Trade improves as weather and holidays lift confidence
Tradebreaks noted in the December 5 report show a brighter mood in retail and jobbing sectors due to colder weather and the holiday season. Agricultural staples, coal shipments, and crude iron markets gain steadier demand, while cotton costs prompt talk of possible curtailment and iron steel plant shutdowns offset any resumptions. Wage readjustments appear as cotton and steel industries adapt with less friction than before. Lake navigation ends, and rail activity remains strong amid slower building activity and softer lumber hardware markets.
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New York
Iradstreet
Northwest
New England
Roosevelt Hanna Conference Sealed Canal Legislation Talks
Washington December 5 a White House meeting between President Roosevelt and Senator Hanna focused on the Panama Canal situation and forthcoming congressional legislation with incidental references to General Leonard Wood. Both men expressed cordiality and refused to discuss details for publication and denied any breach in relations. Hanna’s role in the next Republican campaign hinges on his health.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hanna
Panama Canal
Congress
Leonard Wood
Boy Burned to Death in Whatcom Fire
In Whatcom Washington on December 6 a fire destroyed the home of George Wright. Eight year old Rueben died from burn injuries while his sister Maggie aged seventeen was severely burned escaping from an upper window. Ten other children and the mother escaped by jumping from upper windows and were all painfully burned.
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Whatcom
Wash
George Wright
Rueben
Maggie
Krupski in Jail for False Pretenses Embezzlement Claim
Marinette Wisconsin December 5 Frank Krupski once a flouring mill owner at Crevitz is jailed on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. The Austrian consul in Chicago has pressed a claim by Joseph Mycznski that Krupski embezzled 23000 dollars in Austria and fled to the United States.
Union Label Barred in Dayton Factory Edict
The Citizens' Industrial Association executive committee ruled that members may not place the union label on their own manufactured articles. They oppose the eight hour bill, plan a labor information bureau, and adopted a platform condemning organized labor methods as detestable, urging employers and citizens to defend free competitive conditions.
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Dayton
Citizens’ Industrial Association
Congress
Labor Information Bureau
Hope to Save the Flora Salvage Efforts Continue
Victoria report details Rear Admiral Sickford returning from the Flora wreck at Village Island. Pumps and gear prepared as Flora remains hard and fast in the same position. Salvage expected from the Grafton and Egeria after pumping dry.
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Victoria
B. C
Sickford
Flora
Village Island
Grafton
Egeria
Milwaukee Alderman Arrested for Bribery Ties
Milwaukee on December 5 reports Alderman William H. Murphy of the Third ward and Sinnmund J. Richter, ex Alder man of the Second ward, were arrested on bribe charges. Citizens committee members say more prosecutions will follow as other aldermen are suspected in sidetrack ordinance payments to business interests.
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Milwaukee
William H. Murphy
Singmund J. Richter
Secon
Citizens’ Committee of Ten
Murphy
Injunction Continued Against Michigan Wardens
In Grand Rapids on December 5 Judge Wanty extended the temporary injunction restraining State Game Warden Charles Chapman and Deputy Game Warden Brewster from interfering with the United States Fish Commission’s work. A final hearing will come later. The suit stems from the arrest of S. P. Wire, hatchery superintendent at Duluth, and some staff for denying Brewster authority to supervise fishing under state law.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
United States
Wanty
Charles Chapman
Brewster
United States Fish Commission
S. P. Wire
Duluth
Creditors seek inquiry into Dowie solvency in Chicago
Seven creditors holding claims over ten thousand dollars press Judge Kohlsaat to issue an immediate solvency inquiry. They deny Dowie is insolvent and oppose bankruptcy for grounds in the original petition. Additional claims could total one hundred thousand dollars. Dowie’s allies seek to vacate court control of the Zion City lace factory.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Kohlsaar
Dowie
Samuel Stevenson
Kohlsaat
Zion City
Gift to Sir Thomas Lipton From the American People
A twenty piece silver service will be sent today to the U S ambassador in London from the department of state. A London presentation committee has formed and a dinner to honor Lipton is set for December 18 with Consul General Evans to preside. The inscription credits Lipton for sportsmanship generosity to American soldiers families and hospitality aiding Anglo American friendship.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
United States
London
Department of State
Evans
Death of Former U S Representative William M Springer
Former U S Representative William M Springer of Illinois a Democratic leader in the Forty fourth to Fifty third Congresses and once chairman of the ways and means committee died in Washington pneumonia suffered in Chicago Thanksgiving day He was sixty four years old and died at 2 25 a m after a rapid decline following a chill during a dinner trip to Chicago and return to Washington
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Washington
William M. Springer
Illinois
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
House
Chicago
J. B. Gregg Custis
Springer
Attorneys Offer No Witnesses in Fraud Conspiracy Trial
In Baltimore on December 5, defense counsel for former Postal Clerks Thomas W. McGregor and Columbus E. Upton announced they would not call witnesses after the government rested. They argued no prima facie case had been proven and the case would proceed to closing statements without testimony for the defense.
