Trade slower amid election delays and car shortages
R G Dun reports a usual post election pause, worsened by freight car and labor shortages, traffic delays, idle machinery, and looming strikes. Retail stays steady on mild days, wholesale holiday goods stay busy, cotton goods demand weak, grain transport limits harm markets, November failures total 1,221,132 with most liabilities in manufacturing and trading.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Northwestern
Commodity Price Movements Across Baltimore and New York Markets
Market notes show mixed but steady to firm tones across grains and staples. Wheat and corn hold steady to firmer prices with regional variations. oats and hay show firmness, while butter and cheese stay steady. Cottonseed oil and turpentine show minor gains, coffee and eyes prices hold firm amid receipts and nearby supplies.
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Baltimore
New York
Duluth
F. O. B. Mills
Rio
Pennsylvania
Beef and Hogs Prices Trend Across New York and Chicago Markets
Price ranges for beef veal and Texan cattle hold steady while calves and dressed meat show firm or nominal shifts. Sheep and lambs dip then rise, hogs slip in New York and stay firm in Chicago. Cattle and hog segments display mixed movement across markets.
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New York
Chicago
Worth Remembering Highlights From a Bustling Era
A collection of concise notes: two million sheep eaten in Paris each year, the late Premier Seddon of New Zealand leaving an estate around 50 600, slates replaced by washable paper in London schools, a widow funding a blind point type magazine, Methodism tracing a follower back over a century, and Mary Ramsey Lemens Wood celebrating her hundredth birthday at Hillsboro.
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Paris
Seddon
New Zealand
London
New York
Mary Ramsey Lemens Wood
Hillsboro
Bewhiskered Pete Dead Fire Horse Of New York District
Pete the bewhiskered goat known in the Fourth Street and Amsterdam Avenue area died Thursday from overexertion while duties as part of the Juvenile Fire Department. The nearly 22 year old animal worked as a fire horse drawing a cart during pretend blazes near Central Park before the fatal run on Sixty third Street near West End Avenue.
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Pete
Fourth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
George Forns
Central Park
Sixty-third Street
West End Avenue
Stowaway Froths at Quarantine Deck on Petersborg Arrival
A Rotterdam stowaway named Harry Besfallen leaped from the new Russian steamer Petersborg as she neared Staten Island. He yelled America then tried to swim ashore before being captured by the quarantine boat. He claimed the sight of land drove him to abandon ship due to nerves from his European sojourn.
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Petersborg
Staten Island
Harry Besfallen
Rotterdam
America
Bessallen
Europe
Poolroom Men Clash With Track Police Over Mirrors
In a Duck race event the poolroom signal men stationed above the Aque track retaliated against police flashing mirrors. The police aimed sun glare at reporters to hinder race news gathering. After a lively exchange the police abandoned the plan, then the poolroom men stopped flashing once their mirrors failed.
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Poolroom
Aqueduck
City orders Knickerbocker Trust to remove building front
Justice O Gorman in Special Term of the Supreme Court rules the Knickerbocker Trust Company must cut off the entire front of its Fifth Avenue and Thirty fourth Street building for encroaching the stoop line. Corporation Counsel Ellison says notices will be served to property owners along the avenue. The city plans to widen Twenty third Street to Central Park and needs the space. Pencils Are Higher Now. Lead pencils priced under 3 60 per gross rise 5 to 25 cents per the new wholesale lists. Some foreign pencil lines also show price lists. Higher labor and material costs cited. Retail prices may follow. Dealers say profit is too small.
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Justice O'Gorman
Supreme Court
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Stoop Line
Ellison
Twenty-eighth
Fifty-ninth Streets
Stoop
Twenty-third Street
Central Park
Hunters on Long Island Open Deer Season Amid Breakage
Nearly 1,000 hunters opened the Long Island deer season with about 40 deer killed. Reckless shooting caused property damage and injuries, prompting talk of a permanent close season. A deer crossed Long Island Sound to Connecticut, eight to fifteen miles away, confirmed by the oyster steamer Row crew. A fast elevated mono-rail rapid transit plan drew support at a Rapid Transit Commission hearing, potentially making New York the first U S city with a mono-rail system.
