Weekly trade reviews signal mixed industrial momentum
Dun and Bradstreet reports a cautious tone across sectors. Cotton spinning weak, iron and steel show better activity, retail trade held up ahead of holidays as grain and freight pressures ease. Lumber idleness shifts to the South while distributions anticipate spring demand and earnings improve.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Ion and Steel
New England
Senate
United States
Cold weather urged to spur Western coal trade
The Black Diamond notes that cold weather and snow are needed to revive Western coal markets and move stock. Despite some demand, transport snarls and a dull anthracite market persist, with production cuts planned for eight to ten weeks. Lake receipts surpassed last year, ending the season strong.
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Chicago
Black Diamond
Peres
Tiltna
Post Sugar Candies Claim Digestible Cure for Candy Cravings
A food expert devised Post Sugar to let children enjoy candy without upset. The product promises ease of digestion, avoiding tongue irritation, feverish stomach, or liver trouble while allowing quantities to be eaten safely. The advert touts new dextro candies as true and healthful treats.
Oil Operators Active in Southern Kansas
Southern Kansas set a new record in November with 283 wells completed across districts from Coffeyville to Cherryvale and Chanute. About 1,400 producing wells totaled over 4,000 barrels daily, with 167 wells drilling and fifty rigs active on Nov 20. References to Atlas Crude, Springfield Crude, I. X. L. Oil and Gas, and Erie Oil highlight rapid development, supply shortages, and expanding pipelines amidst high oil prices. An Altoona gas well reached 8 million dollars in potential, signaling booming activity.
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Indianapolis Journal
Coffeyvillee
Kan
Kansas
Mecca
Coffeyville
Neodesha
Cherryvale
Chanute
Humboldt
Independence
Peru
Bartlesville
I. T
Red Fork
Biy
Ah Page
W. P. Brown
Springfield Crude Oil Company
Atlas Crude On Company
Atlas Company
Caine
Sd Ce
I. X. L. Oil and Gas Company
Erie Oil Company
Urbana
Arizona
Altoona
Neosho County
Officer's Downfall Charged to Cuban War
Berlin Dec. 11 The Spanish American war is blamed for the ruin of Lieut Col Goetz and Schwanenfliess of King Frederick Wilhelm III Grenadier Regiment at Frankfurt on the Oder. Schwanenfliess was sentenced to two years and three months in a penitentiary for forging signatures on promissory notes after his Cuban heiress wife’s income fell from $12.80. The couple struggled with debts and could not adjust to postwar finances.
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Berlin
Goetz
Schwanenfliess
Frederick Wilhelm III
Grenadier
Frankfurt-on-the-Oder
Schwanenfiess
New German Cruisers to Be Formidable
Berlin reports eight armored cruisers remain to be built, each nearing battleship scale in tonnage, armor and firepower. The first is already designed and will be laid down. Kiel launched the largest cruiser under construction, under 10 000 tons. Count Von Reventlow urges ships as large as Britain, US and France, with coal capacity, while German cruisers on hand have limited action and weaker armaments. The new ships will affect squadron homogeneity, but the Navy Department reluctantly proceeds.
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Berlin
Navy Department
Kiel
Count von Reventlow
Great Britain
United States
France
Hospital Life Article Promises Insight for Curious Readers
Readers with no hospital exposure may gain practical understanding from tomorrow’s Journal feature on hospital life. The piece promises approachable explanations of procedures and daily work in medical settings.
Suit Over Underwriting Buy of White Mountain Paper
Gardiner Hall Jr of Connecticut sues North American Trust Company in U S Circuit Court for 225000 dollars paid for 250000 dollars in bonds and 625 shares of preferred stock as part of an underwriting syndicate for White Mountain Paper Company which never operated and is now in receivership. Hall alleges the $5 million underwriting was false and built by indiscriminate subscribers, leaving his investments worthless.
