Trade Review Sees Holiday Retail Strength and Steel Shifts
R G Dun and Co reports holiday trade exceeding expectations with strong demand for staple goods and bright future prospects. Fuel shortages hinder deliveries while December rail carvings rise. U S Steel expands via acquisitions and rail freight rates rise about 10 percent from Jan 1. Large orders persist, furnaces idle due to coke limits, and bridge work contracts are common with delivery dates open.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States Steel Corporation
Market Report Signals Mixed Textile Demand and Holiday Buying
The report notes steady demand from smaller shoe shops amid ample sole leather for larger factories, with improved wool and cotton markets and reduced tannery quotes. New York business shows quiet wholesale activity ahead of stock-taking, stronger fur and clothing sales, and higher holiday demand for pricey goods. Wheat and corn exports rise year over year, while overall export volumes reflect uncertain conditions and pending year-end optimism.
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United States
Canada
New York
Bradstreet
Week's Bank Clearings in Major Cities for Week Ended Dec 18
Bradstreet compiled table shows bank clearings in principal cities for the week ended December 18 with percentage changes from the same week last year. Data list includes increases and decreases by city, illustrating the year's banking activity across the country.
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New York
Bradstreet
Italian youth acquitted in 4th of July street shooting case
Reading Pa December 19 Antonio Tadeal an Italian aged seventeen who shot John Tracer Edward Hartman and Samuel Sitzel after they attacked him while he played a street piano was acquitted in court today He claimed self defense saying he shot the three men to save his own life.
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Reading
Antonio Tadeal
John Tracer
Edward Hartman
Samuel Sitzel
Tadcain
Scranton
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Catholic Temperance Society
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Thomas H. Dugan
The
Temperance Society
Co. S. Darrow
Chairman Gray
Gray
Mr. Darrow
James Mitchell
Hibernian Society
George W. Bowen
Darrow
Max Lasar
Eugene Detty
Thomas Kennedy
Carbondale
Delaware & Hudson Company
David E. Lowes
Olyphant
Frank Fidati
T. D. Nicholls
Frank McCarty
Miner's Mills
Secchatindale
Bill Passed for Relief of Miami Indians and Pure Food Bill
The House approved a relief measure for the Miami Indians of Indiana and the pure food bill restricting adulterated goods. The food bill bans shipments of adulterated or misbranded drugs and foods across states and to foreign countries, with penalties and confiscation. Additional measures include a commerce department bill, a rail safety provision, and various military and staffing notes from Washington.
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Alabama
Hepburn
Iowa
Gaines
Tennessee
Schirm
Maryland
Chandler
Mississippi
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Territories
Indiana
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Department of Commerce
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Department
Lighthouse Board
The
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Bureau of Immigration, Fish Commission
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
State Department
Fur, Seal and Salmon Fisheries
Bureau of Labor and Census
Pro - Bureau of Corporations
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
House Committee On Banking and Currency Today
Fowler
Stephens
Texas
Oklahoma
Brown
Wisconsin
House Post Office
Wisconsin Statesman
Mr. Brown
Adam Goshege
Goshege
Committee On Commerce
Boston Steamship Company Wins Troop Transport Bid
Secretary Root announced acceptance of the Boston Steamship Company bid for troop and military supply transport between the United States and the Philippines via Seattle or Tacoma. San Francisco service will continue for now, with potential sale or charter of army transports at that port and a share of government business for willing carriers. Confirmation of the Panama Canal treaty with Colombia was postponed again, with no clear agreement before Christmas and likely not until the new year.
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Washington
Root
Boston Steamship Company
United States
Philippines
Seattle
Tacoma
San Francisco
Colombia
Christma
Roosevelt Meets Chamber of Commerce Leaders on Currency
Former Secretary Gage and John H. Rhoades urged the President to back a more elastic currency system in a resolution adopted by the New York Chamber of Commerce. Roosevelt received the delegates, but gave no hint of his stance. Delegate Roday appealed for fair treatment of Territories seeking admission. General Grant and Lt Maury paid respects to the President amid funeral arrangements for Grant’s mother. Postmaster General Payne recovers from illness and attended the Cabinet meeting.