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Long Island
Oakdale
Sound
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Wilson Point
Row
Committee
Rapid Transit Commission
Behr
New York
United States
Cairo reformer taps Nile for irrigation near Cheops
A progressive Arab of Cairo builds wells and lays irrigation pumps at the foot of the pyramid Cheops and the Sphinx as ancient sands yield to green fields signaling a shift from old to new Egypt. Spain reportedly has about 1,890,000 beehives producing 19,000 tons of honey, marking its role as a major iron user.
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Cairo
Pyramid
Cheops
Sphinx
Egypt
Spain
Man Tells Experience With Deans Kidney Pills
Montpelier Ohio resident Joseph Wilgus states exposure and driving caused kidney trouble with irregular and frequent passages. He reports pain, discoloration, and retention at times. Dean's Kidney Pills gave relief from the first dose and renewed vitality. endorsed by the user. Sold by all dealers for 65 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Joseph Wilgus
Montpelier
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Tiffany Spoons Bring Twice Bought Wedding Gift
An American couple in London spot a case of Tiffany silver teaspoons on Oxford Street. The salesman confirms the hallmarks and offers them at three shillings each, explaining the spoons were a wedding gift exchange. The husband realizes he previously gave the same set as a wedding present and plans playful revenge at dinner.
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London
Oxford Street
Constance
Mary
New York Press
Gold in the craw of Klondike duck shocks Dawson Daily News
A wild widgeon killed on the Klondike flats carried twelve gold colors in its craw. Jack Lee shot the bird on the Klondike north fork route and Colonel Williams of the Bonanza Basin dredge bought it with others. The source notes gold is found on the river bottom but not typically in such abundance, leaving questions about the bird’s feeding spot.
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Klondike
Jack Lee
North Fork
Colonel Williams
Bonanza Basin
Dawson Daily News
Sherman tale echoes Ute plunder and cunning
The New York Tribune recalls a Sherman anecdote from the plains about an Injun asking for worn-out guns to kill buffalo, not soldiers, proving the tribes’ wits but affirming that Uncle Sam’s troops prevail in the end.
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Sherman
Uncle Sam
New York
IT's THE FOOD The True Way to Correct Nervous Troubles
A man recounts digestion problems from waffles and meat heavy breakfasts. After switching to Grape-Nuts and avoiding coffee, he improved greatly, gaining weight and losing nervous symptoms in about six weeks. He credits Postum Co. with the product promotion.
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Postum Co
Battle
Ambitious Reginald Under Scrutiny by Father
In Chicago News style a daughter defends Reginald as ambitious, noting his talk of plans. The father questions if Reginald even mentions his name, prompting a wary exchange about motive and character.
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Iarbeco
Bartholow
Jefferson
Hare
Univ. of
Finle Hingwood
Ben
Med
Chicago
John Ifincinnati
John Sudden
Cincinnati
M.D
Hahnemann
Reginald
Chicago News
Agricultural Fair Draws Crowds at Bulawayo Region
At Bulawayo, several hundred miles north of the Transvaal on the Cape to Cairo line, a well attended agricultural fair drew interest from local residents and visitors alike.
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Bulawayo
Transvaal
Cape To Cairo
Livingston
Hall's Catarrh Cure Publicized Amid Counterclaim
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh with a $100 reward offering for any failure, while a separate note reports a French election candidate suing a motor manufacturer for $2000 damages due to car breakdowns.
Remarkable Cure Report for Cuticura Remedies
A 72 year old man with blood poisoning and severe foot wounds credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with a dramatic full recovery after two weeks. He describes hospital treatment, long suffering, and disbelief at the healing, noting the transformation observed by others. The testimonial is dated August 21, 1905, Newburgh, New York.
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Robert Schoenhauer
Newburgh
N. X
All Cock's Plaster Endorsed For Back Aches
Marion Harland cites Eve's Daughters praising All cock's Plaster as a comforter for slow back recovery and persistent pain. The ad text urges constant wear, with renewal as it wears, claiming tonic relief and support for heavy lower back discomfort. It ends with a quip about a man’s mood changing color schemes.
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America
Eve
Winslow's Syrup Teething Remedy Fights Pain
A historical note touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething in children. It claims gum softening, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and wind colic cure in a 25 cent bottle. Also includes a proverb about fools and wise men.
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