Traveling sales and business at low ebb in Bradstreet report
Bradstreet reports moderate action after the holidays with conservative buying for late winter and early spring. Textile sales rise due to cold weather while stocks run low in the west and south. traveling salesmen are largely on the road.
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Bradstreet
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Burlington
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Distillers
United States
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Common
Baltimore and
Ohio
Mott and Lexow clash over charges in corruption hearing
In a heated session, Chairman Lexow confronts Nicolas Mott over denying charges of corruption. Mott exits in anger after Lexow forces him to deny the record under oath. Goff quiets a witness and accuses Captain Martens of shielding corrupt operators as officers testify about the case.
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Lexow. Mott
New York
Comstock
Goff
Mr. Lexow
Mott
United States
Pu Tee
Lexow
Mr. Mott
Martens
Pigs and Medicines Notice in An Odd Fragment
Fragmentary OCR describes a sale by all druggists offering bottles priced at $1 for a product labeled as curing constipation and cleansing the system. The text mentions external benefits and a promise of satisfaction with no objectionable effects, but the passage is garbled and hard to parse.
Fire destroys Brivecroft Pequonnock works and Alba place
A Pequot river area plant near Brivecroft in Pequonnock six miles away burned, causing a loss near 80 000 with 10 000 insured. Overheated machinery blamed. In Monte Alabama the Alba place on Bay Shell road burned, losing 3000 insured with cattle and hogs killed and fire deemed incendiary.
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Brivecroft
Conn
Ratcliffe Wollen
Pequonnock River
Harned
Monte
Ala
Alba Place
Bay Shell Road
South
Death of Ex Senator James G Fair in San Francisco
Ex Senator James G Fair died suddenly at the Lick House San Francisco at age around 70 after illness from asthma and a kidney trouble contracted during a rainstorm. his son Charles G Fair was present. Born in Ireland he made a fortune from the Comstock lode and real estate with Flood Mackay Fair O'Brien. fortune estimated at 20 million dollars. The article notes a separate public case about Alderman Powers and an indictment attempt connected to Nell McColl.
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San Francisco
James G. Fair
Lick Hous
Senator Fair
North Beach
Charles G. Fair
Scenator Fair
Ireland
United States
New
Comstock Lode
Flood, Mackay, Fair & Wealth
Forty One Cremations At Silver Lake Christmas Lamp Tragedy
A large crowd gathered for a Christmas tree festival at a hall near Silver Lake when a lamp fell and a fire caused forty one fatalities and many injuries. The event occurred as people traveled by stage for Dec 31 and Christmas celebrations. Authorities report fifteen injured and five others among the dead were from nearby communities.
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Silver Lake
Hall
Whisky Trust Stockholders Form Protective Association
Omaha stockholders receive a confidential letter from Brernberger Field Linn of New York about forming the Stockholders Protective Association to resist recent assessments by the trust directors and to urge a general investigation of the company.
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Whisky Trust
Omaha
Dec
Brernberger, Field & Linn
New York
Edward Mullen sues Western Union for damages
Newark, N J Dec 31 Edward Mullen sues the Western Union Telegraph Company for damages claiming a live wire injury left him permanently disabled while on duty. The suit seeks heavy damages and details the incident.
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Newark
N. J
Edward Mullen
Western Union Telefor
Mullen
Body found on Brooklyn L line near ferry terminal
The crushed body of a six man was found on the Brooklyn L about 100 feet from the ferry terminal. Police examined the remains at Kotter House station where a note signed Affectionately Your Brother Will was found.
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Brooklyn
Joseph H. Stephens
Brunswick Street
Newark
Brooklyn L
Ferry Terminal
Kotter House
Will
Shortage at Central National Bank Grows in Investigation
In Rome on December 31 the cashiers Bielby and teller Gillett face a rising shortage as experts extend the audit. The total shortage now stands near 970,000 with bonds examined before United States Commissioner Rowlands.
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Rome
Bielby
Teller Gillett
Central National Bank
Gillett
United States
Rowlands
Alderman Stewart Arrested Over Lighting Contract Offer
Toronto reports Alderman Stewart arrested on charge of offering to secure a civic lighting contract for 815.40 and for diverting funds to buy votes of thirteen aldermen. Other arrests feared as ship Sailers Drowned is noted in the same brief. A heavy gale delays channel mail boats and recalls ship casualties with several crew drowned.
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Toronto
Stewart
Civic Lighting
Stew
Woodville
Cea
Liverpool
Government orders $1 million war materiel from Armetrongs
Rio Jangino reports the government has ordered 1 009 000 dollars worth of war materiel from the Armetrongs. The purchase underscores the wartime supply push and involves a major military supplier.
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Rio Jangino
Notable Citizens Named in Kansas City Telegraph Board Talks
W. W. Suiru secretary of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company in Kansas City Missouri. James B. Robertson a prominent Peekskill citizen. William Bestone cashier of the First National Bank of Peoria. Colonel Zeb Wakp a well known figure.
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Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Kansas City
James B. Robertson
Peekskill, N
William Be.stone
First National Bank of
Peoria
Ils
Zeb Wakp
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