Labor Market and Utility Expansion Noted Across Cities
Labor in major cities remains tight for skilled work while general labor shows a surplus in some areas. North American Light and Power Co plans to exercise options on about 56 public utility plants through West Missouri Power Co. Denver reports Christmas trade 20 percent above last year and a new $1.5 million combined motion picture and office building is planned after New Year. Pittsburgh shows strongest activity in merchant and sheet mills with a seasonal revival expected after Jan 1. Market quotes include various industrials and consumer goods with mixed performance across sectors.
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Kansas City
North American Light and Power Co
West Missouri Power Co
North American
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Denver
Pittsburgh
Merchant Bar
Board of Education
Troy Township
Athens County
Wm. Mills
Nelsonville
Onie
Nal
Central Bank
Board of Education of
Troyogne Rural School District
Phecewaien
The
of Education
Trey Township
F. B Tidd
Cyrus Prewster
Rubber reclamation plants run at full capacity in Akron
Akron December 29 rubber manufacturers push operation at rubber reclamation plants to about 100 percent of capacity as production accelerates.
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Akron
Grand Union grocery chain sold to Atlantic and Pacific
Kansas City December 29 control of the Grand Union Chain of 64 stores in the area has been sold by Jones Brothers Tea to the Atlantic and Pacific Chain System.
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Kansas City
Grand Union Chain of Grocery Stores
Jones Brothers Tea Company
Atlantic and Pacific
Pioneer Lumbering Recalled By Belle Plaine Farmers
In Belle Plaine Minnesota on December 28 farmers recalled pioneer lumbering days. Groups cooperated to cut logs and trees and saw them for fuel wood use.
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Belle Plaine, Minn
Berwick Plant Eyes Orders for Express and Baggage Cars
Berwick Pennsylvania December 29 The local plant of the American Car and Foundry company is busy on orders for thirty five steel express cars for the Lackawanna road and fifteen baggage cars for the Reading.
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Berwick
American Car and Founv7 Company
Lackawanna Road
Reading
Rich Man Brothers expands with Lorain plant and new stores
The Rich Man Brothers company, makers of mens and boys wear, has nearly doubled its Cleveland plant, acquired a Lorain plant, and opened four additional retail stores in the last year, reaching twenty one retail outlets.
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Cleveland
Richman Brothers Company
Lorain
Cotton in West Texas Accumulates in Bales
Cotton gathered in November remains largely unsold while warehouses hold up to 3000 bales in West Texas. The season’s arrival has nearly finished in Texas and analysts expect the state crop to exceed 4000 bales in total.
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FT. Worth
Texas
Fourth annual wholesalers style show in Boston
Boston hosts the fourth annual wholesalers style show January 12 to 14 to settle spring and early summer shoe styles. Ninety shoe manufacturers from across the country will display lines and attract numerous buyers from the retail trade.
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Boston
New York Stocks Market Snapshot At Glance
Railroads steady and industrials irregular as markets close. Domestic bonds steady and foreign bonds irregular. Call money at 6 percent. Commodities show mixed signals with grain and copper unsettled and oil firm. Rubber and sugar hold steady amid varied exchange rates. Notable entries include American Cotton, American Car and Foundry, and American Linseed, among others.
Young Banker Drives Huge Interbank Merger Initiative
New York December 29. Clarence Dillon head of Dillon Read and Company leads a massive banking merger plan. The goal is to unite Chase National Mechanics and Metals Chemical National Park National and Central Union Trust, pooling about 1.3 billion dollars in resources to rival National City Bank and spark a new Dillon Bank network.
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New York
Wall Street
Morgans
Dodge Motor Car Works
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
Hich
Chase National Bank
Mechanics and Metals Bank
Chemical National
Park National
Central Union Trust Company
National City Bank
America
Dillon
Morgan Banking House
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Ait
Dillon Bank
May survey gas business in Ashland after Burke address
After former State Senator John I. Burke spoke in Ashland on December 29, a city council meeting was to consider a resolution urging a survey of the Logan Natural Gas Company. Figures from the survey would be used in contesting the gas company’s rate increase petition before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission.
