Packers Receiving Fair Play Questioned After Garfield Report
The Garfield report on packers business methods drew sharp criticism but failed to contradict its figures after months of publicity. Critics cite sensational claims about a beef trust while officials debunk untrue assertions such as 1902 04 bank failures linked to cattle prices. Chief Clerk Cox of Iowa audits banks deems the magazine claim false and cites bank failures as due to reckless banking and speculation.
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Iowa
Beef Trust
Cox
Banking Department
Iowa State Auditor
Venice theater memory echoes in Harpers Weekly
George Ade learned a Indiana-born elder visiting Venice wished to see the Merchant of Venice again. He arranged tickets and the old lady judged the modern performance as spruced up yetShylock remained the same grasping crape.
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Venice
George Ade
Indiana
Shylock
Harper's Weekly
Burglary Inmate Complains About Night Key
A Columbus Dispatch note quotes a burglar serving a three year sentence who says the only fault with his treatment is that they refuse to let him carry a night key. A missionary visitor asks if inmates are treated well behind bars.
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Columbus Dispatch
Oakland Woman Credits Postum For Health revival
An Oakland woman recounts use of Postum Food Coffee after suffering nervousness and stomach troubles from coffee for eight years. She credits quitting coffee, adopting Postum, and two days of use for early improvement, noting lasting vitality and endurance during San Francisco Conclave events.
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Oakland
Wellville
Jim
Eve
San Francisco
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Well‘ville
Night of Judgment Behind the High Wall
A tense figure in a fur coat waits in bitter sleet and shadow outside a house. He doubts the strength of his resolve as he contemplates a planned act, fearing discovery and wondering about the woman inside and her faith.
Midnight Rendezvous and a Locked Door
A man waits hours for a woman's arrival beneath a moonlit sky. She slips from the shadows with jewels in a bag and leads him to a waiting motor car. As they hurry toward departure the tonneau door jams and the handle snaps, halting their escape.
The Door Opens and a Secret Bag Is Demanded
A man in nervous excitement opens a door to find Mildred rushing away in fear. She accuses him of swearing and snatches a small bag before fleeing through a gate. A motor car roars past the lane, horns blaring, as night ends in tense suspense.
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Mildred
Change of Diet to Restore Appetite in Family
If the appetite falters, omit meat for a few days and eat fruit and greens in quantity. Grapes aid malaria and greens like lettuce and lemons help liver. Salads should be light on vinegar, pineapple boosts throat health, and grape fruit chicory and lettuce aid nerves. Watercress is believed to help lungs. Figs and dates are a wholesome bedtime snack. Avoid very cold drinks at dawn or night and excess sleep. A week or two of this diet can rest the system and revive appetite.
Cost of Railway Mail Service Compared Worldwide
Americans paid 3 500 060 for railroad mail transport in 1901. All other nations spent 37 000 000 for transport by all means, 1 500 000 less than the US alone. Freight and passenger rates have declined. express firms pay railroads about half the government rates, while the post office claims no savings over thirty years.
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Nail
Post Ofice Department
Red Star Mystery Shines Over Night Field
The piece evokes Aldebaran and a red star guiding wandering figures. A nebulous vision describes the Red Star and its light, likened to guiding voyagers and vagabonds beneath alien skies. The tone is dreamy and spectral, with references to gypsy symbolism and a wandering life.
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Earth
McClellan Unshaken by Adversity Amid City Press
A New York mayor George B. McClellan is described as impassive under pressure by a close observer. The witness notes he has never shown fear or concern in tight spots and even refused a ride in a new ambulance citing alleged jokers in the press.
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McClellan
George B. McClellan
New York
Ixcuse
Doan’s Kidney Pills Relieve Farmer’s Back Aches
A. A. Royce of Trenton Missouri suffered severe kidney and back pain after a cold. He could not walk and tried many medicines with no relief. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills, the back ache faded and pain stopped. Sold by dealers or 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. A. Royce
Trenton
Doan
The Ways of Sweethearts Engagement Dialogue
A playful exchange shows a couple deeply in love. They reveal they have been engaged for fourteen hours eight minutes and twenty five seconds, underscoring a lighthearted moment of commitment.
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Lovey
Mother Gray's Powders for Children Ad
Mother Gray a nurse at the Children's Home New York offers powder to cure feverishness headache stomach trouble teething disorders break up colds and kill worms. Sold by all druggists 25c sample mailed free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York address provided.
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Mother Gray
New York
Atall Druggists
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Diplomatic Silence in Chicago Journal Dialogue
A brief dialogue from the Chicago Journal notes Mrs Gadde and Mrs Jones avoid commenting about an unnamed person. Mrs Staye cites a rule of silence if nothing positive can be said. The exchange reflects social decorum in local discourse.
Royal Saddle Room at Sandringham A Sporting Museum
The royal saddle room at Sandringham displays world class saddles many as elaborate presentation pieces. It houses gold and silver mounted hoofs from favored racers over fifty ornate harness sets and rich sporting pictures including works by Turner and Herring and a gallery of turf cartoons featuring the prince of Wales.
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Royal Saddle Room
Sandringham
Turner
Herring
Punch
Vanity Fair
His
Prince of Wales
Ataxia Victim Declares Cure By Williams Pink Pills
Mr James H Watkins of 73 Westerlo Street Albany NY recounts his journey from locomotor ataxia to recovery after using Williams Pink Pills. He describes initial stiffness unsteady gait and loss of bladder control followed by gradual strength return and full rehabilitation over months.
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James H. Watkins
Westerlo Street
Albany, N.Y
Williams
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Book OF Books
John Vance Cheney
Canty
Tenthly
Mission Aid
Mrs. Pemberton
Kennett Harris
Daily Story Pub. Co
Cole
Aldebaran
Sweethearts
Atarila
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