December Investments in Indiana and Ohio Bonds Listed
Bonds of E. M. Campbell & Co. show December investments across multiple Indiana counties and Ohio cities. Notable entries include Waterloo, South Bend, Madison, Clay, Mt. Vernon, Howard, Springfield, Dayton, Sullivan, Fowler, Pike, Richmond, Knox, Newton, Marion, Lawrence, Indianapolis, Greene, and Louisville with varied issues and values totaling large sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Indiana
South Bend
Madison Co
Ind
Clay Co
Mt. Vernon
Howard Co
Springfield
One
Dayton
Ohio
Sullivan Co
Fowler
Pike County
Richmond
Knox County
Newton County
Marion
Lawrence Co
Indianapolis
Greene Co
Louisville
Columbus
Delaware
Invasion of Girls Seeking Fortunes in New York
Washington Star notes a surge of young women migrating to New York alone to pursue careers. The piece describes loneliness, housing in co operative studios, and the shift from teaching and dressmaking to typing and stenography, highlighting the brave yet arduous quest for independence in the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
New
York
New York
Ashe
Citadel
Women in New York Work Trials and Vocational Truths
The piece describes how bright young women, often new to New York, quickly discover work in city professions demands physical strength, endurance, focus, and long apprenticeship. It warns against quick ascent fantasies, notes boarding-house and Bohemian living, and argues the best path is steady effort toward home life and meaningful careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Perha
China
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Other Patent Remedies
Used for over fifty years by mothers for teething relief, calming the child, softening gums, and aiding digestion with claims to cure diarrhoea. For sale by druggists worldwide, urging customers to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup at the stated price. Also notes warnings about consumption and other patent cures in the vicinity.
Duties to be lowered on Philippine imports to 25 percent
The House passed a bill reducing duties on Philippine products entering the United States from 7 1/2 to 25 percent of the Dingley rates amid Democratic push to lower tariffs further. Debate also covered a pure food bill and a proposed elastic currency with notes up to 25 percent of bank paid capital.
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Washington
House
Philippine Islands
United States
McCall
Massachusetts
Tompkins
Ohio
New York
Gardner
State Department
Lewis
Georgia
Committee On Banking and Currency
National Banking Association
Tawney
Committee On
St. Louis
Treasury
Military Affairs Committee
War Department
General Staff Corps
Army
Neral
Eee
Senate Advances Eight Hour Bill and Philippine Currency Plan
The Senate education and labor committee endorsed the eight hour public work bill with penalties for labor overtim e and exemptions for transport and intelligence, plus an emergency carveout. A separate measure from Lodge and Allison proposes a Philippine currency standard, defining a 12.9 grain gold unit and legal tender silver pesos up to 75 million, with subsidiary coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
House
United States
Territory
District of Columbia
Court of Claims
Senate
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Philippines
Lodge
Allison
Elastic currency discussed by Ridgely at New York banquet
William Barrett Ridgely, controller of the currency, urged reforms to make the bank note system more elastic at the New York bankers banquet held at the Waldorf Astoria. He called for retirement of legal tenders and allowing banks to issue more than par value of bonds to expand credit.
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New York
William Barrett Ridgely
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Robert S. MacArthur
Adna R. Chaffee
John 8
Wise
Bankers of
New York City
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Controller Ridgely
Ent Wilson
Dr. MacArthur
General Chaffee
Mr. Wise
China
Lorenz
Vienna
Chicago
Board of Health
Jesu
Senate debates general staff bill and silver pesos plan
Secretary Root argued before the Senate on a general staff bill with a lieutenant general at the top and discussed delaying its start. Alger voiced support, citing War Department experience, while committees eyed favorable reporting. Separate notes report coal strike commission progress and several Army officers granted leaves and reassignments including Capt Dwight Aultman and Maj Robert Van Stavor.
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Manila
United States
Root
Senate Committee On
House Committee
Alger
War Department
Miles
Senate
House of Representatives
Tracy lunch with President over Venezuelan question
Gen Benjamin F Tracy former secretary of the navy dined with the President to discuss aspects of the Venezuelan question. Paymaster John G Sullivan is physically qualified for active duty and will be examined for promotion to pay grade seven and then assigned to active duty commensurate with his rank.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
Tracy
John G. Sullivan
Sullivan
Bennett Estate Conspiracy Trial Opens With Witnesses
Mary Roche testifies as the first witness in Freehold New Jersey for Laura Biggar Dr. Hendricks and Samuel Stanton in a case alleging a plot to seize the estate of Henry M Bennett. Witnesses recount certificates and claims of marriage between Miss Biggar and Bennett at various dates and locations.
