Arrested Copy After Clue Followed
Dec. 8. The arrested woman, a former mill nurse named Marcel Monsell, 25, linked to espionage in Paris, allegedly aided a foreign agent in obtaining plans for flying machines and naval hydroplanes. Police followed a trail to her, and an associate Louis E. was also arrested. She reportedly fled by train with a coat hiding a bottle of invisible ink and documents.
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Arga
Paris
Marcel Monsell
Montrel
Cver
Seoet
Louise
Marcel
Lloyd's S
Local advertising blurbs promise samples and remedies
An old style ad promises a ten cent bottle to the reader who sends name and address to Foley in Chicago. It touts HONEY AND TAR for coughs and colds with free sample packages, plus pills and Foley tablets for kidney stimulation and constipation.
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Foley
Ghefield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Campaign to name king of Mobile newsboys opens
The third annual contest to crown Mobile’s king of the newsboys begins with much enthusiasm. Coupons printed daily in The News-Item allow readers to vote for their favorite boy, who wears a numbered button. Prizes include sweaters, shoes, a flashlight, and a knife from local sponsors based on vote totals.
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Mobile
L. H. Meyer & Solm
Metzger ‘Bros
Van's
Albright & Wood
H. M. Price Hardware Co
Bold attempt to circumnavigate globe by canoe ends in death
Rudolph Roehle’s planned 50 000 mile three year voyage from Brewer Maine along three oceans ends with his body found on Chesapeake Bay shore. The adventurer had previously crossed the Horn in larger craft and sailed parts of the Great Lakes and rivers before setting out to skirt the western hemisphere via South America and Africa.
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Bangor
Maine
Rudolph P. . Roehle
Chesapeake Bay
Brewer
Here
Roehme
Valparaiso
Buenos Aires
Mississippi
Great Lakes
South America
Africa
Penobscot
Rock Island
Portland
Portsmouth
Boston
New York
N'S
Maryland
Ake
Roehke
Bus line planned from Stone Mountain to Confederate Memorial
Atlanta reports Georgia Railway and Power President Preston Arkwright announced a motor bus service linking Stone Mountain to the cliff base of the Confederate Memorial. Buses will run 10 cent fares on regular schedules once Stone Mountain grants permission, creating an alternative to private cars for visitors.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Preston 8. Arkwright
The
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Power Company
You Know A Good Tonic Brightens Appetite and Vigor
A vintage tonic claim about improving appetite and restoring color for a faded or tired person. The brief promises renewed vigor and health through a tonic, suggesting strong restorative effects.
Final Day Market Report Cotton New Orleans
The New Orleans cotton market opened easier with early losses but short covering lifted December to 19.30, gains later pushing to near 18.90 for nearby positions. Futures closed very steady with mixed results, while spot prices remained steady with declines and overall receipts 20,073 and stocks 424,683.
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New Orleans
Bee
Dec
Cotton market active as traders await government report
New York trading shows heavy position adjustments before the government report. Prices move with near months easing amid December liquidation, while Jan and May advance briefly. Rumors of buying orders suggest optimism if crop estimates are trimmed. futures finish firmer across the board. Cotton spots steady at 20.60 middling.
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New York
New.york
Futures Opened Steady With Mixed December to July Quotes
The market opened steady with futures showing December at 20.05 down to 19.93. January traded at 19.48 and March at 19.42 while May slipped to 19.06 and July to 18.70.
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New York
Daly
Liverpool cotton market reports steady prices
Liverpool spot cotton prices hold steady with American grades showing slight gains. Values across classifications range from strictly good middling 11.29 to good ordinary 8.44, with 7 000 bales sold and 12 000 bales receipts including 10 700 American. Futures closed steady with modest shifts through December to October.
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Liverpool
Cottonseed futures hold steady with mixed prices
New Orleans reports mixed closes as cottonseed futures hover near steady. Prices listed show December near 9.58 and May at 9.70, with several months from January to August trading within a narrow range.
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New Orleans
Grain and pricing notes from St Louis market report
Wheat prices listed No 2 red at 1.90 dollars and No 2 hard at 1.80. Corn No 3 mixed at 0.75 1/2, No 3 white 0.76, No 3 yellow 0.77 1/8. Oats No 2 white 0.441 1/2, No 3 white 0.433 4. Close shows December wheat 1.76 asked and 1.713 4 bid, July 1.49 bid. Corn December 0.77 1/2 asked, May 0.827 8 bid.
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T. Louis
Dec
Wheat and bond market moves tip amid mixed commodity trades
Chicago and New York reports show wheat prices dropped sharply while corn and oats fluctuated. Prices for No 1 hard wheat stood around $1.82, with mixed corn and white oats in the 43 to 84 cent ranges, and bond and stock activity mixed as investors priced in rail and oil sector gains.
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Chicago
Argentina
Wall Street rises on Coolidge program and tax cut hopes
Stock prices edged higher as Wall Street reacted to President Coolidge's congressional message urging prosperity, prompt railroad consolidation, and tax cuts. Utilities won gains, electric powers, West Penn, and Montana Power led, while Lago Oil surged in curb trading on Pan American interest and Lago Trans prospects.
