Wall Street Dull Market as Corn Crop Outlook Weighs
New York August 4 dull stock market with light deal making and little outside interest. Corn crop conditions dominate sentiment while bonds remain steady and key issues show fractional changes. Prime mercantile paper and exchange rates hold, with mixed moves in select rail and oil stocks.
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New York
Southern Railway
United States Express
Loose Wiles Biscuit
Eries
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
Norfolk & Western
Union Pacific, Steel and Amalgamated
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
American Cotton Oil
American Express
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Weather Bulletin for Cotton Region August 4 1913
The belt is fair except the extreme east, unsettled with near normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Layfette Macon Lumberton Yemmassee Albany Quitman Bainbridge Hazlehurst and Greensboro. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Layfette
Macon
Lumberton
Yemmassee
Albany
Quitman
Bainbridge
Hazlehurst
Greensboro
Allen Buell
Money on call steady amid tight bank market report
New York brokers quote money on call steady at 2 2% percent with a closing bid of 2% percent. Time loans show 6% for 30 days, 4% for 90 days, and 4% to 5% for six months amid a cautious credit climate.
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New York
Copper and related metal prices in New York listings
Copper firm with spot to October at 14 percent, electro lytic at 16.26 to 17.37, lake copper 15.37 to 15.50, casting at 12 percent, Tindall spot 40.55 to 40.75, August 40.55 to 40.75, September 40.25 to 40.55. Antimony Cookson's at 8.40. Iron steady with No 1 northern 15.75 to 16.00, No 2 northern 15.25 to 15.50, No 2 southern 12.25 to 12.50. lead 4.55 bid. Spelter 5.55 to 6.25.
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Satur
Amalgamated Copper
American Smelt. & Ref
American Sugar Refining
American Tel. & Tel. Cveee
Anaconda Mining Company
Atchison Teenee Bewen
Atlantic Coast Line
Eenee
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Vcess
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Mil
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Tereeeeeevecess
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Teeeeweees
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Pullman Palace
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Oly Southern Railway Eeverveses Gad
Union Pacific Peeve
New York
Lake
Cookson's
Eve
Iron Steady
Northern
Southern
Southern Soft
Lead Quiet
Spelter
Real estate transfers involve Luckenbach Wright and Brackenridge club
Real estate transfers list Luckenbachs to Wrights for parts of blocks 11-18 Olive street at 2850 dollars and George W. Brackenridge to San Antonio Country Club for land on New Braunfels avenue at 35000 dollars with Beitels selling to J M Leard et al for block 26 Sunny South addition at 170.65 dollars
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C. EB. Luckenbach
BR. B
Elizabeth A. Wright
Olive Street
George W. Brackenridge
San Antonio
Burial Permits Record For Local Residents
Burial permits issued for Laura Hancock 25 died August 3 at 1020 North Mesquite George B Knight 37 died August 2 at Bexar county hospital Josefina Trevino 9 died August 3 at 222 South Laredo Isadore Cohen 45 died August 1 at 228 Starr A Alvarado 12 died August 3 at 112 North Frio Mrs Mollie J Dennis 44 died August 1 at 1103 North Olive street
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Laura Hancock
North Mesquite
George B. Knight
Bexar County Hospital
Josefina Trevino
South Laredo
Isadore Cohen
Starr Street
A. Alvarado
North Frio Street
Mollie J. Dennis
North Olive Street
Birth announcements list four newborns in Houston area
To Mr and Mrs Ernst a boy born August 1 1815 at West Houston street. To Mr and Mrs F Musouiz a girl born July 28 at 914 North Salado street. To Mr and Mrs C done at 28 1810 West Commerce street a boy. To Mr and Mrs Frank inertia a boy born August 1 at 1630 South Presa street.
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Ernst. Jordan
West Houston Street
F. Musouiz
North Salado Street
C. Doined
West Commerce Street
Frank Inertia
South Presa Street
Marriage Licenses for Edwin D McConn and Maude M Rowley
Edwin D. McConn and Maude M. Rowley have been issued marriage licenses. The couple appears in the local public notices section of the newspaper.
