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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
7
General trade conditions and a business forecast discuss early 20th century market trends. The text notes monetary estimates, freight costs, rail rates, industrial outputs, and corporate earnings, with data on failures, dividends, debt, and exports. It highlights railroad rate increases, labor pay, and shifting demand affecting iron, steel, and commodities globally.
The article notes commercial recovery by December 1914 with prices rising above early 1914 levels. It predicts a busy 1915 as America expands manufacturing, exports, and tourism spurred by the Panama Exposition, while foreign travel increases and domestic demand strengthens.
Coroner Phelan ruled Miss Jennie Tillman bore no blame for Istvan Kovacs death from chronic asthma in Darien. His mother and 14 year old son sought a doctor and were denied entry to the exchange by Tillman who offered to call a physician but could not reach one. Dr House later assisted Kovacs, who was beyond medical help.
Local militia units will hold open houses in armory parlors tomorrow afternoon and evening. A parade review by Mayor Wilson and Major Louis J Herrmann will cap the event with a surprise. The organizing committee includes Albert W Barrows Joseph M Harrison and A C Baldwin.
Romé Dec 1 Guglielmo Marconi of wireless telegraphic fame has been named a member of the Italian Senate by King Victor Emmanuel. The decree was signed today. Western Union announces that during the interruption caused by foreign censorship of cable to Turkey messages may be sent through the Tuckerton New Jersey wireless station via Germany.
The Calburn Players announce Seren Tartene, famed for beauty and talent, will join the company for a New York engagement and rehearse in Bridgeport next week. Manager Callahan praises her gowns and predicts Lyric audiences will savor her work in Her Own Money with Lowell Sherman as Lewis Alden. A souvenir photo is promised Monday. Chicago City Council authorizes a 10 member municipal commission to tackle unemployment.
Washington reports 1914 farm values reach nearly ten billion dollars with crops at 1 404 430 000 and animal products and livestock at 3 822 456 000. Growth driven by higher prices and production except cotton, weather and war impact noted. Agricultural outlook cites higher net wealth due to cattle and calf sales and broader price increases.
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