Phillips drives November corn to fifty cents in Chicago trading
In Chicago on November corn rose to 50 cents amid a 5 cent daily gain and a 20 cent weekly rise. Phillips, the young broker with the corner, buys and sells to maintain the 50 cent level, claiming capacity to squeeze rivals. Overnight receipts exceed 900 cars as traders watch his tactics.
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Chicago
Mr. Phillips
Shorts
Phillips
Bears
Ile
Eorge A. Seaverns
Seaverns
Philips
Czar Slowly Improves as Temperature Falls
Livadia Nov 27 The czars condition shows gradual improvement after a good day with sleep and perspiration. At 3 pm temperature 99.8 and pulse 76, by 9 pm 99.5 and 70. This morning 9 oclock temperature 95.9 and pulse 70, with continued favorable signs and profuse perspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livadia
Floods Hit Dubois Pennsylvania With Severe Flooding
Dubois Pennsylvania reports one of the worst floods in years. Low ground areas are submerged forcing buildings to close and many homes see water on ground floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Dubois
Prominent Young Attorney Escapes Explosion in Odd Box
A renowned young attorney narrowly escaped a deadly blast when a mysterious package arrived in his office. The box labeled Sample Puzzle Box contained dynamite sticks with fuses and match-heads, designed to ignite. The string pull misfired, leaving only a sulfur odor and no blast, while authorities assess the threat to the public square.
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Fer
Prominen Young
Express
Dewet's wild stories from the Orange River Colony
General Bruce Hamilton's column reported prisoners recounting claims they heard at Thaba N'thu. They spoke of December 10 when British were to leave, Russia backing Britain for a year, Victoria at Cape Town, and Dewet fighting in Cape Colony while Roberts allegedly wounded and buried at Heilbron.
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Kroonspruit
Orange River Colony
Bruce Hamilton
Lindley
Heilbron
Thaba N’thu
Dewet
Russia
Queen Victoria
Cape Town
England
Botha
Transvaal
Pietermaritzburg
Cape Colony
Lord Roberts
Helbron
Robbers Loot Express Car Near Malvern
Hot Springs report indicates a large haul from the Iron Mountain train robbery near Malvern. A caller in Hot Springs tipped to open the car safe en route north. the small safe was blown open and money, about fifteen thousand dollars, vanished. The robbers remain at large.
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Hot Springs
Malvern
Trusts Are Here to Stay Says Flint at Outlook Club
Charles R. Flint told the Outlook club in Montclair New Jersey that the new consolidation has come to stay and that trusts will be essential in business. He said the presidential election settled the trust's permanence and that education and mental acumen will be increasingly demanded of business men.
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New York
Charles R. Flint
Outlook Club
Montclair
N. J
Weather unsettled, stock activity damped this week
New York reports unsettled weather curtailing retail and distribution and tempering stock speculation. Bank clearings did not match last week's record, though basic strength remains and staple prices edge higher. Failures for the week total 215.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
American Secular Union opens with Remsburg address
Cincinnati reports the 24th annual congress of the American Secular Union and Free Thought society began with President John F E Remsburg delivering the opening address. Vice Presidents McDonald and Wakeman spoke. secretary Reichwald cites 65 000 members and discusses proposals to remove chaplains from Congress the armed forces and state institutions and to exclude the Bible from public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
American Secular Union and Free Thought Society
John FE. Remsburg
Kansas
M. McDonald
T.B. Wakeman
ER. C. Reichwald
Congress
Army
Navy
Matron and Maid and Other Notables Across Nations
A collage of brief items notes women's roles from pallbearers to ministers and leaders. It mentions Mrs Henry N Smith from Indiana, Lady Audrey Buller supervising relief for soldiers’ families, Amelia Ringer nearing 115, Cuba’s education push via Emily Gilbert Gibson, and Mrs Agassiz resigning Radcliffe presidency due to health. It also cites Mrs Olive A Leach’s large family, Abby Faulkner’s bequest for a Jamaica Plain hospital, Mrs H W Thomas preaching, and turquoise mine promoter A Damenles’ sister. The piece touches on Mrs Theodore Birney urging studies into child overstudy, and the present Lady Methuen’s notable marriage and kinship.
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Henry N. Smith
Kokomo
Ind
Audrey Buller Remning
Aldershot
Vienna
Austria
Amelia Ringer
Emily Gilbert Gibson
Cuba
Thomas
People’s Church of
Chicago
HE. M. Laferriere
Minneapolis
New Mexico
A. Damenles
Methuen
Somersetshire
Cape of Good Hope
Pheodore Birney
The
Mothers’ Congress
GLEANINGS: From Solomon to Solomon’s seal and more
A collage of notes covers Arabic numerals from Solomon’s seal to plague spread from Hongkong to the west in two years. Burmese football and boots, Dia Buten the 60 foot Japanese idol, an Algerian 40000 dollar effort against grasshoppers, 3200 camels used to burn eggs, Berlin’s new anti circulation of blood protests, and zealots disrupting university lectures.
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Hongkong
Dia Buten
Algeria
Berlin
England
Record Coinage and Law Changes Highlight 1899
The British mint set records in 1899 with gold coinage totaling £8,520,313 and silver £755,950 while subsidiary bronze reached £130,055. Germany’s new code the Burgerliches Gesetzbund was enacted to take effect on January 27 of 70.
