Trade shows irregularity slow progress in 1908 Chicago markets
Dun and Co notes continued irregular trade with slower progress and only modest improvements in solvent payments. Money costs rise, strikes linger, and transportation risks lessen only through higher wages. Coal, building, and weather delay dealings while discretionary goods stay only moderately in demand. Bank clearings top 298.8 million, up 0.9 percent from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
General Orerchandise
Trade scene steadies amid modest gains in markets
New York report notes quiet overall trade with clearer crop views and firmer prices in agri sectors as green wave damage appears overstated. Bond demand abroad grows while central West Northwest and Southwest markets show strength. cotton goods and wools improve with higher overseas prices. U.S. weekly business failures reach 150s, Canada about 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
Central
West
Northwest
United States
Canada
Elebreen
Agricultural Price Averages by Region and Farm Ownership
The report lists grain and livestock prices in multiple cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and Milwaukee with ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. It notes 7 million farms in the United States and that 64.7 percent of farms were owner-occupied per the 1909 census.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cinelinati
B&o
New York
Toledo
United States
Three Illinois lawmakers indicted in Lorimer bribery case
A Chicago grand jury returned true bills against Representative Charles A. White H J C Beckemeyer for bribery and perjury and against Representatives Lee O Neill Browne Robert Wilson and Michael S Link for bribery and perjury related to the Lorimer U S Senate vote and a St Louis jackpot. A separate indictment charged William J Henley with embezzlement of 28000 from the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iinois General Assembly
Chicago
Charles A. White
O'Fallon
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Carlyle
William Lorimer
United States
St. Louis
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
House
Lorimer
Robert #. Wilson
Michael S. Link
Mitchell
Robert E. Wilson
Kersten
Explosion at Canadian powder plant kills 15 injures 50
A dynamite blast at the General Ex plosives Company of Canada near Ctawa Quebec wrecked the plant and leveled nearby areas. The explosion shattered Ottawa Hull Rideau Hall Parliament buildings and homes, with debris killing 15 and wounding 50 as bystanders fled a surrounding danger zone.
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General Explosives Company of Canada
Ctawa
Full
Quebec
Ottawa
Sall
Hull
Rideau Wall
Iearl Grey
Parliament Hill
Rideau Hall
Parliament Buildings
Miners Entombed After Wellington Cal Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Wellington cal mine in Whitehaven England traps 136 miners underground. Four men at the shaft bottom were rescued but gas halts further entry. Indications point to a fire in the inner workings and grave concern for the imprisoned group. The colliery owned by the Earl of Lonsdale runs four to five miles beneath the sea. The affected area lies about three miles from the shaft exit.
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Wellington Cal
Whitehaven
England
Earl of Lonsdale
Hen Lays Black Eggs by Coal Dust Feeding
Frank J. Dedrich a farmer from Oxford N J says he bred a hen that lays black eggs after feeding the flock fine coal dust. He reports experiments to test the eggs as potential fuel value.
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Frank J. Dedrich
Oxford, N
Dedrich
Children Back Quiet Fourth Vote in Montclair
Montclair New Jersey school children from six schools voted 663 against and 287 in favor of using explosives on Independence Day. The outcome surprised observers as pupils showed support for a quieter Fourth of July.
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Montclair
N. J
A General Purpose Poultry House Design
A 14 foot wide adaptable poultry house with extendable length. Construction uses light roof sheathing on exterior and interior with 2x2 stud walls and double air space. Rafters 2x4, with cement or broken stone foundation options. Ventilation planned in warm areas and sash windows in place.
Char coal removal risks rupturing with sawlike motion
The text explains that accumulating protects interior parts from heat, and that to remove char coal the wire must be roughened and moved lengthwise, effectively sawing. This motion increases the risk of rupture of the wire.
Exterior poultry house uses cloth and nests for warmth
Exterior view describes a Poultry ISO with glass-like cloth covering to admit light and air, two cloth courses give warmth comparable to glass and prevent dampness. A room features a double row of nests with a wire partition above and a nest can be pushed into a small room when a hen goes to set.
Horseshoe with parallel ridges improves footing
A Pennsylvania inventor develops a corrugated horseshoe with ridges on the toe and heel. The toe ridges run along the shoe and the heel ridges run across, creating recesses that trap snow and dirt to form a better bearing surface. The opposing directions act as a brake, preventing snow or dirt buildup on the shoe and helping the horse keep secure footing.
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Pennsylvania
Nitrate of Soda and Plant Nutrition
The article explains nitrate of soda as a nitric acid and soda compound. nitrogen is absorbed by the plant, while the soda portion is taken up to a lesser extent. It notes nitrate of soda contains about 17 percent ammonia and discusses the farmer’s purchase providing a share of these components.
