Trade and building demand held steady as mild weather continues
Reports from commercial sources indicate Christmas trade and building material demand remain strong though activity is mixed. Manufacturers' salesmen have returned, orders hold into the new year, mercantile collections stay steady despite high money rates, and December rail and foreign trade show mixed gains with some declines. A Chicago fraud case involves LL. Abbott & Co. and a proposed arrest in St. Louis.
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Dee
Com & x Review of Trade
de Monte
Raliwey
Weather forecast for Midwest states tonight
Illinois partly cloudy with possible rain or snow flurries in the south. Indiana threatening with probability of rain or snow flurries in the south with fresh northwest winds. Michigan threatening with snow flurries colder and brisk north winds. Wisconsin and Iowa generally fair, colder with fresh northwest winds.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Grain Quotes on the Board of Trade Today
Chicago Grain in Chicago on December 22 reported quotations at the Board of Trade, listing price levels for grain futures and related commodities as traded today by market participants.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Live Stock Quotations and Receipts at East Buffalo Market
Distibuted receipts and bids for cattle hogs and sheep at East Buffalo and Chicago markets. Cattle steady to slow with top steers around 14.00. hogs market slow. sheep and lambs steady with high fat ewes and yearlings noted. Poultry prices listed for turkeys chickens and ducks across multiple weights.
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MH AG
Poultey Arally
Chicago
Dais
JRA
Satan
Hlay- Choice Boothy
Choice Prairie
East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
S. CY
Home Made Cider Press From Farm Spare Parts
An Ohio farmer offers directions for building a home cider press to use decayed or defective apples. Using a carpenter’s screw, a 2 by 12 by 12 foot frame, cut pieces, and hoops with staves, the plan yields ten to twelve gallons of cider per evening, with a false bottom to collect the juice and a cover bore for screw alignment.
Guinea Fowls Gain Popularity as Table Birds
The article notes a growing market for guinea fowls as table meat in the United States. Improved varieties and favorable comparison with beef pork and lamb at various price points attract urban buyers, with prices rising from 50–90 cents to 60 cents and up to 1.25 dollars per pair.
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United States
New York
C. FL Langworthy
Nine Saloonkeepers Fined For Liquor Sales To Minors
Traverse city authorities sentenced nine saloonkeepers to pay fines of 200 dollars each for bartenders selling liquor to minors as youth drunkenness increased. The saloonists faced pressure and claimed they were not present when liquor was sold. Also reported is the death of Mrs Lowell Brown after dyeing her hair in her room, found by a housekeeper and rushed to hospital.
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Traverse
Mivse Mayne
Lowell Brown
Elity Hospital
Fearful Fate of Piles Cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
Har ry Colson of Masonville Iowa testifies to Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best cure for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. Also claimed effective for cuts burns and injuries. Available at J A Stewart druggist for 25 cents.
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Harry Colson
Masonville
Iowa
J. A. Stewart
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promotes Health For Women
Forty years ago Dr Pierce sought gentler treatments than alcohol for women's ailments. The text promotes Favorite Prescription made from Lady's Slipper and other roots with glycerine, claiming it strengthens weak women and aids expectant mothers, and urges readers to obtain copies of Dr Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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Pierce
Nature
Mary M. Thomas
Winston Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Preventing Grasshoppers by Destroying Eggs
Agricultural note from A Gossard Ohio outlines timing and methods to destroy grasshopper eggs. Fall plowing eight to nine inches deep and late fall harrowing disrupt egg nests, while early spring disking before hatching also prevents emergence. Eggs lie in compact ground along roadsides and field borders. Grasshoppers hatch mid April to mid May, depending on latitude and season.
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Ohio
Olfio
Arel Roberts X mas neckwear on East side
A mite smarter and a shade newer from Arel Roberts' X mas neckwear at East side furnisher. This holiday offering hints at brighter styles and fresher looks for season shoppers.
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Arel Roberts
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Chattanooga
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