Walker Bros Flour and wagon shop featured in local ads
Local notices advertise Calla flour from Walker Bros Ltd and custom wagons by Kern. Other items include seed oats from Faulk and Clark, typewriters from James E. Larkin, jewelry and buggy work, gingerly notes on a fire at the Y M C A, and a winter touristic court sentence for James M. Dermott. Miss Ida Campbell visits from St. Louis with family events at 1905 Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Campbell
St. Louis
W. H. Campbell
Jackson Street
Roy Lee Kills Sheriff After Holding Family
Roy Lee, described as insane, shot and killed Holmes County Sheriff Bell after terrorizing his family overnight in Shreve Ohio. Police entered the Lee home to arrest him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreve
Ohio
Roy Lee
Sheriff Bell
Holmes
Lee
Oregon Dairy Association Convention Opens in Portland
The Oregon State Dairy association holds its annual two day session in Portland starting December 9. Nearly 1,000 dairymen attend as the event features an extensive dairy machinery and product display. Premiums totaling over $1,000 have been secured for the exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon State Dairy Association
Oregon
Southern Educational Association to Convene in Charlotte
Charlotte prepares for a landmark Southern Educational Association convention over the Christmas holidays with a large attendance expected. Noted speakers include Harvard’s former President Eliot and leaders from Cincinnati Vanderbilt Texas North Carolina Mississippi Stanford Chicago universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt University
Mezes
University of Texas
Venable
University of North Carolina
Kincannon
University of Mississippi
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Judson
University of Chicago
Bridgeport Strike Conference Closes Without Statement
Bridgeport officials from the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company held a late night conference with President W. G. Bargny reviewing the strike situation. No public statement followed the session. Vienna court action launches hearings against historian Friedlung amid Balkan politics.
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Bridgeport
Pittsburg
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
W. G. Bargny
Vienna
Crotien
Friedlung
Count von Alrendorf
Europe
Bosnia
Servia
Market Report New Orleans and New York Cotton Quotes
The New Orleans market closes steady with 14 11-16 cents and 1040 bales sold. Prices for the month show highs around 16.31 and lows near 14.83, while New York spots hold at 14.95 with a similar trading range and evening close near 15.22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Low Close
Ysty
New York
Rae
Liverpool 8.01 Sales Report Noted
A brief note records Liverpool sales on 8.01 with 12 000 bales traded. reference to BPO PRE hssoes and OE EY tc Ns eel ame appears as fragmented. The readable items indicate a commodity sale and batch size. further details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
BPO
Cotton market climbs on bullish U S crop estimate
Windes reports New Orleans market highs for the season with March 15.48 May 15.74 and July 15.83 while Liverpool quotes 8.01d. Government crop estimates due December 10 may lift or limit prices as acreage and yields hinge on rains, weevils, and hot dry periods across the Mississippi Valley and southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monore
New Orleans
United States Agricultural Bureau
Liverpool
America
Giles
Mississippi Valley
East Gulf States
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Hester
Prominent Southern Banker N. B. Crawford Dies by Suicide
Houston Miss December 8 Hon N B Crawford 77 banker planter and hotel proprietor and noted Southern politician shot himself at home early today Failing cotton crop and workers accounts cited as causes of his despondency and death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Miss
N. B. Crawford
South
Freighter W. C. Richardson Sinks Near Buffalo. Five Crew Lost
The big steel freighter W. C. Richardson sank early today five miles up the lake from Buffalo harbor. Five crew members were drowned in the loss. The incident occurred near Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
W. C. Richardson
Buffalo Harbor
Capudine Ad Promises Quick Headache Relief
A 1910s style advertisement touts Capudine for headaches from colds heat stomach or nervous trouble claiming quick relief. Available in 16c 25c and 60c at drug stores with a brisk call to try it.
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Capudine
Notable dates in early American and British figures
Chronological notes list marriages births deaths and political events from 1600 to 1908. Highlights include Henry IV and Mary de Medici marriage 1600, Milton born 1608, Emma Abbott born 1850, Reconstruction convention in Atlanta 1867, and Vermont liquor law shift in 1902.
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Henry IV
England
Mary de Medici
John Milton
King of
John L. M. Irby
United States
South Carolina
Laurens
8. C
Vermont
Hugh Cameron
Kansas
Topeka
Capudine for That Headache Ad Offers Nervous Relief
Capsule ad promotes Capudine as a headache and nervous relief remedy. It claims to clear the head and brace the nerves, presenting Capucine as suitable for business readiness. Available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capudine
Hicks’ Capucine
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Boston, Limited
Ford
Walker Bros., Ltd
Calla
Kern’s
Joe Kern
Prop
Care News- Star
Faulk and
Clark
James E. Larkin
A. M. Senning
Mer
George H. Lee
Rock Island
Monroe
Santa Claus
Phoenix Drug Store
Chase & Collens CO
James M. Dermott
Judge Schulze
Monroe Drug CO
Alden’s Pharmacy, Limited
Monroe Furniture Co
2Nd Street
Charlotte
D. H. Key
Mch
Grain and Provisions
Chicago
Windes’ Daily Cotton Letter
William J. Bryan
City School Auditorium
Woman’s Home Mission Society
of the
M. E. Church
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