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Freehold
N. J
Mary Roche
Laura Biggar
Charles C. Hendricks
Samuel Stanton
Henry M. Bennett
C. E. Keetes
New York
Bennett
Farmingdale
Miss Biggar
White House hosts first formal dinner after remodeling
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt gave a White House dinner for the Cabinet, the first formal evening function since remodeling. Guests toured the enlarged state dining room in English oak and white enameled East room with crystal chandeliers, Roman lights, and new marble mantels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
State Dining Room
Hay
the Treasury
Shaw
Knox
the Navy
Agriculture
Wilson
Cortelyou
Bingham
Cowles
Senate
House
Henderson
Foraker
Beveridge
Quay
Fairbanks
Representative Cannon
Seidaee J. Gage
William D. Foulke
Comig
ANOTHER CABLE MESSAGE Hawaii May Be Able to Say Merry Christmas
A cablegram from the Silvertown reports at noon today the ship’s position at 23 14 N 133 30 W with 662 knots of cable laid. Since yesterday 37 knots more were laid, ship speed is eight knots, and 772 miles have been covered leaving 1123 miles to Honolulu. If current speed holds, Hawaii may be reached on Christmas Day.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Silvertown
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Some Queer Arguments in Century Magazine
The Hartford Courant notes a gushing Century Magazine piece by Henry Loomis Nelson on United States Steel Corporation. It suggests the company formed to block Carnegie from building parallel rails and a superior tube mill, casting Carnegie in an odd light and questioning the progress of blocking better mills. The steel trust is described as a powerful, stable factor, though some advocate arguments seem head unused.
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Hartford Courant
Century
Henry Loomis Nelson
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Steel Trust
Volcanic ruin and quake toll hit Central Americas
Guatemala endures Santa Maria eruption losses totaling at least 6 250 000 for German capital properties coffee crop and other assets. Volcanic activity continues with fears of another blast as prices soar and chaos grips imports. In Asia, Andijan is leveled by a quake killing officials soldiers and natives and injuring hundreds. Costa Rica reports two strong shocks with no casualties.
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Guatemala City
Santa Maria
San Jose
Costa Rica
Murderer Utzler Pleads Guilty In Michigan Case
Mathias H Utzler alias John Branninges admitted murder of Mrs Rob Garrison at Jenene township in Hastings Michigan. He confessed to rape after death. Judge Smith sentenced him to life confinement in Jackson State Prison. Utzler to be moved there tonight. Santa Teresa suit for divorce noted in Los Angeles dispatch.
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Hastings
Mich
Mathias H. Utzler
John Branninges
Rob—_ Garrison
Jenene Townshone
Smith
Net
Hardee
Jackson
Utsler
Meanest joke on a housewife by Capt. John T. Taylor
Washington wires recount Capt. Taylor of Guthrie Oklahoma Territory former Porter County man who boasted of a Chicago counterfeit money making machine he carried home as a joke. He duped his wife Mary and editor Thompson then exposed the hoax prompting a marshal alert and a $7 telegrams to Washington while keeping a sharp edge on humor about counterfeiting.
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Journal
Washington
John T. Taylor
Guthrie
O. T
Indiana
Porter County
Representative Crumpacker
Captain Taylor
Chicago
Treasury Department
Taylor
Mary
Thompson
Son
Ae Thompson
Thompsa
United States
C. A.C
Great Wealth a Burden in Fifth Avenue Tale
The Evening Post, Dec 18, reports that Carnegie’s sale to Durden of Fifth Avenue Highlands lots was mischaracterized as a gift to his daughter. It states there is no foundation for the claim and warns wealth should not burden or shape a daughter’s life nor feed grand expectations.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
William A. Smith
Michigan
State Department
William A. Fitzgerald
Guatemala
Shafroth
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
United States
Castro
House Committee On Patents
Messrs
Forbes and
Greeley
Patents Allen
Washington
Edmond Spencer Blackburn
North Carolina
Louise L. Vaughn Parker
Myron M. Parker
Blackburn
Indianapolis
South
New York
Carnegie
Durden
Fifth Avenue
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M. Campbell & Co
December Investments
E. M. Campbell & CO
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
Meridian Street
Mrs. Winslow
Hale
Pise
Congressman Blackburn
Ridgely
Joseph A. O'Neill
Dwight E. Aultman
Artillery Corps
Henry S. Wygant
Third Infantry
Carl A. Martin
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Carl H. Muller
Tenth Cavalry
Robert C. van Viiet
Tenth Infantry
General Hospital
Washington Barracks
D. C
National Capital Notes
Hawaii
Continent
Central Asia
Tashkend
Russia
Andijan
Los Ange Cal
Santa Teresa
Vanrevels
Albany
Baltimore
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Dallas
Detroit
New Orleans
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Toledo
McClure, Phillips & Co
G. N. Rodriguez
Y Canean
Clifton
A. T
Oklahoma
J. T. Taylor
Treasury Notes
Andrew Carnegie
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