Trade and production trends in Chicago and New York
The report notes an encouraging Chicago trade zone with solid manufacturing activity and rising demand for staples. Construction booms with extensive year-end accumulation, sturdy raw materials prices, and strong wholesale activity. New York shipments rise, spring season looms, but caution grows from high winter stock and cotton drops. Business failures: Chicago 29, US 18. Bradstreet’s report.
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Chicago
Inn
New Yorks
United States
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Prices shown for Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and more. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other commodities listed with No 2 and grade figures. Regional variations reflect supply and demand factors in major markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Free Trade in Philippine sugar sparks open door debate
An editorial stance argues against free entry of Philippine sugar into the United States, warning it would abandon the open door policy. It contends plantation-style sugar with Chinese labor would dispossess natives of land and worsen conditions, while calling for protection of Filipino interests and local agriculture.
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Philippines
United States
Asia
Elevator Cupid Brings Four Floor Romance To Light
In Bailey Mansions an elevator ride becomes a tangled fate for Katharine and Westcott. A ring, a love triangle, and a cheeky elevator boy culminate in a marriage proposal as the pair descend to ground amid chimes and a triumphal grin.
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Bailey Mansions
Katherine
Westcott
Katharine
Bob
Mr. Westcott
Cupid
Carroll Watson Rankin
Pearson's Magazine
Arrests and Disasters Hit Multiple Regions
Alexander Legler, 22, arrested in Hoboken, N J, charged with burning his brother Carl to death to obtain a $3000 life policy. Campos Brazil floods leave parts under twelve feet of water after Parahiha Do Sul breaks its banks. Bolivar County Bank of Cleveland Miss fails to open. assets $180000 liabilities $110000.
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Alexander Legler
Hoboxen
N. J
Carl
Campos
Brazil
Parabiha Do Sul
Bolivar County Bank of
Cleveland
Miss
Free Trade in Philippine Goods Risks Native Welfare
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer argues opposition to Philippine free trade is rooted in more than selfish interests. It warns large scale sugar estates would harm natives, while smallholder farming would not benefit. The piece questions whether sugar plantations truly aid native Hawaiians and frames tariff debates as Democratic Free Trade strategy, noting Dingley tariffs keep revenue balanced amid naval costs and land sales funding irrigation.
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Dingley
Europe
Iibor
Philippines
Lewiston
Sun
American Economist
Mollie
Mollie Jameson
Seattle
Chicago
John
Herbert P
Mary Gander
Pol— Klene Company
Blank Street
United States
Puget Sound
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Panama
His Romance and the Rose in Tit-Bits Verse
A humorous verse recounts a man’s infatuation with a beautiful girl. He flirts with lines about rain and a rose, while she responds with playful refusals. The exchange continues over days as he proposes and she rebuffs, concluding with a flat rejection and a wry closing note.
Piano music to drive away flies, says odd theorist
A Philadelphia Record quote claims piano vibrations repel insects and that music is objectionable to flies. The thinker compares piano sounds to environmental disturbances and notes even a loose picture-frame glass can buzz, illustrating insects' sensitivity to sound waves.
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Philadelphia
A Perfect Hand Becomes Public Knowledge
The piece describes how a flawless feminine hand, photographed by a family for CAS and later used in Postum and Grape Nuts ads, gained public fame. It notes the owner’s hesitation, the unnamed hand appearing on magazine back covers, and the eventual plan to reveal the name in a newspaper announcement.
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America
Friends of Postum
The
Postum Co
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