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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
5
Chicago markets report brisk hog receipts at 35 000 and cattle 28 000 with varied price moves. Hogs top near 5 82 to 5 85 for mixed butchers while westerns and heavies drift lower. Cattle and sheep show softer trade with beeves near 8 15 and lambs 6 60, plus grain and produce prices in brief city market columns.
A timetable fragment lists westbound and other trains with numbers and names including the Omaha Flyer, Local Pass’r, Colorado and California Express, Mail and Express, A M Limited, several mixed and Sunday services. It notes some trains do not run on certain days and that all trains operate daily except Sunday.
The piece compares national temperaments, praising French dainty designs and Irish artistry while noting German restraint. It cites studies of temperament affecting art and observes that American taste has risen to world leadership, with Paris and London models influencing U.S. fashion traded by importers.
The cost of every ton of anthracite increases by eight cents due to mine timbers. The Vegetation Magazine says supplying timbers requires about 150,000 acres of forest annually. Timber is used for cross ties, wooden roilers, and props. a gangway set uses two nine to ten foot legs and a six to seven foot collar. A gangway has about 1,000 sets. ten gangways per colliery is common. Timber life averages two years. 45 percent decayed, rest lost to breakage, wear, and insects. Treatments with oils or salts extend service.
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