Meat Yard Havoc Revealed in Chicago Report
President Theodore Roosevelt backed a preliminary investigation into Chicago stock yards and packing houses. Reynolds and Neill found revolting conditions, unsanitary handling from hoof to can, inadequate federal inspection, and urgent need for broader laws and funding to curb abuses in meat and meat products.
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House of Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Chersea P. Neill
Chicago
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
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Upton Sinclair Strikes Back at Armour Packing Case
In Everybodys Magazine May issue, Up ton Sinclair challenges J Ogden Armour over meat packing practices. Sinclair, who spent years studying stockyards, alleges falsities in Armours defenses and recounts Dolans 1899 affidavit detailing how condemned cattle were processed.
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Saturday Evening Post
J. Ogden Armour
Upton Sinclaiy
Jung” & Terrific
Chicago
Everybody's Magazine
Sinclair
Mr. Armour
Mr. Sineclair
Armour
Armour & Co
Thomas F. Dolan
Boston
Milea
Roosevelt
Armour & Co.'s
Philip D. Armour
New York Journal
W. &. Pierce
Ainsing
Nicholas
Canning Department
Perhape Tre
United States
Canning
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Stone Barometer in Northern Finland Reported
A northern Finnish native paper describes a large stone marked as a weather barometer. The stone supposedly darkens at the approach of rain and lightens in fine weather, with stripes or whiskers possibly formed by clay and minerals. The device is tied to atmospheric moisture and chemical content, noted in Sunday Magazine.
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Bat
Naither
Chicago
Reynolds
New York City
Finland
The Many Virtues of Salt in Household Care
Salt proves useful for fire in chimneys and ovens to prevent scorching. It removes stains from discolored teacups and can ease stings from bites. Salt helps lift soot from carpets and fresh spills, and can revive coal by sprinkling it.
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