Commercial Agencies Say About Business Trade
New York reports indicate merchants remain cautious as buyers gather for spring. Northern markets, led by New York Boston and Philadelphia, show optimism with strong industrial demand while cotton goods and iron show mixed movement. Rail and coal concerns temper activity as exporters note best Pacific coast lumber and solid shoe demand amid broader price shifts and weekly US and Canada export totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
Reading
Boston
Philadelphia
Northwest
South
Pacific Coast
Washington
United States
Canada
Cattle and Hogs Prices and Receipts Reported
Cattle receipts about 5,000 with steady to firm tone. Steers 8.00, cows 3.50 to 5.25, heifers 6.00, calves 0.90 to 1.25. Hogs receipts around 34,000 with prices mostly higher, selecting heavy hogs 8.80 to 8.96, butchers 8.80 to 9.85, packing hogs 8.75 to 9.00, pigs 8.40 to 8.70. Sheep receipts near 1,000 with Texan and native cattle noted. Western markets report mixed but generally steady to higher values. Futures for live cattle and hogs quoted steady across regions.
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New-York
New Orleans
Hightow
Onic
Chicago
Helter
Bisoa
Kansas
Stepady
Bert Og
Elis
Ulsvills
Cotton Market Signals Seek Balance Amid Global Demand
The article notes Liverpool and New York spot prices ranging 10,008 to 22,000 bales daily, averaging 18,900, with southern fluctuations. It cites reduced India crop estimates by 250,000 bales, Texas rains deficient, and a looming need for winter rainfall to resist drought. It discusses prior price spikes, potential acreage gains in Texas, and debate over another bull campaign, urging price-setting by mills rather than speculation.
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Allis
Armour & Co
Atchison G
Atlanti
Coast ‘Line
Battimera
Ohio
Baltimore
Chic
Ansconda
Wbalge
Brooklyn Transit Co
Atchison
Gentral of Georgia
Central Leather
Gentral
R. of. N
Chicago and Alton
Sneothier Oa
Chicago
B. and
Panadier Pac
Colorado Industrial Ie
Colorado Midland
Delaware and Col
Denver
Distillers Sa
Len Fer
Ay Mul
Colorado
Gonsel
Interborough
Inter
Mere
Marine Ate Bid
Et Dela
Hud
Japan
Kansas City
Pistinger “Geeu Ity
Erle
Louisville
Nash
Pia
Missouri
K. Am
Missouri Pacific Sa
Ana Hartford cv
Internet
Nort
Norfolk and Western cv. A
Northern Pacific
Inter Harvist
Inter Mart
Oregon Short Line Rég
Penn. Co. Bs
Kan City
St. Louis Ana
He Do
OH. BR
Louis Swastern
Mina
Southern Railwa
Central
S. Rubber
Norfolk
Virginia-Carolina
Raicat
Pac
Nee Pacific
Western
Pennsylvania
LOK People’s Gas
Menting Haba Zievtric
Hsconsin Central
Plitshg
St Louis
Isouri Pacific cv
Ubber
van Bopper
Wisconsin
Totel
Milwaukee
St. P
Ita Peaner Een
Aioe Eck
Utah Copper
Wabash
Sounley
Liverpool
New York
India
Texas
Thia
Genere
Tip
Immense sums proposed for waterways across states
A list details large allocations for river and harbor improvements from Pearl River to the Mississippi. Projects include fourteen-foot waterways from the Illinois line to the gulf, maintenance on Louisiana passes, Texas channels from Galveston to Port Bolivar, and river work on Arkansas Red, Tennessee Cumberland, and Mississippi river systems with totals reaching into the millions.
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Pearl River
Yezoo
Tallahestehn
Coldwater
Inkee
Gulf
Illinois
Lockport
Louisianga
Sabine River
Texas
Galveston
Galveston Channel
Galveston Harbor
Texas City
Port Bolivar
Babbde Pass
Galveston Ship Channel
Buffalo Bayou
West Galveston Bay
Anabuac
Galveston Bay
Brazos River
Jm Aransas Pass
Paul Cavallo
Guadalupe River
Victoria
Turtle Cove
Aranaas’ Base
Corpus Christ
Matagorda Bay
Brazosriver
Braxos
Black Rivers
Arkansas River
Tennessee
Cumberland River
Tennnessee
Kentucky
Nashville
Chattanooga
Chittanooga
Hiverton-Hale
Bar Tock
Riverton
Ala
Little Migean
Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi
Mississippi River Commission
Pickens Heads to Daytona Beach for Speed Carnival
William Pickens, manager for Barney Oldfield, was in the city en route from New Orleans to Daytona Beach Florida where he will oversee the speed carnival on the record‑breaking straightaway in mid March. He spent the day at a friend’s farm near Atlanta and said Oldfield and he discussed Oldfield’s 200 horsepower Benz and plans for the next speedway meeting.
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William Pickens
Barney Oldfield
New Orleans
Daytona Beach
Fla
Pickerie
Atlanta
Oldfield
Power Benz
Barney
Pickens
Unclear Wisconsin tale with Swedish clerk and debts
A fragmented dialogue from Harper's Weekly describes a Wisconsin merchant employing a Swedish clerk to collect debts. The clerk reports odd payments and promises, including paying in kind and vague assurances, amid a chaotic dialogue about money and a Denver man’s visit.
