Farm Loans Grow Popular with Life Companies
Chicago bankers report strong demand for midwest farm mortgages as life insurance firms acquire first loans across Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado Minnesota and the Dakotas. Total insurance holdings exceed 200 million with foreclosures rare and farm loans seen as quick assets. Chicago investors hold about 15 million in these securities amid growing trust company activity.
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Chicago
Middle West
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Minnesota
Dakotas
Weighted Weddings Across Europe and Beyond
A Parisian bride M Le Blanc receives her weight in toilet soap and cigars as gifts. Other tales include Marie Brie given her own weight in chocolate, a Peruvian custom, a Yorkshire coal merchant’s gift by weight in coal, and a Koniggrats bride weighed at nuptials receiving 13 000 kronen about $2812.
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London
M. le Blanc
West End
Marie Brie
Marseilles
Peru
Koniggrats
Oklahoma Land, Farms, and Crops Highlight State Wealth
The text lists Oklahoma and neighboring states' property values and agricultural output. It notes Oklahoma has 60,000 of 87,000 families owning homes, a farm cash value of 233 million, and 1906 yields including 125 million bushels of corn worth 37.6 million, 23 thousand tons of broom corn, and cotton valued at 15.0 million, with farm land averaging about 30 dollars per acre. It also cites other state assets in livestock, machinery, and railroads.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Preaches Brand New Religion at Berkeley Lyceum
John Augustus Wall launches a “National church” at the Berkeley Lyceum drawing about 100 enthusiasts. He circulates a questionnaire listing Moses Jesus Mohammed Washington Jefferson Lincoln Roosevelt and others, claiming a plan to create a comrade kingdom with branches in each assembly district and ventures such as stores hotels bowling alleys laundries and skating rinks.
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New York
John Augustus Walk
Mr. Wall
Valley Stream
L. I
Berkeley Lyceum
Jesus
Moses
Mohammed
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Emerson
Edwin Markham
Elbert Hubbard
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Darwin
Huxley
Paine
Ingersoll
Bryan
Hughes
Hearst
Brisbane
Infant Death Rate Reduced in Huddersfield Scheme
Alderman Benjamin Broadbent months as Huddersfield mayor offered five dollars to parents of children born during his term who reached age one. The program included mother instructions and visits by volunteers, cutting infant mortality from 139 per 1000 to about 35 in 1905 06 and prompting international inquiries.
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London
Benjamin Broadbent
Huddersfield
England
Longwood
Broadbent
Princess of Wales
Alderman Broadbent
Roosevelt
Blind Iowa man invents heat regulator for incubator
Charles Abbott, a lifelong blind resident of Iowa Falls, displays a working model of a heat regulator for a chicken incubator. The device triggers an electric bell when heat moves away from 103 degrees, signaling the owner to adjust temperature to the proper level. Abbott has filed a patent application for the invention.
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Iowa Falls
Charles Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Sand Cure Attracts Dyspepsia Sufferers In West Chester
In West Chester Pennsylvania residents with stomach trouble adopt the so called sand cure. Mississippi sand packed in bags is taken daily in spoonful doses during attacks. A patient argues that humans share animals instinct to seek clay or sand for relief.
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West Chester
Mississippi
Menace to All by Assisting Centralization of Wealth
A 1905-1906 critique argues mail order houses from Chicago drain wealth from small towns and rural areas, harming local merchants and communities. It cites $60 million in 1905 and $62 million in 1904 for two central Chicago firms, warns of further growth via parcels post, and urges readers to spend locally to protect home economies and deter wealth centralization.
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Copsright
Alfred C. Clark
Ivery
Tse Miail
Chicago
Dng
Tec
The Puzzle Solved in Marblehead Mystery
A Marblehead merchant found at a very late hour in his store says his confidential clerk is missing. He checked the cash, bank book, and books. all seemed correct. The clerk had eloped with the merchant's wife, solving the puzzle.
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Marblehead
Maass
Dining room quips spark a playful piano jest
A wife questions David for playing the piano with no skill. David retorts that no one is wise at the instrument while he sits there, turning the exchange into a lighthearted moment.
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David
Balm of Scripture Oil of White Pine Used by Physicians
An eastern audience praises Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) from Leach Chemical Co as a lung healer. A Maine camp for consumptives uses the oil with whisky and glycerine, claiming rapid cough and cold cures. Warning against imitations and home mixing.
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East
Pine Woods
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Best Path Over Rough Terrain Guides Progress
A historical saying attributed to Pythagoras urges choosing what seems best at first, even rough methods, arguing that custom will later refine it into ease and agreement. The quote emphasizes proactive judgment over perfect initial setup.
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Pythagoras
Senator Spooner Declares No Government Junkets
A Wisconsin senator states he has never taken part in any congressional junket at government expense and finds such expeditions objectionable. Another unnamed senator says he has never been shaved in the senate barber shop, also at Uncle Sam's expense. An accompanying testimonial extols Cuticura remedies for eczema after multiple doctors failed, claiming dramatic eye and skin improvements.
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Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
Grooner
Senate
Uncle Sam
Fulton, Oswego Co
Guard Within Yourself That Treasure
A brief reflection attributed to George Saad on inner strength kindness generosity and restraint. The quote urges protective self discipline while sharing without malice and accepting loss without regret. It emphasizes steady virtue over impulsive action.
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George Saad
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