Wall Street confidence shifts as Taft era looms
On December 20 1909 bankers and experts like Clews describe Wall Street expecting limited hostility from Taft Congress or the courts toward trusts and railroads. The piece notes high prices and robust money markets with cautious optimism about 1910, while forecasts suggest relief from rising costs via crop factors and steady earning power in rail and industry.
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Wall Street
Clews
Getther
Taft
Congress
Private auditorium to host Verdi Requiem in Norfolk
Carl Stoeckel, patron of Litchfield County Choral Union with 600 members, plans a large Norfolk auditorium to educate the public in fine music at substantial expense. The project aims to stage Verdi’s Requiem and Coleridge-Taylor’s Indian music, with Coleridge Taylor invited from Europe to conduct his own work.
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Cevy
Coleridge Taylor
Wealthy Man Killed In Speed At Auto
Burlington New Jersey December 2 1910 or 1911 report says Thomas B Dennes a wealthy Mount Holy Haver dealer was killed near the city after his auto speeding sixty miles an hour wrecked hitting a tree. Chauffeur William Barry of Joteown or Burlington was injured and another occupant Ashton and Howard are named in the accident report.
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Burlington
N. J
Thomas B. Dennes
Mount Holy Haver
William Barry
Jote Own
Dennes
Ieldman
Ashton
Howard
Taxpayers League provokes audit push on city boards
The Taxpayers' League shifts supervision to mayoral and alderman actions and now targets departmental boards. Officials question legality and risk of deterring competent appointees, fearing a gum shoe or open transom approach may undermine public service and embarrass the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taxpayers’ League
League
Board of Aldermen
Westport Sees Holiday Lights Brighten State Street
Westport residents enjoyed a festive display on Hotel Square and along State Street from the Westporter Herald office to the Memorial Library with strings of lights. The town council elected seven trustees for 1910 and reports outline service expansions and local infrastructure plans for Greens Farms and Imperial Avenue. A Columbia auto fire was extinguished with minimal damage and longtime trolley superintendent Samuel A. Purdy announced his resignation after 17 years in the post.
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Hotel Square
State Street
Westporter Herald
Memorial Library
Og Claus
Norwalk
Counp
Frederick T. Hubbell
Charles E. Hoyt
Albert B. Winchester
Samuel A. Purdy
Bridgeport
New York
Sea Isonic Ring
Purdy
New York Bet
Judge Purdy
Sthenina
Jen
Richard McNal
Jesup Memorial Library
James Ghietto
Andrew Vena
Saugatuck
Tony Mauricano
Vena
Treasury
William J. Wood
Geo. A. Darrow
Thomas Quinlan
R. l. Post
E. C. Smith
1St National Bank
Roweville
John H. Weed
Bedford
Greens Rms
East Saucatuck
Catherine Wilcox
Eoward League Missionary Department
Methodist Church
Augusta Langenberg
W. B. Wheeler
Port Chester
D. B. Bradley, Jr
Horace Huributt
Mary Hank
Greens Farms
Newark
N. J
Schumaker
Holy Trinity Church
Joseph Morton
E. J. Hill
Riverside Avenue
J. Taylor
David L. Rudd
Ada Hemson
Compo Beach
Dr. Hammond
New York Co
Greens
The Stock Market Outlook by Watson Alpers Co
The piece argues for a bullish tilt as cost rulings ease and money loosens in the New Year. It suggests buying on market dips and adopting a more aggressive stance if industrial activity and dividends rise.
Foley's Kidney Remedy and Fashion Trends Text
Foley's Kidney Remedy is promoted with hexamethylenetetramine noted as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for the urine. Local agents F B Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. The fashion section highlights fur turbans resembling police helmets and gun metal button decor on suede boots with rabbit skin felt.
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F. B. Brill and
Curtis Pharmacy
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Fairfield Avenur
Conn
the Farmer Publishing CO
Bridgeport Conn
Gews
Walt
EB. W. Grove
Arl Stoeckel
Worfolk
Westport
Sean
Spec Mailla
Chester
Hotel Pharmacy
Is His
Parker’s
Elgin
Waltham
Parker
the Jeweler
P. O. Arcade
Sporting Goods
The
Alling Tuber CO
Main ST
F. Lyman, Optician
Tel
Royal Hotel
European Plan
Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida
David Lauber
Tampa Bay Hotel
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
Peferve Savannah
Clyde S. &Ines
Howard Avenue
Stele Taal Abenaeeaaie
Eas
Ecity
Burr & Knapp
Bridgeport. Conn
James Staples & Company
Bankers and Brokers
State St. Bristoport, Conn
Holzer
FP. T. Staples
Amusi
Monts
Jackson
Sousa and His
John Philenkate
Autenea
Frances Hoyt
Grace Hoyt
Florence Hardeman
Pee
Els Es
Sousa
Mollan
W. K. Mollan
Ingeie Mares
Albert Sleventh
POLIS
Macart
Bradford
Geo
Austin Moore
Quilty
Park City
Skarting Rink
A. M. Wooster
Corn
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