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Ashland, CO
John I. Burke
Elyria
Ashland
Logan Natural Gas Com
Logan Company
Court & Wan
Ie Cela Oa
SPS OS
Liberty Bonds Quotations Show Mixed Opens Across Series
Opening Liberty bond quotations list several series with varied bids and yields. Notable figures include 314s at 99.21 and 101.25 for first 4s, 100.19 for second 414s, and 100.25 for third 444s, with 101.31 for fourth and 106.00 for new 4s, reflecting market activity.
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Liberty Bonds
Liberty
Livestock HOGS Receipts and Market Notes
Hog receipts reach 50 000 head with market down 15 to 25 cents. Bulk sales around 11.00 to 11.75 with top near 12.10. Sow weights and packing sows show varied prices. pigs around 11.50 to 12.00. Beef steer buyers show a 11 000 head reception for choice and prime grades.
Wild West Men Inva de Hazelwood Hotel
Three young men robbed a Hazelwood Ohio hotel pool room after entering late last night. They shot four patrons wounding them slightly, searched pockets and the cash register, and fled with about 100 dollars. Police hunt for the trio across Cincinnati area.
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Cincinnati
Dearwester
Hazelwood
Ohio
Poet Serge Essenin Death Ends Dramatic Life
Serge Essenin, 27, former husband of Isadora Duncan, died by his own hand leaving a blood written poem as a final message. The poet rose to public prominence after his Moscow 1922 marriage to Isadora Duncan and later drew attention in the United States through his eccentric acts and publicized disputes.
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Leningard
Serge Essenin
Isadora Duncan
Serge
United States
Moscow
U. S
Isadora
Paris
Watt Engine Still Powers Work in London
A Watt engine designed by the inventor of the first practical steam engine remains in use in London. Installed in 3838, the historic device continues to perform useful tasks, underscoring the enduring legacy of early industrial propulsion.
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Londons
Pittsburgh Livestock Prices Mixed as Markets Hold Steady
Pittsburgh market reports show cattle supply light and steady values with primes around 10.50, good cattle 9.75 to 10.50, and common 6.25 to 7.50. veal calves 15.00 and fresh cows 50 to 100. Hogs receipts 2000 head with prime heavy hogs 12.25 to 12.40 and other grades from 12.60 to 13.50. sows and roughs listed with varied ranges. Lambs show 10.50 for good quality with 500 head in supply and market steady.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Livestock Market Summary
CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK CATTLE Receipts 300 market steady steers good to choice nine to ten fifty calves strong one five to one four for good to choice Hog Receipts 6000 market slow weaker lower good to choice packers and butchers twelve twenty five to twelve fifty Sheep Receipts 200 market strong good to choice six to eight lambs strong good to choice sixteen to sixteen fifty
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Produce Butter Prints and Poultry Prices
Pittsburg produce listing lists butter prints at several prices in cents per pound including 54c for Mc 54 and 47c for Penna and Ohio. Eggs are shown as fresh selected at 2c and 5c. Poultry prices include live hens light at 20c to 24c and turkeys at 43c with a 5c account, roosters at 1 1/2c.
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Pittsburgh
Penna
Ohio
Cleveland Market Prices for Produce and Eggs
Cleveland market report lists butter at 11 cents per pound for extra firsts and 50 cents for eggs with regional price variations. Oleomargarine ranges 19 to 30 cents, poultry includes fowls at 26 cents and ducks at 30 cents, cheese at 29 to 36 cents, apples at 5.50 per barrel, and vegetables with Ohio potatoes at 2 dollars per bushel and cabbage at 30 to 40 dollars per ton.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Old York State
Market quotes and commodity prices from New York and regions
New York Produce notes hay prices with No. 1 at 1.47 and No. 3 at 1.25 while mixed clover ranges 1.10 to 1.40. Petroleum sells around 3.55 to 3.65. Wool values show Ohio fleece at 54c, Texas pulled and scoured ranges 0.75 to 1.30, and territory scoured about 0.95 to 1.28.
