New Year Calls From Old New York to 1919 Observances
This piece traces New Year s customs from Peter Stuyvesant s gunfire ban in 1647 to the open house receptions of early 1800s New York, the rise of calling etiquette and cards, and the later shift to controlled, saner celebrations by 1914 across major cities. It cites New York Philadelphia and Boston scenes, noting social change and fashion in New Year s festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Stuyvesant
New Netherlands
New Netherlands—his Farm, the “Bouwerij,” On Manhattan Island
Bowery
New Amsterdam
Old New York
Peter
New York
Washington Irving
White Hall
Canal
Broad Street
Beekman
Xollet
Indies
Ciites
Sarly
Tmes
Papa
Knights of Old
Prince Albert
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
Statehouse
Mummer
Broadway
Trinity Church
Arinks
Stone Headed Farmers Union Elects Stone President
The North Carolina Farmers' Union delegates at the O Henry conference in Greensboro elect R W H Stone of Guilford county as president and adopt resolutions denouncing the state revaluation act in its present form. The union disowns the Co-Operator and rejects an official state organ, proposing educational programs from headquarter back to locals. Unclaimed witness fees totaling 1164.17 to be turned over for a school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breensboro
R. W. H. Stone
Guilford County
North Carolina Farmers’ Union
O. Henry
Orfan
State Union
J. A. Smith
High Point
Greensboro
Smith
Charlotte
Market prices for corn and beans across North Carolina towns
The Raleigh, Asheville, Fayetteville, Scotland Neck markets report corn at 1.80 to 2.00 dollars per bushel, soybeans 2.50 to 3.00 dollars per bushel, oats 1.00 dollar per bushel, wheat around 2.25 to 2.75 dollars per bushel, peas 2.25 to 2.50 dollars per bushel, Irish potatoes up to 4.75 dollars per bag or 2.40 to 3.00 dollars per cwt, and sweet potatoes 1.20 to 1.75 dollars per bushel. Prices vary by location with occasional notation for Hamet and Scotland Neck markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Fayettevill
Prices of butter eggs poultry hogs and more
North Carolina markets list prices for Ashe County Charlotte Fayetteville Hamlet Scotland Neck and Otis key items including butter eggs spring chickens hens tur keys geese country hams and hogs with varied per unit quotes. The note adds hog price trends from Northern markets indicating Monday prices were lower than the prior week while Chicago Saturday prices rose 26 cents, signaling market stimulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Ayetteville
Hamlet
Scotland
Chicago
Prices of Cotton and Coal Shifts Highlight Market Week
The week saw large fluctuations in the cotton market after the USDA’s first estimate of 11,030,000 bales, triggering a price decline while coal shortages at Southern ports reduced exports. Spot prices show middling cotton around 38 to 40 cents in New Orleans, Galveston, Memphis, and Fayetteville, with cotton seed at about 1.20 per bushel and seed meal near 80 to 90 cents. At Reidsville, 55 coal cars sit idle on sidings as shipments to Edna Cotton Mills and American Tobacco Co. await release from railroad orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Galverton
Memphis
Little Rock
Norte
Reidsville
Edna Cotton Mills
American Tobacco Co
R. P. Richardson & Co
Railroad
U. S. Renonal Committee
New Co Operator Editor Appointed at The Co-Operator
Greensboro announces Dr H Q Alexander as president and editor in chief while K C Faires serves as secretary and treasurer of both The Co-Operator and The Farmers Union. John A Smith, who bought the paper, aimed to raise union dues to make every union member a subscriber, but the plan failed. The paper is said to become independent and non political.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
H. Q. Alexander
K. C. Faires
Farmers Union
John A. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jear
Stone Heads Farmers Union
Greenville
James Allen Sutton
Pitt County
Hertford
Bruce Craven
Trinity
First Lass
Laurinburg
Recorders Court
Rockingham
Rutherfordton
Spindale
Forest City
North Carolina
Wheeler
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
Rid
Mebane
Holleman
Shelby
Cleveland Springs Company
N. C. Markets
Notte
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Scotland Neck
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