Sugar Strengthens While Tobacco Stocks Sink
The market opened irregular with Sugar rising to 113 after opening at 109, then easing. Tobacco shares showed weakness with American down 2 percent and Continental off 1. Amid rail stocks, Atchison preferred led, trading near 72. The report notes large copper exports, a buy mood from Wormser in Sugar, and discussions of refinery consolidations. European money markets ease and Mafeking relief boosts sentiment.
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Atch. Prefd
Boston
London
Stock Exchange
Mafeking
South Africa
New York
Boston and New York Markets Report by Bright Sears Us
Boston and New York markets rise on mixed data as traders weigh earnings and economic signals. Bright, Sears and Us note gains in equities led by technology shares while utilities and financials see modest moves.
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Boston
New York
Bright, Sears & Us
Tariff Change Debated for Cuban Cotton Goods
The War Department upheld the existing tariff on Cuban cotton goods after a joint review by Col Bliss and the treasury secretary. They argued changes would cut revenue without boosting Cuban consumption. The Merchants' Association proposed cuts to weight limits and thread counts, but Bliss warned such shifts would not increase revenue and might merely shift trade to Europeans. The treasury secretary agreed reprinting the schedule would be needed for any change.
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Cuba
Col. Bliss
Secretary of the Treasury
Merchants’ Association
Wedding card orders surge at Lawler stationery shop
Our advance orders for engraved and printed wedding cards are unusually heavy. To avoid delays place orders early for wedding, at home or visiting cards. Engravers are busy now. Thomas H. Lawler fashionable stationer and bookseller 79 Merrimack 15 and 21 John streets Telephone 238-2.
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Thomas H. Lawler
Merrimack
John Streets
Three Kinds of Rubber Sheeting Sold Here
A. G. Pollard & Co offers three grades of rubber sheeting. One sturdy quality at 75 cents per yard, a lighter soft pliable option at 75c, and a warmer durable rubber stock net at 75c. per yard. Yard wide, any quantity available from basement.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Measles scare prompts cake craving confession
A child, Arthur, laments to his mother after learning the Goodwin children have measles. He jokes about eating cake while anticipating illness, revealing a humorous domestic moment reported by the Chicago Times Herald.
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Arthur
Goodwin
Chicago Times- Herald
Memorial funeral cortege astonishes town with heavy caskets
A procession to the cemetery featured four horses drawing a lavish car trimmed with long festoons within reach of the ground. Eight to ten men moved two 1100 pound caskets from a balcony due to narrow windows. The bill for the mile between house and cemetery came to 1200 dollars for use of the car.
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Eng
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Hiller
Elizabeth Ayers
Frances
Elizabeth
Thomas Plant
Liverpool
Demerara
W. L. Lockhart & S Co
Merrimac
Boston
Causeway Streets
Florida
San Domingo
Wilmington House
Marble Quarries of Classic Greece: Pentelikon Marble Wealth
Chambers Journal notes the Pentelikon quarries near Athens stayed quiet until modern Greek unification, then revived for royal building needs. A railway to the quarry foot enables cheap European delivery. Pentelikon marble, surpassing Carrara in purity and grain, remains abundant with billions of tons untouched.
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Athens
Greece
Pentell Hills
Elgin
Parthenon
Chambers
World powers clash looms over top American, British, and French leaders
Senator Lodge, Secretary Root and Premier Salisbury are marked by a looming international confrontation. The Boston Transcript notes a shared nightmare of a coming clash among major powers, signaling tension among allied governments.
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Root
Salisbury
Boston Transcript
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