Helen Keller lecture tour canceled due to illness
Market Review and Marine and Weather News notes Helen Keller forced to cancel her season lecture engagements on instruction for the blind and deaf and dumb. The report recalls her decades of effort and her later achievement in speech. Also covered are Wall Street copper gains led by Utah Copper and other industrials, with rail and steel shares showing mixed moves.
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Ler
Miss Keller
United States
New York
Wall Street
Utah
Anconda
Inspiration
Kennecott
Baldwin
American
Westinghouse
India Alchol
International Paper
Central Leather
Louisville
Nashville
Chesapeake and Ohio
United States Steel
Sugars
Deeds Filed and Market Quotes from Early Transactions
Sun rises at 6 29 and sets at 5 23 as land transfers are recorded between A W Pate and J W Blake on Bradley Creek and J E Galley and Allen Jordan on MacRae street. Bid prices for stocks including American Can, General Electric, and Atlantic Coast Line appear alongside notices of property and mortgage dealings.
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A. W. Pate
J. W. Blake
Bradley’s Creek
James E. Galley
Allen Jordan
MacRae Street
Miller and Green
J.W. Blake
Federal Point Road
Allis-Chalmers
American Car and Foundry
American Smelting
American Tel
American Tobacco
Bid
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Eratute
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago, Mil
St. Paul
Chicago, R. I
Pacificity
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Eric .A
General Electric
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore
Ctis
Inter
Ctfs
Kansas City Southern
Louisville & Nashville
N. Y.Y
N. H. & Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading Ae
Rep. Iron & Steel
UTB
Seaboard Air Line
Cotton price slips amid opening liquidation in New York
New York cotton markets opened with a sharp decline of 15 to 24 points as January and March futures fell to 18.82 and 18.90 before briefly rebounding on renewed British support and covering. Wilmington naval stores report varied prices for spirits rosin tar and crude while Savannah naval stores show slightly higher rosin, and Liverpool cotton exchange closes with no direct activity.
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New York
Wilmington
Charleston
Savannah
Melon Mistake Triggers Cabbage Swap Tale
Mrs. Murphy buys a musk melon from Tim O’Hara but two boys steal a cabbage and a mix up ensues. Larry Murphy returns a melon to the store and drops the cabbage into Kittie O’Hara’s lap from a window. The family later discovers the melon again, blaming optical delusion, as the tale ends with O’Hara confronting Mrs. Murphy about the cabbage incident.
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Lemelon
Chase
Mrs. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
O'Hara
Mr. O'Hara
Larry Murphy
Larry
Ned Fitzgerald
Kittie O'’Hara
Kittie O'Hara
Miss O’hara
Mr. Fitzgerald
Tom
Tim O’hara
Tom Murphy
Mr. O'Hare
Love Letters From A Bygone Era Of Heartfelt Promises
A collection of wartime style intimate letters from lovers and spouses expressing longing faith devotion and grief. Dolores astonishes with vow to God Edwin writes of awaiting reunion and caring for wife and child. MARy and others send longing messages framed by romance and spiritual references.
Winchester Extra Light Weight Shotgun Ammunition
Winchester advertises extra light weight shells made in 12, 16 and 20 gauge variants. The copy emphasizes reduced recoil and smoother shooting for sporting use. No event or location is specified.
Circus Clown Profiles Highlight Round of Remarkable Talents
A press agent for John Robinson's Ten Big Shows in Wilmington on November 6 describes the fifty-one clowns as diverse scholars and professionals. He cites engineers, readers, a violinist, world historians, a lawyer, a sign painter, actors, and a clown who performs only after fasting.
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Dreas
Gay
Edwin
Elbert Hubbard
John Robinson
Wilmington
DeBeriot
Cornell University
Mikeup
Now that I have provided you with a good dinner
A humorous exchange features a kind lady requesting wood chopping from a Bos ton hobo. He politely declines, citing posterity and future wealth as reasons, noting his descendants’ desire for noble lineage over rough work.
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Boston
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Helen Kel
Helen Kell
New Haven
New Haen
Conn
Connecticut Teachers’ Association
Woolsey Hall
Grace C. Strachan
Calvin N. Kendall
New Jersey
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mrs. Astor
The
WS Vincent Astor
Ly Campbell Stuation
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Ptd
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper
Texas Cove
Westinghouse Electric
Kennecott Copper
Gulf State Steel
American Tin
Cerm Products
Sam
Ile Clear
Tidal Clear
Own Clear
Motte . Clear
Pout Clear
Weston Clear
Psonville
Pt Cldy
Orleans . Clear
Ark
Fee Clear
Surg . Toggy
Clear
Louis .-Preldy
Wshington . -Clear
Vestal
Liverpool
Exchange
Chicago
N. C
N.C
Virginia
Granges
Florida
By Annette Angert
H. A
Bee
Dolores
Dora
Jack
Monsieur
Mary
Bertha
Louise
Winchester
Faltmeriels
Circus Clown
Homan
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