Speculation on the Board of Trade and the corn gamble
The Humboldt County paper riffs on corn market manipulation, blaming Phillips and a gambler clique for rising prices. It likens grain speculators to Mississippi river pirates and urges Congress to ban grain speculation, warning of ubiquity and harm to producers as prices swing wildly. It also notes local editorials on dogs, ice shortages, and other scattered items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Trade
Phillips
Phillip
Funda
Ibis
Biu
Congress
Des Moines
Humboldt
Speculators flood land market as farms face loan risk
A businessman notes the surge of land agents and speculators buying thousands of acres for profit rather than use. Small holders borrow to buy more land, funded by depositors who may soon demand repayment. Buying land for homes is fine if affordable. otherwise caution is urged as prices and incomes shift. Farmers faced minimal gains over a decade. past wartime prices hint at future volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Horaca
New York
Madison Medicine Co Herbal Tea Compared In Claim
A fragment cites a claim about Madison Medicine Co's Rocky Mountain tea being “just as good” as a rival product. The note mentions a price point of 25 cents and credits Hubbard with the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Medicine Co
Rocky Mountain
H, C, Hubbard
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