Christmas items and local notes from Potpourri column
Four days remain for Christmas shopping. Ober Rockefeller plays Santa as one wonders why gifts Joy and burden alike. Evangelist William Sunday closes a five week Burlington revival with 2,500 converts and $4,000 donated. Prices for butter and eggs are up about five cents a pound and per dozen. The Herald expands to holiday demand. Local music, home talent, and Christmas tree tips pepper the column, with seasonal reflections on frost beauty and a Chesterfield quote about the path to the heart.
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William Sunday
Burlington
Iowa
F. P. McBride
Herald
Chicago
McBride
Insurance Inquiry Narrows To Small Insurers In New York
Armstrong committee resumes sessions to close its inquiry and prepare a report to the legislature. Focused on Provident Savings, Empire Life, and Life Association of America, the hearings reveal real estate dealings, asset and liability details, and high broker commissions. Miles M. Dawson testified on half million in losses offset by real estate values, while Empire Life secretary Stacey Wilson described a creditor heavy, asset light outfit limited to New York and Pennsylvania. Townsley of Life Association testified the company shifted from assessment to stock, noting brokers often received about 90 percent commissions.
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New York
Armstrong Insurance Investigating
Provident Savings
Empire Life
The
Life Association of America
Provident Society
Savannah
New York City
Hughes
Miles M. Dawson
Stacey Wilson
Home Benefit Society
Pennsylvania
Presi
Henry T. Townsley
Riot in Shanghai Suppressed After Fatal Riots
Rioting in Shanghai ends with twenty Chinese killed and several Europeans wounded. Police sailors and volunteers aided in restoration. one police station partly burned, bars wrecked, and looted shops. European casualties include stoning of the German consul and injuries to the American vice consul and others.
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Shanghai
Highway robber Snyder captured after running fight
Ed Snyder, claiming Michigan residence, was captured in Athol after a running fight that wounded town marshal Dus Inges. Snyder, earlier near Marshfield, forced a schoolteacher to surrender her watch and jewelry. In Mansfield he robbed a store, taking only a few dollars.
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Redfield
S. D
Ed Snyder
Michigan
Athol
Dus Inges
Snyder
Marshfield
Mansfield
Cause For Suspreigr Wiggs Cited With Suspicion
Philadelphia Record notes continued suspicion toward Wiggs in ongoing city affairs. The piece hints at scrutiny whenever Wiggs is seen, using a recurring umbrella motif as a playful aside.
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Philadelphia
Whips of Flame Fire Dance Observed by Dr Matthews
Dr Matthews of Washington describes a western Indian fire dance observed near a large circle of fire. Ten performers naked to the waist carry cedar bark faggots and circle the blaze while chanting and flaring sparks. They rub brands on flesh, yet show no apparent discomfort after the performance.
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Matthews
Washington
Dutch convoy ambushed in Sumatra clash
In the Pensangan district of Achin island Sumatra a Dutch convoy was ambuscaded twelve men were killed and eight wounded. The Achinese reported six killed in the ambush.
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Hague
Pensangan
Achin
Sumatra
Achinese
Telegraphic Brevities Roundup of National Affairs
Railway rate legislation discussed at a White House conference. James T. Shea confirmed as marshal for North Dakota. Mrs. Mary Lacey Quigley dies in Rochester at 85. M. Theotokis declines to form Greek cabinet. King George asks M. Ralli, whose ministry resigned. Supreme Court upholds Minnesota railroad injury liability statute in employee carelessness case.
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White House
Senate
James T. Shea
District of North Dakota
Mary Lacey Quigley
James E. Quigley
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
M. Theotokis
King George
M. Ralli
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Market Quotations Wheat Prices Dec 18
Market quotations show wheat futures with December at 4 81?4 c, May at 85?e, July near 90?c. No. 1 hard wheat at 83?c, No. 2 Northern around 80 7 8 c.
Wheat and flax futures quotes from Duluth market
Duluth market reports list No. 1 Northern wheat at 88 cents and No. 2 at 81 cents. On track prices show Dec and May figures. Flax prices arrive and on track quoted at about $1.05 to $1.09 for Dec and May.
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Duluth
Des
Northern
May
Sic
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices From St Paul and Chicago Markets
St Paul market notes show cattle ranging good to choice steers 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.25, veals 3.00 to 5.50, hogs 4.25 to 4.80, yearling wethers 5.50 to 6.50, lambs 6.50 to 7.00. Chicago reports cattle at 5.50 to 5.50 for beeves, cows and heifers 1.40 to 4.75, stockers 2.50 to 2.5, Western 3.30 to 4.75. hogs 4.80 to 6.02, good heavy 4.00 to 5.05, rough heavy 4.70 to 4.85, light 4.89 to 5.00, sheep 4.00 to 5.00, lambs 4.75 to 8.00.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Dee. J
Chicago grain and livestock market prices
Chicago on December 18 reports December wheat at 887 1/2 cents, May at 874 1/2. corn December 44 1/2. May 44 1/2. oats December 30 1/2. May 31 1/2. Pork for January 13.12 1/2. May 13.32. Flax cash Northw estern 1.07. Southwestern 1.00. Butter creamery 17 1/2 to 23 4/5. eggs 18 3/4. turkeys 13. chickens 9 1/4.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Notable Figures From History and Their Early Struggles
The fragment profiles Peter Cooper Oliver P Morton Chief Justice Chase Elihu Burritt Estey organ maker and others. It recalls early hardships including Coopers schooling, gait issues, apprenticeship paths, and Thurlow Week’s poverty with improvised footwear as cited in Craft’s Successful Men of Today.
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Chase—Neare
Blacooedy
Elihu Burritt
Blackeavifty
Estey
Nelson Vo. Altvich
Trutese Troyes
Dence
Wii
Alexander TL. Stephens
Thurlow
Black Hair Strongest Says German Scientist
A German scientist reports black hair is stronger than blond or brown hair. Black hair can suspend four ounces per strand, while yellow hair fails near two, brown up to three, and very dark brown about three and a half ounces. The study links hair vitality to baldness patterns, claiming jet black individuals retain full growth longer than blond counterparts.
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California
Chesterfield
Armstrong
Peans
Horimmel’s
Provision Market
South Dakota
C. J. Johnson
Red Front
Aus Pin
Minn
Minneapolis
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago Grain and Provisions
John Briebach
the Meat Man
Size
Livermore's Condensed Mince
Peter Cooper
Oliver P. Morton
Pioneer Press
Parker
St. P Paul Pion
Nocat
Lucky Curve
Fountain Pen
Daily
Pioneer Prem
Mina
Pioneer
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