Industrial prospects despite labor and fuel strains in Dun review
The Weekly Trade Review notes favorable but cautious industrial progress in New York amid labor conflicts and fuel shortages. It cites rail congestion, coke supply limits, rising railroad earnings, and high commodity prices while predicting eventual restocking, bank and rail growth, and a looming car famine on Western rails.
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R. G. Dun & Co
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Grain and Livestock Price Averages Across Markets
Daily price ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye oats and butter across multiple cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and Chicago. Entries show market names and bid ranges for each commodity with quality descriptors.
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Giconta
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
World Crops Report Says Harvest Very Late Across Europe
The 1902 world crops summary shows a cool wet European summer delaying harvests and reducing quality in many regions. Russia reports larger wheat and grain outputs than 1901, while Hungary and Romania show strong wheat and maize crops. France, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Argentina, Australia, India, and Spain post varying yields with drought and rain shaping outcomes. Nile floods, Egypt waters, and cotton focus affect regional prospects.
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Department of Agriculture
Europe
Brute
German Empire
Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Denmark
Argentine
Australia
India
Japan
Spain
Asheesh
Egypt
W C T U opens twenty ninth convention in Portland
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened its twenty ninth annual convention in Portland Maine with representation from every state and territory. President L M N Stevens presided assisted by Lady Henry Somerset and Rev Henry S Saunders. Reports highlighted Manila missionaries Bermudan Cuba and Mexico activities along with a net gain in funds and memorial gifts.
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Portland
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
L. M N. Stevens
Henry Somerset
Henry S. Saunders
London
England
Stevens
Susanna M. D. Fry
Illinois
Manila
Cuba
Mexico
Frelen Morton Barker
Frances Lt. Willard
Margaret Dye Ellis
New Jersey
Belle Kearney
Missouri
Kenry Somerset
Agricultural News Highlights Uprooted Crops and Trials Abroad
A roundup notes New York potato blight threatens half the crop amid wet weather. Cereal harvest risks loom from Berlin, with Consul General Mason warning. Beet crops suffer from insect damage while India reports crop gains and fewer famine victims. Texas cotton endangered by Mexican weevils with 100000 bales loss estimated. Lipscomb bug trials and Egyptian cotton efforts underway. Little peach disease spreads in Michigan fruit belt. Louisiana emerges as the top rice state due to artificial irrigation, with South Carolina and Georgia dropping post Civil War. US rice imports comparable to domestic production.
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New York State
Mason
Berlin
India
Texas
Agricultural Department
Michigan
Louisiana
Union
South Carolina
Georgia
United States
Condensed News Digest Promises Trustworthy Weekly Summary
The Youths Companion touts its condensed accurate weekly news digest and nonpartisan editorials to help readers form intelligent opinions. It promotes a 1903 volume with a $1.75 subscription, offering 1902 issues and a calendar, plus ad notes on hair care and Dean's Ointment.
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Alma
Berkeley Street
Boston
Mass
Punny Slogan Ads and Medicine Snippets From The Era
A compact ledger of humor and patent remedies: a gibe on bigamy with two mothers-in-law and early 20th century medical appeals. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil touts cures for croup sore throat and pulmonary troubles in brisk promotional copy.
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Thomas
Public slang and a promise of proper names in a mining era
A passage from the Washington Star humorously notes a child’s name delay and the desire for proper schooling show in the parents. The Lead Daily Call Mining Edition advertises reliable Black Hills mining news with a 1903 annual session of the American Mining Congress in Lead and Deadwood, South Dakota.
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Chile
Jenny
Thompson
John
William
Washington Star
Daily Call
Black Hills
South Dakota
American Mining Congress
Twin Cities
Lead and
Deadwood
Boston Boy Seeks Botanical Classification in Common
A Westerner in Boston Common asks a boy about a bird's nest. The boy, a self described intellectual prodigy, explains he is merely endeavoring to correctly classify the tree as a botanical product.
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Sonny
Boston Common
Columbua State Journal
Free Rheumatism Cure Offered By Mail
An advertisement promises a safe simple remedy that cured thousands of decrepit persons after other remedies failed and offers to mail it free to sufferers. Address John A. Smith at 7 Germania Building Milwaukee Wisconsin for details and sample.
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John A. Smith
Germania Building
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Hus Theory on Poverty and Life Expectancy
A brief quip notes Briggs-Poverty view that statistics show poor people living longer. Diggs-Naturally remarks that the poorer a map is the less use a doctor has for him.
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Briggs
Diggs
Young Yawn Excuse Moments in Classroom Scene
In a brief exchange Miss Keener gently reproves a student for speaking without thinking, and the boy admits his lapse. The teacher consoles him while stressing understanding.
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Miss Keener
Hal's Catarrh Cure and local penny offerings
A rambling snippet lists Hal's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents by Wise Willie and a lemonade stand boy, with a note of refunds on Putnam Priceless DVDs. A Shanghai dinner hosting foreign officials is mentioned, along with pancake flour from Mrs Austin and a reflection on character when a woman is sick.
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