Chicago Livestock Market Report Dated July 6 1923
The first Chicago market report shows estimated receipts of 24 000 hogs 2000 cattle and 8000 sheep with holdovers 8063. Early activity is strong with hogs 25 to 30 higher top ranges around 7 50 to 7 90 for 260 to 350 pound butchers and sows up 10 to 25. Lambs and cattle follow with mixed gains and a steady tone in grain markets. Official yesterday tallies include hogs 27585 cattle 23325 sheep 10160 calves 2547 with shipments hogs 9197 cattle 4748 and no sheep or calves. Futures and grain notes include wheat 18 cars corn 75 oats 64 with slight declines in certain feeds. Estimated livestock for tomorrow foresees hogs 8000 cattle 5000 sheep 9000.
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Chicago
Til
Dirdeeaders
Thorinaite Found Only in Ceylon
The mineral thorinaite used in mantle manufacture for incandescent gas lamps is known only from the Island of Ceylon. Discovered by the Ceylon mineral survey, it is exported to Europe and the United States.
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Ceylon
Ceylon Mineral Survey
Europe
United States
Markets Purnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co
Grain market items reported by Beach Wickham Grain Co of Burlington Iowa list prices and market chatter. The snippet includes a question about the average woman’s spending with a London Opinion quote noting the answer is always more.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Burlington
Iowa
London
What is geography as explained by Bob
A concise exchange where Bob describes geography as a book showing where cities and rivers live and guiding travel choices once you have money. The definition frames geography as place knowledge and practical navigation for trips.
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Bobby
Woman Tea Taster at Mincing Lane London
A young bobbed haired woman works as a tea taster in Mincing Lane, the hub of London's wholesale tea trade. She tests hundreds of tea samples rapidly and samples thirty to forty cups in a single session.
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Mincing Lane
London
Bee queen telegram sparks station crowd
An English nobleman with an apiary sent for a queen bee and the telegram predicted arrival by 3 40 this afternoon. News of the queen spread, drawing a large crowd at the station to witness the arrival.
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England
Boston Transcript
Voltaire Praises Puppet Show Origins in 1705 Drama
The article recalls Voltaire's enjoyment of puppet shows and notes that over two centuries earlier a French academy member named Malezicu wrote marionette plays. One performance occurred before the Duke of Bourbon in 1705, and Voltaire helped manipulate the figures on at least one occasion.
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Voltaire
Malezicu
Duke of Bourbon
May Beat the Wtch Hazel Water Find Near Milk River
A Dominion Geological Survey officer located artesian water for about 1,000,000 acres of arid country southeast of Lethbridge Alberta. The water bearing strata and its relation to Milk River are mapped so depth and location to find water are known within close limits.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Dominion Geological Survey
Arab Legend on Cats and Noahs Ark
An Arab legend says no cats existed until a plague of mice threatened Noahs ark. The family prayed, and Allah caused a cat to emerge from Noahs sneeze, scaring away the mice and ending the nuisance.
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Andi Noah
Ark
Noah
Allah
Clay Trampling in Glass Making Winds Up Sore Feet
In glass manufacture the clay for melting pots is kneaded by human feet due to lack of satisfactory mechanical methods. The tramper endures tiresome work and suffers from sore feet as a result of this labor.
Sharing Birthday Twins Debate
Paul and Phil, two brothers, argue over celebrating birthdays. Paul insists only his birthday should be shared, while Phil proposes splitting days with morning and afternoon celebrations. The aunt and children discuss fairness and individuality of birthdays.
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Paul
Phil
Weill
Pasteur Faith Deepens as Study Continues
The Newark World quotes Pasteur answering a question about belief in God and an afterlife. He says his faith deepens with study and would grow stronger still, aligning with the faith of a Breton peasant and its wife as he progresses in discovery.
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Pasteur
Newark World
Zenith camera aided Yale orbit study and pole measurements
Yale astronomer Frank Schlesinger perfected the Zenith camera to measure celestial positions. The device automatically photographs stars near the zenith with a precise clocked timing system to determine pole movements and north-south celestial references. It aims to locate the pole within two feet and prompts broader adoption.
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New Traven, Conn
Frank Schlesinger
Yale University Observatory
George Airy
Schlesinger
Yale
Pole
North Pole
Equator
New Zealand
South Africa
Vienna Real Estate Boom Reshapes City Officials
Vienna shows rapid postwar adaptation with new desks and records systems in municipal offices as 21 000 of 43 700 buildings changed hands since the armistice. Foreign buyers flood the market while transfer taxes at 60 percent bolster municipal revenue.
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Vienna
Discover Indian Graves Lined With Whalebone
Indian graves lined with whalebone and bodies buried face downward were unearthed at the Ambassador hotel site in Santa Barbara. Representatives from the Museum of American Indians of New York and the Smithsonian Institute of Washington conducted the excavations. The site is known locally as Burton wound.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Ambassador Hotel
Museum of American Indians of New York
Smithsoniam Institute of Washington
Circulating in Dixie a travel letter from Texas to Iowa
Alex Miller recounts travel through Oklahoma and Texas focusing on oil booms at Electra and inland farming, noting boomtown crowds, land options, and wary small buyers. He observes cotton farming, boll weevil effects, race dynamics, Ku Klux Klan rumors, southern hospitality, and contrasts with Iowa.
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Wichita Falls
Towa
Iowa
State
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Ilinois
Illinois
Tilinoig
Lone
Texas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Mace
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
Lee
Longstreet
Jefferson Davis
Gordon
Ku Klux Klan
Alex Bruty
William Glick
Washington
Coloring Ivory Methods in the Brannt Receipt Book
The Brannt techne chem book lists ivory coloring methods. One uses concentrated potassium chromate with hot sugar or lead. Another treats ivory in yellow pigment solution with ammonia. A third mordants ivory in stannous sulfide or alum then hot weld decoction.
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Brannt
Techno-Chemical
Washing mouths with soap in a neighborhood dispute
The Chicago Tribune recounts a parent recalling warning their child Robert to stop swearing after a playmate used bad language. Days later the same child visited and uttered several swear words prompting a quip about washing mouths with soap.
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Robert
Chicago Tribune
See Bread Bee Pollen Basket Adapted for Food
The text explains bee bread as pollen collected by bees from flowers. It describes how pollen dust is gathered on the hind leg and middle leg joint, forming a broad basket with a hair rim. Bee bread mixed with honey nourishes young bees.
Boy Seals Up Cheese Holes With Thread Remarkably
A Cleveland mother recalls her five year old son who loves sewing and fixing things. While she briefly left the kitchen he sewed through a piece of cheese. He proudly announced to his mother that he had mended the holes in the cheese.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Physician Praises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
A physician with 26 years in practice reports his wife suffered years with stomach trouble that resisted treatment. After one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy last Saturday she improved dramatically. The ad claims it clears catarrhal mucous from the intestinal tract relieves inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments and offers refunds at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists.
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Mayr
Lemmon’s
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