Chicago trade review notes improving fall activity and rail expansion
The weekly review compiled by R. G. Dun & Co reports heavy bank payments and more money demand indicating improving fall activity. Widening enterprise in iron and steel grows, with costly railroad terminals and new factories in South Chicago and Gary. Building ops gain as winter nears, but permits remain large and materials absorption strong. Livestock, hides, wool, lumber and minor metals rise. holiday goods exceed demand and textile, footwear, furniture, and food forwardings stay solid. Retail briskness increases in Chicago and interior markets as temps fall and stock depletion advances heavy apparel. Chicago district failures drop to fourteen with liabilities over 5000 at three.
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Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Gary
Trade and industry show favorable gains with cool weather
Trade and industrial developments favor gains as cool weather boosts demand for dry goods clothing shoes hardware groceries lumber and building materials while coal demand rises. Liquor trades regain life and business failures for the week ending Oct 21 in the United States total 244, with Canada at 20.
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United States
Ifke
Canada
Bradstreet's
City Market Price Snapshot From Midwest Agricultural Ratings
A long list of daily commodity prices across multiple cities includes cattle hogs sheep and grains with figures for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and other staples. Entries show Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toled Cincinnati and Cincinnati style price ranges, reflecting regional market conditions and product quality. An obliquely appended sentence references a Brooklyn grave site plea asking visitors not to place flowers at a cemetery.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Munyons Eminent Doctors Here Free Service
Munyons offers free medical examination and diagnosis by eminent doctors. Send a postal request to receive a diagnostic blank and advice with no obligation. If curable you will be told. if not, you will be told so. Munyons 53d and Jefferson streets Philadelphia Pa.
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Munyon’s
53D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Wagner the stormy life of a music pope
Rupert Hughes in Smiths charts Wagner as a controversial genius born to political exile and debt, rising from chorus rejections to worldwide fame. The narrative covers his struggles financing Tristan and Isolde, royal patronage by Ludwig II, and his ultimate exile despite immense influence.
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Wagner
Rupert Hughes
Smith
Liszt
Bavaria
Ludwig II
Stuttgart
Time zones in Europe align with Great Britain standard time
The notice states that standard time in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain matches Great Britain time, while Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Serbia observe times one hour ahead. It presents a concise overview of European time zone relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Holland
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Austria
Denmark
Sweden
Cure for painful skin swellings with Cuticura remedies
O L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee suffered three years from numerous black swellings and itching across face neck and body. After ineffective doctors he used three sets of Cuticura Remedies and soon recovered. February 8 1908. Potter Drug and Chemical Corp sole proprietors Boston.
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O. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Photographic Studio Promises Gift Insight on Upper Floor
A shopper seeking a suitable Christmas gift for a young man asks for help. The salesman suggests an excellent photographic studio on the top floor of the SElevator in the next aisle, offering ideas and selections.
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Selevator
Valuable Home Recipe Promises Quick Cold Cure
A claimed medical authority touts a pine compound mixed with glycerine and whiskey to treat severe colds and throat or lung diseases. Local druggists say the concoction will work, and readers are urged to obtain Concentrated pine in half ounce air tight bottles. A detective vows to pursue a suspect to Pittsburg after an incident.
Various Patent Medicines and Quack Claims Exposed
A jumble of ad copy and sensational claims offers Hall's Catarrh Cure Spohn's Distemper Cure and other tonics. It promotes remedies, warnings against imitations, and testimonials plus a few odd anecdotes about ministers languages and travel.
Trained fruit trees as decorative espaliers across continents
An article discusses how expert gardeners sculpt trees and bushes into shapes like vines, pyramids, and shields. It notes Germany leads in espalier schools and nurseries, with common use among rich and poor gardens, while America lags in propagation and literature on the hobby.
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America
England
Germany
Formobstbaumsehulen
France
Not on Democratic Principles and Legislative Strength
A compact philosophical note cites Macaulay asserting that a legislature not formed on democratic principles cannot endure once its weakness ends. The remark implies the fragility of non democratic assemblies and their reliance on perceived strength.
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Macaulay
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Milwaukee Woman
Milwaukee resident Mrs Pua Lusk reports dramatic relief from female trouble and back pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham, whose letters claim vast cures and free guidance.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia IE
Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Pua Lusk
First St
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
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Mt. Airy
Ines
Earl S. Sloan
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Hesyl
Cincinnati
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ptt _ Guara
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Minneapolis
Mite
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Thompson
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Pittsburg
Lall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Tim
Walpine, Kinnan & Manvin
Hall
Tom
Montgomery Advertiser
Spohn
Spohn Med. Co
Goshen
Ind
Bocker
New York Sun
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Verry Davis
General Boostream
Salvation Army
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