Bradstreet's Report Signals Tightening Trade Across Nation
Bradstreet's weekly trade review notes activity focused on staple lines with no overall growth. It cites tighter collections, higher mercantile discounts, cautious credit, drought hurting Southern states, and lumber and wool markets weak. Wheat exports total 2,001,603 bushels this week, with 244 total business failures, up from last week.
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New York
Bradstreet
Weekly Trade Review
United States
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Montreal
Railroads May Carry Letters Without Postage
Washington Aug 24 Acting Postmaster General Neilson modifies the postmaster general order. Railroads may carry letters relating to their business without postage if written by or to their officers and agents and delivered within the line. Third party letters or those not written by or addressed to the company fall under penalties.
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Washington
Neilson
Postmaster-General
Harmon
Infant Monstrosity Dies at Eight Months Old in St Louis
An eight month old male child, Sherman Robert Bure, died of senile debility in St. Louis on August 24. The infant displayed an aged, wedge shaped head and facial hair-like features, with the father noting exceptional brightness and early recognition. The piece compares the child’s rapid growth and decay to the gourd of Jonah and calls him a little old man.
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St. Louis
Sherman Robert Bure
Jonah
Indian in Olympia Stabbed. Jackson Threatened Life
Olympia reports Jimmy Sam, a known local Indian, stabbed Jack son from Lewis county twice in the night. Sam is jailed. Jackson remains alive. Other items include Sagasta stating Cuba war aims and troop embarkations from Spain, plus notes on the Atlas moth.
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Olympia
Wash
Jimmy Sam
Jackson
Lewis County
Tvo
Jimmy
Relics of the Past Unearthed at McKee Rocks Mound
At McKee rocks a mound excavation directed by Thomas Harper reveals 1000 year old bone implements flakers and awls, a gneiss tomahawk, and several giant skeletons. Finds will be sent to Carnegie museum as the site compares with earlier ancient mounds.
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Pitteburg
McKee Rocks
Thomas Harper
Harper Belives
Transvaal Exodists Eye California Mines
Aug 24 San Francisco report says Transvaal mining engineers like Hammond and Perkins have left Johannesburg amid disturbances and now pursue investments abroad. California could attract substantial Transvaal capital as engineers seek new mining opportunities.
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San Francisco
Transvaal
South Africa
California
Hammond
Perkins
Johannesburg
London
Argentina Waives Duties to Promote American Goods Exhibits
The Argentine president issued a decree remitting duties on articles from the United States for showcasing American manufacturing and commerce. The exhibition drive began in Philadelphia with Venezuela granting a concession to an American to set up permanent exhibits in Caracas and Maracaibo. A new phase in the Chile Bolivia Peru dispute promises a Bolivian Pacific outlet by revisiting Tacna and Arica, restoring a coast.
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Washington
Argentina
State Department
United States
Philadelphia
Venezuela
Caracas
Maracaibo
Chile
Bolivia
Peru
Tacna
Arica
Switzerland
Arion
Pacific
Manufacturers Bicyle Association Formed in New York
The World reports big bicycle manufacturers have formed an association to promote sociability and harmony among members. Representing $25,000,000 in rubber and bicycle plant investments, the group formed at the old Manhattan Athletic Club and plans a September banquet with semiannual meetings and tacit understandings among members. Manitoba School Question Said Settled after Manitoba and Dominion governments’ talks. Franklin noted as a young economy writer. A banker conference led by J Edward Simmons and Frederick D Tappen aimed to ease gold imports.
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New York
Manhattan
J. Edward Simmons
Frederick D. Tappen
Average dairy cows yield five thousand pounds milk yearly
An Agricultural Department bulletin says a very good annual milk yield is about 5,000 pounds per cow with 200 to 220 pounds of butter. many herds exceed this with practical farming. It urges dairy farmers to improve herd quality, keep fewer cows, and raise average standards. It also notes damp grain threshing issues and risks of stored grain heating if not dried properly.
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Agricultural Department
Balletin
United States
Special Room for Harness Keeps Gear Longer
Farmers waste leather by storing harness in damp pegs behind horses where odor and excrement contaminate it. A separate, cleaned room preserves leather, reduces wear, and may extend harness life from ten to twenty years. Regular sponging and oiling followed by dry rubbing help maintain quality. Ontario Family Herald.
