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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
8
R G Dun reports a steady, optimistic tone with moderate weekly gains despite holidays and politics. Insolvency improved in June as smaller liabilities posted versus last year, while manufacturing shows mid year curtailment but expected prompt resumption and plants reactivating July 1 amid wage scale tensions easing.
In Chicago an improving outlook shows higher consumption and stronger manufacturing as railroads commit to key contracts. Mid year interest payments boost bank activity while commercial settlements pressure causes multiple failures. Weather aids production and retail sales rise, with 35 district failures listed this week, 10 over $5,000.
Market data from Chicago to Toledo lists cattle from $4.00 to $8.25 and hogs $4.00 to $6.65. Sheep range $3.00 to $7.00, with wheat No. 2 around 89c to 92c, corn No. 2 72c, oats 58c, rye 2 to 4 cents, and Timothy hay $8.00 to $12.00. Prices vary by city and include Detroit St Louis Milwaukee Buffalo New York Cincinnati and more. ContinuousJuly grain and livestock quotes cover multiple market centers and commodity grades.
The National Educational Association meeting in Cleveland featured a spelling contest won by a 4 year old colored girl Marie Bolden and Mae Thursby of Pittsburg also perfect. Lorenzo Dow Harvey elected NEA president. he will oversee from Menomonie Wisconsin background since 1873. Denver chosen as next annual NEA site defeating Atlantic City Chicago Seattle.
Facts for Farmers reports Iowa farmers anticipate an appropriation to fund dairy school instruction across counties. Among 350 legislative candidates questioned, only six favored opposing the plan. A clash over oleo labeling resumes before the U S Department of Agriculture.
Nine balloons carried seventeen men and one boy from the Aeronautique Club of Chicago as a second World balloon championship race faced heavy winds and thunder. Spectators numbered about 100000, many watching as gusts drove balloons toward the lake and hazardous landings. No lives were lost though outcomes depended on luck and air currents.
A cloudburst at midnight Sunday flooded Lincoln Nebraska causing 500000 dollars in damage and leaving about 3000 people homeless. The Salt Creek valley swelled from a 25 foot stream to a three mile wide torrent with homes submerged and rescuers saving Russians from flooded houses. Seven deaths are confirmed with more expected as waters recede.
LeviIndon Comfort presents a vivid narration of Mont Pelee eruption and Saint Pierre destruction. Peter Constable saves Lara Stansbury as Hayden Breen pursues love amid thrilling scenes and peril. The crash at Martinique is depicted with dramatic power rivaling Pompeii.
Peter Constable hosts a mysterious stranger, Hayden Breen, aboard the Madame de Stuel for a cruise from New York. Breen, wary of a pursuer on the pier, agrees to join the voyage, while a tense escape begins as the ship readies to depart the harbor under pursuit.
On a hurricane deck Constable ponders Breen and past sins as a fugitive lists hangs over a yacht voyage. Breen’s stories unfold of a rich plantation family in Martinique, a stern French mother, and a brave daughter echoing Jeanne d Arc, while the ship rocks through a Caribbean night.
The article uses a rustic comparison to describe both pigs and people, urging care and tactics in handling a hog and extending the metaphor to humanity. It emphasizes that hogs have intelligence and warns that an old sow may outthink cattle and horses on the plantation.
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