State fair cattle show hailed as world’s largest exhibit
Sept 2 Des Moines reports the Iowa state fair hosts the largest cattle show in history with 700 breeding cattle and top quality stock. Superintendent Packard lauds the display as unmatched in America, attracting cattlemen from surrounding states and prompting interest from Chicago and Lincoln exhibitors. Horses sheep and swine also excel. attendance rivals 1900, and funds reach about $30,000 in treasury.
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Des Muines
B. Packard
Marshalltown
Chicago
Omaha
Chicrge
Cttle
America
East
Fair
Hamily
Altin
Lincoln
Treasury
Department
Tragedies Averted By Unforeseen Accidents Across Railways
Public opinion recalls several near disasters where chance events saved lives. A would be killer on a moving train was halted when a louder shout caused the express to slow and the moment passed. A band of train robbers was thwarted when a bank collapse beneath two accomplices cut their aim. A bomb carrier slipped on a fruit skin, triggering his own explosion. A thief failed when a wooden penholder blocked a revolver’s hammer, sending him fleeing.
Essay Writer Tricks Collegians in 19th Century Jest
A clever Ann Arbor youth sold ready made college essays for $3 each. He produced a 600 word piece on an unfamiliar topic in an hour, then shipped it to a distant university town where a friend paid him $5. The ruse exposed a budding con man and a naïve client.
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Ann Arbor
Saya
Chicago Chronicle
Canada’s Big Fish Catch Report Shows Growth in Fisheries
The Ottawa annual fisheries report records 70,863 men earning from Canadian waters with 5,506,760 fathoms of gear and $10,000,000 capital. It notes 3,200 vessels, 1,970 sailors, 70,892 fishermen, and 38,000 boats. Lobster canneries number 858 across maritime provinces, employing 18,708 in the industry, while salmon packing in British Columbia supports 18,977 workers. Total fishing capital rose by $289,743 and 719 more men were employed. total catch value reached $21,891,706, up about $2.25 million from the prior year.
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Department of Fisheries
Ottawa
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
Canada
Mississippi steamers feed on river more than ever
Contrary to opinion, it is asserted that more steam vessels are fed on the Mississippi and its tributaries than ever before. John W. New Orleans Bet Industries commiss 1 More relief is sought pediments to navig.
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John .W
New Orleans
Bet Industries
Minneapolis man lands Siberian ruby hoard after chance find
James G. Beaudry of Minneapolis is hailed after a chance encounter in Halifax led to a parcel of Siberian rubies. An expert in New York valued the stones at 375 per carat, with Beaudry owning ten stones total: four at 1.54 carats, five at 1 carat, two at 0.875, and two at 0.25 carat each. The tale traces a curious purchase years earlier from Russian sellers.
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James G. Beaudry
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Tribune
Halifax
N.S
Ifr
Benudry
New York
Siberia
Guarantee Promise? Cough Remedy Dupes Clerk
A man in a Fornam Street drug store challenges a 25 cent cough medicine offer with a vague guarantee to cure any illness. The clerk insists refunds are only if the product fails. The man suspects a bunko game and dismisses the offer, warning of his uncle’s past run-ins with such schemes.
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Geo
Fornam Street
Omaha News
S’pasin
Atore
Thunder
Humane society outlines humane euthanasia methods
The Illinois Humane Society promotes humane killing methods for animals and issues police circulars describing how to adequately euthanize horses dogs and cats. The guidance covers shooting locations forked by eye and head position and humane poisoning with potassium cyanide for cats. A separate note mocks cyclone chicken-pickers and a German invention for generating cyclones.
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Dlinois Humane Society
Chicago Exchange
Low Rates to Buffalo Pan American Specials
The Nickle Plate Road offers exceptionally low round trip rates to Buffalo with return options valid for 10, 16, or 300 days. For details and Pan American buildings and grounds folder, contact John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St, Chicago. Mothers report Rocky Mountain Tea aids child health. Millets advertise weekly.
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Nickle Plate Road
Buffalo
John Y. Calahan
Chicago
Homeseekers Excursions From Central Railway Promote Tickets
Homeseekers excursions on the first and third Tuesdays monthly, selling homeseekers tickets to West, South, and Southwest points. Route to Oklahoma and Nexus points. Round trip price adds two dollars. Inquiries to Geo. S. Batty, Central Railway, Marshalltown, Iowa. Advertisement includes testimonial about Banner Salve curing a leg sore and warns against substitutes.
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Oklahoma
Geo. S. Batty
Alows Central Railway
Marshalltown
Lows
Cheap Round Trip Homeseekers Mates Via N P Ry
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through September the Northern Pacific will sell round trip tickets west of Little Falls at 66 fare plus 2.00. For full details contact G D Rogers or Chas Fea GP and T A St Paul MN. Also an ad for a throat remedy mentions Mrs Minerva Sitti of Danville and a testimonial about Foley’s Honey and Tar.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
Little Walls
Minn
G.D. Rogers
Des Moines
Chas
Fea
May to November Excursions From Milwaukee to Clear Lake
The item notes Milwaukee excursions during May to November 1901 offering two fare options: five day tickets at 1 for round trip, and fifteen day tickets at one and one third fare. Sales run May 1 to Sept 30 1901 to Clear Lake Iowa with return at one and one third fare. Also mentions various advertisements and testimonials about tonics and cures.
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Milwaukee
Buffalo
N. Y
Clear Lake
Iowa
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