Today -100: September 27, 1925: Of derogatory statements and pep

Herbert Ladd, a carpenter, is charged with making “derogatory statements” about the Willimantic (Connecticut) Trust Company’s solvency that led to a run on the bank. A carpenter.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “The church dogmas of today need pep, as the Americans would say, and pep is spirit communication – the actual proof of survival after death.”

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