Market Turmoil After Western Trunk Line Rate Injunction
The attorney general's injunction against higher Western Trunk Line freight rates sparked broad stock market consternation. Traders anticipated increased railroad costs, with bond sales abroad and equipment orders at risk, while broader credit and crop prospects pressured prices and eased money markets after a rate-related shock.
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Wickersham
Associated Press
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Missouri River
Denver
Commerce Commission
Bank of England
Hogshead Burley Holds Spotlight on Hopkinsville Market
Opiicial Dispatch from Commercial Tribune reports Hopkinsville Kentucky on June 5 that hogshead tobacco dominates sales as farmers have largely sold crops. Last week 275 to 300 birds sold with strong demand for all grades apart from fine ones. Widespread resampling of earlier sales occurred as shipment prep continues. Weather favors planting with about three fourths of the new crop now set out though some areas report plant shortages. Planters' Protective Association official Bingham provides the weekly sales summary.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Dutor Bingham
The
Planters’ Protective Association
Quips On Money Washing Dangers And Channel Flight
A collage of wry quotes notes a dik dik slated for a museum exhibit dying of beri beri but skin could be tanned with divi divi a government money washing machine aims to clean about 1 000 000 dollars yearly for a canoe and a jab about across the English channel drawing jokes about mosquitoes impinging New Jersey.
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Indianapolis News
English Channel
New Jersey
Washington Post
American Voices Fierce in High Volume Homes
A traveler returning from the Orient notes that American voices, especially women’s, seem excessively shrill after two years in Hindoo villages. He recalls grandmothers’ sweet tones and laments the overbearing, bellowing chatter heard at receptions, as reported by the New York Tribune.
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America
Orient
Hindoo
Bowery
New York Tribune
Break in cotton market alarms traders in New York
The week saw hesitation in cotton goods trading as prices dipped then steadied. Mills avoided losses by delaying contracts while production curtailment rose and stocks stayed light. Domestic Browns quiet, bleacheds and ginghams scarce, Fall River moved limited print cloths.
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New York
Fall River
Markets in Cincinnati June 4 1910
The Cincinnati market notes firm demand for heavy milling wheat and light receipts. Corn oats and rye show steady or fair demand with light supplies. hay and mill feed vary by grade. Fruit and produce prices listed include cherries peaches apples bananas lemons oranges and more with quantities and grades.
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Cincinnati
Timothy
Florida
Freestone
California
Foundry Iron Sales Reach 90 000 Tons Amid Price Dip
Associated Press reports large foundry iron demand in June with about 90 000 tons of new contracts across the East Central West and exports. Buyers including boiler makers and railroads placed orders for basic and usable iron with prices about 13.50 at the furnace and delivered 15.95 to 16.59.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Virginia
Lehigh and
Schulykill
Central West
Seaboard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
American Steel Foundry Company
Ground to Death by Car Near Rapid Run
A middle aged man, reportedly Cyrus Racel of Felicity, was crushed by a Cincinnati Laur asburg Aurora train near Rapid Run. He stepped onto the track from the opposite side as the car approached. the motorman could not brake in time. The car occupants panicked but were restrained by Dr. Walter Gross and others who kept calm.
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Cyrus Racel
Felicity
Cincinnati
Hankow loan signals new railway push in China
A national bank report notes the Hankow loan agreement advances a vast railroad system in China. It stresses equal American participation in the $30,000,000 loan and in providing materials and personnel, signaling a major gain for U S railroad trade and a shift toward China as a key future market.
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Hankow
China
Peking
United States
Everybody's Double Confounds Constable Wolski in Milwaukee
Constable Frank J. Wolski, attached to Justice of the Peace Louis M. Kotecki, recalls daily mix ups where strangers mistake him for various Northern European nationalities. A Milwaukee reporter even mistook him for an Irishman, prompting humorous reactions from friends who realize the error after greeting him warmly.
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Frank J. Wolski
Office of Justice
Europe
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Free Press
Sidelights Along Washington Byways
Washington dispatch notes Senator W Murray Crane of Massachusetts as a top party fixer in the Senate but the least vocal. He quietly clinics votes for rivals and allies, serving as whip pacifier and ringmaster of Republicans while avoiding public speeches. Crane’s talent lies in predicting each senator’s vote, guiding Aldrich's compromises and minority strategy.
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United States Senate
Old Bay
Republican Party
Congress
Crane
Senate
Congressional
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
Aldrich
Payne and Tawney duel in the tariff debate scene
The scene shows Mr Payne remaining stoic as Tawney and others clash in a noisy general debate on the civil appropriation bill. A disruptive page jostles Payne, then the leader adjourns to the Republican cloakroom as colleagues react to the uproar and Payne's unyielding stance on tariff policy.
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Payne
New York
Aloe
World facts mix of trade and science in a curious list
A compilation lists clever statistics and claims from around the world. It notes France’s wine output relative to other nations, Alaska’s steamship waterways, sulfur from Louisiana, and Liberia’s ice supply from a single factory. It mentions Siam rice, Cypress tanks, and Argentina’s malt use, plus petroleum and natural gas areas, a New York death of Frederick Barx, a Mexican patent for concrete houses, and Philadelphia’s record low deaths per thousand.
Syracuse Chancellor links autos to marriage rate concerns
Syracuse University Chancellor James R. Bay urges self denial over auto spending, arguing $600,000,000 invested in cars drains productive capital. He says lack of self denial lowers marriage rates, contending women should seek joint earning and savings, valuing partnership over luxury.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Syracube
N. Y
James R. Bay
Syracuse University
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