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Germany
Burgerliches Gesetzbund
Various Montana News Snippets and Local Incidents
The Montana report covers a 57,210 total school children rise of 3,578 from last year, pay dirt found in Helena, a 20th anniversary for Helena’s First Baptist Church, a worker killed by a live wire in Butte, a smallpox scare in Silver Bow jail, a potential speech by Dr. Rossa in Butte, a bank head’s death by suicide in jail, reduced service on the Butte to Anaconda line, a sidewalk injury and $6,000 verdict, a new pest house for smallpox, stricter vaccination, a postal clerk jailed for mail opening, labor unions in Montana, a blacksmith inheriting wealth in Sweden, a Cree earthquake sentence case, Japanese exclusion talk, Deer Lodge county valuation mistake, county officer salaries cut, a pardon for J. D. Ferguson, and Butte fire alarms and whistles.
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Lawrence Doyle
Butte
Silver Bow County
Younge T Horace Barton
Deer Lodge
Calderhead
Montana
United States
Sweden
Chas. Varons
Clancy
Congress
Advances in forage crops for sheep farming
The text compares borghum and corn for feeding, noting sorghum and Narragansett corn yield potential and time to readiness. It describes sowing Minnesota corn early, spacing two feet by eight inches, and peas sown between rows to follow after grazing. It suggests peas withstand treading and urges shepherds to experiment for profitability.
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Narragansett
Minnesota
Qascarets Candy Cathartio Promoted as Health Cure
An advertisement touts Qascarets Candy Cathartio as a pleasant kidney liver and bowel cleanser that dispels Colds headaches fevers and constipation. It urges readers to buy a box today with prices listed 10 25 and 50 cents and claims druggists guarantee a cure.
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Qascarets
Honours Bang In Witty Exchange At Washington Star
In a humorous exchange, Mr. Meekton notes the audience’s sharpness toward the essay his wife read. He adds Henrietta’s reaction to critics, hinting she has sharp comments about those who spoke.
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Bang
Lovely woman needs health to gain true attractiveness
An old advertisement notes that beauty stems from health and touts Electric Bitters for restoring stomach and kidney function and purifying blood. It claims benefits include strong nerves clear skin and bright eyes with a 50 cent price at City Drug Store. It also reports the will of Robert Breck Brigham of Boston leaving millions to charity and a new hospital for the incurable.
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Robert Breck Brigham
Boston
Robert B. Brigham Hospital
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promoted for Gentle Relief
Advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as gentle and effective for headache and constipation. Claims mention calomel croton oil and aloes pills as dangerous alternatives and notes the product costs 250 at City Drug Store.
Not His Chotece: A Quip on Appetite in Chicago News
A brief Chicago News item features a witty exchange about weight with a character dismissing a claim of obesity. The dialogue spotlights social humor within urban reporting style and reflects period newsroom tone.
Celery Nerve Compound Sold By City Drug Store
Advertises Lichty s Celery Nerve Compound as an invaluable specific for female complaint and diseases arising from an impure state of the blood sold by City Drug Store with emphasis on its curative claims.
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Lichty
Unclear OCR fragment hints at names and register
Fragmentary text mentions individuals likely linked with a register or record. The readable names include John and Mohtati, with limited context about a continuation or residence. Further detail is unavailable in the snippet.
Desert Land Claim Notice in Beaverhead County Montana
James Smallhorn of Lima Montana files intent to prove up Desert Land Claim No 5179 for 82 unsurveyed acres in Beaverhead County. Witnesses listed include Vittore Guglielaimi Jonathan Lovell Charles Padley and Charles H Deputy of Dillon Montana. Before L J Price U S Commissioner at Dillon on December 7 1900. Gronax D Grexny Register.
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Desert Land
United States Land Office
Manita
Dillon
Bééve
County
Montana
Pas
Eyublic
Beaverhead
Montans
L. J. Price
U.S
James Smallhorn
Lima
Mon
Beaverhead County
Sata
James Smallhory
Vittore Guglielaimi
Jonathan Lovell
Charles Padley
Charles H. Deputy
Gronax D. Grexny
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Publication
Notice is given that James L. Fleming of pelle Beaverhead County Montana has filed intention to prove desert land claim No 304 for SE NWE 8% NEX NW% NE Sec 4 Tp 128 R 9 W before J Price A commissioner at Dillon Montana on December 1 1900. Witnesses to prove the irrigation and reclamation are Clark McNinch William O Rourke Edward Crawford Hibert B McNinch of Dell Montana.
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United States Land Office
Helens
Montana
Ernest O. Selway
Dillon
Les Iie
John H. Hoffman
al Lewis
James L. Fleming
Pelle
Beaverhead County
Flontapa
J Price
Ton
Clark McNingh
William O'Rourke
Edward Crawford
Hibert B. McNinch
Dell
Gronae
Greene
Register
Department of the Interior
Helena
Mont
James G. Weber
District Court
Virginiaity
John Cosgrove
Alfred Lewis
Henry Lewin
Thomas Flynn
Robert H. Rash
Grance D. Greenx
L. J. Price
A. S
St Dillon
William O. Thompson
Eaid
Frank Conklin
Robert W. Bammer
William Steed
Fred Cox
Granat D. Greenester
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Czar
Dewet’s
Iron Mountain
Flint
Bradstreet
Review of Trade
American Secular Union
Paris
Rome
Vander Weyde
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
First Baptist Church of
Leon Lemieux
Silver Bowl
Rossa
Leland Stanford University
Teacher's Association
David Finlagan
Ohio
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Anaconda
Chicago News
Forest Reserve
Helena, Mont
Jere Collins
General Land Office
Grance D. Greenz
Desert
Elens
Montat
Lang
John Weet
Mont Oat
Bannack City
Penn
Philp Bhenon
Balmon City
Idaho
Congresa
la Be
Blue Wing
Tana
Corder
Dillon Monfans
Beaveread
Arvey
Bob
E. M. Wilson
Sire
D. Greene i
George L. Ramsey
M. MO
James G. ‘Walker
Virginia City
Esey
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