Longest Continuous Double Track Railway Under One Management
The Grand Trunk Railway System from Chicago to Montreal and to Niagara Falls operates the longest continuous double track route under one management. The Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley line via Niagara Falls connects Chicago to New York. Descriptive literature and time tables can be mailed free on application to W. B. Cookson, A. G. P. A., Grand Trunk Railway System, 135 Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Chicago
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Grand Trunk
New York
Cookson
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams Street
Debs Denounces Wage Slaves at Pittsburg Strike Rally
Eugene V Debs addressed a mass meeting of strikers at Indian Mound in Pittsburg calling the strike the greatest labor fight in history. He condemned violence, blamed corporation hirelings for provocation, and urged the workers to desist while touring the striker quarters.
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Pittsburg
Car Corporation
Eugene V Debs
Indian Mound
Debs
New York Stocks Slump As Harriman Issues Lead Market
The New York market opened in semi demoralization with Harriman issues driving broad weakness. Union Pacific traded around 203 to 202 while manyStandard Oil brokers sold large blocks. by 11 am 50,000 shares were dumped. Government bonds held, but overall list remained weak into noon and the close.
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New York
Harriman
Union Pacific Post
Union Pacific
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Eric
Steel Common
Standard Oil
Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Union Stock Yards
Receipts total around 5 000 cattle 17 000 hogs and 17 000 sheep with prices across categories. Cattle range 2 25 to 7 75 per cwt for cows heifers calves 4 to 8 75 for beves Texas western etc. Hogs range 7 55 to 8 20 per cwt with classifications light mixed heavy Yorkers and pigs. Sheep range natives 2 75 to 4 65 western 3 to 4 65 lambs 4 25 to 7 75 western 4 50 to 7 75.
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Union Stock Yards
Ill
Texas
Western
Lambs
Kansas City Livestock Market Report August 26
Kansas City livestock receipts total 7,000 cattle 7,000 hogs and 6,000 sheep with prices largely steady to modestly lower. Cattle ranges include natives 4.25 to 7.80 southern steers 3.25 to 4.50 cows and heifers 2.00 to 5.50 stockers 2.75 to 5.20 calves 4.75 to 7.50 western cattle 3.75 to 6.65. Hogs bulk 7.79 to 7.95 with others 7.50 to 7.90 and pigs 6 to 7.25. Sheep muttons 4.50 to 5.25 lambs 5.75 to 7.50 wethers 4.00 to 5.25.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Market Prices Report August Cheese Eggs Poultry
Chicago price notes dated August 26 show cheese Twins at 15 to 15.5c, young Americans 16c. New potatoes 5c to 50c per choice. butter Creamery extras 28c, firsts 25c, seconds 24c. eggs firsts 21/2c, seconds 18c. live poultry turkeys 15c, ducks 12 to 12 1/2c, geese 8 to 9c, fowls 15 to 15 1/2c.
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Chicago
Grain prices mixed on Chicago futures report
Chicago cash grain notes show wheat prices ranging from No 2 red at 1.03 to 1.06 dollars and No 3 red at 0.90 to 1.02 dollars, with hard and spring grades and various corn and oats quotes listed for market reference.
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Cago
Chicago
Wheat, Corn, Oats Open Lower in Chicago Grain Market
Chicago August 26 wheat opened half to five eighths lower with good volume. Corn slipped 1 8 to 3 8 cent. Oats fairly active and provisions a shade easier. Noon prices showed wheat unchanged, corn down fractionally, oats steady at open.
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Chicago
Market Prices Lift Creamery Butter Half Cent
The wholesale market shows a slight uptick in creamery butter by half a cent, quotes at 28 1-2 to 29 1-2 cents. Dairy butter stays the same. Read across fruit, vegetables, grains, and meats with listed per unit prices and packaging notes from multiple suppliers.
The Hovel in Pittsburg and the Miser Peter Liebach
Pittsburg Pa August 24 Rich man in luxury yet living in a hovel is Peter Liebach of the north side He is said to be worth 50000 dollars though chalk marks on his wall hint at 500000 Investigations probe whether he has hoarded wealth while living as a beggar and dining in luxury but sleeping in squalor
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Pittsburg
Peter Liebach
Liebach
Market Prices for Wood and Timber
The notice lists hay and tame hay priced at ten dollars per ton and second growth oak wood priced at five dollars per ton, as recorded by City Scales.
Citizens Press for Troop Deployment in Meadville
Citizens of Meadville Mississippi forward a petition to acting Governor Winship urging troops not to stay indefinitely amid an expected outbreak between the Newman and Pritchard clans. Sheriff Jones believes a strong clue exists on who shot Dr Ernest Newman. arrests are anticipated tonight. The Newmans, returning from Natchez, say they want peace and all carried arms.
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Miss
Winship
Newman
Pritchard
Jones
Ernest Newman
Newmans
Natchez
Livestock Prices in Chicago Market Report
Cattle receipts 22 000 livestock down 10 cents with beef steers from 4 25 to 7 75 and calves 6 to 8 75. Hogs strong with receipts 18 000 and prices from 7 55 to 8 30. Sheep receipts 22 000 steady with natives 2 75 to 4 65 and lambs 4 50 to 5 50.
Cattle and Hogs Report Strong Receipts at Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards Illinois on August 18 cattle receipts reached 17 000 with prices from 4.40 to 7.60 for beeves and 4 to 5.50 for calves. Hogs receipts 16 000 saw values from 6.90 to 8.10 for pigs and 7.10 to 8.10 for heavy hogs. Sheep receipts 22 000 showed natives 2.75 to 4.75 and lambs 4.25 to 7.60 in a weak market.
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Union Stock Yards
Fexans
Western
Spray Wins Yacht Race in Toledo 21 Footers
Spray of Chicago won the 21footers race in 1 55 19 at Toledo with Elsie of Toledo taking heat B and Stella and Nancy securing class wins. Second place went to Toledo’s Otsieketa Detroit third and Spite fourth with times around 1 57 to 1 58.
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Spray
Toledo
Chicago
Otsieketa
Detroit
Spite
Elsie
Tattoo
Sandusky
Mildred
Stella
Nancy
Girl's body found in Lake Chicago tragedy
Aug 26 report states Miss Emily Scharringhausen, who vanished from government pier Tuesday while fishing with her fiancé, is believed drowned in Lake Chicago after a fainting spell. Police have yet to locate her body.
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Chicago
Emily Scharringhausen
Government Pier
Stampede for gold hits Blue Cloud Gulch near Helena
A stampede has begun to Blue Cloud Gulch west of Helena after rich placer gold strikes. Prospectors predict millions of dollars will be taken from the district. Blue Cloud Gulch prospered in early Montana days before most claims were abandoned when the gold petered out.
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Helena
Mont
Blue Cloud Gulch
Montana
Heat burns Nebraska corn in statewide heat wave
Omaha dispatch reports corn losses exceed 13 million dollars as a heat wave grips Nebraska for weeks, damaging crops across the state and prompting conservative crop estimates from officials.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
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