Basis Industries Slackening But Retail Trade Is Brisk
New York December 13 The holiday season brings two contrasts in the business picture retail demand is unusually heavy and on course to set records while basic industries show a moderate slackening as buyers defer orders until stock levels and next year plans are clearer. Railroad equipment purchases surge while other sectors show weaker new buying with expectations of a January rebound. Analysts note rising dividends and larger rail traffic, with steel and transportation prospects buoyed by Washington policy signals and Mellon budget hopes.
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WY York
Alhough
Southern Mathway
Western Union Telegraph Com
Unite States Steel Corporation
Neer
Congress
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secrey Mellon
Funeral notices from Thomaston and surrounding towns
A string of obituary notices and funeral details for residents including Taishi Cornell, J. Gallio, Sarah Kelly, Carl Mertens, Piotr Morawski, John Murtha, Jennie Read, Andrew Szkiba, Mary Tripp, and others. Services listed with dates December 13–16, 1925, at local churches and cemeteries such as Hillside, St Michael’s, St Augustine’s, and Mountain Grove. burial plans in local cemeteries. locations include Thomaston, Fairfield, Redding, Stratford, and fielding families in Dixon Street and Parkfield Avenue. notices note attendance by relatives and local fraternal groups.
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Cornelll
J. Gallio
Ferien
Sf Dixon Street
St Augustine’s Church
St Aichael’s
Kelly
Sarah E
James J. Kelly
Iieme
Kossuth Street
Tuy Deth
St Mary's Church
St. Michaela Cemetery
Mertens
Carl AP
Ideherum & Heaphy
Lafayette Street
Mountain Grove
Morawskhi
Fairfield
Piotr Morawski
Ruane Street
St. Michael's Archangel S. c
St. Michael's Cemetery
Murtha
John Murtha
Louis E. Richards and Son
Main Street
Ardthur St
Pishan
Pairfield Ave
Mur
Yoon Mond Pee
Inferrmion
Mo Grove Cemetery
Fruits plentiful in Bridgeport market data high prices
The Bridgeport wholesale market closed last week with abundant fruits, especially oranges, and a general drop in demand for northern fruit. Prices held steady to firm for beef, lamb, veal, and grains, while eggs and poultry showed mixed changes. Indicators point to a possible rise in local fresh eggs and premium pricing for high quality poultry.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Rise of Mechanical Power Fuels American Prosperity
New York report shows rapid growth in primary power across manufacturing farming and railways. By 1923 total manufacturing horsepower reached over 33 million with electric motors dominating. Farms nearly triple productivity by power gains, reducing needed workers by millions while investment per horsepower remains highest in agriculture.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Park Avenue
Brant
Conference Board
December Stock Trading Patterns and December Market Volume
December stock markets show little decisive price movement, with only 1917 marking a low December turn. Trading volume fluctuates, generally lighter than November, though in bull markets December may be the year’s heaviest month. Volume steadies through winter, rises in spring and summer, then peaks in November.
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Coronel Leobarg FP. Ayres
Novemster
Trade associations warned not to overestimate court rulings
National Industrial Conference Board cautions trade associations against counting on Supreme Court Maplewood Flooring and Cement decisions to overhaul practice. They say rulings clarify law, permit cooperation on information sharing, but prohibit price agreements and push for data on past transactions only. Insurance dispute over Mercantile Building fire settled with National Liberty Company. New policy issued after delays attributed to an adjusting firm.
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New York
U. S. Supreme Court
National Industrial Conference Board
Park Avenue
Supreme Court
Conference Board
Associationd
South Mainstreet
Woolwath
State Tinsurance Commissioner
National Liberty Company
Beable
Rommissioner
Hartford
Natione de Liberty Company
Liberty Company
John Keogh
Robert Josetoff
Mercantile
$7 000 000 Merger Unites New York Laundries
Public announcement expected this week details a 7 million dollar merger creating Consolidated Laundries. Major New York and New Jersey companies will join, with talks to include other eastern firms and boost capitalization toward 10 million.
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New York
New Jersey
Consolidated Laundries
Fotal
Stolen Car Found Abandoned On Remington Street
Police recovered an abandoned stolen mutomodile owned by Walter C on Remington Street after it had been reported stolen Saturday evening. The vehicle was found yesterday morning in front of the city number nine. Nearby reports mention a Manchin Summer season in North America and a meteorite headed to the Copenhagen museum weighing seven tons and valued at 500000.
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Walter C
Remington Street
Sixth Street
North America
Fikimes
Greenland
Mineralogist Museum
Copenhagen
Two Burglaries Reported Here At Detective Bureau
Two burglaries were logged at the Detective Bureau yesterday. A trunk owned by Fildo Galluda at 13 Armstrong Place was broken into, with a ladies bracelet, gold watch, earrings, four baby rings, and a scarf pin taken. A Pan Am gas station at 1250 Barnim Avenue was entered Saturday night after a rear window was broken, but nothing was stolen.
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Fildlo Galluda
Armstrong Place
Ralph Ford
Pan-Am
Barnim Avenue
Coolidge Report to Congress Aids Prices of Stocks
New York December 13. Uneven price movements marked last week's market though stocks rose as the week wore on. Gains followed positive signals from Coolidge and Mellon to Congress, strong US Steel orders, steady rediscount rate, and favorable dividend news. Bond prices stayed narrow. cotton futures fell on government crop estimates. wheat slid on private crop fears. French franc weakened amid French cabinet troubles, Paris rate at 3.63 1/2 cents.
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New York
Coolidge
Mellon
Congress
United States Steel Corporation
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Washeld
Paris
Federal Reserve
American Ice
Wickwire Spencer Steel
Didn't Agree on Shopping Days Before Christmas
A dialogue contrasts Mrs. Baylor asking how many shopping days remain before Christmas with Baylor’s quip about measuring time by the calendar or by personal funds, reflecting practical concerns over holiday preparations.
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Mrs. Baylor
Baylor
Luther F. Fee
Bond Trading Slowed as New Issues Attract Attention
Waning bond trading last week shifted focus to new offerings. The dollar volume rose to over 125 million with strong railroad bonds and convertibles leading gains, while industrials drifted. Foreign and domestic financing expanded, including sizable German and Belgian issues, signaling sustained underwriting through January demand.
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Gendustric Company
Federal Land Bank
World’s first weekly general price index book cited
The item notes Professor Irving Fisher's new book The Making of Index Numbers and its method to publish a weekly index from 260 quoted prices and weights. It references Dun's Weekly Review for quotations and War Industries Board for weights, with indices shown for 1913, 1920 May, and 1922 Jan including figures such as 100, 247, and 438, highlighting purchasing power changes over time.
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Irving Fisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Pollak Foundation For Economic Research
Newton &4
Dun’s
War Industries Board
Commerce Dept Sees Business Uptick in November
Commerce department commodity index figures show a substantial rise in activity in November compared with November last year and October of this year. The report notes the overall improved business tone and points to higher economic indicators across multiple sectors.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Locust Oil From Africa Powers Aircraft Engines
South Africa ships vast quantities of dried locusts to Holland for oil extraction used to lubricate airplane engines. The oil maintains quality at very high altitudes, making it ideal for thin air operation.
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South Africa
Holland
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