Buoyant markets and rising demand mark Chicago trade review
The Weekly Review notes expanding money use in investments and buoyant security markets signaling improving business conditions. Crop reports stay favorable, profits rise, and demand for finished products grows with higher capacity utilization. Bank payments average 9 percent above June, with more furnace and steel output planned and heavy construction on the horizon.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Bradstreet's Report notes cautious US business improvement
Reports show moderate expansion in future buying at major centers especially in the West and Southwest with revival in industrial demand and fewer idle workers. Retail trade remains fair but slow stocks and weak collections persist. failures in the week ending July 23 reach 263 in the United States and 24 in Canada.
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Northwest
United States
Grain and Livestock Price Averages Across Markets
Chicago cattle $4.00 to $7.85 hogs $4.00 to $4.75 sheep $3.00 to $4.65 wheat No 2 90¢ to 91c corn No 2 tie to toe oats 52c to 58c rye No 2 7c to 7e hay timothy 8 to 13 prairie 8 to 10 50 butter 19 to 21 eggs 17 to 20 potatoes 72c to 82c Indianapolis cattle 3 to 7 25 hogs 3.50 to 6.75 sheep 2.50 to 3.50 wheat 87 to 89c corn No 2 white 79 to 80c oats No 2 white 59 to 60c Milwaukee wheat No 2 northern 1.00 to 1.11 corn No 3 7c to 8c oats standard 59 to 60c rye No 1 78 to 80c Buffalo cattle 4 to 7 hogs 4 to 7 sheep 4 to 5.30 lambs 5 to 7.50 Detroit cattle 4 to 5.40 hogs 4 to 6.70 wheat No 2 90 to 91c corn No 3 yellow 79 to 80c oats No 3 white 68 to 64c rye 74 to 75c Cincinnati cattle 4 to 6.25 hogs 4 to 6.85 sheep 3 to 3.85
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Interstate Fair at Sioux City Opens September 7
Sioux City hosts the Interstate Fair from September 7 to 12 with livestock displays, agricultural exhibits, and a premier race program. The event joins four-state participation Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota, offering free Tuesday for children under 15 and Soldiers' Day, plus a $2,000 free for all pace.
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Northwest
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nothwestern
Des Moines
Hamline
Huron
Lincoln
Argot Boy
Citation
Middle West
United States
C. E. Hart
Rapid City
Fair Grounds
Waterlog race and misprint at summer resort
A fragmented Tribune item notes a waterlogged race and a garbled line about feeding at a summer resort. The quoted exchange hints at a joke about condensed milk and an apparent typo or misprint in the text.
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Tribune
Excursion to Milwaukee Offers Reduced Round Trip Fares
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers promotes reduced fare round trips for merchants in the West and Northwest. Sale dates span August 15 to 23 from stations 100 miles or more away, with return validity into September, and a half fare return on countersigned receipts. Milwaukee invites merchants to combine business with pleasure at a premier summer destination and Wisconsin State Fair in September.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers,and Manufacturers
University Building
Masovu and
Broadway
Cure for Severe Eczema Cited by Family
A Warley family reports their son Owen, plagued by severe eczema from infancy, was deemed incurable by multiple hospitals. After six months on Cutiura Remedies, Owen is described as fully cured, with a dated letter from Mrs. Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green, England, January 12, 1907. Panama canal project progress is also noted with Colonel Geethals claiming completion by 1915, though doubt exists about the date.
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Owen
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
Panama
George Geethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Roy Crandall
The
Technical World Magazine
Saved at the Crisis Kidney Pills Claim
Mrs. Herman Smith of Athens Georgia credits Dean's Kidney Pills with saving her after kidney disease led to dropsy and weakness. She describes severe backache bearing down pains and swollen limbs before using the product at the critical moment. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Herman Smith
Broad Street
Athens
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A Tooth Point
Dentists teach children to brush with a circular motion to reach all crannies. They say circular brushing on front and back teeth keeps them clean and prevents decay. Teeth should be brushed after each meal and especially at bedtime. Morning brushing alone offers little protection.
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Promised Cure for Female Troubles
Norristown Georgia woman Lena V Henry reports relief from feared operation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she improved after first bottle and is entirely cured. The ad urges sick women to try the remedy and write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Lydia Pinkham
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