Wanted helpers and sales agents across varied trades
A compact classified page lists multiple employment notices and solicitations. Positions include firemen and brakemen for railroad entry at La Crosse, seed sales agents in Rochester, office and errand boys in Chicago, nursery stock agents in Rochester, and general sales roles in Iowa. Also offers for clerks, bookkeepers, nurses, housework, and piecework from Chicago to Omaha and beyond.
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Railway Association
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Herrick Seed Company
Rochester
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Sunnyside Ave
Chicago
Perry Nurseries
Ward Borax Co
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Iowa
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Michigan Avenue
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P. O. Box
R. R
Goodrich Drug Co
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Erickson Bakery
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Oscar Hulberg
South Seventeenth
International Art Studios
Love and idols sacred fire not burnt to idols
A reflective line from Geraldine Jewsbury about the nobility of loyal love and devotion. It frames love as a sacred fire that must not be worshipped as idols, warning against idolatry in affection.
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Geraldine Jewsbury
Man's Best Education Quote Sparks Reader Message
A reflective quotation from Gibbons emphasizes self driven learning as the core of male education. The message highlights personal initiative and lifelong study as vital to development.
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Gibbons
Daily Markets Wholesale Fruit Prices and More
A dense index of wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and assorted goods. Bananas lemons cranberries celery oysters apples cabbage grapes fruit boxes onions and other produce are listed with per unit or per box prices. Meat poultry dairy and grain items are also shown with quoted rates from multiple suppliers.
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Wis. Banner
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Notoriety in steer on loading chute grabs attention
The Maryville Tribune notes that a steer attracting crosswise attention in the loading chute does not improve beef quality compared to the rest of the herd.
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Divorce Court No Terrors For Man Who Marries His Pal
A Detroit Free Press item notes the humor in a husband who values friendship with his wife over conflict, suggesting a light take on domestic relations and marriage duties.
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Detroit Free Press
Thought on Actions Reflecting Minds by Locke
A concise reflection asserts that a person’s deeds best reveal their inner thoughts. The quote emphasizes that external behavior provides the clearest interpretation of intent and character.
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Locke
Franklin quote on self improvement for a new year
A concise quotation urging personal betterment through discipline and social harmony. It frames self improvement as a constant battle against vices while maintaining peace with others and welcoming yearly renewal. The message encourages steady progress and self restraint.
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Franklin
Inconsistent Fractions Quip About Women Life Quote
A witty jab from Life magazine echoes a woman’s complaint about being treated as a lesser fraction. The remark frames Womanhood as a whole yet undervalued in social roles and respect.
Livestone Union Stock Yards Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Livestone Union Stock Yards reports Dec 26 hog receipts 16 000 market slow with prices 5 to 10 cents higher mixed and butcher animals 7 60 to 8 00 good heavy 7 70 to 8 00 rough heavy 7 60 to 7 70 light 7 45 to 7 85 pigs 6 50 to 7 40 cattle receipts 2 500 market steady to 10 cents higher beeves 6 80 to 9 70 cows and heifers 3 50 to 8 60 stockers and feeders 5 00 to 7 55 Texans 6 85 to 7 90 calves 7 00 to 11 00 sheep receipts 18 000 market slow steady native 4 60 to 6 00 western 4 65 to 6 00 lambs 6 65 to 8 55 western 6 75 to 8 35
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Boibivaayy Union Stock Yards
Western $4.65 To $6.00; Lambs
Western
Union Stock Yards
Livestock Market Mixed at Union Stock Yards
Hogs receipts 29,000 with dull demand and 5 cents lower. prices range from 6.25 to 10.50 for pigs and calves. Beves, cows, and stockers noted at 3.30 to 9.75, Texans 6.60 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 10,000 with weak market. natives and westerns 4.25 to 5.50, lambs 6.25 to 7.75.
Examination remarks at Arns berg training college
An examiner to fifty six female candidates at a Prussian training college for women teachers told them they had all passed and urged them to seek marriage, claiming prospects for women teachers were poor.
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Prussia
Charlemagne Talisman Traced From Tomb to Napoleon
A golden circular charm with gems including two sapphires and a fragment of the holy cross was found on Charlemagne in his tomb. Napoleon later received the talisman, who then gave it to Hortense, former queen of Holland.
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Rough on the Maid
A Kansas City Journal cartoonish note remarks on social embarrassment when a young woman dates one man and then another, with both suitors arriving together, highlighting etiquette and reputation concerns in local society.