Sighting Lines For Even Trenches With Stakes And Rope
The method uses five foot sight lines across a ditch to ensure uniform tile laying. White cotton rope, a quarter inch thick, is tied to stakes on both sides. A five foot mark on the shovel handle serves as a quick sight reference during digging.
Farm notes on hen houses feeding and dairy farming in Holland
A detailed description of poultry housing with drafts and insulation features, ventilation, and a basement incubator setup. It also covers an elaborate self feeding mash and saltpeter mixes, Joe strawberry fruit notes, and the weight of dairy feeds by quarts. Dairying in Holland is cited as the main local occupation with high land values but profitable butter and cheese exports.
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Holland
America
Poultry profits and tree felling by electricity
A farmer can profit from poultry with 200 hens or more if experienced and staffed, as eggs and market birds are high. Siemens says electric heated wires cannot cut trees practically due to wire rupture risk and carbonization from high temperatures.
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Siemens-Schuckert Company
Berlin
For Good Gingerbread Eggless Mix and bake in a hot oven
A simple eggless gingerbread recipe. Combine molasses sour milk salt and soda dissolved in water with melted butter. Stir in flour. Pour into a buttered deep tin and bake about twenty minutes in a moderately hot oven.
How to Make Vanilla Cream Dessert
Boil one pint of cream with four ounces of sugar for a quarter of an hour and strain through muslin. Beat well the yolks of six eggs and pour milk over them, placing the bowl over a pan of boiling water. Stir rapidly till it thickens. Let it cool gradually, then add one teaspoonful of vanilla and stir continually. When cold serve in a dish covered with whipped white of eggs sifted over with sugar.
Baking Instructions for Rich Yeast Bread and Custard Bake
A historic cooking note describes mixing butter with flour then adding hot milk and a risen yeast batter. After overnight rising and a morning re-rise, bake a loaf. It also covers scalded milk with eggs and flour to create a custard like dessert baked in deep plates with a bottom crust.
Simple Rice Pudding Bake Instructions
A recipe for a plain rice pudding using one quart milk one half cup rice and sugar with butter. Bake slowly two and a half hours stirring often near the end until thick and creamy. The dish should slip smoothly when served and must not be hurried.
Simple pea and parsley skillet dish
A can of peas heated in a saucepan with a sprig of parsley and sliced onion. Add a few loaves of lettuce and toss. When cooked, blend in a tablespoon each of butter and flour. If too thick, add water or milk and simmer for fifteen minutes.
Household tips for cooking and repairs from every day care
A collection of practical household hints on cooking vegetables and roasting meat basing with drippings, using ham bone for flavor, soaking celery for crispness, and keeping candles on ice. It also covers cleaning techniques for tinware copper kettles and linens, curing stings, and repairing broken china with white lead cement, plus advice on grape and salad prep.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills Offered Free Package
A Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills free offer headline promises a free package on request. The ad extols the pills as the best laxative and cathartic, claiming they cure constipation and digestive ailments, and directs readers to mail or write to Munyon's Homeopathic Co. in Philadelphia for the free sample.
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Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
First Steps in Music Inspires Five Finger Exercises
Little Elsie practises five finger exercises while her mother visits a neighbor. Thumps and rattles fill the room as the neighbor exclaims at the unfamiliar sounds. The mother smiles and explains the routine is from a child’s music method.
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Elsie
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Sufferer After Years of Pain
Charles Easter of Watseka Illinois reports severe back pain and kidney issues for six months leading to weight loss and immobility. After trying various remedies he used Doan's Kidney Pills and says he was cured with permanent results. Ad copy attributes cure to the pills sold by Foster Milburn Co. Vegetarians claim one acre can feed four people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Easter
East Locust St
Watseka
Ill
Doan
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Rheumatism Cure Claim and Cincinnati Fill Move
An advertisement touts NR tablets as a quick cure for rheumatism promising cleansing of kidneys liver and digestive system with guaranteed results. It urges taking one tonight for morning relief and notes a $2 box price. Separately a 2 000 000 ton hill in Cincinnati is being moved three miles to make a railroad fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St Louis
Cincinnati
Perry Davis Painkiller and a devotional anecdote
The page advertises Perry Davis Painkiller with prices. a devotional tale follows about a Methodist minister under an elder's influence and a simple lecture on the word line at a Sunday school. The pieces reflect early 20th century marketing and religious humor.
There’s a Reason Behind Clear Minds and Steady Nerves
An advertisement extols regular food and drink for wealth and fame. It claims coffee contains caffeine, a poisonous drug, while Postum provides gluten and phosphates that supply vital energy for body and brain, delivering “ginger” and “hustle” to owners.
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Browne, Wilson
Link
Illinois
Poultry
ISO
Chambers
Joe Strawberry
Joe
Orange Judd
Milk Pie
Jersey
Perry Davis
Elder Brown
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