Argo Red Salmon Pack Leads Alaska Packers Figures
The Alaska Packers Association supplied the government with hundreds of thousands of salmon cases annually. At Camp Thomas 240000 cans were inspected and only four defects found. The Argo Red Salmon brand is noted. Southern Pacific earned $1,045,291 in January 1906, up about 45 percent from the year before, while Union Pacific profits rose $439,645, or 19 percent.
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Alaska Packers Association
Camp Thomas
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Allcock's Plasters Endure Sixty Years of Endorsement
Historical claim touts Allcock's Plasters as having stood tests of sixty years with wide public use and endorsements from medical authors and countless patients. The text also contains unrelated and unclear personal remark about a man and his wife.
Name shifts of Manhattan from New Orange to New York
The island was named New Orange for 15 months after the Dutch lost control. English then renamed New Amsterdam to New York. Dutch briefly reclaimed it in July 1763 calling it New Orange. English retook it in November 1767 and restored the name New York, which has endured.
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Manhattan Island
New Orange
New Amsterdam
New York
Housewife Ready for Guests With Argo Red Salmon
With cans of Argo Red Salmon in the pantry and an Argo Red Salmon Cook Book the housewife is always prepared for unexpected company. It can be served in many different ways.
British Exports From Newcastle District Half Year 1905
Consul H W Metcalf reports Newcastle consular district exports for the half year ended December 31 1905 at 1 907 368 dollars up from 949 358 dollars in 1904. Principal items include antimony asphaltic liquid and concrete books chemicals firebricks coal and coke gunmetal grindstones whisky and wool.
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Newcastle
United States
H. W. Metcalf
Salmon prize at St Louis Exposition awarded for color
Argo Red Salmon won the errand prize at the St Louis Exposition as the only salmon award given at any fair for color and quality.
Department store salesladies and attention in Philadelphia
Dubley notes salesladies look away when Mrs. Schoppen seeks service. Mrs. Schoppen confirms, saying she has noticed the habit in department stores in Philadelphia. The exchange highlights customer service quirks in retail settings.
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Dubley
Cures and elixirs offered for nervous diseases and health
An assortment of patent medicine pitches includes Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Tonic five dollar trial bottle and free treatise, Woolford’s Itch Cure in 30 minutes, and Dr E Detchon’s remedies. claims promise relief from hysteria to rheumatism and digestive complaints, with home remedies and moral advice woven in.
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Dr. Pierce
Com- Pierce
Pierce
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Woolford
E. Detchon
Argo Red Salmon Takes Center in Alaska Fisheries
Alaska fisheries generate surplus revenues for the government with the Argo Red Salmon caught here and canned locally. The fish is a defining harvest for the region and reflects the broader revenue impact of Alaska's fishing industry.
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Alaska
United States
Automatic loom threads lace needles in Swiss factory
A Swiss factory operates a nearly automatic machine that threads and knots a thousand needles per minute. It advances each needle, threads it, cuts a uniform length, and places it in a rack. Previously threading these needles was done by hand.
Woman in Ironton Describes Decade of Kidney Illness
Mrs. Rennethe Myers of 180 South Tenth St Ironton Ohio reports five years of kidney trouble leaving her fading and frail for six months confined to home. She describes nervous sleepless nights dizziness swelling and frequent urine issues as she sought relief from the ailment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Missie Moore
W. 26Th St
N.Y
Mrs. Piam
Lydia B
Rennethe Myers
South Tenth St
Ironton, O
New York Girl in Town Fled Home Beaten and Homeless
Mary Schemera a 16 year old girl fled her step parents home on Remsen Street Astoria last Christmas due to ill treatment. She slept in boxes and hallways since leaving home and was found by Astoria police then sent to Gerry Society. Magistrate noted her hardship and her shelter in Steinway Long Island City.
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Mary Schemera
Remsen Street
Astoria
Magistrate Smith
Long Island
Gerry Society
Eleventh Avenue
Steinway
Long Island City
Mke
Foreman Died in Belmont Tunnel Pump Accident
Evan Collister, foreman in shaft No. 2 Belmont tunnel, was sucked into a suction pump intake near Forty second Street and the East River. The pump, keeping air pressure, collapsed his lungs and caused fatal injuries. he was pulled out after a brief stoppage.
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Evan Collister
Belmont Tunnel
Forty-second Street
East River
Collister
McCourt
Subway Conductor Suffers Toe Injuries At Grand Central
Nathan Lesser, a subway express conductor, lost the tips of two toes and badly crushed a third after an unknown person pulled the bellrope as his train pulled from Grand Central Station. The sudden stop left the cars crowded and Lesser with a foot trapped between platforms.
