Millions of Dollars Made in Wheat Market Frenzy
Fluctuations in the grain market brought large fortunes to traders at the major grain centers. Reports detail bets, profits, and the fevered activity on the Chicago St Louis and other exchanges as weather and crop news drove prices skyward. The piece notes sensational sums won and lost while warning that much of the fortune tale rests on rumor and transit of news through brokers and telegraph operators.
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Secretary of Agriculture
St. Louis
Chicago
St Louis
Grain Transport Estimates in Early Ship Movements
A fragmentary report outlines wheat carrying ships and cargo figures totaling 4 965 048 bushels. It notes large vessels and engagement at a port with reference to 169 009 bushels per ship and comparison to other craft.
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Alligators as Mascots Ringed The Man Outrank The Rabbitt
A Chicago trend features stuffed alligators as mascots and fetishes with prices from two dollars and fifty cents to thirteen dollars for 4 foot specimens. Dealers note demand from summer resorts and collectors, with mounts sold in various sizes including injured or imperfect skins.
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Chicago
Uncertain Portraits and Odd Household Customs
A fragment describes an upright figure with hind leg support and a front arm to hold trinkets like a seashell or match safe, placed in entry halls or rooms as a decorative yet functional piece. It notes garish drapery, summer girls, and use as a memo file for season records beside a brief mention of a colored poet obtaining a federal office from Ohio.
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Chicago Times
Herald
Care of a Bicycle and Wicker Furniture Notes
Practical advice on bicycle upkeep including cleaning, lubrication, bearing checks, and storage. Emphasizes dry, clean conditions, careful oil use, and periodic chain cleaning. Also discusses wicker furniture as versatile in small rooms with upholstery and illustrations from The Woman's Companion.
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India
Pineapple Fritters From a Historic Recipe
A historical recipe describes preparing pineapple fritters by paring a small pineapple, slicing thin, soaking in wine and sugar, then battering with flour butter cream and salt. The mixture is fried until evenly browned and drained on blotting paper before serving with sugar on a lace doily.
Recipe For Chowchow Pickle And Bird Sight Fact
A fragment describes a chowchow pickle recipe with chopped green and ripe tomatoes peppers onions and spices and vinegar then shifts to a note on bird vision noting British naturalists claim the Eestrer has exceptional sight. The two items are presented as separate, non-related items in the readable text.
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Stotims Board of Prade
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Lake Ontario
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Alligators
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Poes
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Woman's Companion
Niawepar
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