Weather affects trade and prospects in Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co. reports seasonable weather stimulates activity but distributive branches recover slowly. Overall trade shows curtailment with increased bank defaults, yet agriculture offers large hopes, grain prices fall, industry stays strong, transportation freight moves high, and general merchandise demand remains fair. Bank clearings reach $267,301,374, up 8.8 percent from 1909, with 28 failures in Chicago district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Trading Slows As Cold Winter Dampens Spring Commerce
New York reports show cold weather and snow in the West and South curbing retail trade and ore orders for spring goods. Crop damage from winter dampens farm prospects and discourages fall business, with overall demand slowing in jobbing and wholesale lines. US weekly business failures reach 189, down from 193 last week, with Canada at 21, up from 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Brad Streets
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U.S. Cities Mention Baroness de Roques
A New York cable dispatch reports the Paris death of Baroness de Roques mother of Mrs. Maybrick, who long served a life sentence in Britain. The note adds she died in poverty. Separate market data lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and Buffalo with range figures for No. 2 wheat corn oats rye and other commodities.
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Chicago
Iny
Timothy
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste. Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Paris
Baroness de Roques
Maybrick
Bribery Charge Shakes Illinois Politics Over Lorimer Vote
State's Attorney Wayman hears confession from Rep. Charles A. White of St. Clair County claiming he received 1000 dollars for his vote in Lorimer's U S Senate election. He alleges wholesale vote buying from 1190 to 2000 dollars and participation in a slush fund. Lorimer denies, Growne calls it blackmail, Wilson denies funds or pot.
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William Lorimer
United States
Illinois
Wayman
Chicago
Charles A. White
St. Clair County
White
Lorimer
Lee O'Neill Growne
Robert J. Wilson
Strychnine In Swopes Tied To Hyde Murder Trial Testimony
Dr Victor C Vaughan testified in Kansas City regarding strychnine and cyanide traces in members of the Swope family and related figures. He described poison findings in stomachs kidneys and capsules, and noted convulsions possibly caused by a convulsive poison.
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Victor C. Vaughan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hyde
Kansas City
Walter S. [Inines
Chicago
Thomas M. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Margaret Swope
3. C. Hyde
Swope
Vaughan
Roosevelt Dam Finished and Cement Plant Closed
The Roosevelt dam along the Salt River in Arizona is completed and the U.S. has shut down its on site cement plant begun nearly five years ago to secure affordable cement. The project, costing about 8.64 million dollars, will irrigate 240000 acres and its reservoir, the largest artificial body, holds 61000000000 cubic feet.
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Roosevelt
Salt River
Arizona
United States
Roosevelt Dam
Reclamation Service
Delaware
Boy Fights Off Posse and Ends Itself at River Boathouse
Clarence Woods a 1% year old clerk at Title Guaranty and Trust in Manhattan killed himself in a boathouse on the Hackensack River near Rutherford New Jersey after a militia and armed posse surrounded him. He had barricaded himself after a club attack on 17 year old Anna Kip over marriage rejection. He wounded Deputy Sheriff Smith and resisted seventy officers before a volley from Hackensack unit ended the standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Woods
Title Guaranty and Trust Company of
Manhattan
Rutherford
N. J
St.te
Woods
Anna Kip
Smith
Third Regiment of
Hackensack
Stand ard Cordage Company Faces Bankrupt Toward Receiver
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S court in New York by three bond holders claiming liabilities of 2 4 million dollars and assets of 1 million. Judge Iough appointed Lindsay Russell as receiver.
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United States Court
New York
Standard Cordage Company
Iough
Lindsay Russell
Union Workmen Start Store in Brockton Co-op
The high cost of living drives Brockton Massachusetts union workmen to open a cooperative store offering essential goods at the lowest cash prices.
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Brockton
Mass
Open Thy Door Poem Excerpt From Sunset Magazine
A poetic excerpt invites the soul to wide natural imagery and spiritual calm. It speaks of oceans skies plains shores mountains roses meadows and woods and ends with a note that divine will moves deep and frees care from fret and petty stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alagazine
Hat Bill and Uncle John mend a marital rift
Fred faces a costly hat bill and a strained marriage due to Kitty’s extravagance. Uncle John learns of the mixup when a telegram shows Fred cannot meet bills, but the family unity returns as Bill arrives and the truth unfolds.
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Fred
Kit
Uncle John
John
Kitty
Paddington
Bill
Willian
Plymouth
Denly
Brother Bill
William
Cagsell
Saturday Journal
Widow Reigns In Bid For Yuma Farm Unit G33
Los Angeles widow Mrs. Marvy E. Delo outbid Wyoming man Edward B. Milner to win farm unit G33 in the Yuma land project at auction for 201 dollars plus 63 dollars per acre. Milner later filed on a defaulted unit nearby, paying 65 dollars per acre, making them near neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Wyoming
Edward B. Milner
Plains of Wyoming
Yuma
United States Land Office
Los Angeles Express
Marvy E. Delo
Milner
Delo
Robinson
Neighbors Recall Christmas Surprise Baby Sister Gift
A young girl from next door recalls Santa Claus bringing her a baby sister for Christmas. The neighbor replies with curiosity and humor about the siblings and the父 father winding up and showing how it runs.
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Santa Claus
Freddie
Judge
Copyright Clash Delays Production and Rubber Trade Totals
A dialogue shows a manager delaying a composer’s work for three years awaiting Wagner's 30 year death. In 1909 Britain imported 78,406,000 pounds of rubber and exported 44,567,000 pounds, signaling large increases from 1908. A linguist jokes about multilingual boredom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Great Britain
Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills Standout Remedy
A circular touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills as a superior stomach and bowel remedy. It promises free samples to readers and cites Munyon's Homeopathic remedies by Philadelphia firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Munyon's
Homoecopathic Home Remedy Coo. Ltd
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Sale of Patent Medicines and Odd Tidbits Feature in Brieflike Notes
A jumble of ads tout cures for catarrh and rheumatism with testimonials and prices, plus notices of a poisoning of grouse lands and a legal quip about the deceased wife’s sister marriage. Also a comic exchange from the Chicago Tribune and a short verse-like gag about love.
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Dr. Vaughan
Boy
Posse
Minneapolis Journal
Uncle Allen
Allen Sparks
Hal
J. Cheney & CO
FL J. Cheney
Walding
KingMan & Marvin
Hall
County Derry
Iresland
Dr. Pierce
Perry Davis
Altrincham
England
London
New York Sun
Nan
Jack
Chicago Tribune
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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