Financial Market Stasis and Emergency Measures Persist
Financial conditions show little change as exchanges stay closed and London fails to open. Banks rely on emergency currency notes, with New York applying new notes to meet crop-movement needs while officials monitor the renewed market and broker margins in anticipation of a reopening.
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New York
Bank of England
London
Navy Department
Elliott Tuckerman
J. P. Morgan & Co
J. P. Grier
C. D. Barney & Co
Henry W. Lewis
Kidder, Peabody & Co
J. P. Jones
H. PD. Gibson
William G. Sharp
France
Mercantile
Sub-Treasury
Government Crop Report Details August Conditions
The government crop report lists August conditions for spring wheat at 75.5, corn at 74.8, and oats at 79.4, outlining the condition of major crops for the month. The report summarizes a mix of favorable and average statuses across the crop spectrum.
Utah Copper reports strong quarter with copper earnings rise
Utah Copper Company announces for the quarter ended June 30 1914 net operating profits of 2 424 535 earnings per pound 15 916 cents and total income of 2 819 104. Copper on hand and in transit totals 46 704 098 pounds valued at 13 51 cents per pound. Production by month shows April June totals 40 017 562 pounds, with costs per pound after deductions at 7 539 cents, or 6 773 cents if net miscellaneous earnings are applied.
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Ager
Evada
Rmay
Aia Ene
Utah
Bingham & Garfield Railway
Copper Curtailment Hits Major U S Producers
Nearly all large copper producers have enacted curtailment plans led by industry peers. Output has fallen by about 46 million pounds monthly, close to 30 percent, as smaller producers face shutdowns due to reduced smelter intake. Overall curtailment nears 45 million pounds per month. The article lists companies now operating under restriction.
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America
Calumet & Hecla
Pacific Mills to Curtail Work Due to Dyestuff Shortage
Pacific Mills plans to close operations in Lawrence due to an imminent shortage of German dyestuffs. Amid preexisting mid summer layoff notices the plant will shut from August 21 to September, with Fall River printers also adopting short schedules. The mills expect to operate at reduced capacity only up to August 21.
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Pacific Mills
Lawrence
Algonquin
Fall River
Dun's Weekly Review Signals Mixed Trade Resilience
Dun's weekly review notes business showing remarkable resistance amid unprecedented conditions. Export disruption and shipping bottlenecks hinder trade, but reports from major centers suggest readiness to expand once current tensions ease. Iron and steel show improvement, railroads gain relief from arbitration and rate decisions, textiles await normalizing war effects and crop-driven demand. Failures rise in the United States to 358 from 265 last year, Canada to 57 from 31.
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Iron and Steel
United States
Canada
New York Market Calm as Exchange Opening Is Not Imminent
New York Aug 7 brokers report a calm, gradually mending financial picture though no date is set for reopening the New York Stock Exchange. Banks outside the city show improving positions, foreign selling fears ease, and interbank lending is expected to rise next week. Subtreasury says emergency currency issued totals 41.2 million for 24 banks with 12 million daily arrivals expected after Monday.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Great Britain
England
Dominion
Sub-Treasury
William P. Malburn
Malburn
Europe
Five member committee holds back stock exchange reopening
The five member special committee overseeing stock exchange suspension say they will not recommend resuming trading until the financial situation justifies it. They warn premature reopening could alarm brokers and investors while noting no immediate path to normal international credit and trade.
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Europe
Committee of Five
Dividends Declared By Minneapolis and St Paul Firms
Regular semi annual dividends of 31 2 per cent on common and 31 2 per cent on preferred for Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie payable Oct 15 to stock of record Sept 21. Peterson Cobalt Mining Company declares quarterly 18 4 per cent payable Sept. and inlanickhand da.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
Peterson Cobalt Mining Company
Lnlicanihd
Agriculture urges calm and stockpiling to relieve crop glut
Washington urged farmers to use the nation's credit and warehouse grain facilities to curb crop congestion caused by the European war. Cotton remains the key factor as continental demand shifts. American mills may boost European sales if the war widens, expanding markets in South America.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Charles J. Brand
Office of Markets
Alsace-Lorraine
Europe
Cottonseed Oil Market Reopens Monday
New York August 7. At a New York Produce Exchange board meeting it was decided to reopen the cottonseed oil market on Monday August 10.
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New York
The
New York Produce Exchange
Nantucket History by R A Douglas Lithgow reviewed
A detailed review of Nantucket A History by R A Douglas Lithgow praises its balanced treatment of geology aboriginal history and maritime life. The critique highlights the island's common land tenure shift and Nantucket's wartime contributions while noting the work's thorough use of place names and naval whaling chapters.
