Dover Calais ferry trial eyed by British French panel
A joint commission of French and English rail experts concludes a study of railway ferry systems and favors establishing a Dover to Calais service. They plan to borrow a Danish ferry for a trial crossing, after inspections in Denmark and Germany. English delegates include Avis and Dover port captain. French delegates include Beguin and Ravier.
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Commercial Tribune
London
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Paris
Denmark
M. Tegner
Elsinore
Helsingborg
Malmo
Copenhagen
Gjedser
Warnemunde
Germany
Mr. Avis
MM. Beguin
Ravier
Societe Francaise Des Constructions Mechaniques
Ravin
Burlington Railway to double track toward Omaha
The Burtlington Railway will double track much of its line between St. Joseph Missouri and Omaha. The first thirty five miles start tomorrow at a cost of 200000 dollars and will be completed this winter. The system will be in operation to the junction at Amazonia in sixty days. Telegraph Operators Get Raised. All telegraph operators for the Wisconsin Central Railroad have received a five dollar monthly salary increase. The raise is effective now with December 16 paychecks reflecting the rise.
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ST. Joseph, Moc
Burtlington Railway
Omaha
Amazonia
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
New York
State
New England
Grand Central Station
Pennsylvania Station
Atlantic City
Aphia
Sonpestiga
Philadelphia
Erie
Delaware
Central Baload
Southern Pacific Plans $100000 in Colonization Efforts
In Chicago on November 30, Southern Pacific announces over $100,000 will be spent in the next five months to colonize southwestern Louisiana and southern Texas. Colonel Morse oversees the Texas and Louisiana work, with land selling at about 100,000 acres per month.
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Chicago
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Texas
Harrisman Lines
Colonel Morse
Cigar Leaf Market Sees Strong Attendance and Varied Prices
Saturday morning demand for cigar leaf tobacco remained robust with spirited competition. Offerings totaled 97 cases across Farmers and Shippers House and Cincinnati-Miami House, with Dutch, Zimmer Spanish, Northern Ohio, Connecticut, and seed leaf grades selling at mixed prices and averages led by Connecticut at 13.44 and Zimmer at 5.89.
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Cincinnati-Miami House
Zimmer
Northern Ohio
Connecticut
Louisville Market Report on Burley and Dark Tobacco Offerings
E J OBrien reports total weekly offerings 1 439 hhds with 677 new Burley 326 old Burley 306 new dark 130 old dark Two sale days due to holiday Quality improved though many common trash low lugs found Colory leaf and bright grades in demand Prices generally firmer for common and red tips New Burley sold in soft condition. old Burley small quantity with steady prices Old green rivers unavailable Unfired leaf strongest with home manufacturers active demand Dark lugs and trash in good demand with prices high for some grades Lead with the market strength and buyer activity across varieties
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Louisville
E. J. O'Brien
Market Report Notes Mixed Selling Amid President Message
A dull session sees moderate long selling in stocks due to a disappointing bank statement and uncertainties from the President's message. Buyers among conservative interests defend the outlook, expecting January dividends and interest disbursements to influence the market little.
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Hiram
Thea Longs
Indiana oil dealer nets big from five month hold
J L McCullough, a leading Indiana field operator, sold 50 000 barrels of oil to Standard Oil at 98 cents a barrel. The lot had been withheld from the market for five months as prices rose about 14 cents, marking the largest oil sale in the Indiana field history and netting a substantial profit.
Fevered markets as bulls and bears clash on prices
The market shows a feverish tone with expected gold exports and rising imports. Leaders on both sides threaten sharp contests while funds return and rails earn more, yet caution remains due to high costs and looming political action.
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Treasury
Europe
Transvaal
Knickerbocker Gossip Letter Reports Traffic Congestion
The gossip column notes congestion both on water and land, signaling widespread delays and crowded conditions in multiple transport routes. Details point to growing urban bottlenecks affecting vessels and roadways alike.
Harbor Crowded With Ships In New York Harbour
Crowded New York harbor reflects a busy export season and rising small-cash demand. Treasury reports record weekly pennies and nickels to support holiday trade, while rail depots see large Thanksgiving exodus. Clubwomen protest car crowding and plan action with the city and railroad officials.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Marier
Market Hesitates as Cotton Crop Report Looms
Trading stayed narrow as futures moved within a small range. Analysts forecast a crop near 10.5 to 11 million bales with the bureau due next Wednesday noon, while receipts in interior towns hint at a smaller yield and price support remains limited.
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Liverpool
C. J. Buddeke & Co
Bureau
Houston
Tex
Feder,Holzmann & Company
IW. E. Hutton & Co
Wool Prices Steady in St Louis Market
Wool unchanged in St Louis on November 29 with Territory and Western medium at 17 1/2 to 18 1/2 cents. fine 12 3/4 to 17 1/2. combing 15 1/2 to 16 1/2 cents. Light fine 18 1/2 to 19 1/2. heavy fine 11 1/2 to 12 1/2. tub washed 17 to 18 1/2 cents.
