Stock Market Closes After Week of Volatile Trading
New York stock market closes for Armistice Day with a return to stability in bankers' view. Exchanges reopen Monday with a two minute noon suspension and three hour sessions next week. Total yesterday sales 3,214,660 shares. weekly turnover 22,516,410. Market shows lower closing levels but some issues gain. Bankers say no weekend meetings planned, citing orderly trading and reduced volume.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Mixed Selloff
Cotton prices opened lower on liquidation and southern selling but rallied early as trade buying and covering supported futures. New Orleans activity steadied while visible ship cargo rose to 182,000 bales. mixed crop news from Bombay affected sentiment and hedge selling in London was noted.
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Liverpool
New Orleans
Bombay
Comra
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American Motorcycles Rise in Popularity in Germany
American motorcycles gain traction in Germany as riders embrace new models and brands. Enthusiasts cite performance, design, and the allure of American engineering driving increased sales and club activities across major cities.
Notice of Valuable Land Sale in High Point Guilford County
Trustee announces sale of W B Delk property in High Point Guilford County North Carolina for cash at 11 A M on December 2 1929. Property described as Lots 55 and 56 in the Tuttle and Worth partition with two 1926 deeds and Plat Book 5 page 403. Sale is subject to 1929 taxes and assessments. Commercial National Bank of High Point as Trustee. Garland B Daniel Attorney.
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Ora B. Delk
R. C. Wood
the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
High Point
Guilford
North Carolina
Carter Street
June A. Johnson
C. E
Tuttle and Worth
Office of the Register of Deeds
George C. Hill
Commercial National Bank OF
N. C
Garland B. Daniel
Decline in Pearl Button Trade Hits Western Australia Fishermen
Decline in the fashion of wearing pearl buttons has left many pearl fishers in western Australia unemployed, facing reduced demand and income as industry activity slows.
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Western Australia
Injured in Automobile Crash Near Columbia
O. T. Embleton of Columbia is in critical condition after a head on collision with a car driven by L. G. Benford of Raleigh. The crash happened after nightfall. Benford was slightly injured and several others escaped harm.
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O. T. Embleton
Ll. G. Benford
Raleigh
N. C
Benford
Socialist MP Tom Griffiths Expected to resign Seat
Due to funding cuts by the Iron and Steel Workers' confederation, it is expected that Tom Griffiths the socialist M P for Pontypool England will resign his seat in parliament.
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Iron and Steel Workers’ Confederation
Tom Griffiths
M. P
Pontypool
England
What Is Right With America
Henry James Forman argues growth drives American progress from material expansion to potential intellectual and spiritual development. The piece contrasts American regions and eras, notes optimism alongside social tensions, and casts communities in leadership and cultural transitions within a framework of democracy, wealth, and institutional change.
Temptation to go to the devil grows with age says Harvard president
Harvard University president A Lawrence Lowell urges boys to enter college earlier in a public address. In Philadelphia Leopold Stokowski of the Philadelphia Orchestra asks patrons to stop clapping for applause after a concert, noting the hand beating carries no meaning and may originate from medieval times.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Great Irishman Captivates at Madison Square Garden Show
A towering Irish exhibitor nicknamed Napoleon of the Free State attracts attention at the New York horse show in Madison Square Garden. The 17% hands high giant among the equines draws crowds and headlines.
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Ambassador Dawes to be made a bencher next Thursday
London reports that Ambassador Dawes will be made a bencher next Thursday night in a hall famed for Queen Elizabeth witnessing Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The envoy joins Middle Temple, as the Prince of Wales, Senior Bencher, will preside at the banquet.
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Middle Temple
Prince of Wales
Walter Shake spear echoes Bard in New York quip
From across the pond comes Walter Shakespeare whose kin trace to the Bard of Avon, offering a quip about tea and liquor. He says there is more stimulus in good tea than in bad liquor.
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New York
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National Exhibit Managers Association Rails at Liquor Dispensing
The National Exhibit Managers Association adopted a resolution disapproving wholesale dispensing of liquor by exhibitors at tending conventions. The move underscores stricter controls at trade shows and signals potential compliance expectations for attendees.
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Chicago
National Exhibit Managers Association
New York Woman Catherine Curt is ONeill in Divorce Suit
Catherine Curt is O’Neil 6 feet 2 180 pounds with ventures in motion picture production and ranch ownership. Attorney James C Clery sues for 5000 alleging she obtained a divorce from Josephs O’Neil by a demonstration in his office carried out with a 200 pound man. Norfolk Va. David H Knott etc.
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New York
Catherine Curtis O'Neil
James C. Clery
Josephs
O'Neil
Norfolk
Guy Hagen
David H. Knott
Miltons plan 18 room triplex on East River
New York reports Milton son in law of Rockefeller to build a 18 room eight bath triplex atop a cooperative along the East River. Milton heads the building corporation and his unit will cost about $100000. The Miltons have long occupied a seven room Park Avenue rental of $7000 yearly. In New Haven Mr and Mrs John Coolidge attended the Pittsburgh wedding of Nathan Hofer White and Miss Virginia Rogers with Miss Rogers serving as bridesmaid.
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Princess Anne Country Club
Jim Barnes
Knott
David M. Milton
John PD. Rockefeller, Jr
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East River
Miltons
Park Avenue
New Haven
John Coolidge
Pittsburgh
Nathan Hofer White
New Haen
Virginia Emily Rogers
Chicago Livestock Market Slips Despite Stronger Yearlings
Chicago livestock receipts show cattle at 200 with mixed shifts. Fed steers lose 25 to 50 cents from week highs. heavy bulls and heavies tumble, light yearlings hold up. Bulls steady to 1.00 higher. best yearling heifers around 15.26. Sheep receipts 5,000 with fat lambs steady to 25 cents higher and fat ewes up 25 cents.
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Chicago
German Firm Forms Philippine Venture for Steel Copper Homes
A German corporation creates a Philippine subsidiary to construct steel and copper houses intended to replace nipa and wooden dwellings. The project aims to provide durable housing through modern materials in the islands.
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Philippine Islands
West End Tent Revival Nears Close Tomorrow
The West End tent revival ends tomorrow after four weeks with two services. A Billy Sunday club delegation from Winston-Salem will run the 3 PM Sunday service and the evangelist will give his farewell on The Unpardonable Sin. A 490 member club and a male quartet support the events. A prayer band will continue weekly cottage meetings. A Monday night service by request will be held for the city's colored citizens.
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West End
Billy Sunday Elacb
Winstone Salem
F. H. Hemrick
Winston-Salem
Billy Sunday Club
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Early Gains
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady as lower Liverpool cables failed to dampen demand. First trades showed gains of 1 to 5 points, with weekend realizes trimming losses briefly before short covering recovered losses. By hour one, prices steadied with a net decline of 5 to 6 points.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Liverpool Cotton Prices Edge Up on Quiet Market
Cotton spots in Liverpool show higher values across grades with American middling at 9.59 to 10.39 dollars. Sales were zero to start, with 2,100 American bales added and receipts totaling 13,000 bales. Futures closed quiet with December at 9.27 and October at 9.54.
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Liverpool
Night tennis blooms in Australia with 2000 courts lit
Tennis played under electric lights is booming in Australia with an estimated more than 2,000 night courts in use. The trend reflects widespread adoption of artificial illumination for evening matches across urban and regional arenas.
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Australia
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