Markets in Chicago Grain and Livestock Report of Dec 27 1912
Chicago markets show receipts and price ranges across grains cattle hogs and sheep. Prospects are mixed with light and mixed grain prices near 7.20 to 7.67 and hogs slow at Thursday averages 7.40 to 7.65 while cattle remain slow and weak and sheep steady to ten lower. totals include 20 000 grain receipts and 17 000 native sheep receipts with daily hog receipts 22 000 and cattle 3 500.
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Chicago
Ill
Reeves
Texas
Local Market Prices and Commodities Marketed
Fragmentary list shows prices for hay flour corn meal butter and various turkeys from ISTER & SON QUO Produce. Includes local market references and seasonal notes with unclear figures and units due to damaged OCR.
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Ister & Son
Disraeli Anecdote About Sleeping Between Two Great Men
A Disraeli tale from the era of the Duke of Wellington recalls him visiting Strathfieldsaye. In a bedroom scene his wife and her maid move the bed to one side so the duke would sleep on the other wall. She says she could boast of sleeping between two great Englishmen.
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Disraelis
Strathfieldsage
Duke of Wellington
Disraeli
England
San Francisco
Argonaut
The Secret Terror of the Working Man Ad
The haunting fear of sickness and helplessness is the secret terror of the working man. Kidney diseases sap a man's strength and vitality. Foley Kidney Pills bring back health and strength by healing the disease. They are the best medicine made for kidney and bladder troubles. The genuine are in, the yellow package. Refuse any substitute. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Lemmon
Happenings in Grace Hill Iowa December 1912
Local column recounts Christmas visits and family gatherings across Grace Hill and surrounding areas. Guests include Frank Kline of Lone Tree, Rev. Johnson of Rock Island, and many neighbors sharing meals, gifts, and church celebrations.
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Frank Kline
Lone Tree
F. A. Kallaus
Rush Helwick
Alex Marbourg
Vince Marek
Iowa City
Oscar Carlson
Rev. Johnson
Rock Island
Palmer Babcock
Chicago
Ernest Carlson
F. Kallaus
Joe Wright
Ed Brown
Fred Carlson
Frank Barnes
Illinois
Christmas News From West Chester Iowa Local Thrift and Visits
A 1912 Western Iowa Christmas roundup notes Orville Dayton funding the church tree at M E church and a Jersey cow prize. Many locals including Will Holmes and family, John Lilja and family, and visitors from Cedar Rapids Columbus Junction Calgary Keota Des Moines Tiffin What Cheer participate. Trade at McFarlane Co. sets pre Christmas sales record.
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West Chester
M. E
Orville Dayton
Will Holmes
Chas. Holmes
John Lilja
Columbus Junction
W. D. Hay
William Smithers
Calgary
Can
Bert Fishburn
Moline
H. N. Moothart
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clarence Paster
Ainsworth
Roy Connelley
Tiffin
J. D. Dayton
Daryl
Des Moines
McFarlane & Co
Ben Coffman
Keota
N. R. Coffman
A Hot One and Kidder Playful Rivalry Moments
A playful exchange features Katherine declaring beauty over wisdom and Kidder remarking on hard luck in the roundtable chat. The comments capture a light, informal sports-like banter between figures.
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Katherine
Kidder
The Busy Woman's Day Ad Highlight
An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills claims to cure kidney and bladder disorders and restore strength. It targets women with symptoms like back pain fatigue poor sleep and nervousness and promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller.
Daniel in Second Place Circus Joke
A four year old boy attends a circus for the first time and exclaims that the lion tamer's act “knocks the spots off Daniel” in a humorous comparison to the biblical Daniel in the lions den. The grandmother had told him Bible stories and he references Daniel in his amused remark.
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Daniel
Little Willie
Remedy Ad Promotes Foleys Honey and Tar for Colds
Dr. Wm. Sadler urges taking common colds seriously especially when they linger. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is pitched as a reliable household medicine for coughs and colds for children and adults. Take it at first signs of a cold to avert serious results and speed recovery. No harmful drugs. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertisement.
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Wm. Sadler
Australian Desert Vast and Largely Unpeopled
Describes Australia's Northern Territory as the globe's sole major habitable expanse with six times Victoria's area. Notes fertile land and abundant rivers sustaining the region.
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Australia
Northern Territory
Victoria
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Grove’s signature appears on each box and the price is 25 cents.
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Grove
Killowatt
Local families gather for Christmas visits and a wedding
Seventy six residents share holiday visits in Muscatine Keota and Dutch Creek township. Mr and Mrs William Strain and Mr and Mrs Claud Davis spend Sunday with Alf Anderson family. Mr and Mrs Carl Meyer have Christmas dinner with Andy Meyer. Miss Eda Meyer hosts Kansas relatives. Miss Blanche Wallace marries Chas Dunshee at bride’s parents home. Mrs Frank Dunshee hosts reception for the couple. Bert Dill Mae and Cal Griggs shop in Keota. Murriel Cullumber from Mt. Vernon returns home for vacation. Charles and Violet McDonald of Ames visit neighbors. Cora Anderson and Pearl Bitting wed at noon with Rev Dorreen officiating.
