Word: banking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...robbery of the bank at Kinsley, Kansas, of $12,000, on Saturday, has been traced to G. W. Crawford, the treasurer of the institution, and it is reported that he has confessed the crime...
...dare shave the awkward corner looming in the distance, and how soon he shall venture to call upon stroke for that final spurt which shall bring the taper bow within bumping distance of the boat which they pursue. Stroke by stroke the interval is lessened; the cries on the bank grow louder and more excited, as the partisans of each urge them on to greater efforts. The pursuers pull themselves together in obedience to their coach's warning voice, as their boat showed a tendency to roll when it meets the wash thrown from the oars of the leading crew...
...United States Court at Syracuse, N. Y., yesterday, R. Porter Lee, president of the defunct First National Bank of Buffalo, who had been charged with embezzling the funds of the bank and violating the national banking laws, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Erie county penitentiary...
...round about' they went, while at intervals might be heard the inspiring sound, 'Tally Ho,' 'Tally Ho,' which to the initiated meant that the lost 'trail' of scraps of white paper was again 'scented.' Great excitement prevailed when the trail was once lost at the river bank in Brighton, and then discovered to be continued on the opposite bank; however, these brave hounds would not be outdone by the nimble hares, and with the help of a friendly hound they paddled themselves safely over. This was the most natable game of the season without doubt...
...Manchester, N. H., yesterday, Ellery Allbee, the defaulting cashier of the Ashuelot Savings Bank, was sentenced to ten years in State prison...