Flood of Buying Boosts November Trade Across Lines
R G Dun & Co notes November trade shows large, healthy activity with higher solvent exchange volumes and strong Cotton goods demand. Wheat weak with lower receipts. wages up 10 percent at Fall River mills. Iron costs rise next year. boot and shoe shipments rise 14 percent from 1897 and 33 percent from 1896, outpacing rivals.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Fall River
London
Lower Lake Ports
Leather Prices Keep Rising Despite Slump in New Business
The report notes a continued price rise in leather and hides, with new business down due to inflation. Failures for the week total 14 in the United States versus 281 last year, and 21 in Canada versus 19 last year, reflecting ongoing market strain.
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United States
Canada
Celestial Tries to Shoot Rival in Oxford Street Feud
Yee Woon of 16 Oxford street attempted to kill Ling Yin of 6 Oxford street with a revolver after a long quarrel in a Chinese laundry. The shot went through a door, Yin was uninjured and Woon was arrested.
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Yee Woon
Oxford Street
Ling Yin
Woon
Yin
Dewey
Thief Breaks Into House on West Fourth Street
A thief entered the residence at 40 West Fourth Street yesterday afternoon stealing from James Googin’s room a pair of slate trousers and $12. From Michael Googin’s room a dark blue overcoat a dark diagonal suit a $2 bill and a post office money order payable in New York City from South Boston were taken.
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West Fourth Street
James Googin
Michael Googin
New York City
South Boston
Maplewood Child Dies in Chelsea Drug Store
Mrs. Sarah Chesterton six years old of Webster street Maplewood died at a Chelsea drug store about 6 last evening shortly after removal from a Lynn & Boston street railroad car. Heart disease caused the death. She was wife of William Chesterton and mother of A. W. Chesterton and three daughters including Mrs. Bertram Martin of Chelsea. She was well known in Maplewood.
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Sarah Chesterton
Webster Street
Maplewood
Chelsea
Lynn
Boston Street Railroad
Chesterton
William Chesterton
A. W. Chesterton
Bertram Martin
Mrs Julia Grant Finishes Memoirs Before Christmas
Mrs Julia Grant widow of General Grant will complete her personal memoirs before Christmas after nearly a decade of work. Society circles keenly await the appearance of the book and its details.
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Julia Grant
General Grant
Fog Grips Boston Trains and Ferries in Dense Morn
A thick fog shrouded Boston morning, halting trains at North and South Union Stations and delaying suburban service. Torpedoes and signals guided cautious movement while ferry boats collided with nearby moorings, causing damage but no major injuries.
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Boston
North Union
Boston & Maine
Everett
Mystic River
Dedham
South Station
New York
Alpany
Providence
Roxbury
North
South Union
Hugh O’brien
South Ferry
Jerusha Baker
Eastern
Baker
Bangor
Knighthead
Revere
N. Hayden
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Hayden
India Wharf
Eastern Railroad
Chelsea
Constitution Wharf
Jerusha
Small
Parish Established in West Quincy with New Pastor
Dec 31 will see West Quincy set apart as a parish with Rev Ambrose F Roche of St Pauls Hingham named pastor. St Marys Crescent Street will serve as the mother church for the new parish, reflecting the early Catholic settlement in the area.
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Quincy
West Quincy
Ambrose F. Roche
St. Paul’s Church
Hingham
St. Mary's Parish
Crescent Street
Miss Mayme Jester First Female Press Agent On Tour
Miss Mayme Jester, niece of Buffalo Bill, is noted as the only woman press agent currently traveling with shows. She left the newspaper business to pursue this new field on the road.
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Mayme Jester
Buffalo Bill
Itch Relief with Dean's Ointment Promises Cure
An advertisement claims instant relief and permanent cure for itching with Dean's Ointment sold at drug stores for 50 cents. The copy urges immediate use to stop suffering.
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Dean
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