Trade conditions and holiday season retail activity
Conditions of trade describe weather driven distribution of seasonable goods and higher traffic causing freight blockades and motive power shortages. Holiday trade matched expectations with brisk demand for staples, wage increases effective January 1, and a drop in building permits. December rail earnings up 9.6 percent. New York imports and exports exceeded prior year. November set new import and export records.
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New York
United States
Den'’s
House Currency Bill Sets Emergency Note Rules
The House Banking and Currency Committee backs a currency reform aligned with the National Bankers Association. National banks one year old may issue emergency currency up to 25 percent of capital with a 3 percent tax, plus one eighth of capital taxed at 5 percent, creating a guarantee fund. Also to ease contraction limits, allowing more retired notes monthly. The Pittsburg Post notes the Federal Supreme Court ruling on railroad rate parity in Mississippi, signaling potential end to railroad favoritism.
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House Committee On Banking and Currency
National Bankers’ Association
Federal Supreme Court
Mississippi
State Railroad Commission
Pittsburg Post
Inquest on Clark's Senate Election in Washington
The article recounts a major political inquiry into Clark's U S Senate election. It notes the presence of Senators Hoar and Chandler on the Investigating Committee and vivid courtroom scenes as witnesses testified. C P Connolly in Christmas McClure's comments on the crowded committee room and the public gaze on disgraced witnesses.
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Clark
Washington
Senate
Hoar
Chandler
C. P. Connolly
McClure
Montana
Education in Business Interview in New Idea Woman's Magazine
The January issue features Miss May Langdon White, a publisher who assists authors and publishers end to end. She argues education and tact are essential for women in business, noting highly educated people can be impractical, while practical, educated women earn and apply knowledge effectively.
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New Idea Woman's
May Langdon White
Miss White
Imen
Irather
City Residents Not Eligible for Juror or Liquor Petitions
A Pennsylvania jurist rules that men living in cities who fail to register cannot serve as jurors or sign liquor license petitions. Such unregistered men are treated as aliens, losing certain citizenship rights beyond voting. The decision may guide enforcement of personal registration law if upheld by higher courts.
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Pennsylvania
Household of the Chinese Emperor Staff Counts Revealed
The royal household includes 30 physicians 75 astrologers 76 cooks and 6 priests. These figures outline the diverse cadre serving the emperor within the imperial palace.
Agricultural implements dominate South Australian markets
American and Canadian agricultural implements control the South Australian market with continued popularity and rising demand expected due to prevailing conditions.
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South Australia
Agriculture department reports 1905 grain and cotton ginnings
Total 1905 corn production reaches 2,927,416,091 bushels while winter and spring wheat total 734,? not exactly. Cotton ginned by December 13 amounts to 11,099,001 bales, compared with 90,297,819 the prior year.
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Agricultural Department
Christmas Eve Hospitality Between Union Sharpshooters and Confederate Family
A Civil War sharpshooter recalls winter quarters at Culpeper Virginia on Christmas Eve 1863. Two gray-clad men visiting a planter and his family were surprised by Union sentries, allowed in, and shared wine and apple jack with both sides dancing to fiddlers. The night ended as dawn neared and the Confederates rejoined their army.
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Culpepper
Ike
Kelley
Rapidan
Mails Heavier this Christmas than Ever
New York December 25 reports show post office Christmas mail and money orders far exceed previous years. Foreign money orders issued since December 1 total over 5 million dollars with most going to Ireland. Gifts sent by Italians, Germans, Austrians, Swedes, Russians, Hungarians, English, Greeks and others. Netherlands Denmark Switzerland Luxembourg also served.
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New York
Ireland
Sons of Italy
Germany
Austria
Sweden
Russia
Hungary
England
Greece
Netherlands
Denmark
Switzerland
Little Luxemburg
Grange backs farmers through unity and incentives
The Titusville Herald quotes the Pennsylvania State Grange as boosting farmer benefits through organization and competition. It notes rubber demand, bicycles and cars increasing use of electricity, and potential rubber production in the Philippines and Hawaii. American tools dominate South Australia’s market.
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Titusville Herald
Pennsylvania State Grange
Grange
Bureau of Manufacturers
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
South Australia
Unknown Confederate grave sparks long lost love
Passing through Richmond in 1890 I meet Northern visitors and two Hicks girls staying with Aunt Lenie Keyes. A battlefield guide reveals a pocket silver heart with initials J.R. and L.I. Sept 10 1861, linking Lenie to a Union soldier, Tom Ray, who loved her friend Leonore Keyes. The grave is finally marked with his full name, proving old maid Lenie still has a heart.
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Richmond
Florida
Confederate States of America
Bessie
Marge’ Hicks
Miss Keyes
Lenie
Bess
Libby
McClellan
United States
Aunt Lenie
J. R
L. I
Leonore Keyes
Marion May Holt
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Che Manen
the Mail Publishing Co
W. RR
McKinney
W.S. Pittman
Warren
Warren County
Bell Phone 390 B
House
N. Greenland & Son
Warren, PA
Education In Business
Warren National Bank
Liberty Sts
Resources
Jerry Crary
G. N. Parmlee
David W. Beaty
Charles Chase
Cc. Schimmelfeng
A. T. Scofield Watson D. Hinckley Miner
D. Crary
Andrew Hertzel
F. R. Hertzel
Lee S. Clough
William E. Rice
Hon
WM. D. Brown
Horton Smith
Geo. F. Watson
Charles W. Jamieson
Nelson P. Wheeler
F. KE. Hertzel
E. H. Lampe
J. M. Sonne
N. C. Sill
From
Missouri
B. G. Gregort
Citizens National Bank
Warren, Penn’a
Bell Telephone
Warren Mail
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