Outlook for markets rides on crops and rail stocks
The piece argues crop prospects shape next year and influence export demand and gold flows. It notes rail stocks shift from broker-heavy trading to investor ownership, with several named preferreds and low priced issues seen as future winners. Reading and coal trade concerns loom as bankers push restructuring plans.
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Europe
Congress
Times
Lake Shore
Northwest
St. Paul
New York
New Haven
Morris
Essex
Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Lake Erie
Western
Western Union
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Texas Pacific
Wabash
Canada Southern
Pittsburg
Omaha
Wheeling and
Hocking Valley
Southern Railway
Erie
Northern Pacific Preferred
New York World
Death Smiles Upon Battlefield Faces Say Surgeons
A curious finding from English army surgeons notes the cause of death in a fallen soldier’s expression. Those killed by swords show a look of repose, while bullet deaths reveal a frightful, distinct state on the face.
Bravest Woman on Earth at Oregon Bakery
The Morning Oregonian reports a bold incident at a large Oregon bakery where a rat fled across the floor. A brave woman remained steady, cornered the animal, swept it with her skirts, then killed it with one swift blow. Her actions stand out among workers present, both women and men.
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Oregon
Oregonian
Phonographic Funerals Introduced By Deputy Coroner
Deputy Coroner A E Stillwell of Gravesend New York has devised a phonograph based funeral service. A sermon hymns and religious exercises are recorded for playback at services to avoid clergy shortages. The device prompted a vocal quartet and drew attention at the George Pettit funeral.
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A. E. Stillwell
Gravesend
L. I
George Pettit
Sheepshead Bay
Stillwell
Phonograph
Cincinnati Commercial] Gazette
Stormy Jordan Turns to Religion in Iowa
Wapello county figure known for liquor battles joins the Methodist church and becomes a full fledged evangelist. Once a Ottumwa saloon keeper with a door sign The Road to Hell he spent years opposing prohibition and faced frequent arrests and fines.
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Jordan
Wapello County
Iowa
Methodist Church
Ottumwa
Hell
New American grindstone industry to employ thousands
A South Dakota discovery will foster a new grindstone industry in the United States. Local quarries yield stone equal to the finest imported grades from England Bavaria and France. Experts confirm the material matches the best grindstones available.
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South Dakota
United States
England
Bavaria
France
Helen Mar Mining and Investment Company Led by Women
Mrs. H. C. Cosgrove of Joplin Missouri organizes the Helen Mar Mining and Investment company with women as officers and stockholders while men perform the labor. One mine named The New Woman yields large dividends.
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H. C. Cosgrove
Joplin
Helen Mar Mining and Investment Company
Prince of Wales Linked to Goodwood Cup Race Rumors
Washington Capital notes troubling stories about the Prince of Wales linked to the Goodwood cup race. The piece suggests the prince may lose support in the race track vote.
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Prince of Wales
Washington Capital
Death Embrace Across Generations Poem by Lizzie E Dyas
A Buffalo Times poem by Lizzie E Dyas traces love and age from youth to death. It portrays childhood’s kisses, youthful passion, and old age’s cold finality as a single verses journey.
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Lizzie E. Dyas
Buffalo Times
Chic Bluestockings Defy Old Stereotypes In Beauty And Intelligence
An English paper notes Grace Chisholm, a Gottingen PhD, as strikingly handsome and artistic. The Figaro praises Phillippa Fawcett as chic while American figures like Alice Freeman Palmer and Evangeline Hathaway are celebrated for intellect alongside beauty. Dr Sargent is cited on college women’s beauty.
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Grace Chisholm
Britain
University of
Gottingen
The
Figaro
Paris
Phillippa Fawcett
England
Alice Freeman Palmer
Mme. Alberti
Evangeline Hathaway
Katherine D. Blake
Miriam Greely
Elizabeth Pisland Whetmore
Grace Gould
Sargent
An Appeal to the Fair Sex Against Bird of Paradise Feathers
London Truth reports Mrs. Lemon honorary secretary of the Society For the Protection of Birds urging women to refuse hats and bonnets adorned with bird of paradise plumes to curb killing for fashion. The columnist notes doubt that many plumes come from the species but supports stopping bird slaughter for adornment.
