09 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1896
Page
1
The article claims that Republican managers forecast a swift and remarkable economic upturn ahead of the election. It emphasizes strong expectations, citing party leaders and business figures as keys to the anticipated rapid gains.
Reports from Michigan and Pennsylvania industries show a nationwide revival as mills, mines, and factories plan full-scale reopens. Companies like Standard Box, Alaska Refrigerator, Round Usk Stove Works, and several Grand Rapids furniture makers resume operations, with payrolls exceeding six figures, while rail and river transportation clears bottlenecks to sustain the revival. In Pennsylvania, coal and steel works prepare to hire, with Barretts of McKinley victory cited as a key trigger for resumed output and new contracts.
Frank Rockefeller plans immediate resumption of operations across several iron mines in the Lake Superior district including Franklin, Bessemer No 1 and 2, Victoria, Zenith, Afisatire and Peace. The restart will employ about 5 000 workers after months of closure.
Andrew Carnegie attended a meeting of the landsets of the Carnegie Steel Co. yesterday and ordered the expenditure of $730,000 for plant improvements. Before adjournment additional outlays were approved, bringing the total to $1,001,000.
Revival across Franklin county boosts several plants. McMillan woolen mine in Malone resumes full time with 100 workers. Chetesugay ore and iron works reopened November 4 hiring many. Cincinnati and Chattanooga reports cite rising orders, manpower increases, and planned expansions across multiple firms and plants.
Reports from Denven detail a surge in Colorado business with 1,060 new workers at Pueblo works and a planned 60 mile rail line from Denver through Pike’s Peak to Cripple Creek. A 150 mile Denver to Cripple Creek line and the Coventoven Tunnel project in Aspen aim to lower mining costs, with completion costing 100000 to 200000 and ready for operation after bore work.
Bentley and Gerwig, furniture factory owners, post a notice of higher wages for workers. George Ecker of Nicolette sawmill reads a letter dated November 8 from the proprietors. The letter ties timber raft orders to McKinley’s election and threatens indefinite shutdown if Bryan wins.
Expa lia Mo Nov 9 report says after months of part time effort the Missouri Pacific shops here now employ the full force of men at work full time marking a shift in operations and staffing locally.
The Bernice Refrigerator company of Waterloo Cr has leased a local factory and will start producing refrigerators butchers cow lers counters and bank fixtures hiring 100 men from the start. The decision depended on McKinley’s election.
The Wyoming Valley Lace Mills in Wiermazes, Pa, idle for months, will resume on Monday with large mail and telegraph orders. The News reports the Cortez Mine in Nevada to reopen soon, employing 200 workers immediately and more later, focusing on silver.
Lapavarre Indiana November 9 1900 Lafayette carpet mills move to resume work to fill large orders tied to McKinley’s election. Lafayette hosiery mills will also restart operations for the same reason, providing work for several hundred employees.
Wheat broke the season’s record this morning reaching 3 canis over Saturday’s close. The advance came with limited excitement and was observed in the market stalled by slow activity.
Kanawha woolen mills of this city resumed work Thursday signaling a return to normal operations after a pause in Cuameston West Virginia.
New York banks contemplate resuming specie payments after suspending in February 1892. They plan to release gold into circulation by refusing to export and to meet government dues, aided by improved gold inflows since the election.
Reports from multiple towns on November 9 indicate new factory activity and job growth. Acton Machinery plans immediate hiring of 110 workers and full-time operation. Acme Machinery and related mills resume full-time work, employing about 500 people.
A mixed selection notes handkerchief woes from cheap cotton losses to the mystery of items reappearing. It jokes about the inevitability of losing costly kerchiefs and the futility of cheap substitutes, with anecdotes from Philadelphia and reflections on laundry outcomes.
The telegraph bulletin reports presidential clemency for W. H. Clune Isaac Rose and Phillip Skinwood for charges tied to the railway riots with sentences of confinement in Los Angeles county jail. Separate dispatches cover indictments of Allison Z. Mazon in Boston for embezzlement, shipwreck tolls near St. Thames Ont and Point Abino, and statewide election developments including McKinley leading in Kentucky and Quay's tariff expectations in Washington.
A new High School Cadets group formed by sanitary-minded male students prompts a Kansas City labor committee to investigate. The panel will report in a week and may issue declarations against the school board, amid concerns the move could boost militia spending and tax costs.
Commodity prices and receipts move higher with strong trade across cattle hogs and sheep. Market notes list Texan steers, native cows, stockers and feeders, and heifers with gains, along with wheat corn and oats prices in cash and futures terms through November 9.
A partial OCR fragment lists county officials including clerk, county attorney, probate judge, county clerk, deputy roles, recorder, treasurer, superintendent, surveyor, and commissioners with unclear spellings and missing names.
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