Famine and strong steel demand in early February market
A New York review notes railway traffic interruption from severe storms but overall improved manufacturing activity and steady retail distribution. January rail shipments up 7.2 percent vs last year and 24.2 percent vs 1900, with pig iron facing unfavorable conditions. Concern over high prices, weak exports, and continued iron and steel demand amid structural material shortages and Chicago height ordinance affecting new contracts. January commercial failures show a large insolvency wave in manufacturing and traders, with total liabilities rising year over year.
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New York
Fariows
Chicago Council
Insurance Agent Kearns Killed by Florida Special
Chester Pa Feb 10 John J Kearns a well known local insurance agent was struck by the Florida special northbound on the Pennsylvania railroad and killed at the scene. The accident occurred near the city depot drawing a crowd as authorities investigated the cause.
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Chester
John 3. Kearns
Pennsylvania
Markets Report From Pittsburg Feb 10 Prices Across W grains to livestock
Wheat No 2 red 76 77 cents corn No 2 shelled 69 7 cents oats No 2 white 50 50 percent extra 4874 50c hay ranges from 9 14.25 for timothy to 10.50 12.75 for clover mix and prairie cattle and hogs prices shown with ranges. Butter cheese eggs poultry and sheep values listed by grade and region.
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Pittsburg
Elgin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Wisconsin
Twain as Inventor Ties Hartford Fame to Patents
Hartford Globe notes Mark Twain seldom visits Hartford, being famed on Manhattan Island. It highlights his three patents wired to his persona: adjustable detachable garment straps, the Mark Twain scrapbook, and a date game apparatus with umpire and player charts.
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Manhattan Island
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Washington
England
France
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Hartford Globe
The Cathedral Car and the Bean Pole Anecdotes
The piece recalls Bishop Walker using a remodeled cathedral car in church work from North Dakota to England where he earned fame for the mobile sanctuary. It also recounts Shelby Cullom’s first Illinois governorship reception, where a farmer joked that he looked like a bean pole leaning against a corncrib.
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Western New York
North Dakota
Carrington
N. D
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England
London
Lord Rosebery
Church Militant
Church Triumphant
Boston Transcript
Shelby M. Cullom
Ilinois
Illinois
Mr. Cullom
Saturday Evening Post
Sunday School Museum opens with biblical models in Manchester
The Manchester Sunday School Union launches a loan museum of biblical illustrations. The collection features plants and animals named in scripture, Egyptian gods and sacred animals, replicas of the Rosetta and Lachish stones, the Moabite stone, clay tablets of Babylonia and Assyria, plus items like the Shofar horn writing tablets tear bottles and precious stones.
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Manchester Sunday School Union
England
Babylonia
Assyria
Parsonlike Paraphrases of Lord Chief Justice Kenyon
The passage recounts Jekyll recalling sharp retorts about Kenyon a lord chief justice famed for frugality living in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Jekyll notes a gloomy house patterns lent to Lent and Passion Week and dismisses talk of spits as irrelevant. He jokes about finding a first pocket handkerchief and remarks to a Welsh judge about asking the minister for soap and a nail brush.
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Kenyon
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Jekyll
Jekyi
Ling
Gentleman’s Magazine
Just Like a Woman in a Small Town Kitchen
A husband complains the coffee is weak and toast burnt while his wife endures his fault finding after twelve years of faithful cooking. She pleads for praise, he retorts that women cannot recognize a compliment, sparking a tense domestic exchange.
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John Henry
Neter
Monstrous ancient vessel tale and clever dog anecdote
A short tale recalls a dog guarding a chair by barking at a window and the owner occupying the chair after the dog rushes to the window. It follows with a description of Ptolemaeus Philopater building a vast ancient ship, 420 feet long with dual prows and beaks, crew, and enormous provisions.
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Ptolemaeus Philopater
Egypt
Geek
Ruling Servants 1680 Diary Entry
In a 1680 diary entry, Nan Newton is fined 2s 6d for breaking a Tespot in Phil's Chamber, Richard Knight 2s 6d for Pride and Slighting, Wim Hetherington 10s for not ready for church three Sundays, Tho Birdail 5s for residence at Nuneaton all day, Cook fined 10s for drunkenness, Anne Adams to washmaid duties at Eady Day then leaves June 29 for wantonness and carelessness, losing five sheets and five pillow beers prompting £1 payment by my wife.
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Phil
Richard Knight
Wim
Hetherington
Birdail
Nuneaton
Cook
Anne Adams
Eady
Sir Richard Newdigate
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