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Wall Street
New York
Coolidge
Congress
Electric Power
West Penn Company
Montana Power
United States Alcohol
Beechnut Packing
Matheson Alkali
Bosch Magneto
Lago Oil
Lago Trans Company
Gibson Oil
Humble Oil
International Petroleum
Standard Oil
Indiana
Stock Exchange
Glen Alden
Chrysler
Johns Manville
Abraham and Straus
Foreign exchange rates fall in New York market
New York reports a broad spread in foreign exchange quotes on December 8 with demand and cable prices for Great Britain at 4.841 and 4.847, France 3.751 and 3.76, Germany 28.80, and other currencies including Belgium 4.521, Italy 4.021, and Shanghai 775-8 alongside Tokyo 43 and Montreal 1.00.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
New York Produce Market Highlights Declines and Firm Tests
New York December market notes mixed gains with December soy prices at 1.791-2, May at 1.747-8, and July at 1.521-8 while No 2 Red Winter reaches 1.991-2. Corn remains steady with No 2 yellow at 9 77-8. Wool and hides show firm or steady trends amid limited tonnage and firm crude oil, rosin, and coffee activity.
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New York
Sesh Bem
Rotlam
Antwerp
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas
Rio No. 7
Potato market in Chicago steady with mixed shipments
Chicago reports a steady potato market with fair trading. Receipts reached 44 cars, total U S shipments 406 cars. Wisconsin Minnesota sacked round whites sold 2.65 to 3.40 dollars, fancy 3.75 to 3.85. Idaho Montana sacked russets best 3.60 to 3.70, fair 3.40 to 3.50.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Montana
Chicago Livestock Prices Move Mixed Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs 87 000 head with prices down 15 to 26 cents from Monday as lighter weights show small declines while packing sows remain dull. Best 160 to 190 pound hogs around 11.25 to 11.50, heavier hogs 10.75 to 11.50, sows 9.00 to 10.00, pigs 11.75 to 12.00. Cattle 14 000 fed steer quality steady to easy with prices 26 cents lower. prime yearlings 13.50, most fat steers 8.75 to 10.50. vealers up 60 cents to around 11.00. Sheep 15 000 fat lambs around steady. good to choice 17.00 to 17.35. fat sheep steady. feeding lambs 16.25 to 16.50. fat yearling wethers about 14.00. fat ewes 9.25 to 10.00.
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Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Hog and cattle market update from East St. Louis
Hogs receipts 12 500 steady to 10 cents higher with 160 to 180 pound hogs mainly 11.90 to 12.00, 190 to 230 pounds 11.60 to 11.85, many pigs up to 12.80, 100 to 130 pound weights around 12.00, packer sows 10.25 to 10.50. cattle receipts 10 000 slow market with fats lower across classes, top around 12.50, some canners at 3.50, light dealers 1.00 lower. sheep receipts 2 000 slow with fat lambs bids 25 to 50 cents lower.
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East ST. Louis
United States Department of Agriculture
Sunday Raw Silk and Related Market Notes
New York reports raw silk prices steady with Japanese grand double extra at 7.00 to 7.10 per lb and Canton new style 14-168 at 5.40. Steel prices unchanged. Raw sugar futures ease on liquidation as Cuba mills rise to 25 operable centers. granulated sugar 5.00 to 5.50. Chicago poultry market steady with arrivals of 10 cars. fowls 19 to 25c, springs 25c, turkeys 32c, ducks 20 to 22c, geese 16c.
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New York
Canton
Cuba
Chicago
Butter prices and naval stores report from Savannah and New York
Chicago butter receipts reach 11 497 tubs with varied grade prices. Savannah naval stores show turpentine sales at 97 with stock 18 394 and rosin quiet. Call money in New York firm with rates near 5 1 2 percent and loans mixed on short terms.
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Chicago
Naval Stores
Savannah
Call Money
New York
Prime Mercantile
Coffee futures steady as Santos grade holds gains
In New York on December 8 coffee futures for No. 4 Santos held steady with December 16 at 12.12, and May at 15.95.
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New York
Santos
Copper and Rice Market Snippets from New Orleans Ledger
Copper bids show Ant at 14 41 8 futures 62 75. Tin steady at 68 50 spot. Antimony at 20 25. In New Orleans rough rice quiet with no sales and 1 501 receipts. clean rice quiet with 1 089 sales and mixed prices. bran and polish prices noted.
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nc. _steeds
St. Louis
New Orleans
Schimpf Named to Registrars Board
Frank A. Schimpf of the Third ward is appointed to fill the vacancy on the county board of registrars succeeding the resigning John A. Hughes. He will assume duties at once. The board also includes Mrs. M. H. Perkins and Mrs. B. W. Padgett.
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Frank A. Schimpf
Third Ward
County Board of Registrars
John A. Hughes
Schimpf
Mr. Schimpf
M. H. Perkins
B. W. Padgett
Another Drive for Tax Repeal Began in Texas
A new effort to repeal the federal inheritance tax was launched in Texas under Speaker Lee Satterwhite. The movement, organized in cooperation with Texas tax proponents, seeks to flatly repeal the levy.
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Lee Satterwhite
Texas House
Yachting Association to Reward Race Winners with Gold Bricks
Southern California Yachting Association will award four bricks plated with gold and engraved to the winners of this year's race. The bricks are made from Santa Barbara earthquake era bricks recovered from damaged local walls. The prize will be presented at the next Thursday meeting with bankers from the American Bankers' Association in attendance.
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Anniston
Ala
M. & H. Valve Company
Nume
J. W. Conway
Atlanta
Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas Sheriff's Association
County Judges Association
Officers’ Association
Southern California Yachting Association
Santa Barbara
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Erie Ist Bfd
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New York Central
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Pensylvania
Pitts Coal
Pressed Steel Car
Ray Consolidated
Reading
Republic Irenand Steel
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker
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Union Pacific
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ST. Louis Livestock
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