Market Doubt and Rumors Cloud Wall Street Outlook
The Washington Post reported a unsettled week on Wall Street with unfounded rumors about large reorganizations and dividends in Reading and Rock Island stock. Analysts cited cautious trading, flat bond activity, and fears of price repression by powerful interests while debating whether efficiency, fatigue, or external factors drive markets.
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Money Easier In London On Christmas Eve Markets
Americans held steady on the stock exchange as Christmas Eve trading showed the most active market in years. In London the money market closed cheerfully with reasonable activity and a gold inflow from Paris offsetting the holiday cash outflow. The Paris bourse faced early rumors of Japan Russia tension and a Morocco hostilities resumption but recovered to a firm calm with small realizations and an optimistic outlook for easy money at year end.
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Roads buying more rails orders placed during the week
Railroads placed about 66 000 tons of rails last week with two thirds in the West and 209% tons specified for the Central. Contracts for finished steel products show contraction with limited new orders for fabricated steel and tin plate, while wire products remain active though December totals vary.
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Soft coal to be dearer due to safety law enforcement
Pittsburgh coal operators foresee higher prices next year as stricter safety and gainers regulations raise production costs. Miners seek a 19 cent hike to 1.00 dollar per ton base, while operators push for an 85 cent base. A Toledo meeting is expected to settle the dispute. Northwest lake shipments have drawn down stocks, stoking concern over supply as cold weather deepens.
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Coke scarcity threatens prices as steel firm buys independents
The United States Steel Corporation plans 200000 tons of coke from independent makers at rising prices. Frick Coke Company expects production limits, causing possible contracts at 23 per ton from now to April 1. Regular independents face shortages and higher rates, drawing protests from loyal customers.
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Reverend Preaches Christmas Joy and God's Gift to All
The Richmond audience heard Pastor Charles T Russell discuss Christmas as God’s unspeakable gift. He emphasized fear not, the plan of salvation through Jesus, and the expansion of blessing from the church to all mankind, tracing Christ’s roles as Prophet Priest and King and the millennial hope for every soul.
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Great Joy for All People Declared in Christmas Message
A sermon reflects on the true meaning of Christmas as good tidings for all, contrasting with fear and damnation. It emphasizes God’s plan, millennial blessings, and restitution, urging believers to share blessings and acknowledge the Body of Christ in His future reign.
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Lloyd George Rise From Welsh Village Roots to High Office
A feature on David Lloyd George, born January 17, 1863 in Manchester, son of a traveling schoolmaster, who rises from obscurity to become chancellor of the exchequer. The piece notes his small stature, formidable features, and powerful oratory, highlighting his unyielding political drive and ascent through persistent effort.
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Londoner Gillett Provides Dancing Men For London Society
London’s unique influencer Gillett, founder of the Bachelors' Club, has become a universal provider of dancing men amid dull political times. He stages two dances per event, escorts guests to supper, and plans a weekly Boston-wall themed hop to revive social life, drawing both impoverished peers and the wealthy set.
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Ruiz Coroner Incapacitated Refuses to Resign
London Dec 2 The suicide of Miss Mary Agnes Reichers prompts renewed public focus on Dr. Donald Thomas the coroner who guarded the inquiry and aided in concealing facts. Despite incapacitation for duties and no pension, he refuses to retire, withholding testimony and continuing in office.
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Free Zion not sought at international meeting opens in Hamburg
Hamburg dispatch reports the International Zionist Congress opening with Prof. Max Nordau elected president. Delegates heard calls to avoid Turkish party alignment and to pursue a Jewish homeland within the Ottoman Empire or federation. Nordau urged Palestine settlement under constitutional governance and warned against Greek Young Turk entanglements.
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Suffragettes' Campaign Plans For General Election
London reports detail a renewed suffrage drive as the movement gears for the general election. The Womens Freedom League urges tactics against anti suffrage candidates, plans lobbying at meetings, persuading sympathizers, and coordinating polling day presence to press for votes for women.
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Mysterious Bust At Lille Described By Gourgett
Paris reports French writer Paul Gourgett details a famous wax bust in Lille's earliest collection. He notes its pale glow and fading colors, its glass eyes and delicate lips, and speculates on its origin as possibly a Renaissance Italian lady, perhaps a Mona Lisa or Marquise de Montferrat, amid debates of Leonardo or Raphael attribution.
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Bernhardt Advice Urges Experiments In Unions
The article reports on Sarah Bernhardt advising young men and women to consider living together before marriage if both are free, arguing uncertainty drives passion. It notes the provocation as an introduction to a play about an artist's infatuation, produced last week to mixed reception, with no ad charges listed.
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Poor Man With Five Thousand Dollars Found Dead in England
An American identified as John Gore by a note lodged in a hotel room in London’s Kew Gardens died in a hospital after illness. His belongings revealed hundreds of five dollar notes and real estate documents in America. His son owns an eighty acre farm and is en route from America. relations had been strained for years.
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Judge Lurton Resigns to Join Supreme Court
Cincinnati report says Judge Lurton of the United States Court of Appeals has resigned to take a seat on the Supreme Court bench. The resignation becomes effective January 5, with delivery to the President within ten days and relocation to Washington for the term. Lurton plans to remain in Washington through next summer as he completes heavy prior caseloads. he may move his family to the city. Several names have been mentioned as possible successors, but no appointment has been announced.
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Alfonso on hunting trip amid royal health fears
King Alfonso departed for Andalusia on a hunting trip amid reports of grave health concerns and the need for a possible surgical operation. Dispatches indicated the king would travel to Sauluest where the operation could be performed as part of a broader medical plan.
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Secret Police Head Named in Soviet City
Col Von Kotten of Moscow succeeds Col Karpoff in St Petersburg after the assassination of the former chief on December 2. The longtime secret police hunter of the regime faces continued attempts on his life as he takes command in Petrograd amid renewed pressure from opposition forces.
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