Live Stock Market Prices From Omaha and Kansas City
Stock market notes from South Omaha and Kansas City report light receipts but steady to strong demand across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle saw limited offerings with strong sales and a standout batch of choice steers at about five dollars, while hogs traded around 4.70 to 4.80 with variable packer bidding. sheep and lambs sold steadily with few cars on sale and good feeder activity noted.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Solih Omaha
Union
Hera
Wade
Avetys Catite
Texas
Caltea
York- Base
Salvationists Persecuted in Switzerland Amid Attacks
Reported abuses of Salvation Army members ripple across Swiss cantons with imprisonment at Chillon Castle and stoning in Neufchatel and Berneux, Geneva witnessing insult and blows as police fail to protect the sect. meanwhile Dr. James Wallace, longtime Macalester College president, offers to step aside but synod selects a younger leader.
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Salvationists
Switzerland
Salvation Army
Lassie
Chillon
Byron
Neufchatel
Beyaix Tantons
Geneva
James Wallace
Macalester College
Minnesota
Presbyterian Synod
Lone Watcher at Cape Haven Faces Starvation
Since 1897 Jay Jansen has tended a Baffin Land whaling station alone at Cape Haven. The relief ship Lily of the North, carrying a year's provisions, was wrecked. It will be impossible to reach him before next summer, by which time he will likely have died of starvation.
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Jay Jansen
Cape Haven
Baffin’ Land
Miser Starves to Death in New Haven Home
Mary Cullom, a known miser living on Lafayette Street, New Haven, reportedly refused entry to neighbors for years. Officials, alerted after a week of no signs of life, found her dead from starvation in her home, marking a tragic end to a solitary life.
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Mary Cullom
Lafayette Street
New Haven
Allot Favored Adama Family in Hall of Fame Talk
President Eliot at Harvard lists Adams family names as favored for a proposed hall of fame. A sarcastic Princeton figure jokes about adding Adam variants. Prof Haeckel declines German Free Thinkers offer due to current Tenn position. Francis Barton Harrison, Yale postgrad, plans Confederate history from that side, inspired by his mother Mrs Frances Burton Harrison and bride Miss Mary Crocker.
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Allot
Adama
Eliot
Harvard
John Adams
Samuel Adams
John Quincy Adams
Princeton
Adam
Charles Francis Adama
Free Thinkers
Malayan Archipelago
Haeckel
German Association of Free Thinkers
Hodel
Tenn
Francis Barton
Harrisona
Yale
Jefferson Davis
Frances Burton Harrison
Mary Crocker
California
Legacy for Mme Alva Rewarded by Australian Benefactor
A wealthy Australian donor rewards Mme Alva, a singer once invited to perform for Bendigo nuns, with 175000 dollars. The sum equals 25000 dollars per each of seven songs she gave, reflecting praise for her kindness and vocal endowment. The note identifies Mme Alva as a Protestant.
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Mme
Alva
Australia
Bendigo
Cost of Pork Production Varies By Circumstance And Feed
The text discusses pork cost per pound as a key factor for farmers, noting that local conditions, health, and feed access drive costs. Experiments suggest pork can cost as low as 2.5 cents per pound under favorable conditions, but cholera and poor feed economics ruin such figures. It highlights skim milk value, creameries, and pasture in cost calculations and critiques misleading claims of ultra cheap production.
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Maryland Experiment Station
Cheap Park
Harvesting Soy Beans Inadequate Methods Described
A historical note outlines the difficulty of harvesting soy beans with standard equipment as pods lie low, recommending hogs or sheep for gleaning or a self rake, and suggesting below-ground mower cuts for efficiency. It argues bean harvest scales up with ten to fifteen acres and describes post-cut handling and thrashing procedures.
China's Queer Books Language Without Alphabet Is Curious
A London Express excerpt explains why written Chinese, using characters, conveys meaning without a direct alphabetic read aloud. It notes uniform written Chinese, dialectal spoken forms across the empire, and differences in word counts and tones that alter meaning.
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Empire
Babies Convicted of Sedition in Austrian Town
In Parenzo, Hallan province, Vetria, two infant brothers aged three and five were charged with sedition after crying Viva Italia. The court showed the spectacle of arresting and trying the children for the cry, with formal sentencing to a severe reprimand for the misdemeanor as the festival occasion preceded.
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Austria
Parenzo
Hallan
Vetria
Pao
Leo Franco
Half Cents Wanted Stimulates Demand for Small Change
A discussion argues for reintroducing the half cent coin as a small denomination to ease everyday trade. It notes California's history with small coins, the value of precise change for low-cost transactions, and the broader economic benefits for a developing nation. The piece cites how tiny purchases, like daily skips in change, affect profits and economies of scale.
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California
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Bedford
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Cuas
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Fladdock Investment Go
Bedford, Iowa
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Court Street
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U. S
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Patam
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Miller & Arthaud
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Frank Wisdom
Attorney-at-Law
Blockton
Charles Thomas
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JAQUA
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Queer Books
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