The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, November 7, 1907 Business in Chariton is practically at a standstill and will remain so until after the statement is given out concerning the condition of the First National Bank. There are few only who will not admit but that the bank is an almost total wreck but enough may be saved out of the funds and securities not directly in the hands of the cashier at the time of its close, to pay a fraction of the deposits -- say from 25 to 40 per cent. This report has to be submitted to the comptroller of the currency and then made public. Those now working on the reports have no authority to apprise the public first. It may take a couple of weeks yet. Business can not stop. When the affairs are once known, no difference how black and bad, people will begin to provide for the future -- their necessities demand it. Of course there will be retrenchments but it is best to take the most hopeful view possible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert October 17, 2004 [email protected]