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ST. Louis
Head of Princeton May Deliver the Ohio Centennial Oration
Woodrow Wilson, historian and president of Princeton University, is asked to deliver the principal oration at next May’s centennial celebration in Chillicothe. Ohio native Wilson was born in Steubenville and has long shown interest in early Ohio history. Invitations will go to state governors, with special effort to include Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Chillicothe
Ohio
EB. O. Randall
State Archeological and Historical Society
Steubenville
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Northwest Territory
Catholic Knights of Ohio Meet at St George’s Hall
Local councils of the Catholic Knights of Ohio met at St George’s Hall with attendance from branches. Father Hillary welcomed attendees. A progressive euchre and reception is planned at Music Verein Hall in Walnut Street in January. St Boniface Branch 61 to celebrate ninth anniversary at St Boniface Church on Sunday December 21. Next meeting set for Sunday 28 at Branch 15 hall in St Patrick’s Church Mill Street.
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Catholic Knights of Ohio
St. George's Hall
Ceshoun Street
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St. George's Church
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St. Boniface
St. Boniface Church
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Branch 15
N ‘Mill Street
Tom Tad noted as great piece by Coates Kinney
Coates Kinney praises Tom Tad as a masterful autobiographic study of a boy, lauding its natural depiction of life’s details from graduation to a game of scoomfoozle. Lifes Gibson Calendar 1903 is exhausted and Edward L. Anderson releases Modern Horsemanship with sixty photogravures. Masters in Music debuts 1903, offering life and critique of one musician per issue.
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Coates Kinney
William H
Tom
Tad
Tom Tad
Life
Edward L. Anderson
Robert Clarke Co
NEW Magazine OF Music
Masters In Music
Bates & Guild Co
Boston
New Holiday and Classic Works Published by Houghton Mifflin
On November 19 Houghton Mifflin & Co published several books including Miss Muffet's Christmas Party illustrated by Olive M Long a new edition of The Lamplighter by Maria S Cummins Daniel Ricketson and His Friends edited by Anna and Walton Ricketson Tracts Relating to the Currency of Massachusetts Bay 1682 17 edited by Andrew M Davis A Primer of Right and Wrong by J N Larned a two volume limited edition of James Russell Lowells Anti Slavery Papers The Book of Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook illustrated by E Boyd Smith and Harriet Martineaus The Peasant and the Os in the Riverside Literature Series.
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Houghton, Mifflin, & Co
Massachusetts Bay
Andrew M. Davis
J. N. Larnéd
James Russell Lowell
Bliss Perry
the Atlantic
Unitarian Association shifts from strict religion publishing
The American Unitarian Association promotes broader public interest books from Wright, Jordan, and Savage, signaling a departure from purely religious works. Dr Amory Bradford hails Dwight Hillis's The Quest of Happiness as Hillis’ best, likely to gain wide circulation and aid. Ruth Kimball Gardiner’s In Happy Far Away Land presents fanciful Mother Goose–inspired tales with Andersen influences. The Christmas annual from Country Life in America highlights Kipling and American outdoors themes.
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Carroll D.wright
David Starr Jordan
Minot J. Savage
American Unitarian Association
Dr. Owell
Dwight Hillis
Amory HJ Bradford
Dr. Hillis
The
Macmillan Company, Publishers
Ruth Kimball
Clardine
Land
Rames
King Cole
Bo-Peep
Tommy Tucker
Lacey Locket
Tommy
Country Life In America
Rudyard Kipling
Vermont
Roy Gilson Stories Draw Readers to Private Book Plans
Roy Rolfe Gilson, author of In the Morning Glow, reports several readers writing from Launease Magazine era to urge book publication. Unusually strong reviews have appeared without a single unfavorable notice, though Harpers, the publisher, has not yet reissued the work.
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Roy ‘Rolfe Gilson
Sevral
Launease
Harpers
Topsy Turvy Lari Ambitious Childrens Book Preview
A preface promotes Arabia for children titled Topsy Turvy Lari by Samuel and Amy Zwemer. The volume is described as wonderfully interesting and captivating for both big children and adults. The author hints at Sinbad the Sailor style adventures in a topsy turvy setting.
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Arabia
Samuel
Amy Zwemer
Sinbad
New Volume Promises Classic Short Stories and Morals
The Youths Companion previews its forthcoming volume with new tales by notable authors including F P Stockton and Sarah Orne Jewett. The collection pledges true stories with illustrated chapters offering a bird's eye view for readers who cannot travel.
