Review of 1902 Trade and Industry Trends
Bradatreet surveys 1902 U S economic performance noting record output, rising wages, and shifting export and import dynamics. He highlights industrial unrest, wage gains without widespread strikes, and sustained high activity in Chicago Board of Trade with volatile wheat and corn prices.
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Bradatreet
New York
United States
Chicago
Ase
Chicago and Indianapolis markets list grain and livestock prices
A dense rundown of commodity quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis and Cincinnati noting cattle hogs sheep and grain values. Prices cover No 2 red wheat corn oats rye and hay along with butter eggs and potatoes across multiple markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Find bogus soda flavors and the vanillin deception
A Massachusetts Board report reveals artificial vanillin substitutes used in soda syrups. False vanilla flavoring costs about two dollars per gallon, while true vanilla costs twelve to sixteen dollars per pound. Experiments show potential harm in high doses, though small amounts are deemed harmless.
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Massachusetts Board of Stealth
Massachusetts
Is This No First Class Tonsorial Parlor
A stranger asks in town if the shop is first class and the tacker in a striped coat replies. The exchange humorously ponders shaving with or without something, signaling a playful, cryptic local scene.
A White View Notions of Eternity From Mugeins And Buggins
A brief cartoon caption from the Philadelphia Record features Mugeins confessing he cannot grasp eternity while Buggins jokes about his wife calling him to hurry. The exchange riffs on time and readiness in a domestic setting.
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Mugeins
Buggins
Philadelphia Record
Telegram on the Fence Delays Driver in Cold Night
A messenger boy is accosted on a cold street by a gentleman on a picket fence who claims a telegram for John Banks. The man laments the time spent waiting four hours and fears Willson dollar loss if the message is delayed further.
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John Banks
Willson
Old Subscriber Tours Grand Newspaper Plant
An elderly visitor tours a city paper's vast offices and presses, descending a deep basement stair to view engines and phgs. He jokes that the paper reads news from China by the shortest route, noting the ambitious production setup.
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China
Remark on Edith’s singing and Abbe De Marolles poet noted
A dialogue recalls Edith loving old songs and singing In Old Madrid. Kidder jokes about a flying machine home. The Abbe De Marolles is cited as having printed 183,124 verses, yet the public failed to value him as a poet.
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A Kidder
Edith
Old
Madrid
Kidder
Doan's Kidney Pills Gain Noted Patient Thanks
Doan's Kidney Pills are lauded in letters from Oakland California and New Orleans Louisiana praising relief from Bright's Disease dizziness and kidney pain. Testimonies claim cured back ache swelling dropsy urine issues and improved health following a free trial box and subsequent purchases.
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Doan
Oanktany
Cal
Bright
Grean
New Ortrans
C. L. Cusack & Co., Ltd
Dean
Geo
JuMoviLia
Freaton & Stauffer
New Orleans
Washed Overboard Heroic Captain Survives Sea Wake
Captain John Hodson of the Honolulu customs force recounts a storm aboard his schooner where a giant wave swept the wheelman overboard. Hodson was swept off deck, the rope end struck him, yet he held on and was later thrust back aboard. The ship weathered the tempest and reached port with cargo intact.
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John Hudson
Honolulu
Honolu Commercial Advertiser
Hodson
Mean Insinuation at High School Commencement
The commencement exercises ended successfully with diplomas handed by Colonel Wye, head of the school board. The principal complimented his remarks as well chosen, prompting the colonel to insist every word he spoke was original.
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Wye
Colon
His Little Joke About New York Flats
The Chicago News notes a joke about New York living spaces. A couple recalls moving with a large family to small flats that forced them to double up due to cramped rooms. The quip highlights housing crowding in the city.
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New York
Chicago News
Mra Austin Pancake Flour and Fortune Telling Banter
A quirky exchange touches on breakfast brands and beliefs in fortune telling. A pair discuss mercantile agency accuracy and dating stamps while a sending address in Fort Wayne Indiana appears. The Kentous quote reflects shared life suffering and pleasures.
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Austin
Mendy
Grocers
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