Chicago Business Review Shows Encouraging Overall Trend
The Chicago economy displays resilience amid forest fire setbacks and seasonal demand shifts. Bank clearings total 237,015,073, down 38.7 percent from 1907, with deposits ample and mortgage activity steady. Real estate and building expand, while money rates firm and securities market remains active despite limited new issues.
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Banke
Basyensen
Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Trade activity weak with election dampening purchases
New York reports conservative purchasing in wholesale and jobbing lines with trade generally below normal. Western advice is positive but house trade wanes. Stocks are small, but orders for immediate shipment rise, burdening farm distributors. U.S. weekly failures total 267, Canada 32 as Sept 24 period ends.
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New York
United States
Canada
National Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market survey lists bids and ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Poledo Buffalo and other hubs. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with varied grades and shipment terms.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
T&c
Milwaukee
New York
Hog prices rise at Chicago stockyards after nine years
For the first time in nine years hog prices rose in Chicago stockyards last Monday, by about seven cents, while cattle stayed level. The rise is attributed to livestock scarcity and high corn prices, with pork lard and tallow also increasing.
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Chicago
Chronology of historic events from 1519 to 1907
A compiled timeline listing notable occurrences across centuries including explorations, political changes, military actions, legal milestones, and notable public figures. Entries cover places such as Plymouth, Albany, Boston, Paris, and Kingston, with events like Franklin’s France mission, Bon Homme Richard victory, and presidential visits.
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Cartier
St. Lawrence
de Vries
Holland
America
Plymouth
Count Frontenac
Canada
New York
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Silas Dean
Thomas Jefferson
France
Pennsylvania
Paul Jones
Gen
Marion
Black Mingo
Samuel Osgood
Massachusetts
United States
Boston
Mass
Lake Ontario
Albany
N. Y
Charlestown
John Harvard
Texas
Paris
Jenny Lind
Aspinwall
Masonic Temple
Philadelphia
Nelson
Jeff C. Davis
Louisville
Burnside
Knoxville
Athens
Ala
Bank of Concord
Yarmouth
Louisiana House
McClellan
Europe
Grant
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York Harbor
Admiral Dewey
Stockton
Cal
Earl Grey
Robert Bacon
Steel Trust
Butte, Bront
Greene and Gaynor
Atlanta
William R. Hearst
Havana
Farmers United Report From Minnesota and Dakota News
Wheat yields in Norman county Minnesota reach about 20 bushels per acre while barley and flax show strong growth. South Dakota opens the Fort Sully reserve to state land sales though most land had been taken earlier. Southeast South Dakota faces a serious anthrax outbreak prompting ongoing investigations by veterinarians and authorities. Red River valley sees seed house agents scouting potatoes for shipment to Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. Kentucky Governor Wilson pardons Walter Duncan for a Jacksonville murder and Riley Harrold linked to the case.
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Norman County
Minn
State Land Department of
South Dakota
Old Fort Sully
Red River
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Gov. Wilson
Kentucky
Walter Duncan
Newt Haslett
Jacksonville
Shelby County
Riley Harrold
Eczema Cured By Cuticura Soap Ointment Pills
Mrs. T W Hyde of Brentwood England reports a severe eczema outbreak on her daughter starting with chest eruption and spreading to back and head. After two doctors with little relief, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills were used and all traces of the disease disappeared before the ointment was one quarter finished.
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T. W. Hyde
Brentwood
Essex
England
Pro Kitchen Tips From An Old Recipe Notebook
Practical household hints include roasting meat with a dripping pan set on a dish of water to preserve the gravy, damp shoes that are hard to polish, paraffin in blacking for quick shine, soap on a pencil point to quiet hinges, and a salt water test showing good eggs sink while bad eggs float.
Cleaning and preserving delicate fabrics and wisdom notes
The text lists care tips for fabrics such as milk and castile soap for kid gloves, warm water rinses, and a method to clean black satin stocks with diluted alcohol. It advises damp ironing with muslin between satin and iron and notes opportunities arrive infrequently yet opportunities are boundless for a man. It also offers three virtues for life's storms: courage in misfortune, humility in success, and generosity in all times.
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Advertisement
An ad extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a pleasant effective laxative approved by physicians. It promotes genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product and lists druggists as sellers.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Backache and Kidney Trouble Improve With Pills
A Fayette Street resident in Manchester Iowa reports two years of back pain and kidney issues improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She credits normal kidney action, relief from backache, and better health, noting the product is sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box.
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R. Crouse
Fayette St
Manchester
Iowa
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. C
Woman Restored to Health by Lydia E Pinkham Potion
After seven years of female troubles Mrs Sallie French of Pauca Ind Ter writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made her strong and well Doctors offered no relief. The notice touts the remedy for displacements inflammation and other gynecological issues and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in confidence from Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Humorous Anecdotes and Ancient Finds in Brief
Jests about politicians and a retired admiral mix with notes on an ancient Egyptian collection. The Hartford voyage tale ends with a quip about the ship’s changes, while Ransom and Simpkins’ exchange showcases playful wit. Archaeological displays reveal ears carved in stones and references to Ptah listening prayers alongside early gout evidence in Egyptian mummies.
Petrie Exhibits 6000-Year Range At University College
London report to the New York Sun describes Professor Flinders Petrie’s Memphis Athribis finds on view. Artifacts span from 4700 to 4000 B C to 600 A D, showing Memphis as an ancient trade hub and a mix of Greek, Egyptian, Nubian, Mongolian, Asian, Cypriot, Tibetan, and Indian influences.
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Babylonia
Tahutmes IV
Rameses II
Khaem-naa
Ptah
Burlington Halls
Flinders Petrie
Memphis
Athribis
University College
London
New York Sun
Egypt
Asia Minor
Orissa
Professor Petrie
Asoka
West
Herodotus
Alexandra
Beni Hasan
Young Man Redeemed: A Saint in a Baltimore Business tale
Captain B B Perry recalls hiring a young man who admitted past theft in Indiana and used a false name. The man repented, stayed ten years with Perry in Mexico, earning trust and rising to manage large sums, never misusing funds. The story argues society should give second chances.
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Dewan
Capt
B. B. Perry
San Francisco
Merl
Onc
Brown
Robinson
Indiana
Mexico
Mme
Ancient clocks in Schramberg museum
In Schramberg, Black Forest, Germany, the Museum of the Town showcases centuries of clockmaking. Highlights include a 1680 traveler’s lantern clock with automatic wick trimming and light flooding, a Japan saw clock powered by a descending metal strip, and a Japanese clock with a hand attached to a daily sinking weight.
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Schramberg
Black Forest
Wurtemberg
Germany
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