The Vogue of the Ready Made Skirt and Waist
The Philadelphia Times notes the ready made fashion revolution offering skirts in gingham satin brocade and black satin or silk with tailor made cuts and varied waists. Consumers can mix skirts with different waists and accessories to create multiple distinct looks with little alteration.
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Philadelphia Times
Swedish Royal Honors Aid Writer Selina Logerlaf
In Sweden literary ladies are praised not mocked. Fropen Selina Logerlaf receives 600 crowns from the king and 400 crowns from Prince Eugene to honor her work and fund a vacation abroad.
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Sweden
Fropen Selina Logerlaf
Eugene
Brooklyn widow plans $500000 hospital dispensary memorial
Generous Mrs Polhemus of Brooklyn widow of Henry D Polhemus announces plans to build a dispensary for the Long Island hospital costing 250000 dollars and to endow it with another 250000 dollars as a memorial to her late husband Rev Ella G Thorp performs a Wichita wedding June 29 drawing attention as the first instance of a woman marrying in that state.
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Caroline H. Polhemus
Brooklyn
Henry D. Polhemus
Long Island Hospital
Ella G. Thorp
Wichita
Kan
DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure Endorsement
An advertisement asserts the medicine DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure works without doubt or failure. It claims pleasant effect and prompt action with no bad after effects, attributed to B F Johnson and Son in Maynard Field West Acton.
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DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynardfield
West Acton
Dawn of a New Spirit Between Americans and English
A London cable note says American visitors are warmly welcomed in England with cordial hospitality. The Daily Telegraph and The Standard praise Americans for wit charm and wealth while London society enjoys their culture. The Times notes English readers now seek positive glimpses of the United States beyond crime and ruin.
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England
John Bull
Daily Telegraph
The
Standard
America
London
States
Lucullus
London Times
New York City
Smalley
Automatic doctors on penny slot machines in London
English penny-operated automata on street corners dispense no medicines but issue a prescription for common ailments. The device lists a nearby apothecary and offers remedies like antiseptic dressings liniments tonics and salves for coins and bunions, with the apothecary’s name and address.
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London
New York World
Brooklyn’s lone woman wheelwright runs shop in Hamilton Ave
Carroll D Wright notes Brooklyn hosts the country’s only woman wheelwright who, though not sawing or turning, runs her father's Hamilton Avenue shop as superintendent. She hires and fires, collects, and handles work, having previously worked in millinery. A separate note highlights Miss Lyda Carrier of Owensboro Kentucky, a three time contender for state librarian now seeking the Kentucky Senate door keeper post, the first woman to aspire to the office.
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Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Brooklyn
Hamilton Avenue
Third Avenue
Lyda Carrier
Owensboro
Two Lightweight Statesmen In Washington
Two of the warmest chums in Washington,Postmaster General Wilson and Comptroller Eckels, share meals at the Arlington and ride together daily. Known to cabmen and hustlers as the lightweight statesmen, their combined weight slightly exceeds 200 pounds.
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Washington
Wilson
Eckels
Arlington
Chicago Times- Herald
Potato bug devouring pest spotted in PEI fields
A Prince Edward Island man tells a St. John reporter that an insect resembling the ant has appeared in the potato fields and is swiftly attacking potato bugs. He claims the ant-like insect ferociously bites the bug, often prevailing.
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Prince Edward Island
St. John
Toronto ‘Mail and Empire
Combining Business With Pleasure in Alaska Vote Push
The Washington Capital notes the vice president is reportedly pursuing Alaska’s electoral votes, pressing the effort with clear intent and no misprint, highlighting political maneuvering around the state’s ballots and outcomes.
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Alaska
Washington Capital
England Seizes Two Islands in South Pacific
The Darton Times reports England has expanded its reach by taking control of two additional islands in the southern Pacific region. The move widens colonial presence and raises strategic pressures in the Pacific arena.
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England
South Pacific Ocean
Darton Times
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