Quiet Trade Week After Cold Weather Adds to Holiday Slowdown
Trade was very quiet the week ended December 21 amid extreme cold and the holiday season. Commission row shipments focused on immediate needs as weather moderated. oranges and apples held high prices while Irish potatoes remained abundant. Eggs firm with storage stock, butter in demand, and cereals active. Wheat, corn, oats and hay quoted with steady or firmer tones. wagon market showed light offerings. Prices for canned goods, dry goods, and groceries varied little, with festive demand dwindling and perishable freight risk rising in some cases.
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Commisson Row
Wheat bulls lift markets amid overseas demand
Wheat strengthens on cables and revived foreign demand in Chicago trading. May futures rise, corn and oats advance while hogs and pork rise. receipts light and cash demand up. Markets abroad show firm prices in London and other ports, with mixed grain and livestock activity across major hubs.
Markets-Provisions Steady in New York Ahead of Trade
New York markets show steady to firm tone across staples with flour receipts listed at 8,738 barrels and exports at 15,930 barrels. Wheat and corn futures firm on strong cables and Southwest damage reports, with futures closing higher. oats, rice, sugar, coffee, and lard also noted with varied firm or steady quotes.
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New York
Minnesota
City
Tige
Tse
Ember
Pa- Lane
Galveston
California
Texas
Buenos Ayres
City Extra
India
Japan
Cordova
Burials of Genizah Fragments Mark Roustchouk Rite
In Roustchouk April rites reenact a Genizah burial, placing sacred texts in a temple ark, with two hundred bags of writings auctioned and later entombed in a hollowed pit. A rabbi’s address urges reverence for holy books as divine law, while theaterlike ritual frames the vanity of earthly things. Town Topics. The Bird-Mamma joke closes the item.
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Roustchouk
Genizah
Mount Sinai
France
Trade in General Quotation From St Louis and Others
Trade notes from St Louis and other markets show flour prices firmer with red winter patents at 1.35 per bushel and extra fancy and straight at 1.35 1. Timothy seed steady at 48.60. corn meal steady. bran dull. wheat cash and futures mixed. pork jobbing at 16.18. lard reported without finish.
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California
Louis
Pacific Coast
Extra India
Western Mesa
Prime Western
United States
London
Sis
Baltimore
Rts
Isville
Kansas City
Duluth
Toledo
Minneapolis
ST. Louis
Stige
Sheep in Varied Clothing
A London Globe report on a Society of Arts committee finding that many bookbinders and librarians mistake common sheepskin for Levan, morocco, pigskin, calfskin, and exotic leathers after stamping to imitate genuine skins.
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London Globe
Society of Arts
Levant
Morocco
Dreperae Guest Pondered Thanksgiving Dinner Costs
The Dreperae Guest gazed at a traditional Thanksgiving spread including turkey mashed potatoes and cranberries. He reflected on paying for the meal and noted a regretful sentiment about knowing sooner and paying yesterday.
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Baltimore
French Canadian Girls Shaped by Labor and Culture in New England Mills
A New York Times essay surveys French Canadian women in Merrimac towns, their hard work in mills and shops, thrift in dress, and the strong influence of mother’s religion. It notes equal pay in textiles, diverse roles from sales and millinery to dressmaking, and enduring family ties despite demanding labor.
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P. G. Wiggin
New York Times
New England
Newport
Bar Harbor
Contented matriarch preserves French-Canadian heritage
The passage describes a woman aging into a life of household duties among neighbors. She grows stout, finds contentment in domestic work, and becomes the central force in keeping French language and customs alive for her grandchildren, shaping conservative loyalty to old civilization and opposing rapid Americanization.
Burnham the Scout in South Africa’s Boer War exploits
The November issue of Pearson's Magazine recounts Major F. R. Burnham's remarkable exploits in South Africa. It details his invisibility tactics, multiple captures and escapes, and daring actions including destroying railway lines near Pretoria and Johannesburg, surviving poisonous odds, long bivouacs, and severe wounds before being aided by a British patrol.
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Pearson's Magazine
F. R. Burnham
South Africa
Burnham
Zand River
Major Burnham
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Counting the Gold at the U S Sub-Treasury
The New Orleans Times-Democrat describes a three and a half hour counting of one million dollars in ten dollar gold pieces at the United States subtreasury. Clerks Beil Bruster and Durr counted while Mickey poured the coins through a funnel, sealing bags for vault storage.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
United States
Croesus
Uncle Sam
W. W. Beil
Thomas G. Bruster
Harry J. Durr
P. A. Mickey
Modern Matrimony. Ainslee's Magazine excerpt
This excerpt extols favorable U.S. conditions for early marriages, citing high wages and widespread skilled labor. It argues American efficiency, rising purchasing power, and steady price declines for many goods, noting the nation’s advancing production in textiles, footwear, kerosene, coal, iron and steel, furniture, and other essentials.
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Ainslee
United States
Cost of sugar and freight decline aid modest households
The passage notes sugar is cheaper now and freight rates have fallen to about one third of their 30 year earlier level. It claims these improvements, part of progress, ease the burden on young couples starting housekeeping on a tight budget.
Artistic Bookbinder Miss Emily Preston Paves New Field
Miss Emily Preston, born in Chicago, study and work trace artistic bookbinding from Cobden-Sanderson to Doves Press, Dumont in Paris, now runs a studio at 127 East 23rd Street New York. She exhibits at Scribner's show and is hailed as America's most artistic woman binder. The field offers fascination, liveliness, and lucrative potential.
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New York Press
Emily Preston
Preston
Chicago
Indion
Cobden-Sanderson
William Morris
Burne-Jones
Morris
Miss Preston
Doves Press
Paris
Dumont
New York
East Twenty-third Street
Scribner's
America
Pony Trained to Hunt Deer Near Cleveland Adventure
Col Dan Henderson joined a deer hunt after telegraph tips from Cleveland Texas friends. The ride proved rough as Henderson wrestled a wild bronco through dense woods, was dumped repeatedly, and returned wiser and sorer. A buck was later reportedly killed by the party, prompting the Galveston visitor to head home for rest.
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Galveston
Dan Henderson
Cleveland
Texas
Ste~tion
Clveland
Menderson
Colonel Henderson
Galverton
Ehceringly
Prehistoric Horses in American Fossil Record
Professor Lucas at the National Museum in Washington advances the study of prehistoric American horses from Marsh’s vast collection. He reconstructs skulls, compares Equus Scotti to Equus Bearel, notes varying tooth patterns, and links horse extinction to European breed introduction and late Pleistocene migrations across North America.
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Spirit of the Times
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National Museum
Washingto
Ing
Nebraska
A. ©. Maresh
Mam
Texas
American Museum of Natural Mistry
New York City
Marsh
Teasce
Jhaster
Paris
America
Profeenor Joucan
South America
Amelia
Shetland
Alaska
Out of Season in Baltimore Style
A confused missive notes that June wardrobes avoid raglan jackets and mentions a coronation robe and foreign cables causing a muted effect. The piece reads as a quirky local observation on fashion timing and public ceremony attire.
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American
Foiern Bae
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