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Carl Meyer
Andy Meyer
Dutch Creek
Eda Meyer
Kansas
Blanche Wallace
Chas, Dunshee
Frank Dunshee
Bert Dill
Mae
Cal Griggs
Keota
Murriel Cullumber
Mt. Vernon
Charles
Violet McDonald
Ames
Alf Anderson
Cora
Pearl Bitting
Dorreen
Local Social Notes From Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville and nearby residents record multiple short visits. Mrs C A Sprague traveled to Columbus Junction for a few days with friends. Datin McNeal returned from Illinois. Mr and Mrs J F Buxbaum and John Wooley visited Grace Hill. Mrs R M Klugh returned home to Washington after visiting here. Willis Congable went back to Winfield after Christmas stay.
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Moravian Church
Katherine Buxbaum
Charles Strohm
Wayne
John Buxbaum
Crawfordsville
Grace Hill
Katherine
Emma Buxbaum
Waterloo
Washington
C. A. Sprague
Columbus Junction
Datin McNeal
Illinois
J. F. Buxbaum
John Wooley
R. M. Klugh
Willis Congable
Winfield
Christmas Visits Fill Ainsworth Homes
Burlington visitors Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chambers and their son arrived to see Mrs. Chambers, while Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Sands and child joined for Christmas at the parental home. Miss Ethel Casey guests, Dick Olds keeps company, and FP Letts with family depart for Davenport. A Schmidt Concert Company benefit at the Ainsworth Methodist church on Jan 2 1913 with 25 cent admission. KE Guinn of Tennessee visiting J C Edmonson home.
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Gladys Grimes
Allerton
Charles Olds
Davenport
Letts
Schmidt
Muscatine
Ainsworth Methodist Church
KE. Guinn
Tennessee
J. C. Edmonson
Army Expert Warns U S Faces Defeat If War Arrives
Captain Paul B. Malone warns at a Booksellers League dinner that the United States is unprepared for war and may suffer a fate like Constantinople’s if conflict erupts. He decries chaotic military policy, limits on militia deployment, and calls for bills to reform the armed forces before the next emergency.
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Paul B. Malone
United States Army
Congress
London's New Cabaret Promises Nightcap Theater
The Golden Calf opens after theaters with eerie wall paintings and adjustable atmosphere. The Intimate theater will stage The Lysistrata with women absent from the cast, performed by male students in period draperies. Madame X leads, seeking intimate art, unexpurgated works and living youth. Also notes a trip by Louis Barth collecting Edison autographs, sought after by bidders.
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London
Gay
Minute Movie Charms From The News Reel
Haiti navy cruiser out of yard at League Island navy yard. A Greenville farmer burned to death from a pipe fire. Dr. David A. Gorton marks eightieth birthday for eugenic babies in Brooklyn. Mediterranean steamer menaced by Chinese crew seeks wireless help. Mrs August Belmont opposes male members in Christmas charity club. Kiowa Indians suffer eye disease widespread. California millionaire and bride, ages 72 and 67, honeymooning around world, return home apart.
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Haiti
Navy
League Island Navy Yard
Greenville
N. Y
Brooklyn
David A. Gorton
Spng” Society For the Suppression of
California
Bound Over for Bootlegging in Local Case
Elsworth Anderson and William Collett were arraigned before Justice of the Peace W. H. Riley on bootlegging charges. They waived examination and were bound over to the grand jury in $200 each. lacking bonds, they remain jailed awaiting the grand jury. Officers say they were caught in the act on North Iowa avenue. Sheriff McCarty reports seven boarders, five bound over and two serving justice court sentences.
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Riley
Grand Jury
Anderson
Collett
McCarty
Bidwell
Iowa Avenue
Justice Court
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Fox & Dewey
John A
Harry L. Kaga Morrison
Washington, Iowa
Lamson Broa
Illel
the County News
F. W. Strohm
C. C. Strohm
Rob Blick
Jennie L. Schendel
Gordon and Son
John Parks
Richland
Henry Miller
Standson
Everett Strohm
Moravian Ladies’ Aid
John Mauthe
Katherine Mauth
Blanche
Bitting
Knoxville
Homer Coffman
Clark Bell
John Powell
H. S. Dayton
Wilda Augustine
Larkin Crawford
Henry Henderson
Stanley
William Strain
Claud Davis
Malone
New York
Constantinople
Golden Calf
Edison
Louis Barth
Budapest
Thomas A. Edison
Herr Tarth
Elsworth Anderson
Wil
Liam Collett
Justice of the Peace
W. H
Richelieu
Iowa Gas & Electric Comp’y
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