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Edwin D. McConn and
Maude M. Rowley
Market Disarray as Drouth Drives Kansas City Trading
Drouth reports ruled the day in Kansas City. Wheat and corn rose two to four cents a bushel while the Missouri crop report warned three fourths of the state needed rain and corn prospects at about 70 percent. Stock markets and cattle prices fell with stockers and feeders down 35 to 75 under last week.
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Kansas City
Drouth
Missouri
DeWitt County Cotton Crop Sees Mixed Results
Cuero Texas reports over 100 bales received Saturday and broad business activity. Picking will expand across the county this week. Some fields are very fine while others are poor. If rain does not come to boost yields, DeWitt County may harvest about 20 percent less than last year.
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Cuero
Tex
DeWitt County
Automobile Licenses Report Listings by Street Addresses
License numbers 3918 to 39156 list Excelsior motorcycle owner W. W. Newly at 426 East Commerce, Detroit electric owner Mrs. J. W. Stein at 602 West Laurel, and Pope motorcycle owner John Boehler at 328 EB Josephine Street.
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Excelsior
W. W. Newly
East Commerce Street
Detroit Electric
J. W. Stein
W. Laurel Street
Pope
John Boehler
EB. Josephine Street
Building Permits for Six-Room and Three-Room Homes
W A Baily builds a six room dwelling on South Pecos Street for 1600 dollars. Mrs Eleanor Steimel files a six room dwelling on East Quincy Street for 1600 dollars. J E Duffin constructs a three room dwelling on Guadalupe Street for 600 dollars.
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W. A. Baily
Pecos Street
Eleanor Steimel
Quincy Street
J. E. Duffin
Guadalupe Street
Observations At 8 A.M. Monday August 4 1913
A concise record notes observations made at eight o clock in the morning on Monday August 4 1913. The entry records a morning observation time and date without additional context.
Cotton pickers in demand as Dilley sees early harvest
In Dilley Texas on August 4 farmers rush the opening cotton crop as two gins report 225 bales produced. A shower of about a quarter inch fell yesterday with more rain possible, while harvest continues for feed crops.
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Dilley
Tex
Oil markets and crop notes from August reports
In Pittsburg oil prices are recorded with Prime basis oil at 80 cents, meal at 31.50, linters at 2 to 3 percent. Memphis notes show cotton seed products and related meal pricing, while rents in Hong Kong have risen about 25 percent since the Chinese revolution.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hong Kong
Weather Forecast for Texas and San Antonio Area
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday for San Antonio and vicinity. East Texas also expected to be generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Yesterday's precipitation was .78 inch, with a daily excess of .71 inch and a year start deficit of 4.34 inches. Since January 1 total precipitation stands at 12.25 inches.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
East Texas
Cotton Hits New Low Price Record For Present Season
New York reports a new low price record for the present movement as cotton opened barely steady and several points lower. Traders eyed Texas rain data after the government report, with prices initially slipping 6 to 9 points before partial recovery led by spot buying and covering.
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New York
Liverpool
Texas News
Florida
Arizona
Texas
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady as Weather Outlooks Stir Market
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a 4.9 point decline amid selling over Sunday and tepid demand. Weather maps showed dry conditions in the western belt needing rain, with forecasts for fair weather broad across the region. By noon prices hovered 3 points under Saturday’s close as trading momentum faded in the afternoon.
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New Orleans
Cotton Belt
Texas
Cotton futures open steady then close weaker in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with bids around 11.48 for August and 11.19 to 11.23 for nearby months. By closing, prices showed a small net decline with mixed results across July through January contracts and 11.60s to 11.40s in several months.
Liverpool Cotton Exchange Closed for Bank Holiday
Liverpool August 4 The cotton exchange is closed today for a bank holiday. It was also closed Saturday but will reopen tomorrow.
