Trade Review Shows Quiet Markets with Mixed Signals
New York reports seasonably quiet trade except weather affected lines and holiday goods in strong demand. Footwear trade active, prices mostly down though cotton eggs and dairy rise, iron and steel steady, textile mills struggle with raw material costs, wages mostly unchanged. failures rise. Chicago sees retrenchment, easier capital access, improved agriculture, and holiday demand lifting wholesale orders ahead of Christmas. Grain and livestock data show gains from a year ago, with varied regional trends and broader economic indicators improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Chicago
Market price quotes for multiple crops and livestock
Chicago and other cities report bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Prices cover No 2 red wheat corn oats rye and potatoes with regional variations in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York markets.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Uoe
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Shawnee Police Chief's Son Dies After Hydrophobia Bite
Berron J. Hill, 13, son of Shawnee Oklahoma territory police chief, died from hydrophobia after a dog bite three weeks earlier. In Missouri Joplin four churches report ongoing revival meetings with over a thousand conversions Recent religious revival activity noted in the area.
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Berron J. Hill
Hill
Shawnee, O. T
Joplin
Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna in Public Testimony
A prominent naval hero, Admiral Schley, reportedly endorsed Peruna after a friend asked his view on the remedy. The article notes Peruna’s use in Schley’s family and claims it has gained widespread public respect and endorsements from notable figures, asserting its efficacy against catarrh. It invites readers to request free literature from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
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Admiral Schley
Peruna
Annals of Medicine
M’f’g Co
Columbus
Ohio
The Modern Newspaper and Life Its Universal Guide
A long excerpt extols the newspaper as the central influence on modern living across business home and education. It contrasts past political pamphleteering with today’s comprehensive daily paper shaping standards of living and culture. It includes incidental notes on schoolbooks and a humorous anecdote about a lion rat or cow image.
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Horace Greeley
New Yorker
Thurlow Weed
Edwin Croswell
Albany
Clay
Webster
Daily Mirror
Oldest Ship Canal Suez and Other Major Canals Noted
The piece details the Suez Canal begun in 185% and finished in 1869, its 100 mile length, $93 million cost, later widening in 1892, and tolls per ton. It cites traffic: 486 ships in 1870, 2,026 in 1880, 3,441 in 1900 and 221,348 passengers in 1899, plus notes on other canals and their costs and openings.
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Suez
North Sea
Baltic
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Gulf of Corinth
Piso's Cure for Consumption Praised in Illinois Letter
Mrs. Oscar Tripp of Big Rock Illinois writes March 20 1901 that Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best medicine she has ever found for coughs and colds reflecting a testimonial from the era.
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Oscar Tripp
Big Rock, I
Worth Trying by Softun and Caustique
A witty dialogue between Softun and Miss Caustique on silence and sincerity as they tease and challenge each other to test an idea. The exchange blends irony with playful banter about appearances and effort in trying something new.
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Pacific
Professor Agassiz
Guam
Mount
Everest
Softun
Miss Caustique
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Offer
How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Mall's Catarrh Cure F J CHENEY CO Props Toledo 0 Weithe undersigned have known F J Cheney for the last 14 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm West Truax Wholesale Druggists Toledo O WALDING KINNAN MARVIN Wholesale Druggists Toledo O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the broad and mucous surfaces of the system Price 75c per bottle Sold by all Druggists Testimonials free Hall's Family Pills are the best
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Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Weithe
F. J. Cheney
Jiim
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Night Key Dilemma Prompted by Button Solution
A joking exchange presents Naggsby recounting his routine when arriving home early and discovering his night key forgotten. He explains he just presses a button and his wife handles the rest.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children in New York
Prominent nurse Mother Gray of the Children's Home in New York endorses a powder for children to cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and to move and regulate the bowels while destroying worms. Over 30 000 testimonials. Sold by all druggists 25c sample weekly address A. B. Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Gray
New York
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Wisdom of Experience Prolonged Conflict Joke
A humorous exchange quotes a child asking about a prolonged conflict and an older person replying that it is beyond youthful understanding until adulthood and marriage. The quip reflects a light, folksy view of marital challenges.
Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour Demand Urged
The ad urges buyers to insist on Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour and not a substitute, emphasizing the brand name and avoiding alternatives. The copy repeats the directive to say Mrs. Austin's and no other for assured product selection.
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Mrs. Austin
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