Trade activity shows strength with rising production and distribution
The report notes stronger trade accumulation and capacity in manufacturing, steady farm marketing, and growing wholesale expansion. Demand rises across textiles, clothing, food wear, fod products and furniture as country shipments gain and fall and winter bookings improve. Bank clearings reach $269,226,328, up 14.7 percent from last year. Chicago district failures total 29 with 12 liabilities over 85,900.
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Chicago
Duis Weekly Review of Trade
Midsummer business shows steady advance despite irregularities
Irregular crop and weather conditions temper trade, yet overall volume remains fair for the season. Retail clearances are universal though purchasing power limits demand. wholesale summer goods trade is light while fall prospects are strong. Chicago leads activity with the Northwest next. U.S. and Canadian failures rise versus prior weeks.
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Southwest
Chicago
Northwest
United States
Bradstreet S
Livestock and grain prices across major markets
Market brief lists commodity quotes from cities including Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati and New York. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with range updates and variation by city.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Cincinnati
New York
Jury Frees Ella Gingles in Not Guilty Verdict
In Chicago Judge Bren tano's court the jury cleared Ella Gingles of stealing lace valued at under 50 dollars and rejected charges against Agnes Barrette. After seven hours and five ballots, the panel found the accuser untrue and avoided a larger sensational frame of alleged white slavery and psychopathic claims.
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Ella Gingles
Agnes Barrette
Brentano
Chicago
Gingles
Miss Barrette
Wellington
Baffa Confesses In Black Hand Murder Case In Chicago
Tony Baffa an 18 year old Italian immigrant in Chicago has confessed to murdering Giuseppe Frillipelli a grocer at 1137 Greenwood Avenue and details the Black Hand Society called Loguisto meaning The Society of Justice Its members include Antonio Nudo Rafaelo Nudao and Pasquale Nudo plus Joseph Caro and Ernesto all laborers The group used extortion through Black Hand letters and stood ready to commit any crime to achieve its ends
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Tony Baffa
Chicago
Giuseppe Frillipelli
Greenwood Avenue
City
Black Hand
Young Baffa
Loguisto
Society of Justice
Baffa
Antonio Nudo
Rafaelo Nudao
Pasquale Nudo
Joseph
Giuseppe Caro
Ernesto
Jeff Davis's Daughter Dies in Colorado Springs
Mrs. J Addison Hayes age 54, daughter of Jefferson Davis, former Confederacy president, died after six months illness at her Colorado Springs home. She is survived by two sons Jefferson Hayes Davis and William Hayes, and two daughters Lucy and Mrs. Virginia Webb. Her husband led the first National Bank there.
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New York
Hayes
Jefferson Hayes Davis
William Hayes
Lucy
Virginia Webb
Gerald B. Webb
Eastern Traction resumes wage scale for motormen
About 3,000 motormen and conductors on Interstate Railways traction lines in eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware were surprised when the controlling company announced a return to the 1814 cents an hour wage rate after Aug 1. A 114 cent reduction from a year ago had been made previously. No demand was made by the workers.
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Eastern Traction Company
Interstate RailWays Company
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Fire Sweeps Tong Branch Business District Causing 100000 Damage
A fast moving blaze started in a livery stable near Second Avenue and swept through the southern business section of Tong Branch New Jersey. It destroyed a dozen frame buildings though no major structures were lost except the Coulter House still unopened for the season. No serious injuries reported.
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Tong Branch
N. J
Second Avenue
Coulter
Death of Sheppard Stephens noted with kinship ties
Mrs. Susan Pierce Stephens known in literary circles as Sheppard Stephens died Monday. She was the daughter of the late Bishop Henry Niles Pierce of the Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.
Futcher and Son Crown Victims of Fond du Lac Drowning
The bodies of John Schuler aged 60 and his son John aged 33 were recovered Monday after their drowning in the St. Louis river near Fond du Lac.
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Futcher
John Schuler
John
St. Louis
Fond du Lac
Work and Life in the Sea of Time by Jean Ingelow
A reflective excerpt noting that minutes of labor shape life like coral insects building in the sea. It speaks of work as the earthly reward and the limits of watching time pass, with imagery of sea, stars, and distant isles.
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Jean Ingelow
Ghost on Calcutta jetty inspires wary crew tale
In Calcutta May 1897 aboard the SS Dictator the chief officer and I witness a white figure gliding along the jetty sparking fear among the watchman. Later a teak log with soundings wire is found to have been stolen from the jetty by ship workers in a prank that ended with the ghost illusion exposed as mischief.
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Harrison Line
Calcutta
Liverpool
Mr. Davies
Agale
Allah
Revenue Man
Sun
Wide World Magazine
The Busy Lawyer Fakes a Phone Call to End Visitor
A Philadelphia era lawyer, in a Pennsylvanian town, pretends to take a call while dismissing a visitor. He pushes a desk bell and conducts a one sided chat to cover his busy work schedule. The visitor leaves as the ruse ends.
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Pennsylvania
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Black Hand Crime
Jeff Davis
Sloelkensplutter
Bertha
Mr. Hockensplutter
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