Christmas trade boom signals sharp gifts demand
Philadelphia merchants report rising holiday buying despite mild weather. Jewelers and piano firms anticipate strong sales as grand stock and special display items draw shoppers. Several firms cite increased demand for musical instruments, furs, umbrellas, and high grade goods, with expectations of a season matching or exceeding last year.
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Bay‘ne
Philadelphia
Samuel D. Lit
Lit Brothers
Market Streets
Indead
Frank van Roden
Wright, Tyndale & van Roden
Minton China
Libbey
Minton
Robinson Tyndale
Frederick Simons
Simons’ Brothers
F. J. Heppe
C. J. Heppe & Son
Chestnut Street
Regina
L. D. Wilkinson
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co
Market Street
W. M. Huey
Huey & Christ
Pennsylvania
Hirsh
Hirsh & Brother
J. Cunningham
Cunningham Piano Company
M.S. Strien
American Baptist Publication Society
Henry T. Coates
H. T. Coates & Co
Thomas Martindale
Thomas Martindale & Co
Twentieth Annual AFL Convention Opens in Louisville
The Twentieth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor opened at Music Hall in Louisville with over 200 delegates and visitors present. Gompers greeted delegates and Higgins delivered the welcome, as they urged organized effort and noted growth in charters and unions.
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The
American Federation of Labor
Louisville
the Times
Mustc Hall
Gompers
William M. Higgins
England
Scotland
Committee On
Sarah Groshans
Streator
Ill
Emma Lanppert
Galesburg
Til
Ellen King
Petersburg
Ind
National Brewers’ Union
Erhood
United Garment Makers’ Union
Chicago Central Labor Union
Willard Hotel
Peter Curran
London
John Weir
Glasgow
Notable New Biographies and Reference Works Reviewed
A roundup of recent biographies, philosophy editions, and children’s books. Andrew Jackson by William Garrett Brown is praised for compact, vivid portrait. Herbert Spencer First Principles gets updated for clarity. Mifflin and Co publish Brooke and Doyle volumes. The Atlantic Monthly and Christmas shopping guides noted. various juvenile tales and humor collections featured with brief evaluations.
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New Riverside
Andrew Jackson
William Garrett Brown
Old Hickory
Brown
Lfe
Benjamin Franklin
Paul E
Franklin
James B. Eads
Louis How
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Appleton & Co
Herbert Spencer
Spencer
George W. Jacobs & Co
Publications Received Current Year Book Notes
A long list of new books and publications with authors and prices including Our Turn, Maude Adams in L'Aiglon, The Mills of the Gods, The Bradbury Stories and more. Titles span fiction travel history and music with publishers Jacobs McClure Appleton Dodd Mead and others.
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H. L. Washburn & Co
Baltimore
Jacobs
Maude Adams
Comades
Frank Mather
John Lane
Marius Jokal
McClure, Phillips & Co
Mills of the Gods
Ryr Louise Snow Dorr
A. S. Barnes “& Co
Bradbury
Independence Pub, Co
Police seek Chanler in city chase for Bloomingdale escapee
A search for John Armstrong Chanler who escaped Bloomingdale Asylum in New York last week has begun in this city. Detectives surveilled the private sanitarium at 710 Spruce Street where Princess Troubetzkoy is believed confined. Police pursue Chanler on sight and extend watch to Washington.
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John Armstrong Chanler
Bloomingdale Asylum
New York
Troubetzkoy
Weir Mitchell
Spruce Street
Chanler
S&s. Weir Mitchell
Princess Troubetzkoy
Bloomingdale
Washington
Philadelphia
Savings Men to Fight Receivership Bid Over Angl o American Association
New York December 6. Officers of the Anglo American Savings and Loan Association vow to fight an attempt to place the company in receivership. A conference with counsel C A Deshon led to an adjournment request as the United States Circuit Court hearing before Judge Lacombe proceeds. Russell and Winslow represent three Pennsylvania stockholders who initiated the action. Company officials include ex Postmaster General James John D Vermuele George M Hard and ex Governor Lounsbury. Stockholders filed in at 256 Broadway claiming solvency with five million dollars at stake.
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New York
Anglo-American Savings and Loan Association
C. A. Deshon
James
John D. Vermuele
George M. Hard
Lounsbury
Broadway
Receivership Sought for Anglo-American Savings and Loan
Stockholders James W. Carpenter Marvin P. Carter and Pulaski P. Carter filed an equity bill in New York and an ancillary bill in Philadelphia seeking receivership of the Anglo-American Savings and Loan Association of New York assets in the district valued around 700000 dollars. The case involves claims of about four thousand four hundred forty five dollars to shareholders and potential entitlement to over two and a half million dollars in certificates. A color picture of Castle Kenilworth ruins will accompany The Times next Sunday.
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New York
James W. Carpenter
Marvin P. Carter
Pulaski P. Carter
Anglo-American Savings and Loan Association of New York
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia
United States
Russell & Winslow
Furth & Singer
Frederic W. Fleits
Scranton
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Castle
Kenilworth
Times
Coast strewn with wrecks after New England hurricane
A Boston area hurricane reports coast strewn with wrecks and fires. Vessels including the D. Gifford from Perth Amboy to St Johns sank near Deer Island after leaking. Crews of five rescued. Other ships damaged or ashore near Boston Harbor, Salem, and Lubec.
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New England
D. Gifford
Perth Amboy
St. Johns
Boston
Deer Island
T Wharf
Boston Harbor
Addison Center
Edward Trevoy
Salem
Mass
E. Merriam
Hillsboro
New York
Fanny
Edith
Bangor
Pront’s Neck
Portland
Maude Mallock
Calais
Margaret A. Jones
Johnson's Bay
Lubec
Es Patio
Mary Emma
Perthboy
Rannia
Sachuset Point
Newport
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Browning, King & Co
J. Goldschmidt
F. Schamberg & Co
South Second Street
Isaac Plaut
Globe
Plaut & Co
Ludlow
Havana
Morrison
Lennon
Union
International Alliance
International League of America
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
National Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters and Helpers of America
United Garment Workers of America
Central Labor Council
Cincinnati
International Broommakers’' Union
Brewers
International Union of Steam Engineers
Brewery Workers’ Union
Brewery Workers
National Union of Brewery Workers
Steam Engineers
Executive Council
Congress
Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Samuel P. Gompers
Frank du Mond
Augustine Birrell
Rhine
Henry James
Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic
Owen Wister
George Washington
Edward Robins
Virginia
Braddock
Gil
Laura T. Meade
Bonnie Castle
Little L. Forrester
Dimple Dallas
Amy E. Blanchard
George L. Weed
Conan Doyle
W. T. Stead
R. H. Russell
L'Aiglon
L. C. Page & Co
Arthur R. Thompson
Alaska
Dalton Trail
Little, Brown & Co
India
Harriet A. Cheever
Bombay
Dana, Estes & Co
A. Conan Doyle
Almer Florence Porter
Ess Ep Pub. Co
Arthur Chambers
L. Norton Thomson
F. Tennyson Neely
Nye
Houghton, Miffin & Co
Aew
Camille Bellaigne
Ellen Orr
Dodd, Mead & Co
Ever York
Norman Mean
Charles M. Taylor, Jr
George W. Jacobs Co
America
Edward Eggleston
D. Appleton & Co
Sir Charles Verrinder
East Indies
Guy Boothby
Appleton
Shakespeare
Louis
Elson
John A. Chanler
Anglo- American Association
Tlands
Mason
O. K
K. T. Mason Chemical CO
Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pa
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