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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
1
Dun's Review of Trade reports steady gains in bank payments and manufacturing conditions with stronger retail demand as colder weather boosts sales of heavy apparel and luxury goods. Freight and earnings recoveries aid mercantile activity, while Chicago district failures increase to 41 with liabilities over 5000 rising to 13.
Retail and holiday trade show gathering strength this week while wholesale and jobbing feel the slowdown. Colder weather and year end push boost distribution though Christmas demand lags in the South. Best reports come from the southwest, spring wheat region, and Pacific Northwest with higher raw material costs noted in industry. Business failures in the U S total 299 for the week ending Dec 10, vs 254 prior week. Canada 60, vs 88 prior week.
Chicago and multiple markets report fluctuating prices for hogs cattle and sheep with No 2 Wheat ranging around 1 02 to 1 08 and corn around 59 to 68 cents No 2 oats 49 to 50 cents and rye varied. Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati St Louis and New York show similar spreads for futures and spot prices with butter 27 to 29 cents and eggs 2 20 to 2 60 per dozen.
The Aerial Navigation Company formed to run a Boston New York airship line has leased two acres for station No 1 in Boston and secured landing rights on Commonwealth Avenue and near the Harvard Bridge. Captain Baldwin promises fleet dirigible delivery by May.
Mildred discovers letters and a deed that reveal Vivien Faux’s true parentage and a doomed past involving Milanese opera star Paolo Castellani. The shock transforms Mildred and urges a reconciliation with her husband as she vows to stay.
Mildred and her husband reflect on a Chesterton tale of love and loss after Miss Fausset dies leaving Mildred rich. The aunt dies in frost, her charitable legacy inspires Mildred to aid the poor, and George Greswold vows to do good before his own end. The Greswold Hospital stands as a beacon.
Gerald Gates recounts Tioga County NY wolves driven across the Susquehanna in 1828 by a two man per town committee. Volunteers with guns cowbells and burning torches formed lines from Dartford Mills toward Hlunt's Corners and Slatesterville.
A Wellington visitor recounted a Colorado game warden encounter in the mountains. The hunter bragged about a 200 pound buck, claiming it weighed more than any in Colorado, and the warden revealed the hunter was joking. The exchange underscored the hunter's boastful lie.
Fragmented OCR style text mentions several names and phrases with unclear meaning. It references Miss Deswell Noo and Miss Uypson with a betwixt statement. It hints at a social position and a party tele for letting serra picture peetrands from there.
A table lists Roosevelt's priorities by word count for topics including Corporations, Labor, Protection for wage earners, Forests, Waterways, National parks, Education, Public health, Government printing office Hawaii Philippines Porto Rico National Guard Navy Independent bureaus and commissions Statehood Interstate fisheries Latin American affairs Panama canal Soldiers' homes Cuba Japan exposition and more. The total words amount to 12 180 for the listed subjects.
The Journal of Commerce reports October total fire losses in the United States and Canada at 22,722,850. It notes 894 fires in October alone, each causing at least 10,000 in damage, with 18 fires exceeding 200,000 and a sharp rise in losses versus prior years.
Prof Kennedey urges record aiming over rival wins in athletics as the era changes. The first Cornell farm train from New York State College of Agriculture travels to small stations with lectures on local products. Ghent doctors discuss addressing refractory children as sick rather than merely troublesome. Weld Memorial Library gift adds 11 887 volumes including early printings. Wesleyan names Arnald Shanklin as new president starting June. A New York City branch of the National Society for Industrial Education forms to promote practical law and statewide wheels program.
Compiled chronicle lists milestones from 1838 to early 1900s including the abolition bill in Jamaica and the slave trade order in Rome, U S political conventions, state actions, and notable disasters. It notes rail and railroad industry moves, shipwrecks, cremation firsts, and diplomatic actions across nations.
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