Foreign Language Press Survey

The well-known West Side financial institution, the Schiff and Company State Bank, issued the following statement yesterday in regard to the dividend which the State Bank has just declared: "At a meeting of our Board of Directors, which was held September 22, 1916, the regular quart

In the annual statement (October 1, 1916) of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., of the weekly Lietuva (Lithuania), required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, the following information appears. It is stated that the publisher is Lietuva Publishing Company, 3252 South Halste

Thirty thousand employees in the garment manufacturing industry of Chicago, a large majority of them Jewish menand women, were granted increases which will place $1,000,000 extra pay in their envelopes during the next year. The announcement was made by the Wholesale Clothiers Associ

The bank of Anthony Olsevskis (Olszewski), the oldest and largest Lithuanian bank in Chicago, is more successful and prosperous than the bank of his neighbor [John Tananevicius]. Olsevskis' bank will soon become a state bank. According to reliable information, all the necessary preparations h

The bank of John Tananevicius was closed last Tuesday. Judge Landis ordered the bank closed, and appointed the Central Trust Company as receivers. The bank's security was threatened about two weeks ago, when some enemies of Mr. Tananevicius distributed unfavorable leaflets in the neighborhood

An attempt was made to cause the same kind of trouble for the bank of A. Olszewski as was experienced by the bank of J. Tananevicius. Three depositors of the A. Olszewski Bank instituted a suit against the bank, despite the fact that it is being reorganized into a state bank. Howeve

John M. Tananevicius, proprietor of the J. M. Tananevicz Bank now in the hands of the receiver, made a detailed statement in the newspaper Katalikas (The Catholic) explaining the various reasons why his bank was closed. He states that his enemies are mainly responsible for its closing. They s

The Allied Bazaar will be held at the Chicago Coliseum from January 10 to January 25, 1917, inclusive. It will include a Polish section. The Poles residing in Detroit have shown that it is possible to collect a considerable sum of money on such occasions. This should serve as an incentive to

"All shares of the Universal State Bank, the first Lithuanian state bank, have already been subscribed for, and most of the subscribers have paid for their shares. As soon as all of the shares will have been paid for, the new bank will be opened for business. All shares must have been paid fo

A group of Chicago Lithuanian grocers and butchers have decided to form a corporation for the establishment of their own bakery. These merchants will buy all their bakery goods from their own bakery, and thus become independent of the non-Lithuanian bakeries. The leaders of this pra

Mrs. Mollie Netcher Neuberger, proprietor of the Boston Store, has made a gift of a summer home to her two thousand employees. She has purchased a tract of land at Lake Beulah, Wisconsin, on which the home is located. It will accomodate one hundred and seventy five persons and will be kept op

The meeting was called to order by E. Longhi, president, at 4:15 p. m. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. A contribution of fifty dollars ($50) from the treasury towards buying two ambulances to be used on the Italian front and to open a new subscription for

Unexpectedly, the well known business man and lover of art, Fritz von Frantzius, died in his home, Jan. 8th. Pneumonia and nephritis was the cause of the altogether too early demise of this exceptionally active man. As a steerage immigrant, at the age of twenty-three, he came to New York wher

A new Lithuanian periodical, Laime (Good Fortune), recently made its appearance in Chicago. It is published by A. M. Matthews (Matulaitis), who is an agent of the Kingman Zinc Mines. In an editorial in the first issue of Laime, it is stated that the periodical will be strictly a jou

The Universal State Bank, formerly the A. Olszewski Bank, has been completely organized, and has been granted a state charter. The stockholders of the new bank held a meeting on Thursday, January 11, at which the following directors were elected: Anton Olszewski, John I. Bagdziunas,

Following is a letter received from August Reimert, head of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (Inc.), New York City. [The letter is addressed to L. H. Lund, formerly a member of the defunct American Norwegian Chamber of Commerce.] We learned with regret of the discontinuation of the

In these momentous times, when the future of our old homeland is at stake, many an example of self-sacrifice and patriotic sentiment has been given by individuals and associations. Some persons contributed money up to the amount of $1,000, and clubs and societies have given thousands of dolla

Mr. S. T. Corydon and Mr. Hansen, the baker, are helping to organized the new Humboldt State Bank. The office will be in Corydon's old store.

Mr. S. T. Corydon and Mr. Hansen, the baker, are helping to organized the new Humboldt State Bank. The office will be in Corydon's old store.

One of the few Italian millionaires in Chicago, Giovanni Garibaldi, member of the South Water Street fruit company bearing his name, died last Monday, January 29.