New York Has Easiest Credit but Outside Funds Withdrawn
Readjustments of the securities markets last week brought warnings against overconfidence in trade prosperity. Reserve banks raised rediscount rates in Cleveland Philadelphia and San Francisco signaling tighter credit as interior funds began returning. The move followed improved base industries but tempered by cautious outlook.
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Bridgeport Telegram
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Died Demott and Other Local Obituaries of November 1925
A compilation of death notices from Hyde Park to Bridgeport with details of the deceased, their ages, residences, funeral arrangements, and interment venues. Names include Fred B. DeMott, Louisa I. Engelhardt, Annie H. Fowler, William Hall, Vincent Harrison, Lewis M. Huffman, Louis Koesany, Rose Lapoine, Anthony Lauman, Ady Frances Lewis, Mary A Palmer, Marcus Thuenan, Helen Tracy, Valent Voytek, Eliza Wesche, and Alice Wylie with corresponding dates and funeral notes.
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Annie H. Fowler
John W. Fowler
Arch Street
Willam Hall
Curtis Avenue
Park Cemetery
Harrison
Shelton
Vincent
Louie Koesany
Osborne Street
Tuessiny
Mountain Grove
Lapoint
Rose Lapoine
William Lapoint
Main Street
Sacred Heart Church
St. Michaels Cemetery
Lauman
Anthony Lauman
East Main Street
Charles Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Willow Brook
Westport
Conn
Palmer
Leslie M. Palmer
Hurd Avenue
Stratford
Mary A
William ©. Palmer
Mary Ronan
Marcus Thuenan
Benham Avenue
St. Augustine’s Church
Tracxy
Saturda
Helen Tracy
Coleman Street
St. Augustine's Church
Baker
First Methodist
Fairfield Avenue
Lakeview
Wylif
Portland
Maine
Alice
George Wylie
Webb Street
St Joseph's Church
Sailor Drowned After Explosion on Launch in Narragansett Bay
In Newport Rhode Island on November 22 a boiler tube exploded on a torpedo station launch. Engineer Sydney Irving Tuker twenty of Dover attached to the station leaped from the launch and drowned after failing to reappear.
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Newport
Narragansett Bay
Sydney Irving Tuker
Dover
Tucker
Taxes consume 12.5 per cent of every U S dollar
New York reports a National Industrial Conference board study showing federal, state, and local taxes totaled 12.5 percent of national income in 1924, nearly double 1913's share. The report cites a $69 billion national income in 1924 versus $65 billion in 1923, with per capita and family tax burdens rising sharply.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Park Avenue
Conference Board
United States
Peanut stand stolen from Daniel Weise business
Daniel Weise of 424 Hancock Avenue reported to police that his peanut stand vanished from his place of business. He said it was present Saturday night and likely taken in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving only the whistle behind.
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Daniel Weise
Hancock Avenue
Weise
Farm Buying Power Strong as October Tops Prior Year
Agricultural regions show robust consumer power with mail order sales rising through 1925. Sears Roebuck reports 30,375,006 in October and 201,997,000 for ten months, up 27.7 and 16.5 percent year over year. Montgomery Ward posts October as the firm’s largest month ever, with forty fifth straight year-on-year gain.
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New York
Tnoney Oo
National Bank of Commerce
Wits
Lurthermore
Sears, Roebuck and’ Company
Montgomery Ward Company
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Irving Fisher Weekly Price Indexes and Purchasing Power Trend
Irving Fisher presents weekly index numbers for wholesale prices across 200 commodities and for purchasing power relative to 1913 pre war values. The report notes May 1920 peak prices at 147 percent of pre war, with a dollar worth 40.5 pre war cents, using Dun's quotes and War Industries Board weights.
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Irving Fisher
Houghton, Miffin & Co
Pollak Foundation For Economic Research
Newton 68
Mass
Dun
War Industries Board
Ae Lsa
Vertebra Dislocated During Seaside Park Football Play
Emil Licsak twenty son of Mrs Margaret Licsak of 653 Helen Street was injured yesterday afternoon at Seaside Park while playing football with the Arrows at the Westerns. Playing guard he suffered a dislocated neck vertebra and was taken to the Emergency hospital then to St Vincent's hospital. His condition is not regarded as serious.
