Weekly Market Letter Cattle Hogs and Sheep Outlook 1904
The market report notes a heavy cattle supply with prices 10 to 15 cents lower, slow demand, and advice to hold cattle for maturation. Hogs saw receipts rise and prices fall 15 to 20 cents though futures look favorable. light hogs 4.50 to 4.70, packing 4.80 to 4.90, shippers 4.85 to 4.95, top 4.97 with possible 5c rise. Sheep declined 65 to 50 cents but firming. top lambs 5.85 versus 6.30 last week, overall outlook steady for winter consignments.
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Chicago
Canada
M E Church Adjusts Schedule Amid Street Conditions
Due to bad streets, tonight's services are canceled with plans to hold tomorrow at 2 30 for all students and families. A 4 30 service for school children is scheduled, with further meetings for teachers leaders and Epworth League. Cookies for sale tomorrow at Crown Cafe.
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Epworth League
J. B. Schreckengast
Iowa City Kalona and Washington Railway elects directors
The Iowa City Kalona and Washington Railway Company held its annual stockholders meeting with 95 percent of shares represented. G G Rodman was re elected president and ten directors were chosen to serve next year. Officers chosen include G G Rodman president W P Coast vice president Willard J Welch secretary and M Keck treasurer. An added assistant secretary was created and a 15 percent stock assessment approved to fund further surveying and financing efforts for the proposed line with plans to extend toward Mt Pleasant and beyond.
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Iowa City, Kalona and Washington
Commercial Club
GG. G. Rodman
Iowa City
Washington
Kalona
Rodman
Gine
W. B. Coast
Willard Welch
S. Welch
George Carson
Thos. N. Wagner
A. G. Smith
G. G. Rodman
C. M. Keck
A. N. Alberson
W. J. Welch
L. G. Shaver
Oficers
W. P. Coast
Willard J. Welch
M. Keck
Treas
Office of Asst
Mt. Pleasant
No Weather or Markets Report Due to Telegraph Delays
Telegraphs were down at the Western Union office with no telegrams arriving by telegraph for the Journal. Five messages reached the port from Davenport by mail, a unique workaround under current conditions.
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Western Union Telegraph Office
Journal
Shearer
Western Union Office
Davenport
No Arms Round Thetr Walists
The Chicago Business Women's club plans a dancing class inviting young women to learn an aesthetic, manless dance. The aim is to develop natural grace rather than muscular round dances.
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Chicago Business Women’s Club
Chicago Dispatch
London Tradesmen Spies Reported as Wall Street Style Informants
The New York World says London Tradesmen's Society uses spies to learn who wins or loses at bridge and when wives strain husbands finances. Spies, paid generously, report such details to prompt traders to act, reflecting stagnation in the promoting company and widespread fashionable unemployment.
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London
New York World
Bridge
The Persian Way and Shahs Punish Bakers
A text describes Iran under a shah where crop failure sparked popular unrest. To quell the riot the shah ordered bakers to receive several hundred strokes with a rod along with minor punishments such as ear amputations.
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Persia
Charity Covers a Multitude of Sins Dialog
A syndicated quip contrasts charity and judgment, noting that charity may not excuse others’ sins when it is aimed at one’s own actions. The remark appears in a Philadelphia Press column.
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Philadelphia Press
Japan and Russia Face Off Over Korea and Pacific Power
J Sloat Fassett of Elmira cites Russian troop deployments and Japan’s superior military organization and naval discipline. He warns Russia aims at Korea and Manchuria while many powers watch the Pacific struggle for dominance and trade routes.
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J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
Korea
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Japan
Peking
Russia
Oriental
Siberian
Dalny
China
Chefu
Weihaiwei
Kiaochou
England
France
Germany
United States
Pacific
British Envoy's Climb in Washington Elevator
The New York Post reports Sir Henry Morton Durand the British ambassador and Speaker Cannon were stuck in an elevator at the War and Navy Building in Washington with clerks. Cannon urged the elevator operator to lift him, then in turn climbed to the floor, followed by Durand, sparking thoughts of possible diplomatic complications.
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War and Navy
Washington
New York Post
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
Speaker Cannon
Georgia as a Marble State highlights vast deposits
The article notes Georgia could rival Vermont in marble production. The marble belt spans about sixty miles, from the North Carolina line through Pickens County, trending southwest. Deposits exceed 100 feet in depth, offering inexhaustible supply. Both white and colored varieties exist with pure composition, uniform texture, and durable crystalline structure.
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Georgia
Vermont
North Carolina
Pickens County
The New Year’s Question of Blessing or Woe
A New Year meditation from the New York Herald poses whether the coming year will bring peace or conflict to the nation. It frames questions on public fate, leadership, and the country’s grace, urging contemplation of blessings or trials ahead.
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