Various Global Forms of Bread Across Continents
A Good Housekeeping survey recounts how nations bake bread from diverse grains and materials. It details rye and barley breads in Sweden, buckwheat in parts of Asia, chestnut meals in Italy, rice flour breads in Persia and China, and indigenous methods in Kamchatka, Lapland, Armenia, and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Lapland
Kamchatka
Siberia
China
Italy
India
Egypt
Arabia
Asia Minor
Persia
Armenia
Molucca Islands
Africa
South America
Soldiering the Safest Profession in the World
An analysis by statisticians claims soldiering is one of the world’s least dangerous professions. It compares death rates across groups, noting British soldiers suffer under five deaths per thousand annually, with clergymen at eleven and ladies’ maids at eight. It cites battlefield mortality in recent wars at about fifteen per thousand.
Danger in Occupations Across the Era
The text compares death rates by occupation with a focus on cabmen facing higher mortality than soldiers at home or abroad. It lists various trades such as road work, glass blowing, and match making as even more dangerous than driving cabs, highlighting the perilous nature of labor at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Africa
Nail Biting Court Case Over City Sidewalk Injury
A rusty tenpenny nail used to hold bone ends in Mrs. Bila McClain’s leg is shown in a circuit court trial against the city for 10 000 dollars. The jury awarded 2500 dollars after evidence linked the fall to a bad sidewalk repaired near East Fourteenth Street and Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Gate
Circuit Court
Bila McClain
Fourteenth
Olive Streets
A Deacon's Possum Lesson Gone Wrong
An elderly colored deacon recounts trapping a possum with his son. They roast it but the meal disappears by dawn, leaving the boy admitting he ate it. The father, furious, vows to whip the boy for telling the truth and hides the punishment behind the door frame.
Doctor jokes with dictionary salesmen in odd exchange
Charlee Francia Adame told Mr. Morse that a dictionary salesman teased Dr. Holmes about subscribing to The Century Dictionary. The doctor's retort that he was too old to see it finished drew a quip about not needing to live long to use the book, and the agent left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlee Francia Adame
Mr. Morse
Mr. Schure
Dr. Holmes
Woeorcester
Oldest Lock in Existence Described in Nineveh Connection
The report cites the claim that the oldest lock once secured a Nineveh door. It notes a gigantic key that cannot be carried by one person, likening it to scriptural references. The key to the house of David is said to rest on a shoulder, while the Nineveh rock key measures about three and a half feet long and four inches thick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineveh
Rt. Loule Republic
Dreadful Lores Helped by Hood's Sarsaparilla
A Vermont woman from Hartland describes long suffering with varicose veins and a spreading foot sore. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla she reports complete healing and relief from pain.
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Hood
Markets Report Mixed As Stocks Waver In Early Trading
New York today saw profit taking after an early price advance with New York Central slipping from morning highs by more than a point. Overall speculation remained steady with 24 400 shares traded and diverse commodity notes from cheese to poultry and grain movements listed for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan
New York Central
Aitung and Son
Market Prices and Commodities Report From New York
A dense brief lists prices and movements for flour, patents, wheat, corn, oats, and dairy products. It notes options opened weak on bearish Argentine news, various futures closes, and mixed trends in meats, butter, cheese, and potatoes across New York city markets.
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New York
Jan
City
Minnesota
Duluth
Manitoba
Hetty
City Extra India
Western
Muttle
Malie
Elwins
Imation Creamery
Igalsc
State Dairy
Wale
Mazi
Pennsylvania
Petrofoucin
Dulk
Philpraewn
Baltimore
Wheat and grain futures steady with mixed firm tones
The market notes firm and higher prices for wheat and corn graded futures for January through April. Potatoes show firm to good values with white and yellow varieties listed. Butter prices remain unchanged with standard creamery and regional prints cited.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Gajtec
Pennsylvania
Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices on January Futures
Chicago prices show wheat largely steady with contracts for January May and July. corn No 2 for January May and July. oats, rye, barley listed. Cash quotes include flour, pork, lard and ribs with various bid values and shipments tallied for 16,000 to 419,000 bushels across multiple grains.
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Tobacco ‘Co Us
Spirita
Balt
Ohio
South
N. J
Chic
Chicago
Mil
Willy
Roi & P
ML & O
Delaware & Mud
N.Y
Lake Bhore
Nash
Lehigh Valley
Manihitan
N. Y Central
West
Paci Hily
Roy
Pacific
Mead
Tenn Cc
Texan & Pacific
Inion Pacific
Gagige
Frye
Chicago Stock Market News Mixed Cattle Prices on Saturday
Reports from Chicago and Philadelphia show Saturday cattle runs with fewer head, steady to mixed prices on hogs and sheep. Receipts: cattle 200, hogs 150, sheep 300. Philadelphia shows varied beef and lamb pricing with firm demand and steady to higher wholesale values.
