Cramp and Foerderer Testify on Subsidy and Shipbuilding
At the Industrial Commission session Charles H. Cramp of Cramp Shipbuilding and Congressman-elect Robert H. Foerderer testified on subsidy, plant sale to Vickers, and the state of American shipbuilding. Dornan urged higher tarffs on imported matting while Foerderer described leather industry shifts toward glazed kid products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Commission
Charles H. Cramp
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Robert H. Foerderer
Mr. Cramp
Mr. Griscom
Clyde Company
Red D Company
Great Steamship Companies
Great Britain
North Atlantic
West
United States
South Africa
Cramp
Vickers Sons & Maxim
England
London
Robert Dornan
Dornan Brothers
Ingrain Carpet Manufacturers
Dornan
China
Morocco
Foerderer
Commission
Advertising for a Wife in Newspaper Classifieds
The Duluth News Tribune notes matrimony via want ads has led to three local marriages while many couples keep names private. It warns of misfires when impulsive ads invite unprepared suitors and uncertain outcomes, urging caution in such matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth News Tribune
Duluth
Cupid
Neston
Rene Ahha
Unmarried Boston Man Seeks Marriage To Scholar Woman
A verbose advertisement from a Boston man seeking a wife emphasizes mental equality, stamina, and motherhood suitability. He lists numerous scholarly qualifications and expects partners to share interests in science and religion while offering newspaper clipping exchanges and references from national papers. He claims high parental status and notes his own six academic chairs and desire for matrimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horough
Meritoroutt
Etromie Teddakin
Ealt
Chicago
New York
Drummond
Telegraph Romance Turns Real in Chicago Boarding House
An ex telegraph operator, now a Western railroad officer, recounts courting his future wife through a wall using telegraph taps. He met her at a Chicago boarding house near a telegraph course, and after a playful wall message and several meetings she agreed to marry him and leave telegraphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charity
Train Robber Drills Urged After Illinois Central Hold-Up
Rail expert urges crews to train for robberies with urgent alarm systems and clear actions. He argues that a preplanned response, including shutting lights, using emergency signals, and arming staff, could deter attackers and reduce losses witnessed on the Illinois Central hold-up.
Exports From Philadelphia and Atlantic Steamers
A December 21 cargo summary lists Philadelphia exports including Abchynland with 25 714 bushels and various oils, syrup, canned tomatoes, flour, tobacco, and more totaling thousands in value. Other vessels such as Margaret Luciline Siberian and Glaagaw report coal, flour, wheat, oils, lumber, and miscellaneous merchandise with substantial tonnages and dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Havana
Dunkirk
Luciline
Ee Hook
Siberian
Safe-Burglary Exhibition Warns of Electric Attacks
A Detroit audience watched a banksafe burglary demonstration in a Newberry building basement. The exhibit showed a modern crackman using electricity to bore through steel and warned that electrified vault linings and alarm systems could deter or detect such attacks, with bankers from Chicago explaining the protection system and its alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry Building
Detroit Free Press
Hawkshaw
Sherlock Holmes
Jim the Penman
Detroit
Charles H. Matthews
John 8. Williams
Bankers’ Electric Protective Company
Chicago
Matthews
The Kiss That Angered B A Charlton in Rome Tale
