Holiday trade glows as year ends across markets
Bradstreet's notes full swing holiday trade in iron and steel with strong demand and rising prices while cereals show a minor pullback. Production hits records despite coke-delivery limits. exports reach season highs. Bank clearances, business failures, and textile activity also reported across the United States with oats, wheat, corn, and cotton prices and shipments detailed.
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New York
Bradstreet
London
United States
Indianapolis Still Above the Ten Business at High Tide
Indianapolis holds steady as business activity remains strong amid rising tides in the market. Analysts report sustained consumer demand, with key sectors showing resilience and momentum despite broader economic pressure.
Trade and prices hint at nationwide prosperity
R G Dun & Co reports a strong November with railway earnings up 15.5 percent and 18.1 percent rise over 1918. Industrial shares volatile yet factories full, wages high, and retail trade, especially holiday goods, booming. Iron output later seen improving despite coke shortages, while textiles firm with higher prices and greater demand. Wheat exports rise, cotton gains, and leather and leather goods markets firm amid contracts.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Cornat
Pouen
Atlantic
Weekly totals show declines in failures and weeks count
The figures indicate 586,018 by this week versus 10,499,581 last year, with 273 failures in the United States this week versus 24 last year and 17 in Canada versus 3 last year, reflecting drops across regions and periods.
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United States
Canada
Schley Not Sustained Concluded Accounts of May Actions
Report recounts late May maneuvers of the flying squadron toward Santiago de Cuba, detailing engine repairs on the Merrimac, tows by Yale, and Schley’s decisions. It notes a stalled advance, retrograde movement, and blockade setup, with firing at Cristobal Colon from surrounding ships and shore batteries.
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Harvard
Schley
St. Nicholas Mote
Haiti
Santiago de Cuba
Merrimac
Leeward
Cape Cruz
Cuba
Gonaives
Hatti Channel
Mole
Key West
Texas
Marblehead
Vixen
Brooklyn
Keyest
Santiago
Jamaica
Port Royal
Minneapolis
Yale
Yucatan
Eagle
Port Antonio
St. Paul
Flying Squadron
Iowna
Massachusetts
Iowa
Gonalves
Hayti
Santiago Harbor
Teresa
Sehley
Viscaya
Colon
Lieut. A. C. Hodgson
Cienfuegos
Navy Department
Port Helm
A. Hodgson i the
E. m
The
Sanago
Massachusettes
New Orleans
Cristobal Colon
Schley court of inquiry verdict stirs Isador Rayner resolve
Isador Rayner reacted with keen disappointment at the Schley court verdict shown tonight. He said he would travel to Washington soon to urge Rear Admiral Schley to pursue every appeal to a final ruling, pledging to fight the case to a finish by any means available. The report recounts the Santiago campaign and praises Commodore Schley for commanding the squadron.
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Schley
Santiago
George Dewey
Samuel One
Key West
Cienfuegos
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
Lam
Washington
Court of Inquiry
Samuel C. Lemly
Baltimore
Isador Rayner
Two Million Tons Annually For Ironmen
Today it emerged that Pickands Mather and Co and Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co will deliver two million tons of ore per year to independent Ironmen over the next decade. The move, tied to current prices, is expected to steady future markets. It was also noted United States Steel Corp owns ample ore to cover its needs, with some outside purchases prior year fulfilling contracts.
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Cleveland, Dec
Pickands, Mather & Co
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Enel
United States Steel Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
Obstruction on Tracks Shackled by Two Minors
A Jamestown and Franklin freight train struck a tie placed on the rails at Kinsman. The train crew captured thirteen year old Harry Probst and fifteen year old Ruby Probst of Greenville Pennsylvania who confessed to placing the obstruction. The children, who ran away from home last week, were released but detectives pursue recapture.
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Ashtabula, O
Jamestown & Franklin
Kinsman
Harry Probst
Ruby Probst
Agedifteen
Greenville
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