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New York
Ohio
Texas
Chicago market notes butter receipts and creamery prices
Chicago market report lists butter receipts at 10,686 pounds and creamery extras at 4744c and 4544c for firsts. The ad shows 84 aems 3c and packing stock mentioned as available.
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Chicago
Grain price list from Toledo market report
The Toledo grain listing shows No 2 red wheat at 1.97 1.98, yellow corn at 2 2c, No 2 white oats at 4 7 1 4 with loc and age notes, Barley No 2 at 5t 5c, Loverseed cash 14.40 with futures 14.45 14.60 for Feb Mar, Timothy cash 3.80 with December 3.80 and March 3.90.
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Timothy
Much Depends On John L. Lewis In Goal Settlement
Major W. W. Inglis says the coal strike hinges on John L. Lewis as operators and miners prepare for separate preliminary talks at the Waldorf Astoria and Cadillac hotels before a joint 3 PM meeting at the Union League club.
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John L. Lewis
GOAL
New York
W. W. Inglis
Waldorf Astoria
Union League Club
Cadillac Hotel
Forty Burglaries Attributed to Edward Russell Arrest
New York police say Edward Russell, 32, confessed to forty burglaries within thirty days. His loot is valued at about $50,000. He was arrested after the spree prompted a citywide investigation.
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New York
Edward Russell
Scientist Demonstrates Sex Change in Salamanders
Dr. Robert K. Burns Jr of the University of Cincinnati showed at the American Society of Zoologists meeting in New Haven that a creature’s sex can be changed at will. The demonstration involved salamanders.
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New Haven
Conn
Robert K. Burns, Jr
University of Cincinnati
American Society of Zoologists
Dewey Named to Attend Anthracite Negotiations
Secretary of labor Davis designates Commissioner James F. Dewey to attend the New York anthracite negotiations joining Hyel Davies already slated for the meeting in Washington.
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Dewey Jis
Washington
Davis
James F. Dewey
New York
Hyel Davies
Anthracite Strike Looms As Gas, Coal Trends Shift
Industry reports show over 900,000 gas ranges 450,000 water heaters and 600,000 space heaters to be installed next year as prep for a possible anthracite settlement. Switch from anthracite to West Virginia coal is widespread with rumors of a soft coal merger. Gas cooled refrigeration grows, gas-electric locomotives emerge, and rail power costs draw bankers’ attention ahead of the conferees meeting Tuesday.
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New York
Maine
Washington, D. C
Telegraph
Labor &O
West Virginia
Kentucky
American Gas Association
Esr
H. DeWitt Valentine
Chicago
New York State
Grain price boom expected on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago reports a potential grain price surge with wheat above 2 dollars and corn over a dollar as bulls forecast a year end rally. Farmers, however, have mostly sold their crops reducing the impact, while tighter wheat stocks and export limits fuel the outlook amid calls for federal action on surpluses.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Radio Party Honors Bellman And Branner In Jacksonville
A December radio party at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Binderbasm in Jacksonville honored Miss Camille Bellman and Carolyne Branner of Columbus. Attendees included John Jansen Bryan Shirkey Bus Brown Mary Ginnan Camille Bellman and Mrs Binderbasm.
Radio stations join for sweeping New Year broadcast from coast to coast
Radid completes preparations for a three hour New Year trip from New York to San Francisco. The program includes Liberty Bell chimes in Philadelphia, Trinity bells, Grace church, New York firemen reception, Chicago Straits Tower chimes, Cincinnati chimes, Fort Worth negro revival broadcast, and midnight bell ringing across time zones. Major stations W4JZ WRC WGY KDKA KYW KFKX KOA KGO and European partners air music, world news and performances from London Washington New York Rochester and more. A 6 to 9 pm London Chimes with Big Ben, Eastman Orchestra, Shannon Quartet, Neapolitan trio, Marine Band, and John McCormick plus Lucrezia Bori lead a Victor concert finale.