Boston man recounts a New York Tribune interview about a middle aged American couple abroad. In Rome a sculptor kissed both wife and husband drawing the husband’s fury while the wife minimises the incident claiming cultural norms. The tale ends with the couple upset over the kissing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Charlton
Boston
New York Tribune
Mr. Charlton
Rome
Ital
Riddle Game With Kitty Parents Henry Guess
In a juvenile magazine a charade answer is Henry. Kitty’s mother asks a simpler riddle about a motherly fowl and a drink forming a familiar boy’s name. Kitty guesses the motherly fowl, and the mother confirms the solution as Right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty
Henry
Shipping News Weather Tides Report for Philadelphia
Shipping notices for Saturday December 22 show high and low water times in Philadelphia and Breakwater. The record lists high water at 1.32 and 1.54 P.M. and low water at 8.18 A.M. and 3.40 P.M., with ice concern noted at 0.04 P.M. and breakwater updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rises
Philadelphia
Shipping Movements and Tonnage in Northeastern Rivers
A list of steamers and barges with captains, origins, and cargoes appears, including Steamer Burton, Norman, Richmond, Anthony Groves Jr., Lancaster, and schooner Harry A Berwind. Vessels from Baltimore, Providence, Fall River, New York, Boston, Newport, and Newburyport are noted, with tows by tugs Peter Smith and Veit and cargos of merchandise, ballast, and coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Thritish
Kymer
Baltimore
Barn Line Steamship Company
Norman
Chase
Providence
Fall River
George C. Eckhardt
Richmond
French
New York
William P. Clyde & Co
Anthony Groves, Jr
Fowler
Groves
Lancaster
Lablich
Merriam
Harry A. Berwind
Hewitt
Branawick
Ties
Stetson & Wing
Ees
Kaminski
Ray
Charleston
Lum Wicétman
Scholant Gebante H. Venoer
Baker
Ballast
J. L. Nicholson
Elk Garden
Boston
Hampshire
Newport
R. 1
Peter Smith
Davis Coal and Coke Company
Alburtis
Newburyport
Silver Brook
Indiana
Maritime shipping updates from various steamers and tugs
A list of vessels and captains including Steamer Rhymond Belgians Kinne of Liverpool and others such as Steamer Berkshire Indian City of Philadelphia and Lascantes. It mentions sailings via New York Boston Providence Portland and Norfolk with masters like F S Groves D H Hagerman and J L Nicholson and cargoes or tows by barges and tugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhymond
Kinne
Liverpool
International Navigation Company
Berkshire
Ryan
Savannah
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Indian
Snow
Boston
George C. Eckhardt
City of Philadelphia
Hastings
Bridgeport
New York
F. S. Groves
Anthony Groves, Jr
Fowler
Baltimore
Groves
Goldsboro
French
Norfolk
William E
En Warren
William P. Clyde & C
Las
Wilmington Schooners Cleared by Bath Firm
Cleared vessels John Francis and Charles H Wolston listed with owners Bath firm Haldt & Cummins. Names Francis Bath and Hinckley appear as associated parties. No further details provided on cargo or voyage status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
John Francis
Francis
Bath, Haldt & Cummins
Charles H. Wolston
Hinckley
Bath
Haldt & Cummins
Shipping Movements Report From Breakwater Port
Delaware Bay and River News details arrivals departures andAnchors at Brown Shoals Marcus Hook and Reedy Island. Vessels include Sillcop Alsenborn Alagoma Ventura Pola Beacon Light Jennie C May and Navigator with barges. Weather shows snow and north wind with barometer 20.56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staples Coal Company
Sillcop
St. Johns
Margaret Jones
Whlmington
Del
Norfolk
Brown Shoals
Helen W. Martin
Philadelphia
Laicla Og
Marcus Hook
Pola
Copenhagen
Antwerp
Beacon Light
Venice
Jennie C. May
Boston
General E
Gregley
Havana
Navigator
Luciline
Dunkirk
Reedy Island
Castle
Pepeenogne
