Linen sale highlights special values on table linens
Special values for this sale in Table Linens 23 inches wide selling at 49c 69c Tic 89c up to 1256 NAPKINS a great variety priced from 60c 75c 90c 115 up to 5 per dozen TOWELS best of the markets many varieties priced from 1c to 25c STAMPED LINENS for embroidery work a beautiful line priced from 1c to 25c January styles all in Call for Fashion Plate The only patterns selling for 10c and 15c no more no less
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Holiday Bargains In Mittens And Gloves At The Store
The shop touts 1000 double woolen mittens for children at Q cents per pair and thousands of mittens for ladies and men from 10c to 50c. Mocha mittens in new shades sell 50c to $1.50. A new line of Sovereign Gloves with patent clasp is offered around $2. An extensive, stylish glove range from 5c to 3 each and a new ladies Mackintosh with separate skirt and cape are advertised.
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Sovereign
Wertheimer
Quality Coffee Claims Value Across Town
An advertisement touts superior Coffee quality with three named blends. The HUMMER priced at 20cts promises more value than two pounds of cheap coffee. CYCLONE at 30cts guarantees equal to any 35 cent coffee or refund. DELMONICO is marketed as the best money can buy.
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Delmonico
North American Review Celebrated as Premier Magazine
The North American Review has long stood at the vanguard of American magazines. It is praised as authoritative and influential, with readers and contributors from diverse fields and a reputation spanning decades.
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Grand Rapids Democrat
Nortih American Review
Loston Post
REVIW
Doddfellows Reveiw
St. Paul
Review
Christian Advocate
St. Louis
Subscriptions Advertise 50 Cents a Number and Six Dollars a Year
An old newspaper blurb promotes a subscription rate of 50 cents per issue and 6 dollars annually inviting readers to subscribe now. The short ad stresses timely sign ups and ongoing delivery of content.
Democrats Favor Cuban Belligerency Oppose Hawaii Annexation
The Democratic caucus call for December 14 1897 lists Cuba Hawaii finance and bankruptcy as topics. Leaders expect support for recognizing Cuban belligerency and opposition to Hawaiian annexation while opposing the bankruptcy bill and Republican financial reform plans.
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Waiuinatoy
Richardson
House of Representatives
House
Cuba
Hawaii
Gage
Conference of Republicans to Address Civil Service Defects
Representative Pearson of North Carolina gathered 72 signatures for a conference among Republican members of Congress on the civil service law. The call notes many signers support the idea but oppose the current administration of the law and seek remedies for its defects.
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Wasu Hington
Pearson
North Carolina
Congress
Government efforts to delay Kansas Pacific sale
Attorney General McKenna moved to postpone the Kansas Pacific road sale. He telegraphed Special Counsel Hoadley in New York to prepare a motion for a 60 day delay or until February 15 and sent the resolution to the president. No word yet on the reported decision of the reorganization committee.
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Pelny
Kansas Pacific
MccKenna
Reorganization Committee
New York
Government Bid Offer Sparks Postponement Motion Debate
The attorney general refused to confirm whether a government bid of 6,305,000 would affect the principal claim and what actions would follow if the offer arrived before a postponement motion was filed.
House Public Lands Committee Deliberates On Land Bills
Washington reports show the House Committee on Public Lands delaying the Senate land bill for free homesteads stating it would cost the government at least 15 million dollars. Alaska is flagged as a major topic for the session and anticipated committee work. Also in Washington President Cleveland arrived briefly for a hunting trip and did not leave his car. A Wisconsin proposal seeks state trade marks to curb false goods labeling.
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Ublic Lands
Senate
WatningTon
House Committee On Public Lands
Alaska
WashierTon
Grover Cleveland
Washington
South Carolina
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Sauerhering
Wisconsin
Rich Ledge Said to Have Been Discovered by an Alaskan Prospector
Seattle reports Jim Warnder received a letter from George Rennocks leader of the Augusta Copper River expedition. Rennocks says partner McDonald has returned from Copper River interior with a $16,000 stake and that they discovered a 65 foot wide quartz ledge valued at $20 per ton, near navigable waters.
