injuries to three other men. The American Atlantic fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral Sperry, left Albany, Western Australia, for Manila, 3,600 miles away, where it is due to arrive October 2 or 3. Heavy rainfall in northern Michigan and Ontario checked the forest fires and insured the safety of the threatened towns. Maj. Gen. Charles Edward Luard, retired, whose wife was mysteriously murdered near London August 24, committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a railroad train. He had received letters accusing him of killing his wife. Forty men were overcome by smoke in a fire which threatened the destruction of Swift & Company's packing plant in South St. Joseph, Mo. The loss is about $60,000. The Oklahoma election board refused to put the Prohibition electoral ticket on the ballot. The home of Mark Twain at Redding, Conn., was entered by two burglars. Later the men were captured and in making the arrests Deputy Sheriff Bangs was shot in the leg. Three hundred and five cases and 115 deaths from the Asiatic cholera were reported for one day in St. Petersburg. The municipal administrations are under fire from all sides for their criminal inefficiency in handling the epidemic. Minority stockholders filed a petition in the circuit court asking that a receiver be appointed for the State Trust Company, a St. Louis real estate firm capitalized at $1,000,000. Edward Quick, a penitentiary guard at Michigan City, Ind., was murdered in his home by a burglar. Five persons were killed and 16 injured by a boiler explosion in a mine near Aix-la-Chapelle. Joseph James, the negro murderer whose crime helped start the race riots in Springfield, Ill., was convicted and sentenced to death. When Judge Gerard in the supreme court granted Miss Helen Maloney, daughter of Martin Maloney, a Philadelphia millionaire and papal marquis, a decree annulling the marriage ceremony which she went through with Arthur Herbert Osborne, a young broker, on the afternoon of December 25, 1905, it came to light that the young woman was influenced into taking the step by the fear that she was to be forced into a marriage with one of two titled foreigners known to her parents. The Bay Shore hotel, at Green Springs, Ia., one of the largest hotels on the west coast, was totally destroyed by fire, 40 guests having narrow escapes. Fire in the library of Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, did inestimable damage to ancient papyri and parchments. John Cook, aged 78 years, a farmer living near Philo, Ill., shot and killed Mrs. Edna McClelland and attempted suicide. Dense fog in Chicago caused accidents on steam and street railways that resulted in the death of two men and the injury of many others. The Interparliamentary union met in Berlin to discuss anew the peace of the world and how to maintain it through arbitration. A powder magazine near McAlester, Okla., was struck by lightning, the explosion killing one miner and seriously injuring eight others. Police Commissioner Bingham of New York publicly retracted his recent statement in a magazine article that half the criminals in New York were Jews. The New York stock exchange house of E. R. Chapman & Co. was victimized to the extent of $30,000 by means of fraudulent checks. The American battleships Maine and Alabama, the vanguard of the American fleet on its round-the-world voyage, arrived at Naples. Suit for the recovery of $100,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained because of a boycott, has been begun against the United Hatters of America by D. E. Loewe & Co., of Danbury, Conn. John and Wilbur Patterson, charged with holding up a street car near Boston, Pa., last May and robbing 11 passengers and the conductor, were convicted in the criminal court at Pittsburg. The Republican state convention of Utah nominated a ticket headed by W.