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Robert Mack
Consolidated Press Association
Washington
New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Fort Worth
Grace Church
New
Madison Square Garden
WJIAZ
Straits Tower
Chicago
WSAI
Cincinnati
WBAP
Tabernacle
W4jz
WRC
WGY
KDKA
KYW
KFKX
KOA
KGO
London
Rochester
Big Ben
Eastman Symphony Orchestra
Shannon
World News
United States Marine Band
Victor
John McCormick
Lucrezia Bori
Victor Salon
Moon Halves and Quarters Referenced in Clever Line
A playful observation notes the moon’s visible phases as quarters and halves due to its cycle. The remark highlights that a full moon is rarer, using celestial timing to wink at lunar appearances.
Trains Schedules From Athens and Avan Given
The notice lists northbound and southbound train numbers with departure and arrival times from Athens Avan and surrounding stations. Daily service notes include Sunday variations and specific times such as No 2 leaving Athens at 120 pm and No 81 leaving Athens at 645 am.
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Ae & M
Eaaven
Athens
Thena
Daltinous
Alcohol Consumption Surges in Athens Amid Prohibition Curbs
Athens reports heavy wood alcohol use in freezing weather with garages selling large drums daily. Police note no intoxication charges since Christmas, while authorities question how revelers celebrate Yuletide without legal trouble.
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Athens
Five Die From Cold In Toledo Asphyxiation Claims Victims
Five Toledo residents died in a cold snap from asphyxiation. The victims include George W. Young 84 Clyde Welder 40 Mrs Mary Hickey 80 Mrs Edward Keys 72 and Edward Keys 40 her son. Mrs Hickey was found in a rooming house and Welder was discovered by his employer. The Keys duo were fatally affected while cooking a late supper when gas burned too high.
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Toledo
United States
George W. Young
Clyde Welder
Mary Hickey
Edward Keys
Hickey
Welder
Young
Coal truck overturns kill helper in New York crash
Seven tons of coal toppled from a truck in New York, forming a deadly avalanche that killed Patrick Hayes, a helper on the vehicle.
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New York
Patrick Hayes
Rejected suitor fatally shoots Miss Barton in Brooklyn Heights
In New York a broker, Harry W. Cowan, shot and killed Edith M. Barton, a stenographer and choir singer, after repeated marriage refusals. He then shot himself in a Brooklyn Heights studio apartment, where he lay dying in a hospital today. The tragedy occurred in a five room flat shared with her mother. The article notes jewelry components used in watch bearings.
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New York
Edith M. Barton
Harry W. Cowan
Ohio Teachers Hold Midwinter Meeting Amid Leadership Changes
In Columbus the Ohio teachers association opens its annual midwinter meeting with Dr J A Se Dowell of Ashland as president elect. Dr McDowell succeeds Dr H G as president and other candidates are noted. The group discusses higher salaries for male teachers and aims to raise membership above sixty percent as part of goals for the coming year. A broadcast from radio station WAIU is announced.
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Columbus
Dec
J. A. SeDowell
Ashland
Ohio Teachers
McDowell
H. G
Matt Cat
Ohio
Bradley returns to Glouster after visit to parents
A note records Bradley visiting his parents in Glouster on Monday before resuming work as a barber at the Hotel Lounge. The brief item notes his return and mentions his brother Leo Bradley and others in the household.
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Glouster
Dée
Bradley
Lout
Leo Bradley
Men Patronize Barber Shops as Women Valued Less
A local report notes men visit barber shops for daily grooming while women delay skin care. A barber shop owner cites men keeping pores clean. a beauty parlor attendant says many women neglect skin care until occasions arise.
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Hils
Womlen
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