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Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Market Snapshot: New York to Memphis Mixed Midday Quotes
Leading spot markets show New York at middling 12c and New Orleans 12a with Houston and Galveston at middling 11 percent. Liverpool also middling while Memphis records middling 12e in a varied regional picture.
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Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Savannah
Charleston
8. C. Ss
Wilmington
Norfolk
New York
Pensacola
Fla
Houston
Memphis
Liverpool
New Orleans Spot Cotton Steady at 12 Cents
New Orleans spot cotton remained quiet and unchanged at middling 12 cents. Sales on the spot reached 24 bales, with none to arrive. The range shows low ordinary around 8 1/2 to ordinary 9 cents.
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New Orleans
Cotton Market Report Shows Varied Grades and Stocks
The report lists multiple cotton quality grades from nominal to good middling with 11 to 16 as a range, noting 108 bales receipts and a stock of 24 205 bales. It references strict and middling categories alongside percentages and confirms overall supply levels.
Cotton market closes steady in Galveston trading
Spot cotton in Galveston on August 4 closes quiet and revised with prices: low ordinary 7 percent, ordinary 8 percent, good ordinary 9 percent, low middling 10 percent, middling 11 percent, good middling 12 percent, middling fair 11 percent. Sales total 2337 bales, stock 21,540 bales, spots none f o b.
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Galveston
Tex
U S Cotton Market Quiet As Closing Report Issued
Houston market report shows spot market quiet with no sales, f o b price 1418, stock 27 706 bales and shipments 1709 bales. Prices list 11 percent for good middling 12 percent and middling 12 percent.
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Houston
Tex
F. O B
Cotton Prices Hold Steady in Memphis Market
Memphis market report shows spot cotton steady on August 4 as middling grade remains at 120 and demand signals show limited change. Local brokers note stable price levels with quiet trading activity across mills.
Cotton seed oil market closes firm with varied prices
New York August 4 spot price 9.65 with August 9.38 and September 9.35 to 9.39 ranges. October 8.17, November 8.02, December January 6.72 to 6.73, March 6., total sales 9000 with October 100 at 8.14 and 400 at 9.15, November 600 at 6.99, December 100 at 6.74. plus Greenville carpenters meet as delegates gather for three day state convention.
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Jose
New York
Spot
Yecests
Salles
Architect Longfellow Dead in Gloucester Age 77
Gloucester August 4 William Pitt Preble Longfellow nephew of the poet Longfellow and noted architect died here today at age 77 He authored several books on architecture and was widely known for his professional work and writings.
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Architect Longfellow
Gloucester
Mass
William Pitt Preble Longfellow
Longfellow
Lower
Saint Lawrence Valley
William Logan
Canadian Geological Survey
Logan
Canada
Lower Saint Lawrence
Gaspe
George P. Merrill
Dominion Survey
Sir William
Castle Malgwyn
Wales
Pope Pius X Tenth Anniversary Observed Quietly
New York reports today marks the tenth anniversary of Pope Pius X's election by the 1903 conclave. Observances are expected to be limited to special prayers, with Leo XIII's death and Pius's election and coronation to be commemorated together on November 15.
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Rope
New York
Pius X
Leo XIII
Pope Pius
Argentina Hails New Dreadnought Rivadavia Sailout
Argentina's 28 000 ton dreadnought Rivadavia sailed from Fore River for Brooklyn yard. About 10 000 spectators watched the ceremony as 400 to 500 crewed the ship, including 14 Argentine naval officers and officials. The vessel will enter dry docks for painting and scraping before trial trips.
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Argentina
Quincy
Mass
Rivadavia
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fore River
Boston Light
Brooklyn Dry Docks
Receipts Slight at Union Stock Yards Aug 4
Receipts were small at Union Stock Yards as bulls rose to 4.25, cows 5.00 to 5.25, calves and hogs mixed. Cattle 71, calves 69, hogs 18. hogs topped at 8.50 with pigs 6.50 to 7.00, buyers noted strong demand for good cattle.
