The Romance of the Russian Investment Outlook
A 1915 analysis outlines Russia’s dire wartime conditions, the ruble collapse, and future investment potential. It discusses leadership, population, resources, and per capita debt, arguing Russia could rebound postwar, with vast timber, grain, and mineral wealth, and favorable trade prospects for American investors.
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Petrograd
Russia
Romanoff
United States
Samuel McRoberts
National City Bank
America
Mr. McRoberts
North America
South America
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Texas
Ivan Narodny
Russian-American-Asiatic Corporation
Siberia
Cqntuf-Veremedi
Eforetaoin
Uncle Jake and Tom Brown Tell Folklore in Sturdy Verse
An elderly Uncle Jake entertains Tom Brown with folk lore and a comic tale of Mr. Turkey Buzzard. The frame ends with a long verse about Watcoosa and Captain Hilton and the fate of the two daughters on Big Island Cape Fear, recounting a voyage and a broken promise.
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Jack
Tom Brown
Darkey
Uncle Jake
Jake
Tom
Turkey Buzzard
Hilton
Barbadoes
Cape Fear
Watcoosa
Big Island
James Larkin Pearson
Wheat Tops Latest Market Peak Amid Record Run
The report notes wheat prices climbing to new highs as traders track fresh supply data. Analysts cite strong global demand and weather risks while investors eye the market for further highs and potential corrections.
Fourth Grade Gardens and Play Preview at Local School
William Hooper notes a busy year end as students prepare a Mother Goose play. The Fourth grade planted forty gardens, and nineteen families have already harvested vegetables. A list shows tardy-free First to Fourth grades, and Mr. Wallace Tuttle of the Red Path Chautauqua Company visited on Tuesday.
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Mother Goose
Trask
Wallace Tuttle
Red Path Chautauqua Company
Borden
Williams
Riley
Cameron
Eleanor Harriss
Kate Faison
Essie Harriss
Julia Faison
Royal visit shadows Washington as Abruzzi arrives
Washington awaiting Prince Luigi Duke of the Abruzzi, king of Italy cousin, leading an Italian mission to coordinate US allied war effort and seek an American loan. The Duke, famed explorer and adventurer, previously wooed Miss Katharine Elkins, and is noted for climbs in the Himalayas, Arctic exploration, and African expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Joffre
Arthur J. Balfour
M. Viviani
Washington
Luigi
Duke
Abruzzi
Italy
Spain
England
France
United States
The
Miss Elkins
Elkins
Billy” Hitt
Abpuzzi
Xelonte
Hinlayas
Broad Peak
Addity
Arctic
Equatorial
Afric
Alysé
Canary
Emma McCaig Wins Rotary Prize for Free Factory Sites
Isaac Bear notes fourth grade student Emma McCaig won seven fifty as first prize for the best reasons Wilmington should have free factory sites. The school foresees busy two weeks as students seek promotion cards and attendance remains high with few room changes. Fourth grade wins also in the Alice in Wonderland ticket contest with prizes from Sorosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma McCaig
Rotary Club
Wilmington
Sorosis
Hemenway School Wins Prizes At Rotary Presentations
The Hemenway school reported quick grasp of lessons and earned three top prizes totaling $344 for students Joe Stone Leroy Plyler and Bernice McDonald with other awards to local schools. Rotary President Mr Roy Moore distributed the forty checks Wednesday morning as school officials thanked the club. Principal praised the Rotary program and a moving picture visit by Mr Rehder followed in Thursday’s session.
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Hemenway School
Dri
Sib Sons
Thy
Pirst
Joe Stone
Leroy Plyler
Bernice McDonald
Rehder
Cai
Miss von Glahn
Roo
Mig Yarborough
Broughy
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Sven Hedin
Yale University
Sayville
Berlin
Nich
Catharine
Peter
Stolypin
Europe
Jonas
A. D
Captain Hilton
Hiis
Mrs. Hilton
Faithless Hilton
Nevermore
Brooklyn Gardner
Wilmington Graded Schools
William Hooper
Paul Weaver
Lula
Isaac Bear
Hemenway
Nettie Te2chey
Margaret McCarley
Edward Koonce
Dan P
Columbia
Chine
NEW May Records
Mia
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