November Business Volume and Prices Across Markets
November activity shows high volume and firm prices across grains, produce, meats, and dry goods. Irish potatoes rise near $3 a bushel while fruit and tropicals stay active with oranges bananas and Malaga grapes moving. Grain inspections show light receipts but stable to rising prices with No. 2 red wheat at 76 cents track and oats up one cent. wagon market notes firm prices for corn and hay.
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Live Stock Markets Show Midsummer Market Shifts
At Union Stockyards Indianapolis on November 30 cattle receipts totaled 20, shipments 16, with fat cattle firming late in the week amid ample supplies. Hogs receipts 7,500. prices climbed to a week high near 6 dollars, with good heavy hogs around 6.40 to 6.72 and lighter weights advancing as demand rose. Sheep receipts 200. lambs reached 4.50, yearlings 3.40, with steady demand and limited stock. Interstate activity shows mixed prices across regions, Chicago and Kansas City reports reflect steady to higher tones for beef and hogs, while markets in St. Louis and Louisville remained firm for select cuts.
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Texas
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Ught
Mae
ST. Louis
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Ihe
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Louisville
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Cincinnati
Prices Paid by Shippers on Poultry and Produce Trading
The listing shows wholesale prices for young turkeys chickens and ducks, various cheeses and hides, and general produce rates. Prices are given per unit, per dozen, per pound, or per crate with regional variants and grade distinctions. Notable items include turkey 10 to 12 pounds at 2 cents. cheese full cream at 12 cents. prime geese and duck prices. assorted produce such as Malaga grapes, cabbage, and walnuts with per unit costs.
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Letters in English the World Language in Use
The New York Sun notes two thirds of world correspondence is in English while only a quarter of speakers use it natively. It cites large English use in commerce, India’s post offices, and comparatively smaller Russian postal traffic despite many Russians. It also contrasts Latin American post volumes and the predominance of Spanish, Portuguese, and English in regional mail.
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Toole
Portal
Evilland
India
Enelteh
Great Britain
Europe
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Central America
West Indies
Austratia
Ohi
Argentica
Colorado inventor touts device for many messages per wire
A Colorado man has created a device enabling eighteen messages to be sent on a single wire and argues for telegraph toll reductions. The telegraph companies are unlikely to heed this suggestion, despite the potential efficiency.
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Kansas City Journal
Colorado
Plot of a Play and a Publisher's Downfall Tale
In a December Era reflection the narrator recalls compiling a ten volume series that failed with the publisher’s bankruptcy and creditors paid 15 cents on the dollar. He never recouped and muses on whether the series helped bring down the publisher.
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Pfaff
Humpty Dumpty and the Wall Inspired Stage Comedy
A young writer asks about copyright after turning a fifty year old story from Fiddler's Magazine into a comedy. The project, sketched with an actor-manager, aimed to ensure no legal issues before selling to Robinson.
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Fiddler's Magazine
Robinson
December Scribner's Lip Forming Snow Walls
On a drift making day the snow falls as pellets that roll like footballs and pile up on a road crest to form vertical walls that overhang and lip outward. The lip can reach ten feet wide and three feet down, then break or be frozen by thaw, creating a hardened skin over the lip during a thaw.
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Miss Lizzie in Emmy Lou story sparks fear and control
In December McClure on Miss Lizzie, a stern school figure, she wields cold survey and sharp discipline. Emmy Lou recalls Miss Lizzie’s features and methods, from stern gaze to sudden changes in rules and a boxed ear, creating an atmosphere of dread and obedience.
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McClure
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