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Ontario Family Herald
Rearing Guinea Fowls Requires Free Roaming Hen
The article notes many failures stem from confining the hen in a coop. Guinea fowl depend on natural food and must run with the flock. Start with short outdoor periods, gradually increasing, feed every two hours, and provide finely chopped meat with mashed potatoes and oat meal paste. Insects are essential for easy rearing.
Pure bred swine prove superior with proper care and feeding
The article argues many farmers doubt the advantage of pure bred hogs. It says crossbred sows to thoroughbred males fatten better and mature earlier, given good care. It warns that high profit requires attentive management and cites a Nebraska cattle feeder with large corn and beet operations as a careful record keeper.
Beets and Corn Cut Fatten Dairy Herds Wisconsin
The record shows nine years of costs per head from 14 to 32.39 dollars. In 1893 sugar beets and corn fed after shredding yielded 50 to 50 tons per acre of fodder and 44 bushels of corn per acre. Feeding beets reduced fattening costs to under 10 dollars per head and prevented hog cholera, while beet tops were valued at about 3 dollars per acre for cattle feed.
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Frst
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Burning tops to curb potato rot and better celery quality
Farmers advised to burn potato vines afterdigging to stop fungal spread and avoid feeding diseased tubers to stock. Notes that vines contain potash and ashes recycle value while rotting manure spreads germs. Also discusses celery growth quality and nitrates, and Canada thistle seed production on rich prairies in the West.
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Canada
Hands of Milkmen and Grip Strength
The article argues milkmen need strong hand muscles to milk many cows in succession and maintain a firm grip. It notes a friend who claimed he could pick milkmen by grip firmness, comparing it to secret society distinctions though in a different sense.
Apple Fertilization Tips From Historical Orchard Advice
The article advises plenty of water for orchards, notes spray regimens affect yields, and recommends fertilization with farmyard manure or wood ashes. It mentions seaweed as a fertilizer and cites the Ben Davis apple origin in Tennessee with Virginia grafts, highlighting the value of proper feeding for apple trees.
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Ben Davis
Tennessee
Logan
Butler
Virginia
Garden Notes on Potatoes Strawberries and Plant Health
Garden notes discuss Bordeaux mixture for potatoes and lists named strawberry varieties from Wisconsin including Warfeld No. 2 Enhance Better Wood Parker Earle Boynton Vale Fark Beauty Haverland Lovett’s Early Barton’s Eclipse. Rhode Island tests advise copper sulfate spray 4 to 8 gallons per pound for bermeaux mix in potato patches.
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Wisconsin
Parker Earle
Boynton
Vale
Fark Beauty
Haverland
Lovett's
Rhode Island
China
Japan
Connecticut
Slavery in Alaska Reflected in a Sitka Letter
A Sitka Letter in the Chicago Record describes lingering slavery among Alaska Natives. It notes two Indians on a street seen as master and slave with the slave better dressed and wiser, recounts that captives and stolen children formed bondage, and cites government efforts to end the practice while warnings and ghost stories keep slaves controlled.
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Alaska
Wachuset
Father Bar- Him
Yukon
North Pole
Chicago
Local Editor Chandlers Odd Tale of a Half Black Neighbor
A serious-faced man pitches a quirky item to a city editor about a neighbor with half of his body black. The reporter fails to meet him. a note arrives revealing the other half is also black, changing the tale.
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Elty
Dime Musewn
Ilo
Shiawassee County
Ife
New York Recorder
Gem of Our Collection Apple Core Story
A museum manager hails a visitor’s curiosity about a displayed item. The gem is described as the apple core given away by a presidential candidate when he was a boy, illustrating a famed but simple artifact in the collection.
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Buffalo Times
Laundryman Quips About Advertising Back of Shirt
Hustling Sam explains he wants his shirt laundered both sides to sell ad space on the back. The laundryman questions the purpose as the pair discuss an eye for business and selling advertising space on fabric in a Washington era tone.
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Washington Tinea
Women Live Longer In Twenty Five Year Insurance Study
Ife Insurance statistics show women’s life expectancy rising from about 42 to nearly 46 over twenty five years, a gain exceeding 9 percent. Men's average life expectancy rose from about 42 to 44, a smaller increase.
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Ife Insurance
Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a $100 reward for any failure and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials. The note also mentions local remedies and a Chicago fat man's club rumor.
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J. Coaney & Co
Toledonto
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hadi
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