Cheap money sparks speculation and rug design boom
Chicago reports a surge of cheap credit fueling speculation while a design boom transforms Oriental rug making. Importers hire trained designers through the Art Institute of Chicago, shipping patterns to Asia for weaving, then back to Chicago markets as demand for unique designs grows. Banks warn May rates may rise if business fails to improve. Tornado insurance profits shrink amid large claims, and Illinois women push anti white slavery laws with backing from the Federation.
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Chicago
Ada
Art Institute of Chicago
Asia Minor
Khorassan
Asia
Art Ineliite
San Francisco
Northern Pacific
Spain
Hanes
White Savery
Ilinois
Timoty Federation of Women's Clits
Illinois
Billie
Eliabeth Hawley Eiverett
Witneis Federation of Women's Clubs
House
Finate Federation of Women's Clube
George RK. Bacon
Decatur
Woman's World's Committee
James K Hackett Files Bankruptcy Petition
New York May 11 James K Hackett actor and theatrical manager residing at 262 West Ninety fourth street has filed a bankruptcy petition with 145 creditors. Liabilities 120457 assets 524 including real estate valued at 20 Largest creditors include Mary Mannering Hackett 40000 Dan Hanna 1000 James Caffrey 5000 Wilmington Trust company 4000 E J Thomas 2071 David H Taylor 10000 William Morris Incorporated 2600 D Frohman 2702 Elizabeth Marbury 714 Hackett said the action was inevitable to protect creditors without preference and to pay debts dollar for dollar.
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James K. Hackett Goers
New York
James K. Hackett
Went Ninety Fourth Street
Owara
Mary Mannering Hackett
Dan Hanna
Cleveland
James Caffrey
Far Rockaway
Wilmington Trust Company
Wilmington
Del
E. J. Thomas
David H. Taylor
William Morris Incorporated
D. Frohman
Elizabeth Marbury
Hackett
Discover Alcohol in Common Food in Chicago Bread
Chicago readers debate drinking habits tied to foods containing alcohol. London tests showed bread and buns carrying small but notable alcohol levels. Chicago experiments on two and a half ounce buns found 7.2 grains of alcohol, while five ounce loaves contained three to four tenths of one percent alcohol. London buns reached 0.69 percent.
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Chicago
Man released after 19 years fears new world landmarks
Alexander Killen, pardoned after nineteen years for the alleged murder of Mrs. Rudert, had never seen an automobile, trolley, or a skyscraper. Recounting his first steps from the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, he balked at the car, fled briefly, then faced a speeding trolley as crowds explained modern transit.
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Pittsburg
Alexander Killen
Western Penitentiary
Paul Rudert
Tarentum
Killen
Sterling Street
Allegheny
New UP Lines In Closer Big ARFA Colorado
In Greeley Colorado May 11 a fourth Union Pacific branch line began construction connecting with three existing branches to form a northern spur. The 15 mile line runs north to a point east of Pierce and will join existing lines to complete a circle to Greeley. The project will irrigate about 150000 acres, with much land in the Greeley Poudre district becoming tributary to the railroad.
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Big Arfa
Greeley
Colo
Crow Creek Country
Union Pacific
Pierce
Pleasant Valley
Colorado
Greeley-Poudre
Octogenarian Rebukes Doctors and Dies in Seclusion
G. F. Ackerman, 82, who lived for over four decades on Riverside Drive in strict seclusion after making a flour fortune, died yesterday refusing medical aid. He ridiculed medicine all his life and would not permit doctors in his home, building high fences to block neighbors from his property. In later years tall apartment buildings rose around his residence. His eldest son became a physician and had not entered the house for years until after the father's death.
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New York
G. F. Ackerman
Riverside Drive
Ackerman
Stewards and tipping on ocean liners examined
Sea travel tipping practices are analyzed with examples of steward earnings. The piece notes a first class cabin steward earning substantial tips, typical scales for bedroom, table, and deck stewards, and how tips influence career moves. It also covers Confederate naval heroes with Judge A. O. Wright praising their feats and details of ironclads, submarines, and notable ships.
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Hnera
King's Beach
Sying
A. O. Wright
Jacksonville
Fla
Charleston
Judge Wright
Robert B. Lee
Sidney Smith Lee
Jorge Wright
Confederacy
Virginia
Monitor
Alabama
Tallahassee
Read
Maine
Shenandoah
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Federal Reward Notice
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh and offers a $100 reward for an uncured case. It asserts the cure works internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. The notice lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and Wolding Kinnan & Marvin as endorsers and mentions product pricing and accompanying Hall's Pills for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohie
F. J. Cheney
Wolding, Kinnan & Marvin
Todela
O. Hall
Hall
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Mt W
Riner & Schnitger
Metropolitan Hotel
Ferguson
Wyoming Machinery and Foundry Co
Bent Street
Andy E. Roedel
West 15Th Street
Knight's
Straet
Ieee
Bergerson
Eddy Street
Insurance Company of of Ae
Ith Street
Electric Irons
Cheyenne Light
Murchieon
Senate Bar
C. H. Evans
Anheuser-Busch Beer
AL. Leslie
Eddy St
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Ven Lennen Streets
Hawes Bros
Capitol Avenue
18Th Street
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