East Halfalo Cattle and Sheep Receipts Report
In East Halfalo New York receipts show cattle and calves steady to active with mixed quality spreads. Hog receipts mixed with 3 lots and hogs trading around 3.7 to 4.0 per hundredweight, while sheep and lambs demand strengthened with lambs from 1.06 to 1.40 and sheep around 4.05 to 5.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Halfalo
N. Y
Market Report East Liberty Pa Livestock Prices
East Liberty Pennsylvania livestock prices list steady demand for bulls and cows with prime weights. hogs show steady prices for heavy Yorkers and standard mediums. sheep and lambs range from 4.65 to 6.50 per unit with veal calves around 5.00 to 7.25.
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East Liberty
New York Market Receipts Show Varied Beef and Livestock
New York market notes list beef arrivals at 1 520 beeves and 106 cows with 410 quarters, calves steady, calves and hair sheep lambs mixed, hog receipts at 2 406 head with prices around 4.15. The report reflects steady demand and price levels across cattle calves sheep and hogs.
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Philadelphia
Byadlie
Fulie
New York
Jan
Tiyase
City Pa. law and Credit balances 65 certificates
OU City Pa law and Credit balances 65 certificates cloned offered 644 bid for cash oil shipments W228 barrels runs 105000 barrels
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OU City
Law
Athlete Jim Chessley Impresses Coast with Sprinting Promise
A few years ago Jim Chessley stood among top coast athletes though known for base ball and sprinting. After a late hospital ball gathering he invited friends to his lodgings to try a new sprinting suit. At two in the morning he tried on running shoes and trunks before the narrative ends with an incomplete scene.
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Jim Chessley
Rays
Ban Randeo Post
Hosse
Cheasley
Nighttime chase ends in capture at 3 o'clock
Prancing room antics gave way to a sudden pursuit as Chessley chased a thief who dashed down the stairs. After a half block sprint he nabbed the man, who admitted defeat, saying such a crew would outnumber him when a thief is kept ready in running costume at three in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chessley
Jim
Pardner
Two Wise Fishermen and Officials Dud a Fishing Frolic
Georgia paper recounts Congressman Charley Crisy and Solicitor General Frank Hooper joining a fishing outing at Contain Sealin near Americus. They empty a pond tank and paddle boat in a late attempt to dry the tank but fail as sun sets. Captain Beals explains the shallow tank, leaving the two officials embarrassed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Crisy
Frank Hooper
Saya
Georgia
Poond
Americus
Frank
Charley
Beals
Big Sacrifice Shoe Sale
A local retailer advertises a wholesale style shoe sale to clear stock. The sale features deep discounts on men’s calf, enamel, satin calf, and leather lined shoes, along with ladies, misses, youth, and children's styles at prices across 39 cents to $5.00. The notice invites customers to inspect goods in-store and promises easy viewing to help save money.
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Congress
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Good Housekeeping
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Truth
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Dr. Holmes and
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New York Condensed Mile CO
Wall Street Review
Mya Co
Burrela
Mya
Sermonton
Trade Exchange
Scranton & Pittston Tree Co
National
Elmhurst Boulevard
Scranton Savings Hank
Chase Scranton Packing Co
Lavekatron and Steel Co
Third National
Scranton Traction Co
Seeheaes
Scranton Axie Works
Weston Mill
Alexander Car
Anne
Beranion Hedding
Peck Lumber Mtr Co
People's Street Railway
Dickson Manufacturing Co
City of Scranton
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Heronion Axle Works
Chicago Grain Market
Jun
Strother
Cattie
Yoo
Haltalo
East Liberty Cattle Market
OU Market
Lackawanna Avenue
Big Sacrifice Shoe Sale
Ose
Sie
Lacka Ave
Lackawanna Lumber CO
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Mina
Potter Deere
Coudersport
Port Allegany
General Office—Board of Trade
Scranton
John H. Phelps
Wyoming Avenue
Spruce Street
Alexander Smith & Son
Axminster
Lackawanna Avaaua
National Supply and Metal Co
West Lackawanna Avenue
Mle. Keeley
Mgr
Fancy Rockaways
East Rivers
Maurice River Coves
Mill Ponds
Pierge Penn Ave Market
Germania Wine Cellaray
Hammondaport and
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Delaware
Bieling
Tokay
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