Trade and Produce Markets Show Strong Week Health
The week ending June 2 shows solid trade across markets with high profits for commission merchants despite fewer shipments. Produce prices hold firm for Irish potatoes, apples, watermelons, and canning pineapples, while bananas and citrus remain steady. Wheat and corn futures demand remains strong as new wheat arrives and meal blends edge up, with wholesale notes listing varied prices and regional plant goods from apples to pineapples and meat products.
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Erie
Rocky
Live stock market report from Indianapolis stockyards
Cattle in small supply with steady to higher prices for fat stock. Hogs lower late week, lambs and sheep mixed with generally steady tone. Entries show week’s receipts up to date and comparisons to prior weeks and years, with quotations across steers, cows, bulls, hogs, and lambs.
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Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Nene Eeeaet Esas
Interstate Stockyards
Penery Etree Ae Jucaubense
Parssenas
Kansas City
Texas
ST. Louis
Arket
New York
Beeves
South
Omaha
East Buffalo
Liberty
Cincinnati
Testing the coronation stands by British soldiers
The London Graphic reports Irish Guards, Scots Guards, Grenadiers and Coldstream guards testing temporary stands at Horse Guards for the King Edward VII coronation. Soldiers jumped on and off the stands, then moved to Westminster Abbey and Dean's Yard, rehearsing routes and access points as they perform the ceremonial prep hours.
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Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Edward VII
London Graphic
Horse Guards
Irish Guards
Scots Guards
Grenadiers
Coldstreams
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
King’s
Dean's Yard
Temperate Filipinos and scattered vino shops in Manila
The Filipinos are temperate and drink moderately, with few seen in vino shops. The speaker notes about two years in Manila, observing about 40 shops now versus 2,000 in Spanish times, and mentions American saloons numbering around fifty to sixty, visible from a distance but not near vino shops.
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Manila
Popular Songs Pass Not Yet Captured by Any Tune
A Philadelphia Record note quotes a theatergoer saying this year lacks a universally popular song. He notes bands in parks, street whistling, and colored boy quartets, with many good musical comedies and songs, yet none has clearly stood out as the defining hit of the season.
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Philadelphia
Girl's Smart Scheme at Market Street Ferries
A demure Camden girl shops, drains soda fountains, and pretends to be charged to her father. Ten companions stage a playful ruse, raising funds from fellow young women to buy ten ferry tickets for 25 cents. The group crosses to Jersey, leaving the old ticket seller unaware.
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Camden
Jersey Shore
Rialto
Atlantic City
Papa
Jersey
Camden Dock
Summer Dress for Men in the City Fashion Shift
The Brooklyn Eagle notes a trend toward lighter summer attire for men in New York. Shirts soften to comfortable fabrics, coat removal in many restaurants becomes acceptable by July, and fashion adopts looser silhouettes for all body types including heavier men and women.
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Brooklyn Eagle
New York
The Lore of the Sneeze Across Eras and Lands
A Pall Mall Gazette survey traces sneezing customs from ancient beliefs to modern manners. It cites Jewish, Greek, Roman, and Prometheus myths, then notes midland English kidder calls of God help you and other rhymes. Savage tribes and colonial societies are described with diverse omens and rituals.
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Oswald Ottendorfer Estate Appraised For Inheritance Tax
New York notes that the Ottendorfer estate, thought wealthier, is being inventoried for inheritance tax. Appraisers report the largely personal property valued at about the lower end of prior estimates, with most assets in the best bonds and securities.
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New York
Oswald Ottendorfer
Ottendorfer
Kissing Ban at Jersey City Station Draws Legal Ruling
The Chicago and New York press report a Jersey City kissing ban at Pennsylvanian station. Corporation Counsel Walker calls it unenforceable arguing couples with mutual consent may kiss anywhere. Chicago judges previously ruled that spouses may kiss freely.
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Pennsylvania Railway
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Quinn
Fernie
Callahan
Madison Park Station
Illinois Central Railway
Pennsylvania Station
Benjamin McKeen
Pittsburg
Alleghenies
George
Union Station
Bloomington
P. P. A. Abercrombie
Pennsylvania Lines
Daring Maine log ride through the Hulling Machine
Joseph Roderick a French Canadian log driver rode a pine log through the fatal Hulling Machine on the Kennebec. The plunge tested his balance as water roiled and spray obscured him, yet he emerged alive to the relief of the crew.
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New York Sun
Maine
Kennebec
Joseph Roderick
Joe Roderick
Joe
Roderick
Union Traction Co Time Table May 23 1902 Anderson Muncie Marion
Union Traction Co Indiana issues May 23 1902 timetable covering Union Block to Anderson Muncie Marion Alexandria and intermediates. Daily departures start 4 15 a m hourly to 9 15 p m and 11 15 p m with limited trains to Anderson and Muncie. Additional morning trains 8 8 a m 11 a m 2 p m 5 p m reach Anderson in about 1 25 and Muncie in about 2 hours. 1 a m and 3 p m trains connect at Anderson with Elwood limited trains. From June 2 1993 a combination passenger and express car leaves West Maryland Street station at 6 15 a m and express car at 6 30 a m
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Muncie
Marion
Alexandria
Elwood
Indianapolis and Greenfield Rapid Transit schedules
Passenger cars start from Georgia and Meridian streets at 6 a.m., running hourly to 10 a.m., with the last car at 11:39. Freight cars arrive at 5 a.m. and depart at 5 a.m., plus 2:30 p.m. arrivals with departures at 2:30 p.m. Combi passenger and express cars depart 6 a.m., 9 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m., and 8 p.m. from Georgia and Meridian streets.
Transit cars run from Pennsylvania and Washington Streets
Passenger cars depart from Pennsylvania and Washington streets with first car at 6 a.m. and hourly to 10 p.m. Last car leaves at 11:10 p.m. A combined passenger and express runs from Georgia and Meridian to Greenwood at 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The rest is a garbled remark about a Canada bound mother and a hangman, and a man who passed the Hulling Machine.
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Crusoe's Island Turns Canning Hub in Chilean Possession
Washington's Crusoe’s Island Juan Fernandez, six hundred miles west of Valparaiso, shifts to a Chilean governed province with a growing canning industry. Consul Mansfield reports abundant lobsters crabs and fish, inexpensive capture, fur seals, fresh water, and easy land for settlers. A harbor on one side hosts large ships.
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Robinson Crusoe's
Juan Fernandez
Mansfield
Valparaiso
Department of State
Fernandez
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