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Seattle
Wash
Jim Warnder
George G. Rennocks
Rennocks
Shakan
Alaska
McDonald
Copper River District
Anglo Egyptian Expedition to Move in Sudan Delayed by Heat
London reports 600 British troops will join the Anglo Egyptian expedition in the Sudan. The advance was postponed after Berber’s capture last September to avoid the hot Benson. In Rome, the new cabinet is completed with Marquis Radini and Visconti Tenesta taking key posts.
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Daily Mail
Cairo
Soudan
Berber
Rome
Marquis di Radini
Marquis Visconti Tenesta
Foreign Office
New York Boston Capitalists Form East Jamber Syndicate
Lancaster New Hampshire December 11 reports a syndicate formed by New York and Boston capitalists with George Van Pyke of Lancaster to acquire large Jamber interests in the East. The syndicate will command several million dollars in capital.
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Eastern Lambor Syndicate
Lancaster
N. H
New York
Boston
George van Pyke
Jame Ber
State sues over Duluth and Iron Range railroad land grant
Attorney General Childs and associates served the complaint in the case State of Minnesota versus the Duluth and Iron Range Railway Company and others. The suit seeks title to the 1876 land grant, argued forfeited by the legislature, involving over 200000 acres and asserting the company never built the line.
Supreme Court Keeps Milwaukee Garbage Plant Bonds In Limbo
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed Judge Ludwig’s ruling in Burnham v Milwaukee, blocking officials from issuing bonds to build a municipal garbage plant. Bonds issued but not delivered are deemed illegal and worthless.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Ludwig
Milwaukee Superior Court
John F. Burnham
Court of Appeals Sustains Indianapolis Street Car Fare Injunction
The United States court of appeals upheld an injunction blocking enforcement of an Indianapolis 3-cent car fare ordinance. The city’s appeal from Judge Showalter’s order was dismissed, with the court’s opinion clarifying the action.
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Court of Appeals
Indianapolis
Cuicano
United States Court of Appeals
Andianapolis
Showalter
Indianapolis Street Car Firm Formed Under General Laws
A Indianapolis Street Car company was created or formed under general laws in Indiana. An amendment providing for 8-cent car fare can be effected only by a general law applicable alike to all similar corporations throughout the state.
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Indianapolis Street Gar
Indiana
Miners End Strike in Northern Illinois After Pay Victory
In STREATOR Illinois on December 11 1910 miners end their strike as A L Sweet general manager of the Chicago Wilmington and Ver million Coal company agrees to pay 64 cents a ton gross weight mining. This settles the dispute and will employ about 2000 men. Flood Damages Government Locks at Galena River
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Streator, Ill
A. L. Sweet
Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion Coal Company
Illinois
Wheat Price Rise Opposed by Bull Clique in Chicago
December option held center stage in Chicago wheat trading and closed at 1.08 after a four cent drop. Bulls reportedly pulled the move to avert shipments of contract wheat to Chicago, while Joseph Leiter denied speculative intent and predicted higher prices.
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Onicaco
Chicago
Bull Clique
Bull Combine
Joseph Leiter
Surplus Expected as Pension Bill Passes House
The House passed the $141,268,870 pension appropriation with no amendments amid debate on civil service reform and treasury policy under the Dingley law. Mr. Dingley projected a current-year deficit of $28 million and a coming fiscal-year surplus of about $10 million, noting rising revenues and anticipatory imports. Republican cheering followed.
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House
Treasury
Dingley
Brown
Linney
Johnson
Ind
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Pacific
Weekly Trade Review reports rising holiday trade across regions
Bradstreets notes mild weather slowed distribution of winter goods but jobbers and retailers report steadily increasing business in holiday items and groceries. Southern markets show strong results in New Orleans Atlanta Nashville and the Central South while Chicago Kansas City St Louis St Paul and the Pacific coast see favorable activity and rising Alaskan demand.
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New York
Bradstreets
South
New Orleans
Atlanta
Nashville
Central South
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Noted insurgent leader released from Cabanas fortress
General Rivera the insurgent leader captured in Pinar del Rio and pardoned by royal decree has been released from Cabanas fortress after months imprisoned and sailed today aboard the Colon for Cadiz his home. The Colon also carries 800 sick wounded and incapacitated soldiers back to Spain.