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The
R. Stockton
Jane’ Bartow
Sarah Orne Jewett
Alice’ Brown
C. A. Stephens
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Homer Greene
Norman Duntan
Mary ‘Stewart Cutting
We London
Sarah Barnwell Eliott
EB. W
Thomson
Arthur Stamwood Pier
Walter Leon’ Sawyer
Book listings and publishers exhibits across cities
A dense catalog of new books and editions from multiple publishers in Cincinnati Boston Indianapolis New York Philadelphia San Francisco and Washington with titles by Brooks Kiser Ware Wood Parker Parker, Jordan, Le Notre, Ollivant, Ellwanger, Zwemer, Lawton, Higginson, Raine and others, plus price points and illustrated works, showing extensive literature offerings for 1908 readers.
Ordinance Plans Sewer Extension on Reeder Liston and Portland
The ordinance authorizes the Public Service Board to construct a trunk sewer extending Reeder Street from the Ohio River to Liston Avenue and Portland Avenue from Liston to Hillside, with work to be funded per city code and state act for sewers in first class cities. It becomes effective upon passage.
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Reeder Street
Ohio River
Liston Avenue
Portland Avenue
Euleite Avenue
Avenue
Riverside
Public Service
Reeder
Ton Avenue
Ston-Avenue
Hillside Avenue
Sri Senae
Cincinnati Sealed Proposals For Isaac Alley Improvement
The Board of Public Service of Cincinnati invites sealed proposals for Isaac alley improvement from Hopkins street to John street. Bids due December 8 1902 at noon. Plans, profiles and specifications on file in the Chief Engineer and Board offices. Bids must include names and addresses on envelopes. Two disinterested sureties required. By direction of the board. Robert Allison president. Geo F Holmes clerk.
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Board Ofublic Service
City of
Cincinnati
Gilbert Avenue
Peeneary
Aid of Public Service
Board of Public Service
Aleabon
Geo
Holmes
Oes
Board of Publicc
Rae
Ace
Public Service
Robert Allison
GEQ
FY Holmes
Isaac Alley
Hopkins Street
John Street
Boa Avererves
Geo. F. Holmes
Sealed bids sought for Rochelle street paving project
Proposals must be received by the Board at noon Monday for grading curbs brick paving and drainage on Rochelle street from Vine to east line of Vaughan street Plans are on file with the Chief Engineer Bids may be rejected in whole or part must be endorsed by bidder accompanied by two disinterested sureties and on printed forms only President Robert Allison directs the action
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Board of Public Service
City of
Cincinnati
Rochelle Street
Vine Street
Vaugan Street
The
Pears
Robert Allison
Geo. F. Holmes
Sealed Proposals For Findlay Market Refrigeration and Counters
Sealed proposals will be received at the Board of Public Service office until 12 o clock noon after 4 1902 for the hing of refrigerators fish and oyster meat and fish counters and meat sh blocks for Findlay Market on Eldreet between Race and streets. Plans and specifications approved by the Board of Public Service and on file with architect Jacob J Rueckert corner Twelfth and Walnut. Bids on blank forms furnished to one architect with bond or certified check of 5 percent. Bidders must sign name and address on the inside envelope. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Board of Public Service
Findlay
Eldreet
Race
Ordance
Board of Ite Service
Jacob J. Rueckert
Pase Corner
Walnut
Robert Allison
Geo. F. Holmes
Estimated assessment for Eggleston alley improvements in Cincinnati
Notice states an estimated cost and expenditure for improving Eggleston alley from Organ Street to Florence Avenue. The assessment applies to benefited lots and lands as set forth in the 1901 ordinance. Copies are on file for inspection. by order of the Board of Public Service, November 26, 1902.
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Eggleston Alley
Rgan
Florence Avenue
Board of Legislation
City of Cincinnati
Board of Public Service
Geo. F. Holmes
Eee Avenue
Gilbert Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Board of Legislaon
City of
Cincinnati
Tlic Service
City of Cincinnati paving cost assessment notice
An estimated assessment of the cost and expense of improving Hewitt Avenue from Onees Avenue to a Blackberry Street is set forth in the ordinance passed by the Board of Legislation of Cincinnati on April 7, 1902. The notice directs examination of interested parties by the City Clerk and the Boards of Public Service.
Improvement on Gilbert Avenue to Fairfield Avenue Placed On File
Notice states a proposed improvement project for Gilbert Avenue to Fairfield Avenue was adopted by Cincinnati City Board of Legislation and now on file for inspection at the City Clerk and Board of Service offices, with copies available for interested parties. Date November 29, 1902.
Sinking Fund Commissioners Certify Bond Draw for Sink
Sinking Fund Commissioners certify a bond draw for sinking fund needs under the C I B L & C on a 6 percent issue. Bonds numbered 22 56 623 837 1 532 and 797 were drawn. interest begins May 1 1903 and bonds are taken up at 106 percent plus accrued interest.
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Fundomp
Ee Ae Tes
M. E. Alls
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Executors Appointed for Adam Deceased Estate
Notice that executors have been duly appointed and authorized to administer the estate of Adam, late of Hamilton County Ohio. Dated in Cincinnati on November. Frederick W. 618.
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Adam
Hamilton County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Frederick W
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