Seasonal Gift Shop Ad Offers Wide Silk and Linen Goods
The advertisement lists silk satin taffeta gibbon pieces in multiple nos with yard and price details going as low as 18 to 25 cents. It promotes fans, linen drawn work handkerchiefs, hemstitched pieces, umbrella handles, Kestner dolls, bronze figures, Iris Art Ware and Teplitz It Were items, gold shell rings, leather chatelaine bags, dress lengths, trunks and suitcases. It emphasizes low prices and immediate sale.
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Gibbon
Kestner
Zic
Iris Art Ware
Teplitz
Christ
Midwinter brides and white gowns mark 1903 fashion trend
A newspaper piece forecasts abundant January brides in 1903 with midwinter Southward travel for gowns. It details white wedding gowns with orchids, embroidery, chiffon layers, angel sleeves, and lavish bridesmaids. describes elaborate trousseau, evening, dinner, and traveling outfits, emphasizing soft fabrics, lace, and restrained color.
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Paris
Train ejectment suit against Monon railroad noted in December earnings
Edward J. Borman sues the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railway in Indianapolis alleging unlawful ejectment when his mileage book could not be exchanged for a ticket. He seeks damages for distress and inconvenience. Big Four Lines earn $368 789.98 in the third week of December with gains over 1901. Peoria & Eastern reports week three earnings of $61 869.47 and three week total of $174 668.91, up from last year.
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Indianapolis
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company
Edward J. Borman
Borman
Central States
Englewood
Ill
Monon Road
Monon Railway
W. S. Ryan
Big Four
Peoria & Eastern
How to Prevent Croup for Mothers
The article advises on preventing croup in young children. It notes hoarseness as an early sign a day or two before attack and recommends Cham berlain's Cough Remedy to dispel symptoms. The remedy is described as safe, pleasant, and trusted by thousands of mothers, with Houseworth Bros. as the seller.
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Chamberlain
Houseworth Bros
Hope
Mary F. Sulliavan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dewitt & CO
Chicagg
Unknown Man Confesses Robbery Then Returns Plumber Store Loot
An unidentified man confessed to a robbery and relieved his conscience by returning some of the loot from the raid or store of House and Son. The case details and exact holdings remain unclear.
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Perkinsville
Gas discovery near Douglas Wyoming and mills resuming
Gas found thirteen miles west of Douglas Wyoming in an oil well threw gravel and sand above the derrick with a small oil flow. The Greer tin mill at Newcastle Pennsylvania will start the first Monday in January. Shenango will begin twenty of its thirty mills at that time after idle since July. Prudential Life Insurance plans merger with Fidelity Trust abandoned. Union and Sharon steel deal reportedly under reconsideration but will proceed after legal issues clear. Charles H. Tweed to leave Southern Pacific January 1 to join Speyer & Co as partner.
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Douglas
Wyo
Greer Tin
Newcastle
Shenango
Charles H. Tweed
Southern Pacific Company
Wil
Speyer & Co
Mr. Tweed
Collis P. Huntington
Huntington
Chicago Freight Handlers and Clerks Ready to Demand Pay
Eight thousand freight handlers in Chicago plan wage demands after a summer strike that disrupted industries. Railway clerks are preparing similar action. Negotiations are ongoing and both organizations may act in concert.
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Chicago
December transfers fall short of prior year totals
United States Treasurer Roberts reported December transfers totaled 1.446 million to New Orleans 700 thousand to San Francisco and 1.369 million to Chicago. The figures lag December 1900 by over 1.5 million and last December by about 2 million. No large transfers expected soon. Consolidated Lake Superior directors approved a 3.5 million loan restructuring roster changes included resignations by F S Lewis W P Douglas E C Lee and J Butterworth and appointments of Charles McDonald Charles H Tweed Horatio G Lloyd and Thomas Dewitt Cuyler Swartz was elected vice president to replace E C Lee.
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United States
Roberts
New Orleans
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
F. S. Lewis
W. P. Douglas
Edward C. Lee
James Butterworth
Charles McDonald
Charles H. Tweed
Speyer & Co
Horatio G. Lloyd
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
The
Commercial Trust Company
Philadelphia
Joseph 8. Swartz
E. C. Lee
Gas company leaders plan Paris inspection for potential merger
George C. Knapp president Anthony N. Brady vice president and Co K G Billings chairman of Peoples Gas Co New York will sail for Paris to study the gas industry and negotiate a possible merger. Details will be settled after the inspection while capitalization remains undecided. Also Internal Revenue head Yerkes advises delay of regauging spirits tied to January 1899 product, until the 15th unless urgent.
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George C. Knapp
Anthony N. Brady
Co. K. G. Billings
The
Peoples Gas Company
New York
France
Paris
Messrs
Knapp
Brady and
Billings
Joseph A. Craft
Internal Revenue
Louisville
Yerkes
Congress
Austrian shoe makers raise prices due to leather costs
Austrian manufacturers announce a 10 percent price increase for shoes driven by higher leather costs and increased European hides purchases by Americans. They warn of risks to the European shoe industry from U S tariff refunds and cite trade barriers and policy issues as contributing factors.
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America
United States
Shaw
Striking Shopmen Enter Union Pacific Route
A group of 300 striking shopmen are en route to New York at the request of union officials. The action follows labor protests at the Union Pacific shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beners
Union ‘Pacific
Nework
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Wyman &Co
South Bend
E. Zinn
I, E. Zinn
Elkhart Express
Thomas’ Drug Store
Beardaley
AYP
Mi Siti Tounshers & Co
Grocers Ch
Lusher ‘Bros
Lexington Ave
Mice St & Co
Groceries
Harrison St
Tievd Bros
Franklin St
Wm. P. Stahr
Walf's
Owen & McDonough
Main
Cor. Jackson
Wearmeners
Goshen Ave
Zinn
Jackson St
J. c. Mills
W. B. Elkhart
D. BR. Dyer
Willowdale
W. B. Spade
Hunsberger, Grocer
Hickory St
M.S
Lake Shore &M.ch
Southern
Elkhart
VIA Air L
OUD
West Bound
Pacific Bose
Boams
Boston
Toledo & Chicae
Lake Shore Limited
Chgo Accommoda
Western Express
Goun
Shera
Gievelanno
Erie
Pitte
Spain
Dryden
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
Prudential Company
Fidelity Trust Company of New York
United States Steel Corporation
Union
Sharon Steel Companies
C.M. Harris CO
Harvest Queen Mills
A. L. Jones & Co
Aulaing Tisha
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