South Omaha Market Letter Reports Steady Cattle Market
Special market letter from Nye and Buchanan Co. to the Dillon Tribune dated Nov 12, 1902 notes steady fat cows and good feeders, with 11,000 cattle receipts and 20,000 sheep over two days. Quoted prices include cornfed beef at 4.75 to 5.75, best grain beef 4.50 to 4.75, yearlings 4.65 to 4.85, feeders 3.50 to 3.90, common 2.50 to 3.25, fat cows 3.25 to 4.00, heifers 3.00 to 3.25, calves 4.25 to 5.50, and range 6.25 to 6.35. Sheep receipts moderate. market stronger than last week.
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South Omaha
Neb
Prices under protection cut costs of common goods, study shows
The article argues that over forty years protection lowered wholesale prices for everyday items by about half since 1870. It compares 1870s figures to 1902 across carpets to nails, notes a 20 percent drop for farm prices and a 50 percent fall for consumer purchases, and concludes a dollar buys nearly twice as much today, with wages up about fourfold.
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Aldrich
Department of Labor
Ingrain
Wilton
Ceeenee
Ee.ee
Casting Sleighbells and Ball Valves By Sand Core Method
The method uses a sand core shaped like the bell interior with an iron ball inside. Melted metal fills the space between core and mold, burning the core away to leave the ball inside the shell. The same technique casts ball valves swivel joints and similar items. The Siam palace is vast with white walls a mile in circumference housing temples offices seraglios troops and a royal theater. The king favors martial arts and performances by European, American and German troupes for the royal household.
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King of
Siam
Dialogue on admitting fault in marriage
A quip about mutual accountability in marriage. Bilks jokes that acknowledging his own errors is easy, but correcting his wife’s mistakes would “be another one” for him to accept, highlighting shared blame in humor.
Engagement Ring Sparks Talk of a Dentist Proposal
The Boston Transcript cites a rumor that Kitty-Constance wears a diamond ring for engagement yet jokes it may be to fool others. Maude-Oh confirms an engagement, claiming it is with her dentist.
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Kitty
Constance
Maude
Boston Transcript
Hopkins Opposes Tariff Revision Amid Prosperity
Congressman Hopkins of Illinois dodges tariff changes calling for stability. He cites extensive travels across Illinois and the West showing no demand for tariffs and warns that disturbing business prosperity would be a personal crisis. The Boston Journal notes his stance as widely supported by business leaders.
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Hopkins
Illinois
Mason
West
Boston Journal
Little Miss Peary and a Toronto Coal Aristocracy
The Toronto Moon notes a new coal aristocracy in Toronto where affluent residents buy coal and host high profile parties. A hoax involved filling wagons with hay and layering real coal to appear in the exclusive set, but the attempt was thwarted and those involved faced consequences.
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Toronto
House Robbery Noted During Church Visit
A man recalls a house robbery reported in a newspaper while he and his wife were at church. He highlights the incident to show his wife, while a friend questions the value of duplicating the paper.
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Balfour
Sir William Harcourt
Chicago Post
Koh-i-noor Pencils and Office Goods At Tribune Store
The Tribune store touts Koh-i-noor pencils at fifteen cents each or two for a quarter promising four times as long life as common pencils. It highlights rubber stamps, indelible ink outfits, sheet music, ten cent novels, Pueblo pottery, and a wide range of writing tablets and onion skin paper with ordering options.
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DI Pierce
Dillon Tribune
Nye & Buchanan Co
Killers
Feeder
Lambs
Dun
Siam’s Royal Palace
Miss Peary
Marie Admigior Peary
Greenland
Demana
Tribune
Kodak Pictures
Acker
Acxer
Frank S. Hall
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
W.H. Hooker & Co., Proprs
Buffalo
Fred Unrath
Country Club
Benton Harbor, Mich
G. W. Dart Hardware Co
JONES
CG. W. Dart Hardware CO
Hanan
Dillon Theatre
Broadhurst
Currie
TSS Peni
Roe
Desert Land
United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
George W. French
District Court
Dillon
Vittore Guglielmini
Beaverhead County
James Smallborn
Eaitlands
Harry Smallhorn
John Lovell
Rebecca Freeman
Games Smallhorn
Frank D. Mreacus
Register
Sheet Music Tribune Store
Just
City Shoe
Pipestone Hot Springs
WM. E. Casey
Hot Springs
Arkansas
C. R. Burket
Prop
THE
Wood Live Stock CO
Shropshire
Spencer, Idaho
Poindexter & Orr Stock Co
L. J. Paros
Bannack Street
Dr. Albritton
Frank Schwartz
Tribune Publishing Co
Spaulding Nursery
Orcsarp Co
Spavspixe
Ill
Ight
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