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Harper's Weekly
Wisconsin
Yim Olesen
Gald
Richmond Man Little Is Executed For 7 Murders
Howard Little, once United States marshal, was executed by electric chair for a wholesale murder in Buchanan county. He killed George Meadows and his wife and three children, then burned the home. Robbery was the motive. Little was described as handsome and respected, with a dual nature.
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Richmond
Howard Little
Betty Justis
George Meadows
Kentucky
Don Juan
Tt Waa
United States Marshal
George Mckinney
Tcentuck
Virginia
Buchanan County
Attle
Name House
Tittle
Three Meadows
Meadows
Littie
Swanson
Court of Appeals
Major Robinson Dies in Texas Engineer Led River Improvement Work
Private letters received in Columbus today report the death of Major Thomas W. Robinson, former United States engineer in charge of the Chattahoochee Pint and Apalachicola river improvement project. He had resided in Columbus for years.
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Robinson
Columbus
Irving
Texas
Thomas W. Robinson
United States
Chattahoochee, Pint
Apalachicola
Hie
The Italian School Mistress Explores Fortunata’s View
In The February Atlantic Caroline Matthews portrays Fortunata debating school life and holidays with practical concerns. She questions weekend versus midweek breaks and the realities teachers face including cold mornings and waking early for district schools.
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Caroline Matthews
Fortunata
Me First from Everybody's Magazine Chosen by Family
A fragmented passage depicts Mr. Brown and family facing escaped animals. John replies confidently that he would protect himself first, then the children, signaling a playful moral moment in the tale.
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Everybody's Magazine
Mr. Brown
John
Birs. Brown
Talon
Proctor Gift Withdrawal Shakes Princeton Plans
Princeton nervously reevaluates its future as William C. Proctor of Cincinnati withdraws a 500000 pledge for a graduate college. The reversal follows a dispute over the site, with Proctor preferring the golf course away from main buildings while Woodrow Wilson advocates a location nearer the core of the university. The move negates nearly 1.1 million dollars in total gifts tied to the Proctor donation.
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Princeton
N. J
William C. Proctor
Cincinnati
Proctor
Woodrow Wilson
Graduate School Committee
University
Moses Taylor Pyne
Wilson
Mortuary Notices from a Georgia Townshed
A series of brief obituaries and funeral notices from multiple Georgia communities reports deaths from typhoid and other illnesses. survivors named include spouses, children, and siblings. Several services are set at local churches with interments in area cemeteries. mentions notable locals and civic ties.
Insiders Charged Over Melon Stock Fix at Express Co
New York on February 11 charges against several insiders of the Waells-Pargy Express Company. They allegedly knew in advance that the 300 pet melon would be cut and tricked stockholders into parting with holdings below market. An agent for insiders traveled nationwide before the cut to induce sales.
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New York
Waells-Pargy Express Company
Interstate Commerce ’S Commission
The Wind Blaes and the 1908 Political Shift
The piece analyzes party majorities across the fifty-ninth to sixty-first Congresses, noting Democratic gains and Republican splits. It highlights Taft's large popular vote but smaller margin, states several gubernatorial flips in 1908, and marks the Senate shift with Shively and Chamberlain replacing Republicans, concluding Democrats could win a small majority.
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Champ Clark
Mack
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Shively
Indiana
Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate
United States
The Story of the Peanut Shells
An editorial piece defends C. W. Post of Battle Creek against labor unions and false rumors about peanut shells on a wrecked car. It praises Post for opposing unions, denounces a Chicago labor leader, and endorses Postum promotion while endorsing honest labor conduct.
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C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Michigan
Post
Labor Trust
Postum “Cytory
John Fitzgerald
Chicago Federation of Labor
Fitzgerald
Asbor
American Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Persinal
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Brungwick
Newport, News
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Moempais
Little Rock
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Palace
Daytona Beach, Fla
Denver Mag
Peachtree Street
Oe Puroy
Coss
Mortuary
Joshua A. Plaster
Wanker Eerda Fd
Joshua
Scerpen
Lizzie Nash
James Colley
C. Cates
Frank
William Plaster
Sardis
Ruth Graham McFadden
J. B McFadden
Hapeville
Edgar Burton
J. M. Burton
Riverside
Edgar
Clarence Burton
Clarence
Joi
Greenberg,Bond & Blanmfield
Hollywood
Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Fivans
J.A. Evans
East Point
J. A
D. J. Evans
Fast Point
G. M. Evans
Munsin
Minn
C. C. Evans
Mia. L. A. Whitsit
Masena
Marten and
Washington Streets
College Park Cemetery
Sallie Gregory
Jackson
Monroe County
Sandy Creek
Butts County
Nancy Royal
Fort Valley
Stort Valley
Nancy Hoyal
Isaac H. Royal
Nell Wheeler Shacklefond
Grean-wood Avenue
Geneva
Estell Shacklefond
Elmwood Shackiefon
Tesifenté
Charlies L. McColgan
Charles L. McColgan
Brandon's
Ocktland
D. M. Posey
Juniper, Ga
Posey & Son
Coffin Maufacturers
Talbot County
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