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Aoe Ee
Senate
Wason
Gage
John H. Rhoades
Finance Committee
New York Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Roday
New Mexico
Frederick D. Grant
Maury
General Grant
Payne
Anarchist teacher mortally wounded in daylight shooting
Voltairine Lecleyre an anarchist and language teacher was shot five times in Philadelphia by Herman Helscher a former pupil. Helscher said they were sweethearts and that she broke his heart. Lecleyre, 36, lies dying in hospital as Helscher is in custody after the broad daylight ambush.
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Philadelphia
Voltairine Lecleyre
Herman Helscher
Helscher
Herscher
Miss Lecleyre
Emma Goldman
Michigan
Hera
Yest
Laura Biggar testifies of Bennett marriage and pact
Laura Biggar testifies she married J W McConnell years ago and that Bennett proposed on Thanksgiving in 1897. She says she and Bennett lived in New York and that he would spend his fortune to keep the boy with her. Trial concerns alleged conspiracy to seize Bennett estate and dower rights.
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MccNulty
Miss Biggar
Bennett
Willis Biggar
J. W. McConnell
McConnell
West
Gennett
P. J. McNulty
Pittsburg
Laura Biggar
Mr. Bennett
Aos
New York
Miss Bigeur
Molly
Cable ship Silvertown reports noon position in distant sea
The Silvertown cable ship sends a brief update from the ocean tied to a distant area. At noon its position is 31.39 north, 136.46 west. It notes total cable paid out in knots and mentions weather conditions. The message conveys a routine progress report amid a long transoceanic operation.
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San Francisco
Silvertown
Strikers Cause Company Boycott Over Mine labor Dispute
A group of workers persisted at the mines while others struck. Unable to oust the holdouts, the company faced a boycott and loss of orders for coal hauling. Nonunion members, facing rising expenses, planned action as the conflict persisted.
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Ne Nonunion
Army chiefs visit Cleveland as Herricks host
Adjutant General Corbin and Mrs. Corbin joined Colonel and Mrs. Herrick in Cleveland with General Chaffee and General Young. They plan Canton visit to meet Mrs. McKinley then return for the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce dinner. Corbin supports the new army bill and a canteen plan to improve temperance among soldiers.
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Cleveland, C
Corbin
Myron T. Herrick
Chaffee
J. H. Wade
Canton
Young
McKinley
Cleveland
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Miles
Thn
General Corbin
War Department
Root
Investigation of Import Traffic Rates by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings in New York to probe railroad rates on import traffic. Railway executives from the Baltimore & Ohio and others testified that published through rates to Chicago from New York differ from domestic shipments, and that discounts or concessions are limited. Industry leaders said rates reflect traffic conditions and port attraction, with no fixed tariff for ocean freights. The session adjourned with no further witnesses.
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New York
Interstate- Commerce Commission
Co. S. Wright
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Prouty
Wright
Chicago
Mr. Prouty
Congress
Mr. Harriott
Marcellus F
Foreign Department
American Express Company
Ariff
Samuel Bettle
International Navigation Company
Mr. Bettle
H. B. Chamberlain
Erie Railway
Nathan Guilford
New York Central Railroad
William Joyce
Pennsylvania Company
E. D. Caldwell
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Knapp
Caldwell
Dr Beaty Interviewed On Consumption Cure In 1920s
Cincinnati physician Dr Marshal Beaty principal of the National Dispensary reveals a pamphlet detailing his antiseptic alteres saly treatment for tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. He explains he will mail copies to readers wanting to understand the new cure and notes prior silence was to avoid misquotation.
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Cincinnati
Marshal Beaty
West Ninth Street
Saly
Inter
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