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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
3
October 1916 foreign trade shows exports far exceed prior Octobers while imports rise modestly. Exports reach 490.6 million dollars, still below September’s peak, with a yearly export total of over 6.1 billion and a 12 month import total around 2.34 billion. Gold movements show a net inward flow of 90.5 million in October.
New York trading resumed after a holiday with stronger demand across issues. Union Pacific rose slightly amid ex-dividend pressure. United States Steel led the industrials, regaining about half of prior dividends. Rails, paper and metal shares advanced while motors and United Fruit fell amid profit taking. Powdered Wigs notes a historical aside on Louis XV and wigs fading after the revolution.
The report lists prices from the New York Stock Exchange on private wires of T. L. Watson & Co and Boston stocks as of 1:30 p.m. including numerous issuers like Allis Chalmers, American Sugar, Anaconda Copper, General Electric, U.S. Steel and many others with bid and traded levels. The section also notes Henri Rochefort’s ridicule toward Louis Napoleon via Lanterne cartoons and his prosecutorial taunts.
The list shows per unit prices for butter creamery extra and tras, fresh eggs by dozen, apple varieties with barrel prices, pears and quinces by barrel, hay and straw per ton plus shipping, dressed poultry including turkeys chickens fowls and ducks with weights and price ranges, and small goods like squabs and rabbits with per dozen or pair pricing. Specific items include Snow apples McIntosh Northwestern Greening Northern Spy Quinces and various hay grades.
The federal reserve board warned American bankers to avoid long term purchases of foreign government treasury bills. It urged caution to prevent funds from being absorbed and noted the risk of renewal costs. officials saw it as a response to proposals by J. P. Morgan & Co. The warning stresses avoiding short term instruments that may require renewal amid possible inflation.
A list from Wooster & Bowersock patent solicitors names inventors and locations with issued patents. Entries include Edward C Bartlett Middletown visc William A Gordon Shelton machine for forming strips for automo bile tire treads Hubert C Hart Unionville polygonal nuts Sidney C Hills Torrington gear wheel Henry B Kopf New Haven fastener for crates and others across Hartford New Haven Bridgeport and surrounding towns for items such as chute structures electric lamp sockets door locks and eight day alarm clocks.
A list of wholesale vegetable prices includes potatoes from Long Island at 4.50 to 5.00 per barrel, Beets 2.00 to 2.75 per 100 bunches, Carrots 1.00 to 1.25 per 100 bunches with washed and unwashed options, Cucumbers Florida baskets 2.50 to 8.50, Hothouse 1.00 to 1.50, Cabberes Danish seed and domestic ton prices, Celery 0.15 per bunch and 2.00 to 4.00 per crate, Cauliflowers short and long cuts, Onions white yellow red and white bag prices, Squash and Hubbard barrel prices, Turnips Rutabage and White bbl prices, Tomatoes hot house 1.25 to 1.75 per 10 lb basket, Watercress 1.25 per 100 bunches.
The article recounts how Red Cross Christmas Seals began in Norway, reached the United States nine years ago via Miss Emily Bissell of Wilmington, and grew into a national effort. From a few hundred dollars invested to $135,000 in 1908, Seals now fund tuberculosis work with a goal of 100 million seals or $1,000,000 this year, while keeping most proceeds in the selling community.
A Western city Anti Tuberculosis Association aids a consumptive single mother and her son in a one room home. The Red Cross Seal sale funds support the state sanatorium transfer and ongoing nursing care easing debts. The program extends to another family with halted income and rent and grocery bills, aided by nurses and hospital care.
Practical Health Hint explains dust harms airways and can lead to lung diseases. It advises ventilation during cleaning, using rugs over carpets, minimizing dust, avoiding feather dusters, and using dampened newspaper on carpets to reduce airborne particles. It stresses precautions in illness to prevent germ spread, especially tuberculosis.
Safeguards in construction emphasize knowing exact costs and limits before starting a home project, a fair demand in business. The essay on Nature’s dual brain notes the left and right brains cooperate, with one able to compensate if the other is damaged, especially in youth. A hospital charity anecdote tells of a physician who gave a poor mother $5 to cover medicine and meals, inspiring gratitude.
A quirky piece notes friction among the Older and Younger generations in a family, with shifting affections and rivalries between an elder Younger, younger Older, and younger Younger, culminating in unmelting relations. The column then shifts to brief historical and humorous items from various papers.
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