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Emil Licsak
Margaret Licsak
Helen Street
Seaside Park
Arrows
Westerns
Licsak
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York Alone Keeps Lower Rate on Rediscounting
Wall Street attributed the week’s stock downturn to the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes in Cleveland, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, leaving New York at 3.5 percent. Call money held steady while large Italian loan over subscription and French franc declines dominated financial news. Wheat rose on Argentine weather and crop estimates. cotton rallied after a government report.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Cleveland
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Wall Street
Yne
Real Wages Rising Across Europe in 1925 Study Finds
New York November 22 The National Industrial Conference Board reports rising real wages across European industries in the first half of 1925, with London workers gaining toward half of American real wages and other centers improving. Canadian and Australian wages also improve, Prague showing a decrease, while overall trend moves toward American levels. Figures are indicative, based on food and shelter costs, not full living expenses.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Park Avenue
International Labor Office
Geneva
Conference Board
London
Prague
Cerco-Slovakia
Miners Ready to Confer on Fair Bargain End to Strike
New York Nov 22 AP. Throacic miners say they are ready to confer with operators on a two to five year contract but will not arbitrate wage levels or surrender the right to strike. Ellis Searles Mine Workers Journal editor warns against annual arbitration with workers kept at work during progress.
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New York
Ellis Searles
The
Mine Workers Journal
Church Forum
Richmond Hill
Searles
Xhall
British colonial tobacco growth curbs American trade with England
A special report notes steady U S tobacco shipments to England have fallen while imports from Britain's colonies rise. British subsidies tariffs and trade pacts boost colonial tobacco, shrinking U S exports. 1921 saw 234.8 million pounds less from the U S, with 1924 and 1925 figures showing continued decline as colonial imports climb.
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A.ag Tnl
Washington
United Kingdom
England
Great Britain
United States
America
Bri
Wneland
Lou
Bowie Entries Reveal Mixed Races and Long Card
Bowie cards list maiden two year olds at five and a half furlongs, plus first and second rack events for various ages, with purses ranging from 1 3600 to 1 300, and weather noted as clear with a fast track. Entries include numerous horses and mis-spellings, with connections to Fox Catcher Farms and multiple unnamed owners, reflecting a busy race day program.
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Durutin
Ima Way
Sea Lady
Rockberry
Queen Navarre
Vie
Lala
All Cat
Polly
Wonderful One
CME
Action
Hair Dresser
Fox Catcher
Care Free
Edgewood
xLucifer
Instructress
Middleman
Ionsign
Porward Dass
Knight of
Mercs
Commission
Cahill
Highwayman
Haze
xOdd Seth
Waenza
Amor Hatrlae
Noel
aMcLean
Cinderella
xLacewood
xPriuthe
Chrysalis
Extra Boy
Shady Sadie
Gumble
A &. Hoss
Orders
Araby
Stardale
Typecutter
Token
Shiraz
wNomad
Claudis
Laghisiew
Blackamoor
Mirader
Miles Alirst Mute
Merula Ulasandrac
Kathleen Uroshy
Seaman
Ad Huy
xArbitraktion
xWave Crest
Kel Jey
Astar Bright
Clear ‘View
Seventif
Quecreek
J. Fr. Beache
Turkeys aplenty dressed for oven on market here
On the local farmers wholesale market trading was slow with few buyers. Western dressed turkeys are plentiful at 51 to 53 cents per pound, prices steady for meats and dairy. Readable prices for fruits, vegetables, poultry, and grains follow including apples, oranges, grapes, beets, beans, and hay at door per 107 pounds.
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York
Forto Rico
Hennery
Vermont
New Loan for Belgium and Market Readjustments
The bond market faced tightening credit as Italy’s $100 million loan oversubscribed, aiding plans for a Belgian return to the gold standard and a forthcoming Belgian loan. Federal Reserve rate moves to 4 percent at Cleveland, Philadelphia, and San Francisco cooled speculation, while a reorganization plan for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway advanced with terms favoring bond holders and debt refinancing. New bond issues surged to about $168 million as foreign and domestic offerings expanded.
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New York
Italy
Ing
America
Great Britain
Belgium
Federal Reserve
Cleveland
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
St. Pate
Stockhol
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Greens Farms
Ady Frances
Oscar Lewis
Center Street
Charles L. Dennis Undertaker
State St
Gallagher & Gallagher Undertakers
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Vender
Bez
Carenine
Fio
Irving Fisher’s Weekly Index
Europe
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Canada
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Australa
Bieo
Copenhagen
Denmark
Amsterdam
Holland
Oslo
Milan
Vienna
Austria
George H. Manning
Bowie
Commissioner’ of Agriculture
State of
Connecticut
Grange
University of Tinois
Fam
Messrs. Hutt
Harol
Pyle
Harold
Champaign
Ilinois
Rebun
Lea
Fidelity Loan Corp
John a _e
Wan
Tin
He Wade
Hawley AN HO Mawtey
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Broadway
Associate Gas and Electric Securities Corporation
State Street
Bridgeport Trust Company
Investment Department
Noble
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