Wheat Market Shows Strong Tone with Heavy Movement
Chicago Aug 15 Wheat market opens with strong tone this week as heavy movement continues for inter and spring wheat. Futures rise with buyers steady, while corn prospects vary by region amid rain and poor stalks. Prices show resilience though some segments foresee potential declines if rains fail to deliver.
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North Dakota
ORN
Corn Belt
Mt Advance
Howev
Sec. 8
Imne
Livestock markets report for Chicago cattle hogs and sheep
In Chicago livestock trade for last week cattle supply at 68000 allowed buyers to trim 26 cents from prior gains. Native steers ranged 5.00 to 8.50 with high premiums for prime. cows mainly 4.00 to 5.00. calves 8.50 to 8.75. Hogs receipts 86000. heavy lbs up about 4 cents. top 9.00 for lights and 8.60 heavy. Sheep and lambs 121000. market fell early but finished strong with 4.00 to 4.40 for good to choice ewes and 6.50 to 6.00 for fat lambs.
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Chicago
Cattle Hogs and Sheep In Omaha Trade Report
South Omaha market update shows last week cattle receipts at 23936 head with prices steady to firm. Hogs 39742 head. buyers active as prices rise to 8.25 for mid grades and 8.60 top for selected bacon hogs. Sheep arrivals exceed 66000 with demand softening. fat lambs and wethers pull back, best wethers around 4.00 to 4.50 and fat yearlings near 5.25.
Des Moines Markets Prices Listed for Fresh Produce
Market rundown shows apples at 4.50 to 6.00 per unit and bananas at 4e per pound. Oranges Valencia range 4.75 to 5.25, mid dling sweets 4.50. Includes cabbage 3e per pound, cauliflower 90c per dozen, cucumbers 50c to 75c per dozen, onions 3.00 per bag, tomatoes 1.00 per crate, cantaloupes 3.00 to 7.00, watermelons 30 to 40c, celery Michigan 30c per dozen.
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Valencia
Michigan
Baseball Results: National and American League Standings
Summary of recent baseball results detailing outcomes across the National and American Leagues and current team standings. Recounts winners and losers, with notes on notable performances and position shifts in the standings.
Baseball doubleheaders across three cities prompt varied scores
The Brooklyn and Chicago teams split two games with scores including 6 13 and 9 11 in the first pair, while New York and Pittsburgh battled eleven innings with tight totals. Boston and St Louis produced high totals in a doubleheader with 11 15 and 18 14. A Philadelphia Cincinnati matchup ends the session amid wet grounds.
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Brooklyn
Richie
Pfeffer
Archer
Belle and Bergen
New York
R. H. E. Pittsburg
Leifield
Gibson
Mathewson
Myers
Wilson
Hammon
Bresnahan
Ferguson
Raridon
R. H. EB
St. Louis
Zmich
Phelps
Burke
Smith
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Wet Grounds
Tenderfoot and a Buck Deer Hunt Tale
A true hunt story by Stephen Chalmers recounts a near fatal encounter while pursuing a buck. Readers are urged to explore Dillon Wallace's Passing of Our Big Game on wildlife decline and extinction trends among prized species.
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Tenderfoot
Stephen Chalmers
Dillon Wallace
E. P. Powell
Baseball box scores from several intercity games
In Cleveland at Cleveland R H E the Mets beat Philadelphia 72 to 2 in ten innings with Bender and Thomas on offense. In Washington the results show Washington 8 Chicago 7 with Works Loudell Stroud and Johnston among the hitters. At Chicago New York 7 Chicago 3 with Warhop Sweeney Scott and Sullivan contributing. In St Louis St Louis 6 Cleveland 6 with Cicott Carrigan and Lake Kilifer providing key plays.
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R. H
Philadelphia
Mogan
Livingstone
Young
Bemis
Easterly
RK. H. BE
Bender
Thomas
Demott
Washington
R. IE
Oo Works
Loudell, Stroud
Seholidt, Johnston and Breckendorf
Chicago
RH. E
New York
Warhop and
Sweeney, Scott and Sullivan
St. Louis
R. H. E. Eeeneet
Cicott and Carrigan
Refused a License to Wed in Hastings Elopement
Philip Gordon Lenox of London aged 25 and Misa Alta Roush 17 were denied a marriage license in Hastings after eloping from Hastings eight days earlier. They had sought licenses in Grand Rapids Chicago and Elkhart. South Bend is the fourth city to refuse. Lenox remains determined to wed.
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South Bend
Ind
Philip Gordon Lenox
London
Misa Alta Roush
Hastings
Mten
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Elkhart
Flour and grain prices at Iowa Minnesota car lots compared
The item lists flour brands and grain products with prices across Iowa and Minnesota car lots. It shows Flour Best brands, pure rye flour at 2.40, rye graham 2.30, bolted meal 1.60 per cwt, cracked corn 27.00, chops 25.00, coarse meal 28.00, bran 24, white shorts 30, screenings 1.50 per ew t.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Dr Campbell Poisons Self in Harrisburg Case
Dr Russell Campbell, facing trial over the death of Mrs Ira Morrison of New Germantown Perry county, swallowed cyanide and died in his room while she lay dead below from a criminal operation. Morrison, 35, had lived with the doctor who was eleven years younger. he committed suicide before Mr Morrison’s return home.
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Harrisburg
Ira Morrison
New Germantown
Perry County
Russell Campbell
Butter Creamery and Eggs Price List Summary
Butter 30 cents per pound, process 26c, country 24c. Eggs No 1 19c per dozen, No 2 16c, cracked 14c. Live poultry hens and old cocks 14c, springs ducks etc 7c.