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Nathan Lesser
Lesser
Grand Central Station
Limitation of Larchmont Liability by Judge Adams
In Admiralty Court Judge Adams limited Joy Steamship Company liability for the Larchmont sinking to 102 dollars and 12 cents after 160 lives were lost. The Slocum disaster saw over a thousand dead with vessel ownership liability fixed at 8000 dollars, per a 1851 federal statute limiting steamship company liability to wreck value.
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Larchmont
Adams
Admiralty
United States District Court
Joy Steamship Company
Slocum
St Helena Inhabitants Jobs Limited to Rat Catching
A. G. Wise, secretary of the St Helena committee in London, says after troop withdrawal the island is bankrupt and the only occupation for inhabitants is catching rats, with the government paying two cents per rat.
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A. G. Wise
St. Helena
London
Robert Beattie Elected Director of Trust & Safe Deposit Co
Robert Beattie was elected a director of the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company to succeed Jay Cooke Jr who resigned from the post.
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Robert Beattie
The
Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company
Jay Cooke, Jr
British Commons Hostile to Woman Suffrage Bill
The Woman's Enfranchisement Bill is practically killed for the present session in the British House of Commons. The gallery was crowded with women as a petition bearing 21 000 signatures protesting suffrage was presented.
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House of Commons
French contractor in Salem sleeps with dynamite in bed
A Salem Massachusetts contractor is reported to have slept with a bundle of dynamite under his bed believing it would protect him. He told investigators the device was intended to deter intruders during a personal crisis. He was not harmed.
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Salem
Mass
SON
Trade Review Reports Bright Spring Demand Across Sectors
R G Dun weekly trade review notes spring activity compares favorably with last year despite poor weather in some regions. Cotton and steel industries show strong orders, pig iron output near record levels, footwear prices high delaying fair shoe contracts, hides and leather easing prices. Iron and steel prices steady with delivery premiums. mills oversold, few prompt shipments. Birmingham pig iron contracts extend into quarter four with $4 per ton spot to third quarter gap.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
New England
Iron and
Birmingham
Grain and dairy prices across Baltimore New York and Philadelphia
In Baltimore market reports dull wheat and steady corn with mixed spot bids and rising receipts for grains. Butter and eggs show firm or improved demand while cheese remains steady. New York and Philadelphia quote no major changes in wheat corn oats butter and eggs with varying bid prices and onboard or f.o.b. figures.
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Baltimore
New York
Duluth
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York Beef and Cattle Prices Report
Dull dull beef 7.9 cents per lb with exports and receipts for 100 cattle and 324 calves. Veals steady to strong with ranges 6.00 to 9.00 and city dressed veals 8.13, country 8.2. Hogs steady with good light state hogs at 7.60. Chicago prices show cattle steady to strong with steers 4.26 to 6.85, heifers 2.65 to 5.25, cows 5.00 to 8.25, hogs strong to 6 below 7, lambs 7.00 to 8.00.
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New York
Harlem
Chicago
Worth Remembering Warrant Figures in Claremont Meeting
A historical note highlights a five foot warrant with 41 articles for a town meeting in Claremont New Hampshire. Other curios include Bann India carpet valued over 1 million dollars in pearls and diamonds and Greece flour import concerns stirring millers. US capital investment in Canada tops 200 million over a decade across farms factories forests mills and more.
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Claremont
N. H
Bann
India
Lord Kitchener
Ireland
Athens
George Horton
Greece
United States
Canada
J. Pincine Mor
Father’s Little Scheme and a Toledo Notary Ad
Fragments reveal a melodramatic parental plot to block a marriage. A notary public in Toledo certifies J Cheney as senior partner of F J Co and references medical tonics and testimonials for sale.
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Beeros
J. Cheney
F.J. Co
Toledo
Haly
A. D
Gleason Notary Public
Chen A & Co
Hall
Let Everybody Plant Trees Says Craftsman Opinion
The Craftsman urges landowners to plant trees in all available spaces to produce beauty and future timber. It notes white oak is forested by nature, black walnut and chestnut grow quickly and are valuable, and cabinet woods will remain in demand for furniture making.
Automobile Dinner Invitations and a Dead Man
A Keegret recalls a misstep at an event and notes W. K. Vanderbilt Jr hosted a large dinner the previous year. Some invitations were declined by motorists Vanderbilt barely knew, with one reply referencing the death of Mr. T. Willis Pitene last March and implying he would have attended otherwise.
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W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Fooled the Preacher Coffee Foolery and Postum Trial
A doctor quit coffee after discovering its harm and advocates Postum as a substitute. His wife relays how he fooled his brother a clergyman at dinner by serving Postum, noting four years of benefit and no longer drinking coffee.
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Lip
Postum
Iim
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