Fort Delaware
Movements of Vessels Across Atlantic and Coastwise Routes
Maritime notices list numerous steamers and schooners with origins and destinations including Saxoleine La Bretagne Burdon Taylor Indore Cestrian Spartan Shawmut Hildawell Lucania Philadelphia Novadic Germanic Celtic Princess William Cliff Milano and various port passages such as Sagres Prawle Point Cape Henry Brow Head Dover Rotterdam and Newburyport with arrival dates around the 20th and 21st instants and cargo movements including coal port and Hamburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxoleine
Marcus Hook
Cette
Sagres
la Bretagne
New York
Havre
Burdon
Philadelphia
Eue Economs
Prawle Point
Taylor
Santow
Mavelo
Indore
Liverpool
Baltimore
Cape Henry
James Judge
Cardenas
Havana
1 Mfant
Boston
Carrie E_ Look
Mary FE. Godfrey
Jacksonville
Everett Webster
Newburyport
Fannie C. Bowen
New Haven
Sats
New London
Shipping Arrivals and Clearances Reported Abroad and At Port
A December 21 entry lists incoming steamers including Rovie Liverpool Harmodias Barry Phidias Santos and others, with ports such as Zeeburg Girgenti Uto Goanta Gulf Stream Philadelphia Nordkyn Calda and Yokohama among names. Cleared December 21 shows Umbria Liverpool Captain Bennett Port Antonio Peconic Gibraltar Canova Manchester St Cuthbert Antwerp Exeter City Rotterdam Adirondacks Kings of Apes Melbourne Vincen Assante Marseilles Hekla Copests Christiania Donald Norfolk Mokia Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rovie
Liverpool
Harmodias
Barry
Phidias
Santos
Zeeburg
Girgenti
Uto
Goanta
Gulf Stream
Philadelphia
Nordkyn
Calda
Buena de Astoria
Yokohama
Maraval
Port Spain
Jechland
Bremen
Syracusa
Pernambuco
Sanna
Tampico
Umbria
Bennett
Port Antonio
Peconic
Gibraltar
Canova
Manchetel St. Cuthbert
Antwerp
Exeter City
New York
Book
Jones
Harmodius
Daggry
Staube
Progreso
Allen
Sauna
Wahlberg
Schooreboer
Girgente
Bryen
Guanta
Swain
Beer
Caleta
Buena
Asturia
Hildebrandt
Purdue
Deutschland
Schlerhorst
Syrideusa
Behrmann
Dutton
Olsen
Pecoule
Mills
Mediterranean
Ferguson
Manchester
St. Cuthbert
Lewis
Eyeter City
Watkins
Bristol
Rotterdam
Potter
Adirondack
Owen
Kingston
Star of Australia
Reed
Melbourne
Vinzenzo Florio
Montana
Genoa
Assunta
Marseilles
Baltimore
Kasvalia
Webb
Glaser
Tabasco
Rea
New Holm
Vose
Reresby
Peet
Amsterdam
Belle Wooster
Sommerville
Antigua
Steamers and Ports Noted in Historic Shipping List
A compact record notes steamers and ports including Xenia Copenhagen Kurrachee Port Natal Cumbal Valparaiso Sanita Perth Amboy Gyller Havana Adler Inagua Captain Bennett Port Antonio and related maritime references. The list captures a snapshot of ships and harbors from a historic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Copenhagen
Kurrachee
Port Natal
Cumbal
Valparaiso
Sanita
Perth Amboy
Gyller
Havana
Adler
Inagua
Bennett
Port Antonio
Freight and Charter Market Holds Steady Amid Sluggish Tonnage
Freight and charter business shows little upturn as year-end pressures limit operations across departments. Colonial lines hold a large contracted fleet, while oil freights to the Far East remain quiet due to scarce tonnage. South American and West Indian freights slow. coasting lumber and coal dull. grain cargo demand limited yet steady with nominal rate levels for December to February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial
Far East
Cork
White Jarket
Greta
The
Gulf
Avonmouth
Cardiff
Albert F. Gicre
Phil
Arrived and Cleared Steamers Show Global Trade Reach
New York reports on December 21 lists arriving steamers including British vessels such as Jones and Harmodius and Norwegians, with ships named from Hamburg to Port Antonio. also clears several steamers like Umbria and Canova and schooner Belle Wooster sailing to Rotterdam and Antwerp, among others.
