NATION'S FIRST CURB MARKET HISTORY IN NEW YORK
Detroit News recounts the informal curb market under the Buttonwood Tree in New York beginning in 1780 with government securities trading. It traces evolution via early Stock Market name, 1782 organization, move to Merchants Exchange, merging NYSE, and Mendes the father of the New York Curb Market, leading to the 1911 curb association.
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New Yorks
New York
New York Stock and Exchange
Tsst
Merchants’ Exchange
New York Stork Exchange
Mread Street
FE. & Mendels
Mendes
Curt
Curb Market Association
Detroit News
Farmer producer associations seek passage of price fairness bill
Washington. The Judiciary Committee favors a bill to let agricultural producers form associations to market their goods. It limits membership, prohibits excessive capital dividends, and aims to curb exploitation by large firms while preserving state organization and existing laws. The measure would enable farmer groups to negotiate prices with protection against coercion.
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James P. Hornaday
Washington
Howse Committee On the Judiciary
Nis
Secretary of Agriculture
Nimeelf
New York
Penneytennia
Trinate
Wisconsin
Minnesota
The Dark Ages and Electoral College Explained
A Kansas City Star essay notes the Dark Ages spanned about six hundred years from 476 AD to 1100 AD with church dominance and superstition. It also explains the Electoral College process where electors meet in states, cast votes, and the results are opened in Congress.
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Kansas City Star
United States
Senate
House
Congress
United States Invited to Join International Road Congress
Secretary Meredith favors accepting the invitation for the United States to join the Permanent International Association of Highway Officials. The executive committee of the American Association of State Highway Officials urges U.S. participation to share expertise and coordinate a national road program. The expanded advisory committee will include the full executive body of the association to ensure broad U.S. representation.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Meredith
Stat
Paris
Higtway
State Department
Conkrmns
Brussels
London
Department
American Association of State Heliway
Thin Hep
Iles
War Department
Good Roads Council Starts Campaign for Road Education
The newly formed federation, including 28 business and civic organizations around St. Louis, launches a nine campaign to educate residents within 100 miles about the benefits of road improvement.
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Business and Civic
Rziszationa of
St. Louis
Federted Roads Sonnel
Poor roads drive high costs in U S transport
Experts estimate country road haulage adds about a half billion dollars yearly to food transport costs. The burden equals roughly five dollars per person for every man, woman, and child in the United States due to bad roads.
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United States
Close Relations Between Farm Town and Country
The piece argues the farm relies on the town, and the town on the country. It emphasizes how fertile lands shrink distance between city and farm, dissolving isolation and linking communities through productive land.
War showed value of highways in emergencies
The war demonstrated the highways value as a transportation medium for emergencies rather than highlighting commercial possibilities. The wartime need underscored national reliance on road networks and their role in rapid mobilization and logistics.
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