Goats Aid Union Pacific With Sheep Unloading Trick
Union Pacific uses trained billy goats at feeding yards along its line to herd sheep from stock cars. The goats lead new arrivals through chutes and out of cars, then receive a tobacco chew as a reward, while yards stay lit at night to speed loading and unloading.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Judas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Western Ranges
Missouri River
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
California
Omaha
South Omaha
Union Pacific
W. L. Park
North Platte
Neb
Billy
Park
North Plattie
Bill
Ambition and bold talk from Hank Stubbs and Bilge Miller
In a terse exchange Hank Stubbs and Bilge Miller debate ambition and progress. Miller questions worthiness while Stubbs cautions about staying with the current path and the risk of being left behind if one advances too quickly.
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Hank
Stubbs
Bilge Miller
Hank Stubbs
An Independent Spirit Glances at Halley’s Comet
A local pride figure notes Halley’s comet will pass Earth only once in 75 years. Another man counters that their town won’t suffer the worst and calls the event as good as Halley’s appearance.
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Halley
Trade setback as rate dispute dampens activity across sectors
The Dun review notes improving business fading amid railroad rate battles. Pig iron price cuts widen, cotton goods weaken after raw cotton drop, but some staples firm. Dry goods show firmer values. footwear and leather markets weaken. bank exchanges rise 5.7 percent vs last year with gains in many cities though 1906 comparisons show losses due to fewer days.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
New England
United States
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
New Orleans
San Francisco
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Failures and Exports Across The United States And Canada
Bradstreet reports U S and Canada business failures for the week ending June 2 total 178 across both nations, down from last week. Wheat flour exports for the week reach 2,970,633 bushels, with 136,502,015 bushels exported in the 48 weeks to June 2. Corn exports for the week are 239,740 bushels, and 23,247,783 bushels exported in the 48 weeks.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Canada
Grain Markets Report From Cincinnati June 6
Grain quotations cover flour, rye, corn, oats, hay, malt, rye, and feed grades. Includes live stock prices for cattle, hogs, sheep, and packers, with multiple grades and regional variances noted, reflecting a bustling midwestern commodities market.
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Acinnati
Northwestern
Simpkins Finds Love After Coaching by Two Hosts
Simpkins, who lodged at Paradise flat and was tutored in social customs by hosts Caroline and Edwina, confesses at last that he is engaged to his landlady Mrs. Welby after a sequence of matinees lunches and cautious social maneuvers.
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Simpkins
Paradise Flat
Caroline
Edwina
Mrs. Welby
Washington Heights
Willie
Hezekiah
Hezzie
Jimmy
Sunday Magazine
Los Angeles Times
Let Me Enjoy
A fragmentary verse piece attributed to Thomas Mardy expresses yearning and longing for another, framed by musings on love and inspiration. The speaker contemplates unshared passions, distant Paradise, and the ache of beauty not meant for the speaker.
Maize not pellagra cause says Rome report
Dr. Sambon reports from Rome that maize or Indian corn does not cause pellagra. The Field committee identifies the simulium repans gnat as the parasitic conveyor of the disease after investigating the condition in Europe and America.
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Committee On Disease In
Europe
London
Sambon
Rome
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Paxton
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OMG
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Senlagien
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