Great Lakes Trade Record Surges in July and Season Totals
The July Summary of Commerce and Finance reports a booming Great Lakes trade with 5,385 vessels at 87 ports in July and 15,043 arrivals since navigation began. Chicago leads July arrivals at 1,198 and 1,518 for the season, followed by Milwaukee and Buffalo, while Detroit and Duluth show strong activity. Wheat shipments crown Duluth, with 1,014,193 bushels in July and 6,268,686 for the season. Chicago leads corn with 6,533 bushels in July and 24,421,335 for the season. Iron ore traffic dominates lake commerce, totaling 7,890,069 tons with major shipments through Two Harbors and Duluth.
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Great Lakes
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Chicago
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Detroit
Duluth. Mion
West Superior
Wis
Lakes
Duluth
Ashtabula
South Chicago
Barbers
Origin of the Chinese Queue Pigtail Fashion
The piece argues the queue is not ancient, dating from 1627 under Manchu conquest. It notes the queue as a sign of degradation and cites a Golden Penny figure of 200,000,000 Chi nese with a three foot average length, calculating a combined length of 117,636 miles able to circle the Earth four and a half times.
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China
Celestial Empire
Unutterable warship talk and patent medicine notes
A jumble of 19th century news bits references Sweden's warship Dristigheten and US warship counts, then shifts to health ads touting Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for tired nerves and headaches. Other items mention forest planting near Moultonboro New Hampshire, Isaac Adams, a 235 year planting, and Feley's Money and Tar cough medicine with testimonials.
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Mississippi River
Isaac Adams
Moultonboro
N.hs
Washington Star
Feley
C. B. Henderson
Chicago Daily Ewe
Woman Sleep Aid Warns of Nervous Prostration
Mrs. Hartley of 221 W Congress St Chicago suffered insomnia and nerve distress. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with full recovery and urges suffering women to seek its help for nervous exhaustion digestion womb displacement and headaches.
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Hartley
Congress St
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Funeral Etiquette for Choosing the Funeral Preacher
A guide on selecting and coordinating the funeral preacher. It advises choosing the pastor if the deceased was a church member, warns against flashy outsiders, and notes texts and hymns should suit the occasion. The piece also cautions about display versus genuine respect and the impact on survivors.
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Fitz Doodle
Fragmented excerpt hints at church burial fees and a widow case
The text discusses a quarrel over distribution of a cubbard contents, the burial of a husband, a widow taken from a coffin, and alleged improprieties within three months. It contrasts church member burial fees with medical or legal services and cites a unwritten local law for clergy fees. It includes an endorsement of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and mentions Foley's Honey and Tar across unrelated lines.
Resort Hotel Keeper Inquiries on Evening Guests
In the Boston Transcript note a hotel keeper asks if any guests are in for the night. The reply states only a single-trunk woman and a grip gent are present, with no other notable travelers.
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Boston Transcript
Doan's Kidney Pills Proved Effective by Engineer
Mr Joseph R Keynett a locomotive engineer from Alliance Ohio testifies after years at the throttle kidney trouble and illness from inactivity. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief and notes no lingering kidney annoyance after stopping physicians or other remedies. Doan's Pills available from dealers or by mail 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sale agents for the U S Remember the name Doan's.
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Joseph R. Keynett
E. Patterson Street
Alliance, O
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
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United States
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J. W. Bryan
Lowder
Mla
Henderson
Maz
A. Harther
Massachusetts
Jesus
Chamberlain
Mr. E
Phillips
Poteau
Ark
W. H. McKee
Sume Mer
Puck
Foley
Tomghrow
B. Henderson
Mostar & Co
Brown Bros
Clintom
E.R. Joes
Athens
Sarah Z. Shepard
Guardian
Ashford
Nelsonville
Athens County
Ohio
J. S. Scott
Fairview
BR. Src Tewhs & Sare
Soavirs
IEEE
Bee Eee Ae i. Feckaon Sts
Rk, Lash
Hiram C. McLain
Opie
John GC. McLain
S.S.S
Seaian
la Plata
SWIFT
Atlanta
Een Iatcinis Sanit
Paris
Berry
Bright
Marrett Block
N. W. Re Oro
P.u
THE
France CO
Columbus
Cincinnati & Muskingum
Valley Railroad Co
Lancaster
WRUT
Wea
Tor
Gen's
Board of Examiners
Coultrap
Ciery
Curios W. Poet
John W.hates
William Springer
Rufoy Springer
David Edwards
L. H. Kieln & Brothers
Hannah Halladay
Sarah C. Smith
Almeda Henter
Joan H. Hunter
Isaac A. Gibbs
E. A. Mutton
Charlotte Humphrey
C. C. Landon
Francis L. Clark
Pearty N Werrhime
Novembe
A. D
Bethel
Awe
Jude
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