Review of Trade Shows Stocks Unshaken by Sensational Rumors
R G Dun & Co reports sensational stock rumors didn’t disturb industry or trade. Grain cotton meat and petroleum markets rise with stronger demand for manufactured goods. February failures shrink except small failures. payments through clearing houses rise 28 percent over 1892 and 56 percent vs last year. Pig iron production peaks, Bessemer billets scarce in Chicago boosting prices. foundry and steel demand stay robust with plates rails and sheets in demand.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Bessemer
Chicago
Pittsburgh
East
Alabama
Tennessee
Canada
Alaska
Deathbed vigil for Gen. William S. Rosecrans at California ranch
Gen William Starke Rosecrans lies near death at his California ranch near Los Angeles. Bishop Montgomery administered part of the last rites, doctors say he still has a fighting chance. His son Carl F Rosecrans and family are at his bedside, with daughter Mrs Toole and ex Gov Toole of Montana nearby.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Starke Rosecrans
Montgomery
Carl F. Rosecrans
Toole
Montana
Cylinder Head Blows At Indiana Factory Accident
An engine cylinder head blew at the Withington handle factory in Hountingron Indiana, tearing the plant and snapping an eight inch shaft. The monster wheel and debris caused heavy damage but miraculously no workers were injured among about seventy five men present.
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Hountingron
Ind
California Insects List Planned by Berkeley Entomologist
Assistant Prof. C. W. Woodworth of the California state university entomology department plans a complete catalog of the state's insects. He notes no state has undertaken such a full listing, and expects California’s total to surpass New Jersey’s 6 000 species. The report also covers a London telegram from the Armstrong-Elswick shipyards denying a warships sale to Spain.
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Berkeley, Cal
C. W. Woodworth
Department of Entomology
The
State University
California
New Jersey
Woodworth
Armstrongs
London
Armstrong-Elswick
Spain
Elswick
Benefit for Widows and Orphans at Waldorf Astoria
A benefit concert at the Waldorf Astoria raised about 2500 dollars for Maine disaster widows and orphans. Attendees included high society figures and Marquise Trixeraya, nephew of Dom Pedro, who donated a 100 dollar check.
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New York
Maine
Waldorf-Astoria
Marquise Trixeraya
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Miner Armstrong Dies by Jump at Lake Superior Shaft
John F. Armstrong, a noted mining man in the Lake Superior and western districts, leapt into a Lake Superior Mining Co. shaft at about 6 pm Thursday, died from the fall of 444 feet. He was unmarried and his body went to Marquette for burial. Also reported: the tug Underwriter lost in a Norfolk storm en route to Havana to assist the Maine wreck. Port Townsend notes bonuses offered to accelerate fortifications work at Marrowstone Point and Admiralty Head.
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Tsipe Ming
Mich
John F. Armstrong
Lak Superior
Lake Superior Mining Co
Marquette
New Oaleans
Norfolk
Boston
Hatteras
Havana
Maine
Port Townsend
Wash
Marrowstone Point
Admiralty Head
Overworked brain cures told in 1897 affidavit
Ernest Kemper of Pierceton Indiana collapsed from overtaxed study and travel. He sought treatment from Cleveland and Chicago specialists without relief until Dr Pills of Pale People blood and nerve medicine allegedly restored his health after nine boxes. He reports catarrh vanished, weight gain, and returns to teaching, swearing to the cure.
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Pierceton
Ind
Boston
Ernest K Profs
Sud
Miestoca
Colorado
Cleveland
Chicago
Kemper
Wealthy Mrs Morris Blankly on Fifth Avenue
A well dressed woman in a checked dress with a dahlia velvet hat walks with a stylish man along Fifth Avenue. A girl and an older woman trailing note the couple’s wealth and speculate if the man is her husband, while the lassie dismisses the idea as ridiculous.
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Fifth Avenue
Mamma
Newport
Mrs. Morris
Mrs. Blankly
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers 100 Dollar Reward
An advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists FJ Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors and cites testimonials from Toledo wholesalers Katt Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. The text mentions Jiuit's Catarrh Cure sold for 75 cents and praises Walls Family Pills.
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Hall
FJ. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledoo
J. Cheney
Truax
Toedo
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Unclear advice on headaches and club resignation
Mrs Jages asks what to do for her husband who suffers frequent headaches. Mrs Nage suggests persuading him to resign from the club, prompting the question resign from what.
Cure a Cold in One Day Sold as Laxative Remedy
An advertisement offers Cure a Cold in One Day or money back for St Jacobs Oil's quack cure claims. The copy includes Beecher quote snippets and mentions rheumatism relief with St Jacobs Oil. It promotes a dramatic testimonial tone and urges purchasing the remedy.
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Cuba
Spain
War
THE
Bible House
Dearborn St
Chicago
St. Jacobs Oil
Seed Co Catalog Sparks Northward Seed Push
The notice urges readers to try northern-grown seeds and to request the Seed Co. catalogue from La Crosse Wisconsin. It highlights seed samples valued at ten dollars and discusses the high costs of living, noting the editor’s push for improved crops and potato yields amid farm talk of America.
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America
Salzer
Zer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Harley Nl
Pollatanes
AL Salzer
Northwest travel ads and anecdotes from a misread era
A fragmented collection of travel pitches and promotional blurbs describes routes to the Pacific Northwest via Burlington and the St. Louis area, with notes on gas city rail lines and scenic Colorado. Interspersed are quotes and ad snippets for patent medicines and books, including references to Mary Thomson and Goethe, plus miscellaneous period commentary.
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St. Louis
Gas City
Denver
Col- Lake
Pierson
Northwest Travel
L. W
Seven-year-old hostess Holds Infernal Dinner for 12
A seven or so year old girl hosts a dinner for 12 young girls. She questions grace at table and learns her mother deems the meal an infernal one, while she explains to guests that Masuma says no grace is needed. The piece contrasts with a Merriam quotation on human action and divine energy.
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Mamma
Grace
Ansious
Masuma
N. Y
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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