Stock Market Lulls as Rumors Roil Iron and Paper Goods
Midday market details show dull trading with steel up slightly from Thursday and sugar drifting between 115 and 113 percent. Amalgamated, Bell, Erie, Butte and Boston quoted within narrow bands while railroad and bank news hint at lower prices tomorrow and a delayed rally. Tamarack stockholders reelect directors. American Bell and American Telephone trades noted. Paper Bag Trust bubble bursts amid consumer pleas for relief. Erie and Pacific coast telephones report April subscriber gains, total lines near 121k and 73k respectively.
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Bell
Erie
Butte
Boston
Rolston and Bass
London
South Africa
Boston and New York Markets Today Bright Sears Report
The report from Bright Sears and Co. covers today’s movements in the Boston and New York markets. It highlights price shifts in key securities and notes modest gains in speculative sectors amid cautious trading.
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Boston
New York
New England Cotton Yarn Co files corporate return
The New England Cotton Yarn company of New Bedford, organized under New Jersey laws, filed a March 31 return with the commissioner of corporations. Fixed capital is 11,500,400. Assets total 17,820,296 including real estate, machinery, cash and receivables, stock in process, and miscellaneous. Liabilities total 17,820,236 with capital stock 10,000,000 debts 7,794,005 and profit and loss 25,331.
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Boston
New England Cotton Yarn Company
New Bedford
New Jersey
Oregon Farmers Begin 1900 Campaign With Strong Outlook
Oregon voters prepare for state officers and two Congress members election in June 1900. The 1898 and 1896 results showed Republican gains, boosted by prosperity and policy victories. The agricultural vote is expected to reinforce the previous verdict for good government and sound legislation.
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Oregon
Congress
Wool Growers Gain From Tariff in Oregon 1900 Figures
Data from the American Economist cites Oregon sheep and wool gains under the Dingley tariff. March 1900 shows 25 363 sheep gain, 39.84 percent, and $2.21 per head increase, with statewide impact estimated at over 7.7 million dollars versus 1896 free wool year.
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Oregon
American Protective Tariff League
She Ley
Dingley
United States
Woman Intuition Tale Sparks Barroom Debate in Grunewald Lobby
A Nebraskan recounts a near disaster on the North Platte in 1885. While stranded in a sudden blizzard, his wife’s quick action and a mistakenly loaded matchbox save them, underscoring the claimed intuition of women. The tale, told in New Orleans Times-Democrat fashion, highlights gendered debate.
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Casey
Grunewald
Chattanooga
Nebraska
Tennessee
Ull
North Platte
Singleton
Jack Cutting
Will
Jack
New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Dust storms in South Africa torment British troops
Leslie's Weekly describes how British soldiers in the arid South African veld suffer through sudden dust storms that permeate tents, stores, and meals. The blinding grit, heat, and repeated cycles of exposure strain troops marching by day and fighting by night under harsh desert conditions.
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South Africa
Kipling
Leslie's Weekly
Noted New England farmer leader John D Williams French dies
Word came of the sudden death in Atlantic City on the 24th of John Davis Williams French of Boston a prominent New England farmer. He led the Bay State Agricultural Society, the New England Milk Producers Union, and the Amateur Forestry association, and held roles at Massachusetts Agricultural College and the Horticultural Society. He bred Ayrshire cattle, planted extensive forests, and earned a $1000 prize for European larch plantations. He helped found the National Ayrshire association and was its secretary and editor for years.
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Boston
Atlantic City
John Davis Williams French
French
New England
Bay State Agricultural Society
New England Milk Producers’ Union
Amatean Forestry Association
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Village Improvement Society
North Andover
Marlboro Street
State Street
Massachusetts Society For Promoting Agriculture
National Ayrshire Association
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Bigelow
Boston Board
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Bell ‘Telephone Company
Paper Bag Trust
Paper Trust
Advertiser
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Bright, Sears & Co
Amer. Sug Ref. Co
Amer
Stee
Atchison
Atchison, Pfd
Mer. Tobacco
Ase
Brooklyn RT
St. Lace
N.J
Hesa. &O Ween
Bb. & G. West
By & Ir
Federal Steel
Cence
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Pacific
No. Pacific
No. Pacific P
People’s Gas
Phila
Reading
St. Paul
So Pacific
So. Rail Prd
Tha Tenn
Texas Pac
Union Pacific
Sete Eae
Union Pac
Ecseeereee
U.S
West Union
Fitchburg
Wee Amalgamated
Acer Butte
Franklin
Bell Tel
Ding
Putnam & Son
Central Street
Necial
Sue
Rogers, Peet & Co
Peke
OGERS
Peet &O
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OYS
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Buda-Pesth
Mihail de Munkacsy
Munkacy
Austro-Hungary
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Mihali
Michael
Munkaczy
Mun
Kacay
Szamosy
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Munich
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Hungary
Baroness de Marches
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Christ
Pilate
John Wanamaker
Metropolitan Museum
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America
Milton
Lenox
Stewart
Migs Wolfe
Vanderbilt
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