Shipping notes on vessels damaged or aground near Britain and Delaware
The report lists multiple ships with damage or grounding: the dredge Potomac on Breakwater beach. Saltwell with bulwarks and deck damaged at Bremen. William Clif bow damage at Liverpool. Ajlsawald ashore near Ballymore with crew saved. Eugen towed off Minas Straits. Rapidan floated after grounding near Thimbie Light. Annapolis aground in Norfolk harbor. Andrew Welch in Honolulu lost 217 head of livestock. Germanic colliding with Liverpool dock bow. Archter beached then anchored with suspended work. barge No 49 taking on water near Delaware breakwater. Alvaro abandoned sinking with all saved save captain. Westernland returning to Southampton with propeller loss. Somerhill towing Westernland and mast loss. note of a London cable about Don Hail in tow near lat/long unspecified. overall, maritime danger and salvage efforts described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Saltwell
Bremen
Ship Island
William Clif
New Orleans
Liverpool
Ajlsawald
Penarth
Bermuda
Ballymore
Ireland
Eugen
Pascagoula
Minas Straits
Rapidan
Thimbie Light
United States
Annapolis
Norfolk
Andrew Welch
Honolulu
San Francisco
Germanic
New York
Archter
Philadelphia
Leith
Hughes Brothers & Bangs
Delaware
Savannah
Abram Millis
Gaynor
Alvaro
Coelho
Lisbon
Red Star
Westernland
Southampton
Portland
Somerhill
London
Swansea
Itimore
Zarate
Commercial Markets Show Steady Tone in Mixed Wheat and Hogs
Receipts reach 79 597 bushels with 107 924 shipped and stock at 613 893. Export inquiries rise while prices drift. No. 2 Pennsylvania red and DelWare red bids listed with mixed results. No trading in options. car lots steady with modest export sales and varied meat product quotes in a broad market report.
Receipts and Shipments Report Digestable Bushel Totals
Receipts stand at 21 189 bushels with shipments of 16 400 bushels and stock at 279 259 bushels. Car lots show strong demand and milling activity remains firm with limited offerings. Sales include two car lots at 28 cents and one car white on track at 204 cents. 18 cars No 2 white at 34 cents. Private export terms cover 50 000 bushels.
Grain Receipts Mixed as Mills Hold Prices Steady
Receipts totaled 1 272 barrels and 444 000 pounds in sacks with buyers delaying purchases or placing small orders to meet actual needs. Prices remained steady with mills reluctant to push concessions, listing a range of wheat flour and patent brands across several regions and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Mall Mills
Ous
Oil price holds at $3 per barrel for Pennsylvania grade
The report notes a steady bid at three dollars per barrel for a preferred Pennsylvania crude grade. No further auction details are provided.
Fresh-ground New Quoted at 21542.20 per Hundred Pounds
A report notes a quiet steady market with a quoted price of 21 542 20 per 100 pounds for fresh ground product. Quality assessments indicate higher jovbing sales.
Market Prices for Packed Goods Under Liberal Offers
Demand was slow and market weak with plenty of medium and low grades. Quotations include solid packed extras at 25 to 25 cents, firsts at 24 to 25 cents, fancy prints wholesale at 27 cents, and jobbing at 28 to 31 cents.
Prices steady on choice dairy as offerings remain light
Trade was quiet with prices well maintained on choice goods and light offerings. New York reports fall cream fancy small boxes at 11½, fair to good at 10½, part skim new as to quality, Swiss cheese varying by quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Market Steady With Prices Unchanged on Western and Pennsylvania Goods
Market quiet with offerings equal to requirements. Prices showed no important change. Western choice fresh in free cases at 24c loss off. Pennsylvania and nearby fresh at 24c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Prices of refined sugars listed with rebates and discounts
List prices were well maintained for refined sugars with a 15 cent per hundred pounds rebate after 30 days and a 1 percent cash discount. Dominoes 5.85 cents, cut loaf 6 cents, mould A 5.85 cents, confectioners lozenge 5.75 cents, ac powdered 5.75 cents, Crown A 6.85 cents, crystal A 5.60 cents, powdered 5.75 cents, standard granulated 5.60 cents, fine granulated 5.60 cents, extra fine granulated 5.70 cents, sectioners A 5.40 cents, soft grades 4.8 to 4.55 cents for No. 16.
