Grain and livestock markets tied to week of unsettled prices
The Market report from the U S Department of Agriculture notes wide moves across grains with Chicago May wheat down to $1 11 per bushel and corn near 53 cents. futures in Kansas City Minneapolis and Winnipeg also retreat. Livestock prices rise with hogs, beef steers and lambs posting gains while feeds soften and cash markets show mixed signals. Cabbage, apples, potatoes and dairy prices move in limited ranges as demand stays uneven.
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Chicago
Fort Dearborn
Iowa
Kansas
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Winnipeg
New York
Maine Green Mountains
New York City
Northern
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Apple
Baldwins
Maine
Boston
Michigan
Northwestern
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Tennessee
Nancy Halls
Timothy
Memphis
Atlanta
Prairie
Fort Worth Stock Market Slows Amid Varied Cattle Demand
In Fort Worth Texas on Friday cattle sold at steady prices for some classes while overall market weakened. Receipts included undesirable yearlings and coarse holdover steers from South Texas causing slow trade. Useful steers brought around 6.25 dollars and heavy cattle about 5.75.
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Fort Worth
Tex
South
Texas
Are You Ailing A Suggestion Worth While
Mrs. Pearl Holt reports relief from women’s trouble after using Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and praises the Medical Adviser offered by the doctor. She paid $1.00 to receive the cloth bound 1 000 page volume from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Pearl Holt
Deer Park St
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Ice Formations in Polar Seas Creating Towering Floes
In the Polar sea ice thickens far beyond common limits due to limited southern outlets. Ancient floes press together forming high hedge like walls and chaotic fields of angular blocks. When two floes meet, crushed edges rise as much as fifty feet above water, covering areas up to a mile across.
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Polar Sea
Telephone Call Sparks Warm Exchange Across Distances
A brief exchange captures affection as Gerald and Geraldine speak by telephone. The New York Sun notes the emotional distance bridged by the call, highlighting warmth and mutual regard between the speakers.
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Geraldine
Gerald
New York Sun
Calomel warning ad promotes Dodson's Liver Tone
A consumer warning against calomel touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute. The ad claims calomel causes cramps sickness and salivation and urges readers to seek the liver toning product from a druggist for quick relief and no salts.
Remedy for Burn Pain Using Sodium Bicarbonate
A historical note advises treating superficial burns or scalds with powdered sodium bicarbonate. Moisten the powder with water and spread thickly over the burn to relieve pain.
Bond's Liver Pill Adventure Against Colds
An old advertisement urges taking Bond's Liver Pills at the first sign of colds fever headache to purge the system. It claims the pills help Nature remove poisonous waste from clogged bowels and are better than calomel cures.
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Nature
Young William Names Kitten Mary After Careful Observation
In a Harold a tale from Harper's Magazine five year old William Martin asks if a stray kitten is a boy or girl. The boy names the kitten Mary after seeing her washing her face and behind her ears, a trait he links to being female.
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William Martin
Mary
William
Harper’s Magazine
The Seeing Eye stonecutters and a cathedral dream
A stranger asks three stonecutters what they are doing. The first says he earns seven dollars fifty a day, the second says he is cutting stone, and the third envisions building a cathedral. The tale invites reflection on purpose and vision.
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The
Christian Register
Boston
Strolling Not Real Exercise Says YMCA Director
A YMCA athletic director warns that strolling for exercise yields little benefit. He cites a man walking three to four miles after supper as an example of inactive effort. He notes swimming a quarter mile in half an hour is ineffective and urges brisk, focused activity for real results.
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Endorsed as Superior Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as the standout medicine for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims rapid gentle relief from a vegetable formula and invites readers to test with a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Winston Churchill as painter delights guests at Dunrobin
Sir Auckland Geddes reported at an art exhibition that Winston Churchill both writes and paints. He stayed recently at Dunrobin Castle with the duke and duchess of Sutherland, who recalled his original habit of painting a castle tower during his visit and keeping a portrait of himself.
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Winston
Auckland Geddes
Winston Churchill
Dunrobin Castle
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
Churchill
Airplanes Frighten Cattle in Nevada Pens
The article notes cattle near Elko, Nevada, terrified by aircraft during air mail operations. It mentions Southern Pacific may relocate shipping pens to avoid exposure to planes and describes the pens as flimsy two inch planks unable to restrain panicked cattle. It also references turkey etymology with odd asides about origins.
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Ocampo
Southern Pacific
Elko
United States Air Mail Service
Undefined Brilliance In A Woman And A Critic
A fragment cites a Boston transcript where a woman is praised for shining and a father explains a critic as an artistic knocker. The brief dialogue juxtaposes vanity and critique, presenting a humorous small discussion about perception and评价.
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Boston
Transcript
Sundial lore and Cascarets sales pitch blend in odd article
A quirky piece mixes ancient sundial lore with an advertisement praising Cascarets as a gentle laxative. It claims ancient engineers could judge origin by latitude and touts Cascarets as effective, non griping, ten cents a box, suitable for children as well.
Saint Peter's Church Origin and 17th Century Rebuild
The Church of St. Peter, hailed as a pinnacle of church architecture, was completed in its current form in the early 1600s and is traditionally linked to its founding by Emperor Constantine.
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St. Peter
Constantine
Dome Designed by Michelangelo Attracts Pilgrims
The facade recounts that under Pope Sylvester I in the fourth century the basilica drew crowds. Michelangelo is credited with designing the famed dome, a beacon for pilgrims and visitors.
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Sylvester I
Michelangelo
Classifying Girls Names Reflects Social Stereotypes
A writer lists common associations for girls names. Lucy suggests tenderness and cling, Margaret and Elizabeth imply bearing a cross with patience, Olive means successful and hard, Susan and Sally imply bewitching, Ethel lacks imagination, Madge witty, and Anne is described as a truly womanly woman.
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Lucy
Margaret
Elizabeth
Olive
Susan
Sally
Ethel
Madge
Anne
Medal of Honor origins and early awards
The article notes the Medal of Honor’s institution by law and mentions a July date for it, while detailing Congress approval and a gold medal struck for General Washington on March 25, 1776. It also cites a silver medal awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Fleury for gallantry at Stony Point on July 15, 17.
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Congress
Washington
Fleury
Stony Point
Petting Parties Compared To Kissing Games
The writer suggests petting parties resemble early kissing games, noting little difference in concept or social behavior between the two in public or social settings.
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Peden Iron & Steel CO
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Lohn
Dodson
Sherlock Holmes
Nevada
Turkey
Detroit
Mich
Man
Michael Fako
East
Palmer Avenue
Pompeii
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