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Old Cocks
Amateur wrestler charged after fatal assault in Illinois
John Burton of Alton admitted choking two men, Gus Wentz and Lewis Weibrecht, to death after a quarrel in Marine. Burton, oreportedly an amateur wrestler, claimed his victims tried to rob him and he's under arrest in connection with the Aug 16 incident.
Des Moines Car Lot Buys Old Process Linseed Cake
Ground linseed cake sold in Des Moines car lot quantities with price breaks: 12 tons or more at 85 per ton, ton lots 36, 1 000 pound lots 15.50, 500 pound lots 9.50, and smaller lots 1.95 per 100 pounds.
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Des Moines
September Outing fall shooting number features Bull art
The September Outing issue, printed in two colors, offers nearly two hundred pages of outdoor hobby guidance. It highlights Meat of the Toothless with Charles Livingston Bull color paintings and includes The Brown Dodger about snipe shooting along with other photographic and pictorial content.
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Charles Livingston Bull
South America
Hides Prices Listed for Salted and Horsehide
Market list shows No 1 salted at 81 cents and No 2 salted at 104 cents. No 1 green priced at 714 cents and No 2 green at 6.5 cents. No 1 horsehide at 2.50 dollars and No 2 horsehide at 1.50 dollars.
Malaria Trouble Vanama Canal Frightful Drawback
Life on Vanama Canal has malarial troubles that cause chills fever and debility. Electric Bitters claimed to destroy germs and cure malaria with a testimonial from Wm A Fretwell of Lucama NC noting three bottles cured a severe attack and restored health. Cures stomach liver and kidney troubles and prevents typhoid at 50c guaranteed by J K Lemmon Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Wm. A. Fretwell
Lucama
N. C
J. K. Lemmon
Lemmon’s
The Scrap Book Whistler and His Model
James McNeill Whistler once owed a female model five dollars for sittings. A rival artist offered fifty dollars for any painting she could obtain from Whistler. The model told Whistler of the offer and presented a major work, provoking his wild reaction and leading to her disordered, excited appearance.
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Whistler
James MacNeill Whistler
Youth tones and manhood strives, age remembers
A reflective verse fragment notes how youth fades as age recalls the past. The lines describe memory warming embers of life and enduring ties, ending with a meditation on mortality and the completion of life's story. The quotation attributes the meditation to O. W. Holmes.
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O. W. Holmes
Didn't Want Ducks
A city resident moves to the country and starts a poultry farm with a hen and thirteen eggs. After learning hatch times, she discovers no chickens after three weeks and removes the hen, noting she did not want ducks.
Two-Law Trial in Arkansas Texas Rivalry over Mule Theft
A southern judge recalls Reconstruction era case where a white man faced a colored justice of the peace for killing a man and stealing a mule near the Texas border. The judge quotes rival Texas and Arkansas laws deciding the verdict. In the end the prisoner is hanged for mule theft and killing, with the judge noting the two legal systems.
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Arkansas
Texas
Shaving Anecdote: Twain Responds to Talkative Barber
A talkative barber teases Mark Twain with endless anecdotes during a shave. After stopping to strop, Twain declines the barber's offer to repeat the tales, saying he can remember every word already.
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Mark Twain
Mark
His First Train Ride
A young Native boards the Vrisco train No. WH for a first ride to Koosas City. He stays rigid in the chair car, bracing himself and declining a seat while the porter offers one. The scene reflects his nervous attempt to appear calm.
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Vrisco
Koosas City
Saline County
Sot in His Ways as Mayor Spars With Map
A Philadelphia Record item recalls a boastful figure from Pittsburg, likening him to an obstinate planter of a bygone era. The anecdote features a man rescued after a Bleambhoat accident on the Mississippi and a quizzical remark about landing in a prohibition state.
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Magee
Pittsburg
Mississippi
Iowa
Philadelphia Record
Tim Sullivan and Colonel Mike Share Oysters in a Dish
A humorous reminiscence recalls Tim Sullivan and Colonel Mike Padden at an East Side hall with two young women. They order four oyster stews for a dollar and adjust portions when a stew is spoiled by catchup, with Mike pretending to drink the same remedy as the others.
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Tim Sullivan
Bowery
New York
Tim
Mike Padden
Sullivan
Mike
Little Tim
Colonel Mike
A Woman Finds a Way Demonstrates Burglary Trial Twist
During cross examination a defense lawyer probes a witness about seeing burglars. The witness struggles to identify husband’s face direction as moonlight fails. The punchline reveals the husband is bald, confusing facial recognition in dim light.
How He Lost a Million Told by Colonel Ochiltree
The story describes Colonel Ochiltree recounting a banquet tale where Senator Hearst of California claimed a red haired boy once helped his party across the Platte. Hearst vowed to reward that boy with a million dollars, and Ochiltree claims he revealed himself as the red haired boy, only to be denied, ending with the assertion that he lost a million.
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Colonel Ochiltree
Senator Hearst
California
Hearst
Platte
Senator Sharst
Ochiltree
Putnam Under Fire Ancient Duel Provoked By Public Opinion
An anecdote recalls General Israel Putnam denouncing dueling as a pretext for murder then forced by public opinion to face a brother officer. They met, Putnam fired rapidly, and the challenger fled after Putnam warned him to retreat or be torn apart.
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Israel Putnam
Pat
Cardui Praised By Kentucky Woman For Relief
Mrs. Hattie Cain of Carraville credits Cardui with ending sixteen years of female troubles and convulsions. She says the medicine improved health from the first bottle, enabling more activity and less pain, and thanks Cardui and its makers. An offer for a 64 page home treatment book is noted.
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Hattie Cain
Carraville
Cardui
Carraville, Ky
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