Cotton Goods Prices Rise On Merrimack Output Shift
The Merrimack Mfg output up, cotton goods push higher as market bids edge up. Osnaburgs to shirtings and prints see advances from major houses like Taylor Wendell Co and Amory Browning Co, with prints in Fall River and Providence holding firm around 34 1 2 cents.
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Herald
Boston
Taylor, Wendell & Co
Zodiac
Lonsdale
Blackstone
Hope
Fitchville
Forget
Lancaster
Minot, Hooper & Co
Great Falls
Lyman H
C. B. B. & R. Knight
Lawrence & Co
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Giral
Fall River
Providence
Trade outlook for worsted yarns and dress goods demand
The New York Journal of Commerce notes active dress goods demand for novelty worsted yarns and solid orders from hosiery and underwear makers. Jobbers report stock taking with reduced inventories and spring goods opening, while prices hold 11 to 11.25 cents. Overall, manufacturers expect a prosperous season despite cotton uncertainty, though higher-grade lines and friezes show varied activity.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Scathing Criticism of Chicago Outrages
Chicago December 24 Grand jury reports fierce rebuke of disturbances at funeral processions and condemnation of irresponsible organizations It cites evasion of subpoenas and disorder at houses of worship and mourning urging January grand jury inquiry and stronger law enforcement
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Chicago
Grand Jury
Clifford
James W. Nye
Mother Gray's Powders Credit Claim in 19th Century Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a New York nurse at a Children's Home to cure feverishness teething disorders and regulate bowels while destroying worms. It cites 30,000 testimonials and lists an address for samples. A humorous exchange over a fiancé's value of money closes the note.
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Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Y
Parsifal triumph opens New York Metropolitan run
New York December 24 Wagner’s Parsifal was staged at the Metropolitan Opera House after a long struggle with legal and logistical hurdles. The production, led by Heinrich Conried, drew a vast audience and featured a strong cast including Alois Burgstaller, Milka Ternina, Blass, Van Rooy, Marcel Journet, and Otto Goritz. The event marks the first public Parsifal outside Bayreuth and challenges the Wagner monopoly with a sumptuous mounting and advanced stage technology. The directors praised Conried’s leadership and expressed full support for the production.
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New York
Richard Waener
Metroplitan Opera House
Baireuth
Wagner
Europe
Conreid
Metropolitan Opera House
Balreuth
Frau Wagner
Alois Burgsteller
Parsifal
Frau
Milka Ternina
Kundry
Herr Blass
Gurnemanz
Anton van Rooy
Amfortas
M. Marcel Journal
Titurel
Otto Goritz
Klingsor
Burgsteller
Siegfried
Scaria
Wiegand
Herr Goritz
Mephistopheles
van Rooy
Heinrich Conried
Boston brokers doubt Cartagena detentions on schooners
Crowell and Thurlow report their three masted schooner Annie L Henderson reached Cartagena last week. They doubt ongoing detentions of two Boston schooners, noting authorities thought vessels bound for Colon. They expect word from Jamaica about Star of the Sea, a four mast schooner, arriving soon with coal cargo.
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Boston
Cartagena
Crowell and Thurlow
Annie L. Henderson
Thurlow
Colon
Colombia
Jamaica
Star of the Sea
Peter Quinlan
Carthagena
Quinlan
Village Quieted After Barney Killings Spark Race Tension
Reports from Quitman Georgia say trouble erupted in Barney after a white man killed a black desperado. The sheriff and posse traveled to the village as civil unrest grows among Black residents. A drug ad for Foley's Kidney Cure appears amid the dispatch.
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Quitman
Barney
Foley
Goodale’s Drug Store
Central Street
Ellingwood & Co
Mack and
Central Streets
Carter Sherburne
Merrimack
Bridge Streets
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
Police Court hears broad array of fines and paroles
The court fined Edward F. Moran fifteen dollars for larceny of a turkey and two dollars for drunkenness after pleading guilty to a minor charge. Alexander Monihan was found guilty of larceny and fined fifteen dollars, appealing from Somerville. John Burke pleaded guilty to illegally keeping liquor and was fined seventy five dollars. A crowd of drunks faced bail, with several receiving two dollar fines and others sent to the workhouse or parole statuses.
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Edward F. Moran
James F. McGarvey
John Burke
Moody Street
Robert Mahon
John Mullarkey
Michael F. McDermott
Thomas Blessington
Austin Gilday
Michael Sullivan
Michael Leavitt
Joseph Jameson
John Corrigan
William Regan
Nellie Welch
Charles McCann
State Farm
Otis Clark
John Donoghue
Ramsey
George Serakos
Katenko Horitopolos
Blackmailer Leo Brennan Arrest After Decoy Letter
Chicago police captured Leo R. Brennan a Chicago commercial artist as he left the post office following a decoy letter. Brennan owned up to trying to extort sums of 25000 to 50000 dollars from high level New York and Chicago financiers, but admits none paid. He offered no money, was held for federal action, no formal charge yet.