Article from Audubon Republican, September 24, 1908

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said the long missing British steamer Aeon was wrecked on Christmas island but all the passengers and crew escaped and were camping comfortably ashore. Many towns in Maine were threatened by forest fires. Dispatches from Tabriz said the bombardment of that city by the shah's forces was imminent. Jilted by an 18-year-old girl, John Smith of Calhoun, Wis., shot and fatally wounded the mother of the girl, Mrs. Agusta Grabow, wounded the girl herself, and then wounded the sheriff, who came to arrest him. The explosion of 250 gallons of gasoline on board a barge at the Mare Island navy yard resulted in the death of Chief Machinist Teddy May and injuries to three other men. The American Atlantic fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral Sperry, left Albany, Western Australia, for Manila, 3,600 miles away, where it is due to arrive October 2 or 3. Heavy rainfall in northern Michigan and Ontario checked the forest fires and insured the safety of the threatened towns. Maj. Gen. Charles Edward Luard, retired, whose wife was mysteriously murdered near London August 24, committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a railroad train. He had received letters accusing him of killing his wife. Forty men were overcome by smoke in a fire which threatened the destruction of Swift & Company's packing plant in South St. Joseph, Mo. The loss is about $60,000. The Oklahoma election board refused to put the Prohibition electoral ticket on the ballot. The home of Mark Twain at Redding, Conn., was entered by two burglars. Later the men were captured and in making the arrests Deputy Sheriff Bangs was shot in the leg. Three hundred and five cases and 115 deaths from the Asiatic cholera were reported for one day in St. Petersburg. The municipal administrations are under fire from all sides for their criminal inefficiency in handling the epidemic. Minority stockholders filed a petition in the circuit court asking that a receiver be appointed for the State Trust Company, a St. Louis real estate firm capitalized at $1,000,000. Edward Quick, a penitentiary guard at Michigan City, Ind., was murdered in his home by a burglar. Five persons were killed and 13 injured by a boiler explosion in a mine near Aix-la-Chapelle. Joseph James, the negro murderer whose crime helped start the race riots in Springfield, Ill., was convicted and sentenced to death. When Judge Gerard in the supreme court granted Miss Helen Maloney, daughter of Martin Maloney, a Philadelphia millionaire and papal marquis, a decree annulling the marriage ceremony which she went through with Arthur Herbert Osborne, a young broker, on the afternoon of December 25, 1905, it came to light that the young woman was influenced into taking the step by the fear that she was to be forced into a marriage with one of two titled foreigners known to her parents. The Bay Shore hotel, at Green Springs, Ia., one of the largest hotels on the west coast, was totally destroyed by fire, 40 guests having narrow escapes. Fire in the library of Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, did inestimable damage to ancient papyri and parchments. John Cook, aged 78 years, a farmer living near Philo, Ill., shot and killed Mrs. Edna McClelland and attempted suicide. Dense fog in Chicago caused accidents on steam and street railways that resulted in the death of two men and the injury of many others. The Interparliamentary union met in Berlin to discuss anew the peace of the world and how to maintain it through arbitration. A powder magazine near McAlester, Okla., was struck by lightning, the explosion killing one miner and seriously injuring eight others. Police Commissioner Bingham of New York publicly retracted his recent statement in a magazine article that half the criminals in New York were Jews. The New York stock exchange house of E. R. Chapman & Co. was victimized to the extent of $30,000 by means of fraudulent checks. The American battleships Maine and Alabama, the vanguard of the American fleet on its round-the-world voyage, arrived at Naples. Suit for the recovery of $100,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained because of a boycott, has been begun against the United Hatters of America by D. E. Loewe & Co., of Danbury, Conn. John and Wilbur Patterson, charged with holding up a street car near Boston, Pa., last May and robbing 11 passengers and the conductor, were convicted in the criminal court at Pittsburg. The Republican state convention of Utah nominated a ticket headed by W E. Spry for governor. The average wages per hour in the principal manufacturing and mechanical industries of the country were 3.7 per cent. higher in 1907 than in 1906, while retail prices of food were 4.2


Article from Dakota Farmers' Leader, October 2, 1908

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NUBBINS OF NEWS. The Phelps granite bank building at Binghamton, N. Y., was damaged to the extent of $75,000 by fire. Minority stockholders filed a petition in St Louis asking that a receiver be appointed for the State Trust Company, a real estate firm capitalized at $1,000,000. Italians of Coney Island are mourning the death of the Rev. Joseph Bradley, Catholic priest, at the resort. The priest had built up a large congregation, the first church building being a transformed dance hall. The White Star line has decided to resume its cargo service between New York and Liverpool. England, which was withdrawn recently owing to the slackness of trade. Col. Christopher Ellerbe, one of the leading members of the St. Louis bar and a brother-in-law of ex-Gov. David R. Francis, died at his home in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis. A unique race of volunteer life-saving crews of two men, involving a. pull of thirteen miles from New York battery, followed by a plunge into the sea, was won by a South Norwalk (Conn.) eyew in 1:45:00.