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Union Stock Yards
Cattle Calves Hog Prices Reported at Fort Worth Market
Fort Worth Texas reports daily receipts of 2600 cattle and 1400 calves with beef steers at 6.95 and stockers to 8.00. Hogs center around 9.10 with some at 8.5 to 9.05 and 820 head sold. Sheep and lambs total 350 head with ewes and wethers at 4.40 and cows at 5.85 top for cows.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago live stock receipts and prices update
Receipts today show hogs 48 000 with market steady and prices 6.85 to 9.90 for various hog classes. Cattle receipts 17 500 with steady markt beeves 6.85 to 9.10 texas steers 6.70 to 7.78 stockers and feeders 5.30 to 7.80 cows and heifers 3.35 to 7.90 calves 8.00 to 10.75. Sheep receipts 35 000 with weak market native sheep 3.90 to 4.90 yearlings 5.40 to 0.90 native lambs 5.25 to 6.80.
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Chicago
Texas
Market Receipts and Prices from St Louis Stockyards
Cattle receipts 6000 including 2200 Texans and steady market. Native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.50, Texas steers 6.25 to 7.75, calves 5.00 to 6.00 per cwt. Hogs receipts 5600, market down ten cents. pigs and lights 7.00 to 9.00, good heavies 9.00 to 9.10. Sheep receipts 6000, market lower. native muttons 3.25 to 6.25, lambs 6.55 to 7.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City live stock prices and receipts
Receipts and quotations show hogs at 8.60 to 8.90 for bulk and pigs 6.50 to 7.75, cattle receipts about 30 000 with steady market and prime fed steers 8.50 to 8.90, dressed beef 7.00 to 8.40, southern steers 4.50 to 6.75, cows 4.00 to 7.00, heifers 5.00 to 8.80. Sheep markets steady with lambs 5.50 to 7.15, yearlings 4.25 to 5.50, western 4.00 to 4.75, ewes 3.50 to 4.50.
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Kansas City
Marine Intelligence Galveston August 4 Arrival and Departures
Galveston reports arrival of Steamship Borinquen from Baltimore under master Dow and sailing of Steamship Isabella bound for Baltimore. New York notes arrival of Hamburg Naples George Washington Bremen Russia Libau and Australia’s timber cut. Bellinger river annual timber figure cited as sixteen million superficial feet.
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Jens
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Morgan Line
Isabella
West
New York
Hamburg
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George Washington
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Russia
Libau
Australia
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Earthquakes and geologic faults traced across North America
A geologist explains that small ground shifts mimic earthquakes but result from long term rock stresses. The essay traces Logan's line across the Saint Lawrence lowlands, Champlain, and Hudson regions, noting major faults, ancient displacements, and the 1663 Canadian earthquake as a notable震 event.
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San Francisco
Japan
Cotton Markets React to Weather Shifts and Tax Debate
Cotton traders expect the week to hinge on weather and rainfall, with hot dry spells likely bullish while new Texas movement could pressure prices. Bulls favor strong demand for the new crop, but premature opening and forecasts of heavy receipts may curb gains amid a congress review of futures trading taxes. Oklahoma and Texas crops loom as a decisive early driver.
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Cotton Exchange
Texas
New Orleans
Bureau Condition
Congress
Oklahoma
Poultry Prices Reported in St. Louis Market
In St Louis on August 4 poultry prices show chickens at 16 cents for a given grade and springs, turkeys and ducks quoted with lice and geese listed. creamery butter prices around 26 cents per pound with implied regional notes on quality and availability.
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ST. Louis
New York Produce Market Report Shows Steady Prices
New York August 4 sour notes report Eges steady with receipts totaling 11 285 cases of fresh gathered ex had 24Q zic.
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New York
Chicago Market Notes: Butter Eggs Potatoes Steady
Chicago reports butter and eggs unchanged. Receipts total 12 217 cases for eggs and 4 cars for potatoes. Poultry also listed as unchanged.