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Nantucket
R. A. Douglas-Lithgow
New England
Obed Mitchell
Plainfield
Siasconsett
Douglas-Lithgow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Douglas Lithgow
Christopher Hussey
Massachusetts
The Silver King Novel Adaptation Review
A review notes Alfred Wilson Barrett adapts The Silver King from a melodrama by Jones and Herman. The critic prefers the novel as a literary work and questions whether the praise will endure, while publishers tout the book’s lasting value.
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Henry Arthur Jones
Henry Herman
Alfred Wilson Barrett
Autobiography of a Happy Woman reviewed as uplifting struggle tale
A review lauds the anonymous author’s Autobiography of a Happy Woman as a moving account of escaping despair toward hope. It celebrates resilience amid poverty and illness, urges intelligent service by the rich, and presents quotable lines on career, faith, marriage, female work, and the promise of a women’s century.
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Mofffat, Yard and Co
Lot
Order of Baskirtsheff
America
Autobiography of a Happy Woman Item Notice
Anonymous author and publisher Moffat Yard & Co list The Autobiography of a Happy Woman priced at $1.50 in New York.
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New York
Moffat, Yard & Co
Idylls of a Dutch Village review and publication note
A new collection titled Idylls of a Dutch Village by H. Ulfers, published by E. P. Dutton & Co. in New York, presents tales from Eastloom near the German border. The stories center on Wiegen the Dreamer and explore quiet virtues, community life, and moral progress through a Dutch village setting.
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FE. P. Dutton & Co
New York
8S. Alfers
Eastloom
Wiegen
God
Wiezen
E. B. Dutton & Co
Driftwood and Foam by Cary F Jacob
Driftwood and Foam a little book of verse by Cary F Jacob from Sherman French Boston offers everyday musings on rain streets and lazy summer days. The poems reflect human warmth and simple scenes with a suggestion of deeper meaning beyond pleasant rhythm.
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Sherman, French & Co
Cary F. Jacob
Ay F. Jacob
Boston
Sherman, French & Go
Jess of the River review by Theodore Roberts critique
The critic finds Jess of the River by Theodore Roberts weak with underdeveloped characters. Set in New Brunswick timber country, the tale offers forcible descriptions but sluggish plot and lacking absorbing interest. Published by G. W. Dillingham, New York, $1.25.
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Jess of
Theodore Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Jessica
New Brunswick
Theodore Goodridge Roberts
New York
G. W. Dillingham
Philosophy of Religion reviewed by H W F
The review praises George Galloway’s Philosophy of Religion as a comprehensive study in the International Theological Library series. It notes Galloway’s evolutionist yet idealist approach, the team of editors, and the book’s potential popularity alongside Driver's Introduction.
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James
Sabatier
International Theological Library
Robert Flint
Edinburgh
Galloway
Driver
George Galloway
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Diplomat's Wife Mary Waddington in Early French Republic Life
Mary King Waddington, American wife of M William Waddington, recalls Paris in the postwar era. Her memoir notes her foreigner perspective on French society, royal circles, and the impact of Franco Prussian War while detailing encounters with Bismarck Queen Victoria and Mrs Grant.
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French Republic
Mary King Waddington
King of Columbia
Rufus King
United States
England
M. William Waddington
Charles Scribner’s Sons
National Assembly
Versailles
France
Asl
Paris
Mme. Waddington
Rome
Bismarck
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Queen Isabella of
Spain
Orleans
The Test In This Small Book Of Essays
A review notes The Test in a small American Unitarian Association volume. The author presents Christian teachings in idealist style with spiritual appeal. The critique cites The Dreamers as a highlight praising those who envisioned lofty spiritual constructs before material work began.
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American Unitarian Association
Do the surviving Late Victorians read Victorian literature
Annie Winsor Allen argues in Victorian Hypocrisy that post 1890 readers ignore Emerson Tennyson Mrs Gaskell and much Victorian writing. She questions the value of Wells Shaw Chesterton Galsworthy and Masefield for guiding personal conduct and civilization.
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Emerson
Tennyson
Mrs. Gaskell
George Eliot
Trollope
George Meredith
Thomas Hardy
Wells, Shaw and Galsworthy
Annie Winsor Allen
Wood minster by Stephen Berles Stanton
Fragmentary verse fragment describing a sacred woodland scene with vaulted oak and Gothic imagery. The speaker envisions a secluded forest church where light filters through mullioned windows and the hush of trees replaces human footsteps.
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Stephen Berles Stanton
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