General Wholesale Prices in New York Flour and Grains
Flour receipts 14 216. rye flour firm with price ranges up to 38 50. cornmeal steady. wheat receipts 213 525. spot No 2 red 78 4 f o b. oats receipts 35 000. corn receipts 113 100. oats, hay, hops, hides, wool, coal, meats, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, fats, oils in varied steady to depressed ranges. coffee futures opened steady then fell slightly. total coffee sales 14 250 bags with near term prices around 5 50 to 6 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duluth
F. O
Southwest
Minneapolis
City
Tedia
S.e
State
Pennsylvania
Western
Liverpool
B.c
Rio
Cordova
Nght
Europe
Closet Easy
Cludember
New York Cotton Market Sees December Short Covering Surge
At the New York Cotton Exchange on December 21 the December short position moved sharply higher as a panic rise emerged in late trading. Prices climbed to around 10.25 cents before retreating, with intraday gains offset by profit taking and subsequent stabilization as traders weighed the unsettled December settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
Manchester
Profitteking
Keee
Peawell
Market News Shows Mixed Apple and Berry Demand
Supplies of apples were light and the market weak under light demand. Cranberries were in fair request and steady. Florida oranges were quiet and unchanged. Prices list apples by variety and region, cranberries by size and packaging, with per barrel and per crate quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Bellefienr
New York
New England
Gilldowers
Baldwins
Northern Spies
Greenings
Jersey
Ruaseta
Market for farm produce shows weak demand and varied prices
Supplies of potatoes onions and cabbage were liberal and the market was weak under light demand with prices across regions. Potatoes New York State choice round per bushel 48 50 cents to 55 cents long 48 50 cents good to fair 65 to 70 cents Jersey per basket prices vary for sweet potatoes and Danvers variety. cabbage per ton sold around 12 to 16 dollars for Danish stock and 11 to 12 dollars for standard. Cucumber and tomato quotations noted from Southern Florida and North Carolina markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Michigan
Jersey
Yellow Globe
Danvers
North Carolina
Florida
Live Fowl Prices Quietly Held as Demand Stays Even
Market notes show fowls in moderate supply with steady demand. Prices span hens and old roosters at six cents for smaller sizes, spring chickens and ducks at quoted ranges, with turkeys and geese listed under similar steady conditions.
Fresh killed fowls and poultry prices graded by Western markets
Reports show mixed demand with mid and low grades dull while fresh killed fowls, large selections, and various regional grades command prices. Western markets list roosters chickens ducks turkeys and geese with ranges from six to ten cents for different quality levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walle
Market Report on Farm Staples and Hay Prices
Offerings were not large but ample for moderate trade. Prices held steady with hay Timothy large bales at 17.50 and No 1 large at 17.00. Straw rye No 1 15.50, no 3 15, oats No 1 8, wheat No 1 8.0. Prices reflect steady demand and modest variation across grades.
Bran Prices Steady As Supplies Remain Ample
Feed prices hold steady with winter bran at 16.50 to 17.50 per ten in bulk and spring bran 16.50 to 17.25 per ten in sacks, as supplies stay ample.
Cotton Prices Hold Steady Amid Moderate Spinner Demand
Cotton was steady at 105 16 per pound for middling uplands with demand from spinners described as moderate, indicating stable market conditions for buyers and mills.
Wheat and Corn Rally Amid Firm Liverpool Market
Chicago grain notes show wheat closing higher on strong export demand and firm Liverpool support, with May at 73 to 74c after a late rally. Corn weak early, then slight rebound, finishing around 36c for May, oats flat, and provisions steady to lower as hogs slip. Primary receipts total 653,000 bushels. exports 49 loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Shorts
Oata
Live Stock Quotations Buffalo December 21
Receipts: cattle 30 cars sheep and lambs 20 cars hogs 50 cars. Shipments: cattle 55 cars sheep and lambs 22 cars hogs 22 cars. Cattle very light demand with dull market. calves fair supply and good demand with prices 7.25 to 7.50 for choice to extra. Sheep and lambs offerings 38 loads with prices from 3.75 to 5.50 for various grades. Hogs opened fair demand with sixty loads. heavy and workers at 5.00 to 5.10, pigs 5.10, 24.00, stags 8.50 to 4. After initial sales market declined 5 cents and stayed dull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
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