Government Report on Live Stock Market Shows Growth in Receipts
The Treasury Bureau of Statistics reports first quarter 1902 livestock receipts at five interior markets rose above 1901 and 1900 levels. Calves led gains while average hog weights fell across Chicago St Joseph Omaha and Kansas City. Carload shipments rose except Kansas City, with Chicago gaining 6 251 cars year over year as western markets sustain supply.
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Aleged Beef Trust
Bureau of Commence
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Chicago
St. Joseph
Omaha
Kansas City
West
Northwest
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Work on the Farm in Blue Grass as Telegraph Crew Expands
The American Telephone Co. widens line from Blue Grass to Smoky Hollow with about fifty workers living in tents and dining with nearby farmers. Local residents donate meals. several households provide for the crew. The piece also lists various travel rates and deadlines for national meetings and excursions in 1902, including the National Education Association and other fraternal organizations, with details on fares and limits.
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Homeseeker
Illinois Central
California
Ilinois Central
Blue Grass
American Telephone Co
Madge Stuart
John Saltan
Davenport
Minnie Kosnopial
J. C. Watts
Ellery
Pleasant Prairie
Cyrus Baker
Hugo Baucks
Imael Bauck’s
Leslie Wagner
National Educational Association
Minneapolis
Minn
National Baptist Anniversaries
St. Paul
Peoria
Eldora
Colorado
Utah
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Junction
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Des Moines
Iowa
National Convention
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Portland
Ore
Upreme Lodge
Ancient Order United Workmen
Young People’s Christian Union Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Farmington
Iowa Central
Knights of Pythias
San Francisco
Cal
Imperial Council Nobles of
Duncan Illinois Farmers Benefit From Rainfall
The May rainfall revived fields in Duncan Illinois. Farmers expect to finish plowing by midweek as oats look well and pastures recover. Arbor day observed May 2. local church notes and visits by residents are listed alongside ongoing fence-building with woven wire replacing boards.
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Duncan
Ill
H. D. Jennings
Millersbureg
James Gorman
Near Aledo
Aledo
John Almadinger
Muscatine
Lehigh Valley Unveils New Color Poster with Train Arrival
A Lehigh Valley railroad poster shows a train arriving at a station with a bride and groom in the foreground, likely after a pleasant journey. The card advertises sending 10 cents for mailing. Theodore Roosevelt is cited as the fifth Phi Kappa member president after Adams, Pierce, Garfield, and Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Phi Kappa Fraternity
John Quincy Adams
Pierce
Garfield
Arthur
Gatling Plow Promises Sixty Horsepower For Farmers
The inventor Gatling unveils a plow claimed to replace sixty horses in farming tasks. The passage questions practical use for such a powerful contraption among ordinary farmers and considers adoption challenges.
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Gatling
Farmer Raises 92 Wild Ducks on Davenport Island
W D Petersen reports a Davenport area success as the island keeper hatched 92 wild ducks from eggs found along the shore. He raised them in a large wire coop with half used for food and the other half as live decoys aiding Ed Emerson in large game bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. D. Petersen
Peterson's Island
Davenport
Ed Emerson
Lehigh Valley Rail Road Vestibuled Limited Service
The Lehigh Valley rail road offers vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo and Chicago west via Niagara Falls to New York with dining car service a la carte. Stop overs are allowed at Niagara Falls on all through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls
New York
Philadelphia
Japan’s lone orphanage and the care for fatherless children
Japan maintains a single orphanage as the only such institution in the land. Families broadly care for the sick and destitute near them. A superstition holds that a childless home is accursed, shaping social attitudes toward those without offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Prices Current at AUOUALIAE Markets and Retail
The AUOUALIAE Markets report lists stock and poultry prices including hogs 6.40 to 6.65, cattle 3.50 to 4.00, calves 3.60 to 4.50, sheep 3.59 to 4.00, and lambs 3.0 to 4.0 per pound. Retail lines cover produce, dairy, and groceries with rates for apples, onions, cabbage, sugar, coffee, butter, eggs, lard, ham, cheese, sage, fruit, and vegetables.
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Inc
Graham
iTtec
Unclear OCR Daily Rail Snippet From City Mall Route
Fragmentary transport note lists Loing North and Going South directions with times 0.2 and 0.25 near Masonity Mall and Way Freight. Sun ex entries show 10.05. No clear event or entities beyond generic route hints.
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St. Paul Express
Masonity Mall
Sun
Way Freight
Peoria Mall
Peoria Express
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DR. Miles
Miles
W. D. Kreamer
Finity
Kan
Judge Johnson
Lil
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elchart, Ind
Illinois Central Homeseekers
Suth Homeseeker
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Yara
Albert Sea
Cedar Rapids
Onawa
Sioux Falls
Fort Dodge
Southern Homeseeker's Guide
Ohio River
Yazoo Valley
Mississippi
FE. P. Skene
Cedar Falls
Albert Lea
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ackley
le Mars
J. F. Merry
Pass
Dubuque
Florida
Louisville & Nashville
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
L. Stone
Gen. Pass
Louisville ,Ky
Prank’ Mamert
Princeton
Cascarets
Lee D Thompson
Portamouth
Halph Duterd
Clayton
Bridget McCrosson
Bead St
Reilly
Calvin St
Pittsburg
G. A. Prescott
Bina Ag
Wm. Roan
Catamount
P. M. Kelling
Steubenville
Sterling Remedy Company
Muscatine Electric Railway, Onc
Auoualiae Markets
Tue
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Les Nashville
Cincinneati
Louisville
Evansville
Or *T Louis
Nashville
Memphis
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
Pensacola
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Flora
C. L. Stone
Montgomery
Atlanta
Savannah
State OF
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Bares
Alex. Hilton
Bryan Snyder
Thaffic
Traveler's Guide
Lei P Ma
Anja
City
Kansas City Oil
Sur- Éay
É Gow
Evins
Washington
Bow
el Paso
City of Mexico
Wilton
Muscatin
Soup
Lea
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South BY. CO
Roundhouse
Fruitland - Ly
Grandview
Wapello
Elrick Jct
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Elrick Jet
Wapelle Ly
Elrick Junction
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Batty
C. L. Beevers
Agent Geo Fase & Tkt Agt
Mirick Junction
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