Chicago Trade Outlook Promises Strong Spring Demand
The Chicago business scene shows steady expansion with spring activity. Distributive chains and construction gain, raw materials remain scarce, and prices hold despite mild winter. Shipyards run full, freight resumes early, and retail and wholesale markets report robust demand across dry goods, woolens, and hardware. International reports note improved conditions in New York and Canada, with 180 US business failures for the week ending March 1.
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Chicago
Fides
Trehmary
Denmand
Dan
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs Wheat and More
Across Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and Chicago cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices in varied ranges. Feeding grains including wheat corn oats rye and hay show mixed quotes with several cities listing No 2 or No 3 grades and butter eggs and clover seed also noted.
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Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Indiana Data Compiled By Stubbs From 1905 Statistics
Indiana statistics compiled by Joseph H. Stubbs detail territorial organization on July 4 1800 statehood on December 11 1816 and constitutions adopted 1816 and 1897. They cover population property values roads railways farming output including crops coal oil and manufacturing along with city counts and infrastructure milestones.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Joseph HH. Stubbs
Bureau of Statistics
Indiana Territory
Necatur County
Undiana
Tadiana
Tudiana
Hirtogasl
TAZ
Toa
Tra
Tidiana
Army of Lawmakers Burdens U S Legislatures With Costs
The article estimates 8155 lawmakers across states and territories and details varying pay scales from state to state. It notes New York Assembly and Senate pay at 1500 per session for 200 members, plus salaries for staff, and highlights extra costs from legislative committees like insurance investigations increasing annual expenses.
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United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
New York
Kansas
Florida
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Illinois
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Ohio
Iowa
Washington
Maine
Ohio Ship Canal Bill Presented in Congress
The Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Company incorporation bill advanced in the House by a TSs to OF vote. Rep Davidson argues it would link New York to New Orleans waterways and regulate rail rates, while Leader Williams questions private control over river improvements. Rep Dannell promotes it as a penny government project with roots dating to 1824.
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Lake Erie and
Oho River
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Pittsburg
Dannell
Republican
Pennsylvania
Lakes
Ohio
Notable Global Figures Mentioned in Dispatches
A varied list details Jaron Guerne becoming president of the Paris Geographical Society, King Edward attending the Olympian games in Athens, Admiral Togo's U S visit aboard Japanese cruisers, and Ktecer E Fry appointed curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It also notes a Russian governor general, a penny toy collection gifted to a Czarina, and other royal and political highlights with European connections.
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Jaron Guerne
Paris Geographical Society
Edward
Athens
Carlos
Portugal
Togo
United States
Ktecer E. Fry
London
England
George TW. Storey
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Czaar
The Lost Kiss by James Whitcomb Riley
A fragment of a half written poem recalls a moment with Riley’s child. The speaker mourns a missed kiss and laments the cold response while the child’s bare feet echo through the hall. He asks forgiveness for denying a loving plea and remembers the crying stair.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Love and Deception in an Autumn Romance
Frank Prescott seeks romance on a country tour and falls for Sallie Sargent, a smart independent widow. A mistaken identity and Irene’s intervention reveal Sallie’s true wish for freedom, and Frank ultimately weds Irene on Christmas Day with Sallie’s gifts from the author.
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Sallie Sargent
Frank Prescott
Susan
Sarah Jane
Mrs. Jones
Warminster
Frank
Irene
Sarah Jane Sargent
Mrs
Sallie
Jones
Tom
Mister Prescott
Nell
Mrs. Sargent
Sara Jeanette Sargent
Herself
Gentlewoman
Bedford Man in Critical Condition From Peculiar Bleeding Disease
Lester Grissom of near Bedford is seriously ill with a mysterious ailment causing bleeding from all over the body, especially the mouth and gums. Doctors report their efforts to halt the bleeding have failed so far.
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Bedford
Allment
Lester Grissom
Courthouse Quarantined After Smallpox Case
Fulton county courthouse placed under quarantine after George Callins, a cleaner, is found to have smallpox. Roy Swick and Miss Carrie Sloover cannot obtain a license and delay their announced wedding.
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Fulton County
George Callins
Roy Swick
Carrie Sloover
Aged Couple Killed at Carmel Crossing by Train
Henry Henley and his wife aged 65 and 60 were killed at a crossing near Carmel when their auto was struck by a passenger train on the Mo Non railroad. The couple did not observe the approaching train before the collision.
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Frank Prescott
Irene
Terra Firma
Frank
Henry Henley
Carmel
Monon
Kansas City Capitalist Plans 25 Million Railroad
William Kenefick a Kansas City capitalist and railway contractor organizes a 25 million dollar company to build a railroad from Chicago to Evansville touching several principal cities of the state.
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William Kenefick
Kansas City
Chicago
Evansville
Fire disrupts Logansport theater production
Smoke fills the Logansport theater during When Knighthood Was in Flower causing panic. Star Miss Roselle Wnoit reassures the audience as crew combat the blaze under the stage.
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Logansport
Roselle Wnoit
Automatic Manners and the Upham Wedding Fuss
Theo Childs and her mother discuss automatic manners as they share a street chat. Mrs Maxwell hurries to the Up ham wedding with the doctor, who is charmingly impulsive, leaving Theo to joke about the lesson on etiquette and timing.
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Theo Childs
Theo
Mrs. Childs
Mrs. Maxwell
Doctor
Snapshot of Wit and Class in New York Weekly
A dialogue contrasts Mr Staylate and Miss Westend on pretensions and training. The piece reflects on social polish and detachment as seen in urban elites, followed by a wry aside that many people are rich or happy, or both.
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Insurance Committee
New York
Mr. Staylate
Miss Westend
New York Weekly
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Rafe
Commonwealth
Joseph H. Stubbs
Army OF Lawmakers
Ohio Ship Canal
Louis Napoleon
Caucasus
Campbell-Bannerman
Glasgow
Albert Victor Heischen
Horridge
Balfour
Manchester
Port Arthur
Dolly
Frank Trescott
Wacle Tom
Uncle Tom
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