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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
6
Chicago June 26 hog receipts 11 000 with slow demand and mixed prices. Best time to $6.05, most hogs around $5.50 to $6.02, bulk $5.80 to $5.95. Pigs about $4.40 to $5.30. Cattle receipts around 2 000, dull. sheep 2 000, also dull. City market shows hogs 5.00 65.16, beeves 5.50 6.09, cows and heifers 3.25 5.00. Grain and produce prices listed.
The American Analyst describes a gas detection method for apartments using unglazed paper saturated with one troy ounce of acetate of lead in eight fluid ounces of rainwater. The paper, once partially dried, is exposed in the suspected room. a sizeable amount of sewer gas turns the paper black. The passage also cites a Carlyle quote referenced by Browning in a memoir about hydrogen.
A fragment from a dialogue shows a child asking about air and receiving an answer to ask the father who goes between acts to get air. The exchange reflects themes of weariness rest and virtue as quoted by Newman.
Stomach troubles are reportedly cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. One man spent over two thousand dollars on other treatments before being cured by a few boxes. Price is 25 cents. Samples free at Atlantic Drug Co.'s drug store.
The excerpt lists multiple Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific trains with numbers and run days, including No 8 A M Limited, No 16 Local Passenger, No 64 Mall and Express, No 10 Local Passenger, No 6 Chicago Express, No 14 Chicago Flyer, and noted branches Griswold and Audubon. Several “Sunday only” services appear with times 11:40 a.m. and 2:35 p.m. Daily operation excludes some lines on Sundays.
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