Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices Edge on Mixed Market
Wheat mixed with price shifts as weather favors crops and deferred futures weaken. Corn declines modestly amid increased country offerings from Illinois and Iowa, with July opening near 75 to 76 cents and September near 73 to 75 cents. Hog prices dip slightly on fair receipts while soft coal and local retail markets show modest changes. The report cites Chicago area grain prices, with further discounts widening between old and new crop futures.
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Illinois
Iowa
Bull
Commission House
Moline Markets and Quotations
Daily market listings from Moline include grains oats corn and rye plus hay and straw values. Also shown are dairy eggs potatoes apples onions turnips and various meats and fish with price notes. Coal prices and a regional medical ad for catarrh cure are listed alongside general goods data.
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H Wilson
Market Square sales report in Rock Island
On Thursday sales at Market Square included fourteen loads of oats at 46 to 47 cents, five loads of corn at 70 cents, two loads of potatoes at $1, and five loads of Timothy hay at 14 to 15 dollars. An odd closing line promotes Rocky Mountain Tea Great medicine by F W Uhrus.
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Rock Island
Market Square
Recital at Augustana College by Misses Anderson and Paulson
May 19 events note a recital at Augustana College featuring Miss Alice Anderson and Miss Minnie Paulson. The following week on May 26 a fundraising card party and dance is held by Industrial Home. A cautionary ad warns against substitutes for Rocky Mountain Tea from Madison Medicine Co.
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Augustana College
Alice Anderson
Minnie Paulson
Voru
Madison Medicine Co
Taylor Ridge News Briefs May 16 Neighbors visit and travel notes
Miss Ida Brussells left Sunday for Nichols Iowa for a summer visit with her brother. Wil lie Blawer, Gottlieb Blawer's youngest son, fell from a ladder injuring his elbow. Charles Miller and sister visited their cousin George Roberts last Sunday. Miss Jennie McAfee left for Stanton IL last Wednesday. Grandpa Spickler returned home from Geneseo Monday and is very weak but hopes to regain mobility.
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Taylor Ridge
Journal
Ida Brussells
Nichols
Iowa
Gottlieb Blawer
Willie
Charles Miller
George Roberts
Jennie McAfee
Stanton, IL
Geneseo
Wake brief items and deaths in Zuma township notes
WAKE. WAKE May 15 Special to the Journal George Wake recovering from neuralgia of the stomach and Doyle Wake son of Frank Wake is convalescing from intermittent fever Dr Bruner attended. Will Tinker welcomed a second assistant butter-maker May 10 weighing ten pounds. Wm White age 75 died May 10 in Zuma township funeral at Zuma M E church interment Mount Pleasant cemetery. Rev Bussey and Rev McCormick involved in Memorial and Decoration Day services. Lana White’s nurse returns to Davenport Mrs Davis of LeClaire assists. Tri-City Bottled Milk & Butter Co offers pasteurized milk and cream by phone 1241 Rock Island. 10-12-14-16
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Zuma Township
Crawford
Davenport
Zuma M. E
Bussey
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
McCormick
Rose Hill
Zuma M E. Church
Lana White
Davis
LeClaire
Lana
Fragmented 19th Century Tidbits Mixed With Census Notes
A collage of jokes and remarks from late 19th century papers includes derisive quips about Van Dauber and a socialite entertainer, a mock dialogue about wealth and happiness, plus a snippet on a census in the Philippines and a U.S. Army supervised Minia census. The pieces mention figures like 244742 and 12,000,000, with references to Spain’s colonial reach and conflicting counts.
Bre'r William and Bre'r Thomas in a Southern dialect exchange
A short Atlanta Constitution line features Bre'r William insisting he cannot swim while Bre'r Thomas questions him about the other side of the Jordan. The dialogue injects regional voice and humor into a quip about readiness and safety.
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William
Jordan
Thomas
Atlanta Constitution
Golf decides Kettering site in council clash
In England the Urban council and school board failed to agree on a building site and settled the dispute by a round of golf. The councillors won, ending the disagreement with the result left to sport.
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Urban Council
Kettering
England
Woman Holds Up Train in Arizona Report Details
A Chicago Daily News account notes a woman allegedly stopped a train in Arizona. The piece emphasizes the unusual nature of female train robberies and recalls prior similar incidents.
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Myer
Arizona
Chicago Daily News
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