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Baltimore
Thomas W. McGregor
Columbus E. Upton
William S. Bryar
Wrecking Crew Flee Storm At Houghton Portage Lake
The Hutchinson wrecking outfit reached Portage Lake shelter as a northeast gale battered the steamer. Forty thousand bushels of flaxseed were pumped overboard, with several thousand more brought ashore in bags. Pumps halted due to the storm, hull reportedly dry. Crew and lifesavers were tows to safety by tugs.
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Houghton, Mich
Hutchinson
Houghton
Portage Lake
Costly Fire in Salina Destroys Four Story Block
Salina Kansas reports a Friday blaze wiped out a four story building housing H. D. Lee Wholesale Grocery, damaged H. D. Lee Hardware stock and several smaller structures. Total losses estimated at 500000 with about 260000 covered by insurance.
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Salina
Kan
H. D. Lee Wholesale Grocery Company
H. D. Lee Hardware Company
Must Explain to Supreme Court in St Paul Case
St Paul dispatch reports Judge Lewis must explain to the Supreme Court why he failed to issue an injunction in the Broderick versus Cleveland Vapor Light Co case. The injunction would have stopped St Paul from paying any money under a city lighting contract claimed by the company.
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Supreme Court
St. Paul
Lewis
Lovely
John Broderick
Cleveland Vapor Light Company
Randfontein Bank Robbed in South Africa Heist
Masked bandits struck the Randfontein Robinson bank on Friday gagging the manager and assistant, securing 15000 dollars before fleeing. Johannesburg date December 5 reports the robbery as a bold, quick robbery against the South African institution.
First Mention of Mrs Grade in Speed the Plow
In Morton's clever comedy Speed the Plow Farmer Ashfield debates with his wife after market. The overheard quarrel highlights Mrs Grundy as a gossiping benchmark for social propriety and prosperity.
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Missus
Bank Of Colfax To Stay Closed After Death Of Shier
NO STATEMENT GIVEN OUT. Bank of Colfax Iowa will not open until after the funeral of George D Wood who died by his own action Friday. A Colfax businessmen conference did not decide future steps. No statement of the bank's condition will be released. Polk and Jasper counties hold funds in the bank. The State Savings Bank at Baxter, in which Wood was involved, was closed but expected to reopen. No motive for the suicide has been released.
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Des Moines
Bank of
Colfax
George D. Wood
Shier
Polk County
Jasper County
State Savings Bank
Baxter
Wood
Train Wreckers Frustrated Near Castle Gate
Scofield Utah Dec 5 A Wednesday night attempt to wreck a Denver Rio Grande train occurred when heavy bridge planking was torn up and piled on the tracks near Price River bridge at Castle Gate. Guards found and removed the obstructions. officials tie the act to striking Italian miners as mine output rises with non union workers. Many striking miners have left the fields.
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Scofield
Utah
Denver and
Rio Grande
Price River
Castle Gate
Insect Senses Map Hidden Nests and Eggs
Naturalists note that insects have senses humans lack. The wasp locates a nest buried in sand by blending with surroundings and returning without error. Another wasp finds mason bee eggs under sun baked clay and lays eggs in the same cells to feed upon when hatched.
