1911 Review Shows Mixed Business Outlook Across United States
A Chicago Record-Herald survey finds 1911 mixed for US business. Manufacturing and railroads lagged, farm prices rose with drought relief, and Southward growth surged as capital flowed in. Banks faced muted speculation. 1912 may bring gradual improvement with caution about politics and tariffs.
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United States
Chicago Record-Herald
Wall Street
Iron and Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Birmingham
New York
Sabin
Middle States
New England
Middle West
Far West
South
Southwestern
Europe
Bradstreet
Women Designed for Angels Club Opens Third Season
The Club for the Study of Life as a Fine Art held its third season opening at the Hotel Astor with Mrs. Mildred Manly Easton delivering the address You a Personality. About 200 women attended as Easton urged right thinking for leadership originality and youth noting forty as the age when a woman begins to live and she is eighty years young and eighteen years old if she is well.
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Club For
Mildred Manly Easton
The
Gacity
New York Herald
Why Hotel Men Go Insane
A hotel manager cites the strain caused by demanding female guests who continually alter plans. He notes even expert staff suffer mental strain after signing leases and satisfying brief stays as guests suddenly request changes while the hotel must keep smiling.
Breaking the Sabbath in Beecher Family Bedtime Mischief
The Beecher children story shows early 20th century Sabbath norms. Harriet wakes as Henry and Charles dream up sheep on a quilt hillside and Charles cries that this is wicked since it is Sunday.
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Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet
Henry
Charles
We would make traveling easy
Meandering Mike sighs over bad roads and wonders of science as he and a companion discuss how the earth spins and the need for a graspable place to hold on to while territory slides by, until the desired destination arrives.
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Courier-Journal
Bessen
Practical Advice From a Civic Voice Exposed
A terse exchange contrasts a pompous citizen who urges voting by conviction with a practical politician who questions the wisdom of such shouted declarations. The dialogue highlights tension between idealism and pragmatism in public discourse.
ODD REASON I Won't Vote the Straight Ticket
A quoted exchange shows one voter questioning a straight-ticket vote. The other responds that the straight ticket is crooked, raising a partisan critique and suggesting why some voters reject unified party ballots.
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Ds Saris
Lexington to Build New Opera House on East Main
Lexington will gain a new opera house on Mrs James B Haggin property on East Main street opposite the Phoenix Hotel. The main entrance will be where Heintz jewelry store is located with an entrance from Limestone street through the Majestic bowling alley. A stage entrance will face Short street opposite the county jail.
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Lexington
James B. Haggin
East Main Street
Phoenix Hotel
Heintz
Limestone Street
Short Street
For Sale Patent Pinless Clothes Line Rights Trade Offer
For Sale a swap offer seeks Madison Fayette and Jessamine county rights for a Patent Pinless Clothes Line. Sold on sight and a big money maker. Trade for land or livestock. Contact 27-4 Spot Cash Grocery Co. Stop itching ointment ad included.
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Madison
Fayette
Jessamine
Spot Cash Grocery Co
Rooms for Rent on Sycamore Street for Light House Keeping
G. E. Coons advertises rooms for rent on Sycamore Street offering light housekeeping.
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Sycamore Street
G. E. Coons
County Court Days Near Mt Sterling
List of county court days for Bath Owingsville Bourbon Paris Clark Winchester Fayette Lexington Fleming Flemingsburg Harrison Cynthiana Madison Richmond Montgomery Mt Sterling Nicholas Carlisle with each county’s court day such as 1st 2nd 3rd or 4th Monday for scheduling local legal proceedings.
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Mt. Sterling
Bath
Owingsville
Bourbon
Paris
Clark
Winchester
Fayette
Lexngton
Fleming
Flemingsburg
Montgomery
Nicholas
Carlisle
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Review of Business
Sutton &Ison
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Mrs. Easton
Louisville, Ky
Henry Wattterson
Itt de Elor
Mike
Real Estate BoarDs
Dean
County Court Days
Harrison, Cynthiana
Richmond
Hadden & Hadden
Court St
Antwerp Ave
Robinson & Moore Court St
Mt. Sterling, Kylllyr
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