TAPE MACHINE TALE SHAPES STOCK TICKER HISTORY
A long survey traces the ticker tape from New York origins to London delays and bucket shops. It describes how the ticker records prices, the role of tapeworms at the Exchange Telegraph Company, and the rise of tape gambling in crowded markets with clashes between the Stock Exchange committee and outside brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Exchange
New York
Sto K eXchange
Exchange Telegraph Company
Cornhill
Egypt
Bucket Shop Brigade
London Stock Exchange
The
Jonson Stock Exchange
Exchange Company
Theetty
West End
Eric
Stock Exchange
Committee
Iompany
T Hie
Elson
Women s World outlines a female run for national leadership
The article sketches a McCall’s Magazine July scenario where a Woman's Suffrage Association chief executive would assemble a cabinet including Jane Addams, Hetty Green, Andrew Carnegie, Louis Brandeis, Jonathan Bourne, Ella Flagg Young, Charles Bailey, John Mitchell, Jean Gordon, John D Rockefeller Jr, and Harvey W Wiley. It advocates tariff reform, land sale to homesteaders, federal control of railways and utilities, stronger pure food and child labor laws, health supervision of food, and education reform with a national commission.
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Woman's Suffrage Association
McCalla Magazine
Jane Addams
Chicago
Hetty Green
Cornell
Agriculture
John Mitchell
Commerce and Labor
Mies Jean Gordon
New Orleans
Child Welfare Commission
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Harvey W. Wiley
Pure Food Commission
Shaw
Ur Shaw
Drghan
Parcele Post
Anna Shaw
High Cost of Living Spurs Cooperative Efforts in Philadelphia
An editorial lauds the rise of cooperative stores led by millworker wives in Philadelphia as a practical response to soaring living costs. They cut profits by buying wholesale, rent a room, and manage operations to lower food expenses for families, proving both financial relief and social empowerment.
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Philadelphia
Cab Dept
Boston
Poli's Chorus Lady at Poli Players next week
Poli's Theatre presents Rose Stahl era revival The Chorus Lady with Miss Jewell in title role Portrays Patricia OBrien protecting sister from stage life Chorus room scenes mix humor and serious notes Belasco Prisoner of Zenda by Butterfield Players follows next week with Brigham Royce staging The Prisoner of Zenda Then Mary Jane's Pa in three acts by Edith Ellis opens at Columbia Players Indiana town setting National Festival Concert closes Aborn Opera Company season features grand opera festival in Washington and Baltimore with double sextet from Lucia and Tales of Hoffmann Tonight fireworks at Glen Echo Knights of Columbus celebration with free admission Washington Festival Chorus forms at Arcade Auditorium next Tuesday Tales of Haydn Seasons performance with Alma Webster-Powell Paul Bleyden Marcus Kellerman and Washington Symphony Orchestra Tickets on sale
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Poli
Rose Stahl
Miss Jewell
Miss Stahl
Belasco
Butterfield Players
Anthony Hope
B. H. Sothern
Sothern
James K. Hackett
Brigham Royce
Hackett
Mary Jane
Columbia Players
Edith Ellis
Mary Janes
Hiram Perkins
Henry EB. Dixey
Adonis
Mr. Dixey
Hiram
Springfield
Mass
Hunter-Bradford Stock Company
Henry W Savage
Garden Theater
New York
Gmal
Indiana
Aborn Opera Company
Aborn
Washington
Baltimore
Carlo Nicosia
Almeric Vinaccia
Lucia
Helena
Krliatoffy
Biggers
Coughlan
Sinagra
Sciarretti
Glen Bono Park
Pain Pyrotechnic Company
Knights of Columbus
Glen Echo
Charles G Mills
Washington Festival Chorus
Arcade Auditorium
Heinrich Hammer
Haydn
Mme
Alma Webster-Powell
Paul Bleyden
Marcus Kellerman
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Smith
St Johns Moonlight Trips Gain Popularity
The St Johns excursion steamer offers forty mile moonlight trips on the Potomac to Indian Head. Departing from the foot of Seventh Street at 7 pm, the voyage lasts about two hours each way, with return around 11 pm. The boat includes an on board cafe and features music and dancing for evening recreation.
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St. Johns
Potomac
Seventh Street
Indian Head
Chevy Chase Lake Gains Popularity With Marine Band Concerts
Chevy Chase Lake draws nightly crowds as dancing and Marine Band concerts lead the program. The venue is praised for easy rescheduling, scenic beauty, and orderly conduct, with dancing starting at 9 p.m in the large pavilion and a ban on turkey trotting and bunny hugging under management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevy Chase Lake
Marine Band
Payilan
Turkey
Realty Men to Organize Tonight at Chamber Meet
More than two real estate brokers plan to attend a gathering called for tonight at the Chamber of Commerce. The meeting aims to adopt a constitution and by laws for the proposed Real Estate Dealers Association. Every licensed district broker has been sent a copy to study and prepare suggestions or changes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Miss Julia Lathrop Heads New Child Bureau in Washington
Miss Julia C. Lathrop arrives from Chicago to confer with Secretary Nagel about the new Child Bureau in the Department of Commerce and Labor. She declines to discuss plans. The chief earns five thousand dollars yearly, with a staff including an assistant chief and a statistical expert. the bureau aims to be in working order by July 1.
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Julia C. Lathrop
Chicago
Nagel
Julia C Lathrop
Children's Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Lathrop
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Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pabst Brewing Co
N. Capitol St
N. Ee
Tale OF the
Bucket Shops
Washington Produce Market
Fiorlaa
North Carolina
Elgin
New York State
Virginia
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Michigan
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Norfolk
North Caroline
Crete
Almeria
Lightweighe Park
Brussels
Columbia
Mary Jane’s
Glen Echo Park
Cosmos
Bill Haa
Fujiyama
Ada Mitchell
Dr. de Luxe’ Company
John B. Wilson
Matt
Jeff
John Healy
Ray Fern
George
Worrell and Kenny
Mardie Raymond
Lorettas
Jim Gildea
Bama Hama
Marie Sparrows
Granto and
Maude
T. J. Allen
Joseph B. Bowles
England
Germany
Pavlov
Child Bureau
the Collier Agency Liability and Automobile Insurance
Dist. Nat. Bank Bldg
G St. N. W
Standard Oil Company
Brady
Monitor
Merrimac
Worden
Tis
Eek
Pecinenla
Fair Oaks
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
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