The General with the Nose at the Masked Ball
A New York Herald anecdote recalls General B of the regular army famed for his distinctive proboscis. At a post masque ball his vivacious partner, unaware of his identity, notices his nose remains hidden until masked removal reveals the signature feature. Her quip to remove noses elicits quiet, finishing the amusing moment.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
New York Herald
Fishermen clash over muskellunge name on Wisconsin lake
A stranger mispronounces muskellunge while fishing in northern Wisconsin, arguing with a guide who backs Webster’s usage. The exchange captures local pride and regional language as the men debate names.
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Wisconsin
Webster
Chicago Tribune
Lambs Taste In Books Catalogue Note By Lamb
Charles Lamb defends a catholic taste in books listing calendars directories pocketbooks draught boards almanacs and major works while praising histories of Josephus and Paley Moral Philosophy. He celebrates a broad literary appetite without prejudice.
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Lamb
Flame
Gibbon
Robertson
Beattie
Soaine Jenyns
Flavius Josephus
Paley
Charles Lamb
Like a Charm Charm Prompts Rude Exchange At Store
In a sharp exchange a customer accuses a chair restorer of failing to work as promised. The shopkeeper counters that no one in this enlightened age believes in the efficacy of charms.
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Pruggist
Yale and Harvard Debating Title Match Friday Night
Yale defeated Harvard in the annual intercollegiate debate. Friday also saw the evar and the czarina depart Skinnerwice for St Petersbure. A Robbery at Bank of Fairview netted 800 dollars. Miss Minnie Ashley wed former Congressman William Astor Chanter in New York. Senor Maura agreed to form a new Spanish cabinet. The French chamber passed the budget 478 to 57 and adjourned to December 14. A locomotive crash at Crookesville killed one, injured 24. The F E Avery building in Columbus burned, losses 60 000. Associate Justice Henry B Brown eye trouble endangering sight. Kalman Foldessy committed to Manhattan hospital for insane asylum.
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Yale
Harvard
Evar
Czarina
Skinnerwice
French Chamber of Deputies
Michael Gordon
Crookesville
F. E. Avery Automobile Company
Columbus
Henry B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
Kalman Foldessy
New York
Roosevelt
Manhattan State Hospital
Wheat futures and track prices drift on mixed signals
Minneapolis December grain quotes show December at 80 and May 82.5, July around 82.25. Track No 1 hard 83.5, No 1 Northern 82.5, No 2 Northern 79.5 to 89.5, No 3 Northern 72 to 77.5 with narrow ranges across contracts.
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Minneapolis
Livestock Prices Reported for St Paul Market
St Paul market figures show cattle with good to choice steers 3.75 to 5.00, common to fall 3.25 to 3.65, cows and heifers 2.50 to 3.25, veals 2.40 to 4.50. Hogs ranged 4.10 to 4.50. Sheep prices: yearling wethers 3.50 to 4.00, lambs 4.25 to 4.90.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices on Duluth market report
Wheat quotes show No. 1 hard at 82 3/4 cents, No. 1 Northern around 80 5/8, No. 2 Northern about 78 3/4, with on track futures for No. 1 Northern at 80 0/4 cents and No. 2 Northern near 78 3/4, spring at 75 44 cents, December at 79 5/4, and May at 82 cents. Flax figures list on track, in store, and upcoming arrivals with December and May/July around 96 4/40 cents and $1.00.
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Duluth
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago prices list cattle good to prime steers 5.15 to 5.75, cows 1.50 to 4.25, calves 2.50 to 6.75. hogs mixed 4.40 to 4.65, heavy 4.50 to 4.65, light 4.30 to 4.65. sheep good to choice 3.75 to 4.25, western 2.95 to 4.00, native lambs 4.00 to 5.65.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices Report December Commodities
Chicago dispatch lists grain futures and cash prices for wheat corn and oats with December May and July commands. Pork pork futures at 11.95 for January and 11.35 for May. Flax cash prices Northwestern 98c Southwestern 91c. Butter creamery 16 25c dairies 14 21c. Eggs 23 25c. Poultry turkeys 10 l ic chickens 9c springs 9 1 2 c.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Left Handed Wickedness Across Prof Lombroso Theory
An article in the North American Review summarizes Professor Cesare Lombroso’s view that left handedness marks inferiority and links to criminality, with percentages among men and women, criminals, lunatics, and other groups. It also discusses left sidedness, cultural language direction, and caution against labeling all left handed people as wicked.