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Havana
Rivera
Pinar del Rio
Hernandez Devalasco
Colon
Cadiz
Spain
Capital Involved in the Combine Will Exceed 860 Million
United States steel wire and nail firms near pooling deal with about 20 major manufacturers. Capital involved expected to exceed 69 million dollars. Legal formalities likely after holidays.
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New York
United States
Canadian lumbermen demand export duty relief
A large deputation of Ontario lumbermen urged the government to impose an export duty to curb U S tariff retaliation. They argued that stopping raw material exports would force the United States to tax Canadian sawn lumber and praised a regulation barring export of logs sawn on crown lands.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
United States
Georgian Bay
Senator Hanna Ill Again in New York
Senator Hanna fell ill at the Waldorf and retired to his apartments after arriving from Washington at 5 p.m. The fatigue of the long ride was blamed though no physician was summoned. Hon Charles Fleischmann Dead in Cincinnati at 4 30 p m from paralysis. The Hungarian yeast magnate had suffered a second stroke Thursday morning and never regained consciousness.
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New York
Hanna
Vic
Washington
Charles Fieischman
Cincinnati
Charles Fleischmann
Avondale
Fleischmann
Ships Seek Shelter From Severe British Gale
A severe gale rages along the British coast with ships seeking shelter in multiple ports especially near the Irish sea as of December 11. continuous winds drive vessels to safe harbors.
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London
Irish Sea
Notable Deaths and Corporate News Across Regions
Judge Asa W. Tenay dies at his Brooklyn home. Stub Wilson, a Northwest figure, dies in Sioux City, Iowa. A nationwide attempt to unite sewer pipe makers fails. Col. John Hay and Mrs Hay dine with Queen Victoria at Windsor. Architect Charles Matten, linked to early elevated railroads, dies in Bagnié Hos. Delilah Fales and William Kern plead guilty to murder in Waverly. Northern Pacific declares a 1 percent quarterly dividend, first since reorganization.
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Asa W. Tenay
United States District Court
Brooklyn
Stub” Wilson
Northwest
Sioux City
United States
Col
John Hay
Hay
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Castle
Charles Matten
Baggnié
Hos
Delilah Fales
Pees Kern
Waverly
William Kern
Northern Pacific Railroads Company
Judge appoints receiver for Galézia Trust in Chicago
Judge Taley names E. V. McKey as receiver for the Galézia Trust and Safety Vault company, owner of the Fort Dearborn building at Clark and Monroe streets in Chicago. Complainants are bondholders.
No More Fight Permits Hit San Francisco Boxing Scene
San Francisco police committee of the board of supervisors refused further permits for pugilistic or physical culture exhibitions. The action ends or suspends major matches including Griffo Lavine Hawkins Connelly and Smith Kelly contests in the city.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Griffo-Lavigne
Hawkins- Connelly
Smith-Kelly
Big Steal Alleged on Central Railway Robberies
A New York report claims a major postal robbery on November 9 involved about 100000 dollars from registered letters on the Central Railway of New Jersey’s New York Somerville Easton line. Two bags carrying 40000 dollars were seized. duration of the theft remains under study as Major Charles F. Lewis of the Philadelphia postal service investigates the case.
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New York
Central Railway of
New Jersey
New York, Somerville and Easton
Charles F. Lewis
Philadelphia
Government
Plum Pudding Directions From Century Cookbook
Directions for making a traditional plum pudding with quarter to three-quarter pound quantities of dried fruits and spices. Mix dry ingredients, add 6 eggs and brandy, wrap in floured cloth, boil 4 to 5 hours, finish with brandy, serve with sauce. Yields 22 portions. suggests variations and serving ideas.
Whirty velvets praised for rich tones and flower motifs
A designer comments on furniture coverings described as vivid and pictorial. He notes yellow tints, pressed shadings, and beamed details that promise dramatic chair seats and backs with floral and leaf accents enhancing the overall decor.
Telephone circuits extend across northwest region
The company reports long distance lines now reach La Crosse and extend north to Park River and Grind Forest, Fargo, Minneapolis, St Paul, with stations along the way and west to Sioux City and Mankato, connecting all intermediate points.
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Triemore
la Crosse
Park River
Grind Fores
Fargo
Minneapolis
St. Pau
Way
Sioux City
Mankato
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