Christmas toy trade shifts toward American makers
The New York dispatch reports American shoppers will spend over 16 million dollars on Christmas toys this year, with total toy sales near 20 million. Three quarters move through large department stores, and domestic production now dominates. Europe supplies only a third, while the New England area is the chief toy producer and New York City houses a vast wholesale market.
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Pensylvania
Ohio
New York City
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Germany
France
Russia
England
Italy
Connecticut
Rnado Island
A Race for Gold A New Englander's Alaska Adventure
A New England party in Alaska under Bill Avery explores a hidden cave camp and plans to block escape routes. Hank Bowers and Joe Tarbox scheme to recover stolen papers while riders watch the camp, leading to a confrontation with a hidden cliff passage and a looming cliffside trap.
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Lott
Copsrich
Chapter XL Too Late to Find the Gold
Joe Tarbox and a partner press on toward Dyea seeking gold after deceiving a rival. They follow a fragile route, misread signs, camp at night, and sense danger as Hank Bowers spots a looming threat in the fading light. The pursuit shifts toward a gorge as they close in on a rumored fortune.
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Dyea
Kingdom Come
Tider
Bowers
Hank Bowers
Tom Scott
Joe Tarbox
Rider
Galler
White Cliff
Tale of Four False Beard in Paris Love Trap
A venerable man with a long white beard stays at a Paris hotel near Saint Lazare. He befriends a marriedwoman’s confidante, steals into her room, and pockets 3,000 francs in bank notes from a trunk. A servant exposes him, claiming the beard proves he is a thief, but the man declares he is the husband reclaiming his wife’s dowry. He leaves by train for Normandy after paying a small bill.
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