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Cesare Lombroso
Marro
Lombroso
Lombrose
Americans Noted as a Weak Lot in Rocky Pass
In a windy Colorado train car a mix of riders endure cold wind from an open window. A tall, rugged Westerner asserts himself by closing the window after a British clad man ignores a shivering woman who asks for warmth. The moment ends with a laconic, defiant remark about strength.
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Rockies
Lie
Pardper
Quotations on Patience Humility and Duty
A compact collection of maxims on patience adversity and conscience by Goethe Bishop Horne Lavater A B Ascott J P Senn F W Robertson and Sir Thomas More. Each line notes observations on humility trial virtue and social conduct in a pithy proverb style.
Transit routes and sleeper connections note city lines
Passenger rail notices describe service through Milwaukee Chicago routes with through sleepers to St Louis via May City. Mentions Chicago via Milwaukee, Peoria via Mason City, and La Crosse connections with stops at Cresco Osimar and Albert Lea.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis St. Paul
Minneapolis
Cresco Osimar
Bigago
Cresco Calmar Bar Room
Mason
Sity
Marshalltown
Albert Lew
Jackson Ane Mason
West Albert Lea, Jackson & Eevee Mad
Lesb Rosse Milw
Chicago
roRne Milw
Tna
Suncay
Milwaukee
Sleener
Peoria
St. Louis
May
City
la Crosas
Scenic tourist trains to California via Scenic Line and Santa Fe Route
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railway announces seasonal passenger car service to California. The first car departs St. Paul on Thursday Sept 16 and runs via Denver Omaha Colorado Ogden Salt Lake City to San Francisco arriving 4:35 p.m. Monday and Los Angeles 1:00 p.m. Tuesday. The second car leaves St. Paul on Wednesday Oct 21 and travels via Kansas City and the Space System through Mexico and Arizona arriving in Los Angeles after Sunday. Double lower berth through rate is $6 from St. Paul. For rates and reservations contact A B Cutts G P & T A Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
St. Louis P. R
California
St. Paul
Denye
Omaha
Colorado
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Southern Gaelic
Sap Francises
Los Angeles
Tueday
St. Pau
Ss. OL. Town Central
Wabash
Kansas City
Mexico
Arizona
Los Arggles
A.B. Cutts
Home seekers excursions one way rate sale days
One way rate with two dollars additional for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesday of every month with a return limit of twenty one days from date of sale. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for information or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Lowa Central
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
King Cobra and Other Venomous Snakes Explained
A detailed piece contrasts cobra and viperoid poisons, describing bite mechanics, venom composition, and survival odds. It highlights King Cobra as the most dangerous due to its size and venom quantity, with anecdotes on bite timelines and antitoxin factors. Also notes a humor column about Judge Daly and a lawyer’s courtroom misstep.
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Lodia
West Indies
Venezuela
Guianas
MC Clure
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Jaracamph
J. E. Malloy
WM. Williams
William Williams
Austin Foundry and Machine Shop
Austin, Minn
Sir Thomas Lipton
McGregor
Upton
Kansas
Randofontein Bank
Johannesburg
Robinson Bank
Randfontain
Mrs. Grundy
Dame Grundy
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Goethe
Bishop Horne
Lavater
A. B
Ascott
J. P. Senn
F. W. Robertson
T. More
Curiaco
Great Western
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
All Points West
Denver
Union
West
North
Nicego, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Austin
Depar
Kbaalt
Cave
Maton
Riera
Lyle
Mason City
A. W
Rt Jackson
Ck Wells Mankato
tBunda
R. R. Notices
King Cobra
New York Court of Common Pleas
Charles P. Daly
Daly
Chesterit
Blackstone
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