OUR WOOL BUSINESS
A historic critique of U S wool markets explains volatility driven by overproduction and slaughter. It notes the shift to foreign import dependence as prices rise and warns growers against panic selling when wool prices dip. It cites England France South America Australia New Zealand as supplying nations.
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Vermont
Texas
Mississippi
Minnesota
Vailies
England
France
South America
Australia
New Zealand
What becomes of all the sewing machines
The article examines sewing machines and pins, challenging the belief that machines would reduce demand for sewing work. It argues that demand for sewing women has increased, as machines raise production while not reducing needlework, and notes initial high costs gave way to cheaper machines enlarging use.
The Sewing Machine Boom and Its Rising Demand
The text highlights the vast sewing machine industry supported by statistics. It notes over 81x machines sold in the United States with about $25,009,000 spent, and at least 12 mechanics employed earning about $2.50 daily, totaling roughly $8 million yearly. It argues the demand remains strong as sewing persists in households and supports a growing industry.
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Ana
U States
The Cotton Crop and Its World Role
The article argues for a 4 to 5 million bale cotton crop this year, calling a five million crop plausible. It notes the crop is above average and would help balance trade with Europe as cotton remittance. It cites Britain buying cotton last year for $184 million and earning $188 million in profit, with expectations of $200 million this year.
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America
Europe
Great Britain
England
Insurance Department
Zeiagain
English Weather Mild and Queen Sends Sympathy
London reports fair weather aiding crops as the Queen sends a sympathetic telegram to the Duc d Aumale on his son s death. The US steamer Wachusetts enlisted Belgians at Antwerp including minors. authorities arranged a release. The Geneva arbitration board adjourned to Monday. Paris notes forty one and a half milliards francs subscribed to a new loan in the Assembly.
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Duc d’ Aumale
Prince of Wales
Brussels
Wachusetts
Antwerp
Geneva
Board of Arbitration
Joan
Multiple incidents reported in a sweeping general news roundup
A broad 19th century style bulletin notes favorable English weather for crops, adjournment of a Board of Arbitration until Monday, extreme heat in Illinois, the death of operatic artist Henri Drayton in New York, and various political and maritime items. It mentions a Texas border probe in Brownsville, drownings in Cleveland, shipboard enlistment issues at Antwerp, a missing Chicago lecturer manager, a freed American jailed in Mexico, a fatal railroad accident in Indiana, a forced loan in Mexico, Cuban insurgent activity, Grant’s Utica visit, a Sidney Ohio bridge accident, and a deadly Mississippi steamboat explosion with several fatalities and injuries.
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Henri Drayton
New York
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B. T. Steiner
Chicago
Charles Thiele
Barajagua
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Main Street
Sidney
Ohio
Mississippi River
McGregor
Indiana
James Malburn
Harry Pierce
Rosa
J. +Pford
Glppleste
J McNorton
Sharia
J Daniel Hoyt
Ohio Reform Farm School Flourishes Amid Growth
Special Correspondence reports Lancaster Ohio reform school thriving with 175 inmates and evolving facilities. A new 50-boy building, gas works expansion, kitchen upgrade, and a new laundry cut washing time dramatically. Over 100 boys work in chair cane seating, boosting revenue and teaching industry. Commissioners Howe and Foote plan a London congress tour to study reforms.
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International Congress of Prison Reform
London
France
Germany
Evansville tornado damages church and homes in Indiana
A tornado near Evansville wrecked a German Methodist church on the outskirts. Two dwellings lost their roofs, two more houses were blown down, and several shade trees and fences were knocked over. An engraver named Zevercoot sustained a broken arm and other injuries, with his house also blown down. In Carthage near Knightstown, about sixty women formed a committee to close saloons, warning owners to quit and then destroying liquor dens in a bold act led by wives of drunken husbands.
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