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Chicago
Butter and Eggs Prices From Kansas City Market Report
Kansas City market notes list butter at 26¢ for firsts with 2¢ higher second, 24¢ packing 204ac and legs at 18% first 19¢, 12¢ seconds. Poultry prices show hens and roosters at 9c, ducks at 10c, springs at 16 1 2 cents.
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Kansas City
Market Report shows varied commodity prices and opens
Raw sugar prices range from Musecovado 3.14 to refined 4.60 with centrifugal at 3.64 and molasses 2.59. Petroleum remains steady with refined New York at 5.00 per bulk barrel 8.70 per barrel and molasses quiet. Hides steady Bogota 29 30c leather firm Hemlock firsts 29 30c seconds 28 20c.
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Musecovado
New Orleans
Bogota
Central America
Coffee futures steady as market closes
New York on August 4 reports No 7 Rio coffee futures steady with September at 93 52 cents and nearby at 92 ? The brief note records a closing quote in the commodities market.
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New York
Rio
New York Youth Rescued After Beach Disappearance
Arthur Leonard a New York youth spent the day on Atlantic City beach in his bathing suit after his chum vanished He refused to reveal the friend’s name Leonard wired relatives in New York who came with clothing and money and rescued him from his predicament
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Atlantic City
Arthur Leonard
New York
Leonard
New York State
Corn Prices Surge as Drouth Bakes Chicago Wheat And Feed
Chicago markets opened with corn racing to 70 cents and extending gains as drought forecasts persist. September corn rose to about 71 1/2 cents while wheat and oats followed with mixed strength. Provisions moved in tandem with prices, though corn later pulled back on heavy selling and favorable rain chances in Iowa, leaving September near prior levels.
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Chicago
Drouth
Iowa
Wheat and corn prices quoted for Chicago commodities
Quotations for cash wheat and corn were listed in Chicago. No. 2 red and No. 2 hard wheat ranged around 87% to 89% cents, No. 1 northern 92% to 94 cents, No. 2 spring 91 to 92 cents, corn No. 2 at 70 to 71% cents, No. 2 white 71% to 72 cents, oats No. 2 new 41 cents, standard new 43 to 43% cents.
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Chicago
Ill
Wheat and grain prices report from St Louis market
Cash wheat and oats prices shown for several grades with August 4 figures. Wheat quotes include No 2 hard 86 2% cent, No 2 red 86 88% cent and No 2 white 14 7 cent. Oats quoted No 2 at 41 41/2 cent and white 42 41/4 cent. September and May futures listed for wheat corn and oats with varied cents per bushel.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City Grain Quotations Outlined for Aug 4
Quotations today show cash wheat at No 2 hard 84 8 to 84 7 6 but No 2 red at 84 percent. Corn ranges No 2 mixed 75 to 76 and No 8 white 78 cents. Oats list No 2 white 44 and No 2 mixed 42 1/2 cents.
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Kansas City
Rockefeller Snubs Umbrella in Ohio Sermon
John D. Rockefeller waited in rain under a straw hat as his party gathered for a visit to Euclid Avenue Baptist church in Cleveland. Rev. Carter Helm Jones preached on moral assets and spiritual riches, urging Christians to value eternal wealth over material gain. Rockefeller praised the minister afterward.
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Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller
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Live Frog Rescued From Rattler in Hazelton Field
In Hazelton Pennsylvania a frog was saved from a large rattlesnake by H H Sloat of Rockport who removed it from the forward half of the snake during harvest work. The snake carried thirteen rattles and had just swallowed the frog before meeting its fate. The frog leaped away unharmed after the rescue.
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Laurytown Valley
H. H. Sloat
Rockport
Sloat
Colonists to Roost In Arden Back-to-Nature Colony
In Arden Delaware residents embrace back to nature living as a new movement popularized by Upton Sinclair figures. The colony features sleeping in tree tops, with aerial structures built by the Sinclair group as part of the lifestyle experiment.
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Arden Colony
Upton Sinclair
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