Grain Dealers Cite Revolving Prices and Boycott Claims
Hearing on grain trading conditions before Interstate Commerce Commission resumes. E Peck describes past price schemes within Nebraska Grain Dealers' association and shovels as unfair competition. P M Terry, Little Sioux, says he faced railway discrimination but now sees rivals bid up prices. D J Gates notes elevator profits and bylaw changes. Segment ends with stray, unclear lines about pennies in mailboxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Interstate Commerce
Clark
Lane
E. Peck
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
C. G. Crittenden
Central Grain Company
Lincoln
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Updike Grain Company of
Marshalltown
Town
Towa Grain Dealers Association
Terry
Wells
Town Grain Dealers’ Association
D. J. Gates
Albion, Neb
Albion Elevator Company
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Bente
Mrs Shaffer Passes Away at Young Age
Hannah Shaffer daughter of Peter and Lydia Ben Shaffer, born 1816 in Rockingham County Virginia, was the youngest of a large family. At seven she traveled with her group to Seneca County Ohio where her early life unfolded amid frontier conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Shaffer
Peter
Lydia Ben
Rockingham County
Ginia
Seneca County
Ohio
Elevator disputes and a running lad headline in the region
The report details a grain elevator conflict with the Conrad Grain Company and a rival venture, including price rises for wheat corn and oats, and friction with a Union Pacific site. It notes hearings to begin at Des Moines and recalls witnesses from across the state. Also, a 12 year old runaway from Eagle Grove is found near Webster City after a daylong search. An Africa telegraph line disruption is blamed on wildlife delays including giraffes and elephants affecting lines near Bulawayo. The piece closes with a note that every US warship carries a 150 mase outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Grain Company
Union Pacific Company
Webster City
Boone
Northwestern
Eagle Grove
Tama
Hawarden
If the Shoe Fits a Woman Will Ask for a Smaller Size
A garbled collage of ads and claims noting Defiance Starch plus a claim about Mexicans harboring the finest Pacific coast harbor at Manzanillo. It mentions ironing day, New York amusements spending, and various percentages comparing New York to other regions, with product and place names scattered throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Manzanillo
Catarrh Cure Claim Sparks Mercury Warning Tale
A claim about mercurial catarrh remedies warns of mercury dangers and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo for internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and recounts Frances Lady Waldegrave’s repartee after her fourth marriage with Chichester Forstesque and a Dublin theater quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tzall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Drougluts
Frances Lady Waldegrave
Chichester Fortesque
Dublin
Elephant at the Telephone Trick by Apleton's Magazine
A feature describes a trained elephant performing a telephonic routine. Trainer Barlow repeats thousands of careful cues to make the bull elephant ring a bell, lift the receiver to its ear, and hang up, detailing the months of work behind the simple, humorous act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow
Tom
Apleton’s
Food Convert Promotes Grape-Nuts As Health Food
An article extols Grape-Nuts as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion criticizing patent medicines. It urges avoiding heavy foods and using Grape-Nuts for easy digestion and steady energy, citing a Maine user and the Postum Company promotion. The piece mentions The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Maine
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Doans Kidney Pills Ad Rights and Patient Tale
An advertisement-style passage extols Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney weakness and related symptoms. It cites Mrs. Charles B. Smith of Woonsocket Rhode Island recounting her personal improvement after four years of use, noting weight gain and better health. The text also references other remedies and a variety of ailments with generic testimonial language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Smith
Boyden
Woonsocket
R. I
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Farmer Prods Judge on Law Versus Facts in Massachusetts Case
A western Massachusetts lawyer argued that jurors should judge law as well as facts. The judge cautioned them, but a biased verdict followed. The foreman, a farmer, pressed the point and quipped about knowing the law, recalling the judge's instruction and the disputed decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Terrible Scalp Humor And Cure By Cuticura Remedies
A reader reports severe scalp eczema with itching crusts and hair loss. After using Cuticura remedies as directed, the condition cleared in two weeks. Later, a body eruption in October and November 1904 caused pain and itching pustules. two months of treatment with the doctor and Cuticura Soap and Ointment resulted in cure. H. M. F. Weiss, Rosemond, Christian Co., Til, Aug. 34, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. F. Weiss
Rosemond, Christian Co
Til
Hanover Citizens Strike Over Higher Postal Card Duty
Citizens of Hanover protest a five premies duty on postal cards for urban delivery by writing letters and filling envelopes with newspapers to max 250 grams. Postal authorities fear service obstruction and may reimpose the old tyro pfennigs tariff. The rest of the text shifts to praise for laundering and starch in textiles and endorses Defiance Starch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Administration
Hanover
Denatured Alcohol Used in Manchester Hat Factory
Denatured alcohol is used in a Manchester hat factory where the Manufacturers recover the spirit, restill the product in their own works, and reuse it until it is exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Defiance Starch Promoted as Superior Household Product
Defiance Starch is the latest invention, an improvement on all other makes. It is more economical, does better work, and takes less time. Get it from any grocer. There is no reason why men shouldn't love their enemies as they love themselves, especially if they happen to be their own worst enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Brockwn
Operation Fear Turned Back by Pinkham Remedy
A sensational appeal from 19th century medical advertising claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound averts surgery for female troubles. It cites grateful letters from women who avoided operations, praising improved strength and health after use, and urges readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Margrite Ryan
St. Andrew's Society
Indianapolis
Ind
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinsham
Ely
Margret Merkley
84 Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Lynn Mass
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F. M. Terry
Little Sioux
Mrs. Shaffer
Awa
Vinton
Africa
Ininndhla
Bulawayo
United States
Ide
New York
Putnam
St. Jacobs
Russia
Marquis de Custine
Constantin Waliszewski
Juryman
Judge
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Custer
Brown
Washington, D.C
Des Moines
W.douglas
Iw. L. Douglas
Paemers' Bank Emerado
N. Am
Bargrite Ryn
Eel Margret Meri
Chesebrough Mbg. CO
State Street
New York City
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neb
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