World markets steady as Wall Street hibernates trade
New York Dec 23 stock market mostly idle with trading confined to the exchange. Lake Shore dividend raise from 3 to 4 percent sparks limited Vanderbilt activity while Lake Erie & Western slips amid questions of benefit to the controlling company. Bond market firm and sterling weak, remittance demand light as holiday period nears. Local sales total par value 2,560,000 with various railroad and industrial issues quoted amid cautious sentiment.
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New York
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Lake Snare
Lake Erie & Western
Lake Shore
Vanderbilts
New York Central
Rock Island Consolidated
Sterling Exchange
Rock Islands
Central of Georgia
London metals slide as tin and copper fall on London market
Spot tin eased in London to £128 with futures £129 10s. locally tin steady at 28.0c. Copper fell in London to £56 12s, futures £56 6s, with local quotes around 12.37 to 12.62 per g. Lead dipped in London to £11 2s 1d, steady locally at 4.87c small lots and 4.25c car lots. Spelter eased to £21 5s in London, quiet locally with spot at sc. Iron closed 49s 3d Glasgow and 42s Middlesboro, locally unchanged. Foundry irons quoted around 14.9 to 16.0.
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Middlesboro
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Southern Soft
Chicago Markets: Wheat Leads One Man Market Day
The Chicago wheat market moved as a near one man affair with a dominant bull. May futures rose to 3 1/2 cents but saw profit taking and a rebound as shorts bought at key levels. Corn and oats followed wheat strength with May corn at 44 1/2 to 45 0 1/4 cents and May oats near 31 1/2 to 31 3/4 cents. Provisions were strong with May pork up 30 cents, May lard up 1/2 cent, ribs 12 1/4 cents higher as foreigners bought lard.
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Chicago
Shorts
Dallas
Texas
May
Cash prices and market receipts for grains and feeds
Cash quotations show flour steady, wheat at 7T90801gc for No 2 spring, corn at 41?c, yellow at 4344c, oats at 3514 35t,c, white 344% 37%c, rye 621gc, barley 34 86c, flaxseed 93c, and timothy seed at 2.9. Pork and lard prices listed. receipts and shipments include flour 49,300 barrels and various grain bushels totals.
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Northwestern
Omaha Livestock Market Report South Omaha Dec 23
Cattle receipts 1.00, market active and up to 10 cents. Native steers 2.00 to 5.10, cows and heifers 2.50 to 3.50, western steers 2.75 to 3.65, Texas steers 2.50 to 3.70, bulls and stags 1.50 to 3.50. Hogs receipts 8,000, bids 4.25 to 4.50, up 5 cents. Pigs 4.25 to 4.75, bulk 4.42 to 4.74. Sheep receipts 6,000, market strong. wethers 3.30 to 4.20, ewes 2.75 to 3.25, lambs 4.76 to 5.50.
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South Omaha
Texas
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Daily Summary
Cattle receipts 3000 up 10 cents. Native steers 3.50 to 4.60, western steers 3.50 to 4.60, western cows 1.75 to 3.00, native cows and heifers 2.25 to 3.75, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 3.90, bulls 2.25 to 7.13, calves 2.25 to 0.75. hogs receipts 5.00, market 5 to 10 cents higher. bulk 4.30 to 4.55, heavy 4.40 to 4.60, packers 4.35 to 4.60, pigs and light 4.25 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 2000, market strong. muttons 3.26 to 4.15, lambs 4.65 to 5.50, range wethers 3.50 to 3.80, ewes 2.25 to 3.50.
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Kansas City
Wool Market Report From St Louis Territory
In St Louis on December 23 buyers report nominal prices for wool. Western medium fleeces command fair demand with fine and medium qualities trading at varied levels. Trade notes drift as markets assess supply and quality across ter ritory inputs.
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Lée
Electric Car Fuses Explain How They Blow Out
From the Electrical Review the article explains fuse and circuit breaker roles on electric cars. It details how overloads heat windings, how fuses melt to cut current, and how circuit breakers act instantly to prevent motor damage, with notes on minor explosions but no passenger danger when properly installed.
Farm and Real Estate Listings and Deer Lodge Bid Notice
A 1903 notice offers ranches for sale in Missoula and Ravalli County listings with 1 percent terms and a Bitter Root rail listing. It also details Deer Lodge County Montana bids for sick poor and infirm care, hospital and poor farm leases, with bid deadlines and bonds, signed by County Clerk Phil Greenan.
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George F. Brooks
Missoula
Mont
Deer Ladge County
Montana
Deer Lodge
Board of County Commissioners
Deer Lodge County
A Woman’s Role in Education and Power
The passage argues that women are not overeducated but underdeveloped. It claims a wife and mother can possess strong abilities, though education should cultivate her capacities. It envisions a wife as a seat of power where her knowledge finds usable work in family life and society.
Sensational Crime Reports Criticized By Authorities
Eminent authorities denounce sensational crime narratives as harmful and excitable secures. The piece cites ex Governor Hamilton and Emma Goldman as examples and argues such reporting spurs cranks toward dramatic displays at the White House or during travels.
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Hamilton
Ilinois
Chicago
White House
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Czolgosz
Vocation of the Wife in Harper's Bazar
The article argues that wifehood and motherhood are broad callings where health, gumption, instinct, and character matter more than formal education. It contends one cannot overeducate a girl for becoming a wife, warns against excessive schooling isolating her from society, and notes many women are too educated to marry a particular man yet cannot avoid marriage altogether.
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Fragmentary Transit Times From Butte Schedule
Readable scraps show bus or train times at 10:15 a m 12:20 p m 6:00 p m and 10:50 p m with mentions of Butte and unclear terms teat ewes. The fragment suggests transportation listings or timetable notes without full context or complete sentences.
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The Folding Bed of Dreamed Functions
From the New York Weekly a humorous tale describes a folding bed that transforms by touch into a washstand, bathtub, dressing case with a mirror, extension table, upright piano, and finally a rosewood coffin upon death. The dealer calls it a remarkable innovation.
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