Chicago Christmas Trade Holds High Volumes Across Sectors
Dun's Review of Trade notes sustained demand across apparel footwear jewelry and household goods amid record holiday purchases. Retail stocks decline moderately with higher selling costs while outside buyers visit Chicago in large numbers. Production remains active as raw materials stay scarce and prices stay elevated for pig iron steel lumber hides and leather. Failures in the district total 28 versus 25 last week and 18 a year ago.
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Chicago
Red
Dun
Holiday buying drives season end trade growth in New York
New York reports rising holiday purchases as the season closes and predictions point to a record turnover. Weather affects retail in southern and northwest areas with mild or rainy conditions retarding sales. Wholesale and jobbing activity slows with inventories underway and traders preparing for holidays.Bradstreet's notes weekly U S and Canada business failures, with U S failures 227 for the week ending December 20 versus prior weeks and years.
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New York
United States
Canada
Regional Unclear Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
The report lists livestock and grain price ranges for multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and variations by grade and lot.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Uta Sandird
Million for Racing Sets New York Metropolitan Pace
The New York metropolitan racing season closed with record attendance and massive spending. Estimates place 4,000,000 in attendance and about 10,000,000 in gate receipts for tracks, plus 20,000,000 in spectator expenditures, with bookmakers taking large sums. The racing associations emerged as clear winners amid sprawling wagering activity.
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New York
Jockey Club
Mountain of Gold Discovery Near Birling Saskatchewan
A prospector named Trughes reports a gold bearing vein ten miles long and one mile wide near Birling in the Trattleford district Saskatchewan. Assays in Ottawa show $55 per ton with fissures revealing flowerlike gold indications. The find lies 42 miles west of North Battleford and 140 miles from the northern Montana frontier.
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Saskatchewan
Man
Trughes
Thein
Ottawa
Birling
Trattleford
North Battleford
Winnipeg
Great Falls
Mont
Saskatchewan River
Women rise in Chicago Cigarmakers Union No 14 leadership
The town sees the election of Miss Rove Pfanstill to the executive board of Cigarmakers Union No 14 in Chicago. A skilled worker and prominent member, she is noted as one of the city’s fastest cigarmakers and active in union affairs.
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Singapore
Transvaal
South Bend
Find
Central Labor Union
Garment Workers’ Union
United States
New Zealand Labor Department
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Brazil
Chile
Maine
American Federation At
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Thhat City
American Federation of Labor
Cigarmakers’ Union No. 14
Mias Planstill
Peter O'Brien
Lincoln
Fulton Streets
Brawnet
Marjorie
Ilke
Ife
Roberts
Patten
Bravenet
Righting the Wrong Robert Buck Chapter XX
Marjorie struggles with her guardian's will and a proposed match to Edward Linne. Roberts, a Canadian wanderer, confesses love and hints at guiding her to the rightful heir while a wilderness encounter tests Marjorie's resolve and independence.
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Edward Linne
Marjorie
Linne
John Mosknow
Willie Macgillvray
Laird
Wille
Buier
Willie
Lavird
Miacgillvray
Willie Macgilvray
Roberts
Roberta
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