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New York
Gardiner Hall, Jr
Connecticut
United States
North American Trust Company
White Mountain Paper Company
Hall
Charles B. Locke
New Hampshire
Maine
Ese
George B. James
Boston
New Jersey
Financelal
Blowers Fail at Hartford City Glass Plant
President James Chambers escorted glass manufacturers through the Hartford City factory when a power dynamo engine broke, shutting the plant for several days while repairs proceed at the Johnson Glass Company facility.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
James Chambers
American Window Glass Company
Johoston Glass Com
Johnston Company Opens Largest Indiana Gas Pane Factory
The Johnston company has commenced operation of its forty eight blower tank plant with a full crew. Workmen and businessmen celebrate as payroll surpasses that of any other auger manufacturing concern in the city, marking a major boost to local industry.
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Pany
Indiana
Johnston Company
City
Christmas Number of Indianapolis Journal Magazine Supplement
The December 13 1903 Indianapolis Journal Magazine Supplement outlines a Christmas themed issue with contributions from H L V Parkhurst Cyrus Townsend Brady and Carolyn Wells. It highlights Page 2 Santa Claus in the Glad Lands by W W Denslow with a multi animal half page design and a Ten am Puzzle Odd Facts About Amen. Page 3 Christmas in a Bark Camp by Martha McCulloch Williams with Knickerbocker pictures. and Page 4 Pretty Frocks for Christmas Gatherings featuring full length outfits and holiday decor.
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Indianapolis Journal
H. L. V. Parkhurst
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Carolyn Wells
Parkhurst
Brady
Miss Wells
Santa Claus
Glad Lands
W. W. Denslow
Mr. Denslow
Merry Mountain
Little Red Riding Hood
Mary
Martha McCulloch Williams
Knickerbocker
Tennessee
Uslin Delaine
Verdict awards $896670 in Chicago river land condemnation
A Chicago jury awarded $896,670 to the Sanitary District in a condemnation suit to obtain land along the west bank of the Chicago River between Madison and Van Buren streets. Railroads Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Chicago and Pennsylvania argued for a new trial, contending damages could reach $5,000,000, and the jury deliberated fifteen hours.
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Chicago
Smith
Sanitary District
Chicago River
Madison and
van Buren Streets
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company
Russo-Chinese Bank to open subscriptions for a $20 million railroad
Subscriptions will open December 27 in Paris and St. Petersburg for a railway between Chenge-Ting-Fuh in Chi-Li and Tai-Yuam-Fu in Shan-chi. Project cost set at 20 million dollars.
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Russo-Chinese Bank
Paris
St. Petersburg
Chenge-Ting-Fuh
Chi-Li
Tai-Yuam-Fu
Shan-8i
Peru
Vermilye & Co
New York
St. Louis
Iron Mounain
Southern River & Gulf Division
Charles E. Rieman
Commercial and Farmers’ National Bank of Baltimore
Clearing House
Lawrence B. Kemp
Rieman
Independent Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
John Landstreet
Richmond
H. G. Miller
Philadelphia
Walter J. Friedlander
Cincinnati
Adolph Osterloh
Tawney
Minnesota
Trimble
Kentucky
Cction
Cuban Senate
Cuba
United States
Senate
Ftee
Window glass and steel unions weigh wage and output
National telephone expansion efforts side with American firms as Pittsburg glassmakers adjourn after two days of talks. A pressuring committee aims to reach a 1500 pot total to form a Glass Company with a New York meeting planned on New Year's Day. A sheet steel workers convention debates wage cuts tied to removing output limits to help nonunion mills compete.
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Sheet Steel Workers
Umited Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Orica
Fire at Armstrong cork factory injures workers in Pittsburg
Seven workmen were seriously burned and several others lightly hurt in a fire and explosion at Armstrongs cork factory on Twenty third street. One man is missing and over 100 women and girls were evacuated from the second floor by ladders as 600 employees narrowly escaped. The blast stemmed from a motor and boiler and caused extensive damage with total loss estimated at zero.
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Pittsburg
Armstrong
Twenty-third Street
Bar to advancement Booker Washington speech on color line
Booker T. Washington told New York's colored YMCA branch that in the North the chief issue for black families is securing employment after graduation. He argued white workers advance with ease, while black graduates must work twice as hard to gain standing, highlighting persistent job barriers.
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New York
Booker T. Washington
North
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