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Chicago
New York
Leo R. Brennan
Brennan
Wood letter clears Bellairs of favoritism in Cuba or Taft ties
New York dispatch reports Gen. Leonard Wood writes to Yale’s Dr. Horace Fletcher detailing his acquaintance with Edgar G. Bellairs. Wood denies favoritism, notes Bellairs was not intimate with him or his family, and describes disputes over Bellairs’ conduct in Havana and civil governance, while dismissing rumors as false and foolish. Also includes a humorous exchange between a rescuer and a fisherman.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Horace Fletcher
Yale University
Edgar G. Bellairs
Catro
Gen. Wood
Bellairs
Havana
Santiago
China
Philippines
Taft
Cuba
Sun Man
Brokers Hit by Gunnery Shortage in Cotton Trade
Fall River reports widespread losses as Southern gunnery operatives crib cotton by reducing bale weight and padding with burlap. Brokers and mills faced contract defaults with December and January shipments, forcing cash settlements of about 14 cents per pound due to rising prices and nondelivery.
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Fall River
South
Local Man Robert B Seeton Dies at 54 in Pawtucketville
Robert B. Seeton a well known Lowell resident died at his home 20 Third avenue Pawtucketville after a brief illness He was 54 years 7 months and 22 days He leaves a son Charles R W Seeton and a daughter Alice F Seeton He belonged to Lowell lodge Knights of Pythias Lowell lodge of Ellis and Clan Grant of the Scottish Clans
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Robert B. Seeton
Lowell
Third Avenue
Pawtucketville
Chas. R. W
Alice F. R. Seeton
Seeton
Lowell Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ellis
Clan Grant
Death of Mr Christopher Nevins in Lowell
Mr Christopher Nevins aged 56 died at Lowell hospital yesterday. An old employee of Bigelow Carpet company he is survived by two sisters Mrs Michael Burns of this city and Miss Bridget Nevins of Springfield a daughter Mrs Dennis Redding of Readville and a son John R Nevins of Lowell
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Christopher Nevins
Lowell Hospital
Bigelow Carpet Company
Michael Burns
This City
Bridget Nevins
Springfield
Dennis Redding
Readville
John R. Nevins
Lowell
Vast 60 Foot Wave Breaks Menominee Drift
Passengers from the Atlantic steamer Menominee recount a hurricane blow Dec 7 that left the ship adrift five days. A 60 foot wave swamped the vessel, broke the rudder post, flooding cabins, injuring crew and killing one sailor. The ship limped to Falmouth then Liverpool, with many passengers proceeding to New York aboard the Cedric.
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New York
Menominee
Cedric
Lucas
Ble Offee
Falmouth
Liverpool
Financial notes on market nerves and war risk in 1904
Haven and Clement assess the Far East tension United States markets respond with limited foreign participation. Wall Street sees subdued activity after holidays as a recovery from 1903 losses shapes a cautious outlook. Dividend projections for January run high, while mining and railroad stocks show strength amid national recovery efforts.
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Far East
London
Wall Street
American Car & Foundry
American Locomotive
Henry Clews
Stock Exchange
Standard Railroad
Russia
Japan
Europe
Trade Review Signals Record Prices and Strong Cotton Market
Bradstreet's reports holiday retail activity steady with wholesale quietness and strong speculative demand for staples. Cotton markets surge with spot prices near 13.60 and July futures over 14 cents. eastern mills buy cautiously while cotton goods gain strength. wheat and corn exports rise. bank profits high. coal strikes settled. overall year closes with cheer despite high raw material costs.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Colorado
New Orleans
Canada
Marines Land From U S Cruiser Prairie at Colon
The balance of 150 marines from the U S cruiser Prairie were landed at Colon today and sent by train to Bus Obispo station on the Panama railroad.
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Colon
U. S
Prairie
Obispo Station
Panama Railroad
Edith’s Christmas Gift To Mr Slyboy Sparks A Hand Proposal
In a brief exchange the mother asks what Edith gave Mr Slyboy at Christmas and the father hints that the gesture prompted his request for her hand that day suggesting a marriage proposal scenario with family reactions.
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Edith
Mr. Slyboy
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New York Consolidated
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Lowell, Mass
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Amalgamated Copper
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Congress St
Broadway
New York Consolidated Stock Exchange
American Sugar Refining Co
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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American Smelting and Refining
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
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Corey, Milliken & Co
Exchange
Albert S. Guild
Wyman
Mother Gray
Alexander Monihan
Adelard Berard
Monihan
Somerville
Berard
Judy
Fall River Cotton Brokers
At Mercy
Weste
Haven & Clement
Frank A. Ruggles
Boston & Montana Mining Company
Heinze
Minnie Healey
Supreme Court
Trade Review
Cotton the
Nicholas G. Rorgross
Central St
Lowel
Alexander Adams & Family
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