Hooper Warren and Chicago's early press legacy
A Cabinet notice recounts Hooper Warren as founder editor of Chicago's third paper the Commercial Advertiser. It notes his self taught craft, anti slavery stance, and career from Windsor Vermont to Edwardsville and Chicago, highlighting his independent editorial method and rivalry with the American.
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Hooper Warren
Chicago
Cabinké
Warren
Dutch
Henry Clay
J. Q. Adams
Horace Greeley
William Lloyd Garrison
Franklin
Galhoun
Windsor
Ohio
Illinois
Edwardsville
Illinole
Northwestern
John M Peck
Coles
Wm. H Brown Ho
Phillio
Gaene
Calhoun
Galena
Hennepin
Putnam County
Edward H. Rudd
Advertiser
Wentworth
Patent flour revolution from middlings purification
The article explains a milling advance using middlings purifiers to separate bran from the grain and regrind it into patent flour. Hard spring wheats from Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota fetch the highest prices now, as demand shifts toward whiter, purer flour with preserved nutritious portions.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakota
Dream leads to missing baggage found at depot
A man named Charles Coleman, after losing $75 worth of clothing in a baggage theft, dreamed his valise was hidden in the northeast corner of the depot. The next day, he located the bag exactly where he dreamed, amid other undisturbed luggage. The piece then recounts battle fatalities in Civil War scenes with numbers and locations.
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Mitchell
Dakota
Hennepin
Charles Coleman
Janesville House
Chi- Caro
Armour Park corner profit and market manipulation in Chicago
This excerpt traces the Armour family's pork trade maneuvers from 1879 in Europe and America, detailing large purchases of ribs and pork, price spikes toward 20 dollars, and a plan to influence markets. It notes profits reportedly exceeding seven million dollars and mentions broader economic reflections and clergy notices.
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Armour Park Corner
Armour’s
Chicago
Phil. Armour
John Plankington
Europe
Americas
America
Wall Street
Maisfortune
The Reporter’s Temperament in Journalism
A reflection on journalism’s public ignorance and the journalist’s vocation. The author laments public impatience and argues that talent and temperament, not fame, sustain newspaper work. He notes the quiet dedication of reporters, who toil daily with cheerfulness and hope, even without remembrance after death.
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Whydo
Stout
Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Trial Offer
The advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the greatest moral remedy for consumption with cures for coughs asthma bronchitis hay fever and throat chest and lung ailments. It offers a ten cent trial bottle through J C Kalb to prove its miraculous powers and suggests a regular one dollar bottle.
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Dr King
J C Kalb
Grateful Brooklyn Mother Praises Ginger Tonka Cure
A Brooklyn mother credits Parker’s Ginger Tanya for curing infant cholera and keeping mother and child healthy. She recalls nearly losing her baby but notes a few spoonfuls relieved the infant and later doses kept them strong and comfortable.
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Bhabba
Parker
Brooklyn
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