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Kansas City Journal
Confession leads to sharp quip in Baltimore paper
A witty exchange between a husband and wife is quoted with the wife remarking she did a foolish thing by marrying him. The sarcastic husband replies with a sly comment, highlighting the strained domestic humor.
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Baltimore American
Routine Reflections on Nature’s Endless Sunsets
A Collier's Weekly passage notes the persistent quality of sunsets and sunrises across eons. The piece encourages steady effort through repetition, suggesting natural cycles prove enduring even as tasks repeat.
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Nature
Collier’s Weekly
Conversation Sketch Between Lapleigh and Smart
Lapleigh expresses inability to collect his thoughts while Smart advises not to try. The exchange highlights a clash between indecision and pragmatic counsel in a brief dialogue.
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Willing to Be All in a Harsh Lip Lock Scene
A tense exchange unfolds as a wary nurse questions a suitor about kissing. He brushes aside her caution, citing her nursing studies, while she rejects the embrace with a blunt warning about disease.
First Sewing by Machinery Earliest Record in 1775
The first authentic record of sewing by machinery dates to 1775 when a machine was patented in England by Charles F. Weisenthal.
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England
Charles F. Weisenthal
Squeaky Hinges Quick Fix With Soap
The creak of a door can be stopped by rubbing the hinge with soap. This method avoids staining paint, unlike oil.
It Helps It Helps a Lot to Look Successful
The fragment hints at the benefit of appearing successful and how that perception aids progress or progress in endeavors. It emphasizes the value of success as a visual or reputational tool.
New Haven Stock Rise Spurs Settlement Rumors
New York stocks opened quiet on December 27 with buyers finding it easy to sell and traders ceasing to push prices. A rise in New Haven prompted reports of a possible settlement with the government as the market closed firmer.
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New York
New Haven
New York Silver Market Report December 27
Bar silver in London quoted at 2611-16, New York price at 57 1/2 cents per ounce. Demand for sterling set at 485.20 to 485.25.
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London
Kansas City Livestock Market Summary
Cattle receipts 10, market steady with steers and heifers from 4.40 to 8.75, calves 6.50 to 11.00. Hogs receipts 1,500, market steady with prices 7.60 to 7.85 for bulk and 7.55 to 7.85 for light. Sheep receipts 500, market steady with lambs 7.50 to 8.10, ewes 4.00 to 4.75, wethers and yearlings 3.25 to 6.25.
Union Stock Yards hogs and cattle prices pass along Dec
Hogs receipts 16 000 market steady to lower mixed and butchers 7.60 to 7.95 good heavy 7.65 to 7.95 rough heavy 7.55 to 7.65 light 7.45 to 7.82 pigs 6.50 to 7.50 cattle receipts 300 market steady beeeves 6.80 to 9.70 cows and heifers 3.50 to 8.60 stockers and feeders 5.50 to 7.55 Texans 6.85 to 7.90 calves 7.00 to 11.00 sheep receipts 1 500 market slow weak native 4.65 to 6.00 to 8.55 western 6.75 to 8.75
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago Produce Prices Summary
In Chicago on December 27 butter export prices ranged 27 to 36 cents with dairy exports at 29 to 16 cents, eye prime firsts at 32 cents, ordinary 28 to 30 cents. Cheese Twins and Young Americas hover near 15 to 16 cents, potatoes 65 to 70 cents, live poultry quotes cover fowls 13 to 131⁄2 cents, ducks 14 to 15 cents, geese 13 to 14 cents, spring chicks 13 1⁄2 to 14 cents, and turkeys 18 cents.
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Chicago
Grain Prices Mixed Across Wheat Corn and Oats in Chicago
Chicago market summary shows No 2 red wheat at 94.5 to 95.5 cents, No 3 red 91 to 92.5, and various grades of hard spring and yellow wheat. Corn lists No 2 white 68 to 69, No 2 yellow 68 to 69, No 3 61 to 68, with white and yellow variants. Oats quoted No 3 white 38.5 to 39.5, No 4 white 38 to 39 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Markets End Mixed as Wheat Holds at May Prices
Chicago key commodities opened with wheat dipping after a firm start but May orders at 0 cents provided support and kept losses in check. Corn fell fractionally with longs selling freely while oats weakened, and July futures declined. Provisions held a steady hog market early but closed weak in dull trading.
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Chicago
Navin calls Gainer trade risky for Tigers
Detroit owner Frank Navin said he would not sell Del Gainer for 25000 unless he could replace him with another first baseman. Navin warned against overvaluing Gainer, noting he is the least valuable Tiger infielder.
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Frank Navin
Detroit Tigers
Gainer
Tiger
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