Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle Blues
Chicago market notes for July 10 show hog receipts about 39 000 with 22 469 holdovers and varied pork prices from 7.30 to 7.55 for bulk 160 250 pounds while cattle and sheep values edge lower to higher with steer tops near 71.50 and vealers 11.60 12.00. receipts total hogs 86 714 cattle 22 430 sheep 23 843 calves 2 699, with shipments improving in hogs and cattle. futures and grain prices mixed as regional markets indicate slight gains in Liverpool wheat.
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Chicago
Counting the Coughs at London Play
An audience member in the first act tallies 249 coughs and 12 sneezes during a London theatre performance. The curious count highlights the noisy reception of the show rather than its plot or cast.
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London
Brush turkey nests eggs in decaying plant heap
The Australian brush turkey builds a mound of decaying vegetation about thirteen feet high and lays eggs at a depth of five to six feet. The eggs hatch by the warmth of the decomposing material rather than parental incubation.
Ground Floor Must Be Tenanted Quote by Holmes
A quoted remark from Oliver Wendell Holmes on the need for practical grounding. He suggests science is valuable to an accomplished man only if accompanied by common sense on the base of character.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Why Bluebirds Are Welcome
A short old English saying says bluebirds near a home herald harmony for newlyweds. If they settle nearby a young couple may look forward to a happy marriage and peaceful life, as the birds are seen as a good omen for household happiness.
Kind Little Artist Draws Cat With Extra Legs
A Brookline girl drew a picture of a dog and a cat and told her mother that the cat should have only four legs but she added six so she could run away from the dog. The anecdote appears in the Boston Transcript script.
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Brookline
Boston Transcript
Carriage Cost Reported At Versailles Palace
The most valuable carriage in the world rests in the palace of the Trianon at Versailles. It was built for Charles X of France and is richly gilded from pole to hind wheels. The cost is stated as about £200,000.
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Palace of the Trianon
Versailles
Charles X of
France
How We Get Primrose From Prime Rose History
The term primrose derives from prime rose meaning the first rose with no notion of primness. Over time it evolved into primrose as the English language shifted. The shift kept rose’s recognizable meaning while simplifying prime.
Bad boy, bad boy prompts snappy comeback
An East side mother scolded her eleven month old son with bad boy. The baby replied with a sharp retort, bad mamma, which earned him a hug and a kiss. The brief anecdote, cited by the Detroit News, highlights a playful exchange between parent and child.
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East Side
Detroit News
Rotten Time Promised Dinner Invitation Cited
A historical note quotes a Japanese dinner invitation pattern praised and then contrasted with the opposite outcome. The piece appears in the Doston Transcript, highlighting social etiquette misdirections.
Amateurs Cut Off By New Seven-Way Cable
Avalon California July 10 amateur radio and telephone engineers announce the world first one pair submarine cable linking Avalon to the mainland twenty five miles away allowing seven conversations simultaneously over a single copper strand. The Dellwood army cable ship laid sixty miles of armored wire across the channel with two lines diverging two miles apart. Filipino crewmen handle deep water operations while the ship repairs the Washington and Alaska cable off Alaska.
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Associated Press
Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
California
United States
United States Army
Dellwood
Alaska
Persons
Alaskan
Washington
The Concentrated Angler
A gentleman hesitates to bother any body whose mind is concentrated on his fishing. The expert knows by experience one question leads to another, then on to begging, borrowing or buying. They expect the whole boatload of anglers to wait on them because they catch no fish.
The Cat in History And Legend
Evidence shows cats have lived with humans for at least 4000 years and were esteemed until the Middle Ages when they were linked to witches and the devil. Monks believed Satan could appear as a black tomcat to reveal himself.
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Europe
Satan
Makes Tire Inflation Easy Drum Gadget
An extremely handy device for inflating a tire. It is a small drum filled with a gas that expands to rubber and enough to inflate a tire to 65 pounds pressure without jacking in seconds.
The Ananias Clue Salad Bite Quip Stirred Talk
A satire quotes a man claiming satisfaction at home when his wife serves simple lettuce sandwiches instead of a big meal. The remark, attributed to a figure described as having an appetite like a horse, appears in the Enquirer column under the headline The Ananias Clue.
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Clucia
Enquirer
Izaak Walton Angler Portrait as Botanical Lure
A humorous take on Izaak Walton praising the era’s artful fishing portrayal. It jokes that Walton, father of angling, would not wear a hunting scalp or a harvest of dead fish. The verse playful lines mention ferns feathers flowers and fine tackle in his imagined picture.
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Izaak
Izaak Walton
Dishing
Charles Hradforu
Folly and Wisdom Quote by George Eliot
A reflection on human nature from George Eliot stating that a person cannot act against their own nature. It suggests everyone carries a seed of folly within them and that even wise people may act foolishly on certain occasions, a lawful outcome of inherent traits.
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George Eliot
Those Mad Ways in a Butcher Shop Dialogue
A Market exchange turns playful as a butcher suggests a saddle of mutton and a man retorts with a bridle remark about his youth. The humorous aside reflects everyday life in a Packers' Journal style.
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Packers’ Journal
League of Nations Divided On Question of Disarmament
In Geneva on June 18 the League edges toward a deadlock over general armament reduction. A special committee split between Cecil’s general guarantee pact and a French regional accord plan. France seeks security for France and Poland while wary smaller states risk exclusion. The permanent military commission urged the Cecil plan unlikely to ensure prompt aid. A compromise is sought. absent that, a September assembly push to apply the blockade under the covenant.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Cecil
France
Poland
Switzerland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
The
Alabama May Abolish Convict Leasing System
Alabama faces a pivotal summer session as lawmakers weigh ending the convict leasing system. The Florida prison camp outrages sparked renewed calls for abolition, with Governor Wheaton's stance favoring no change until alternative employment is found. The League of Women Voters and others push for repeal of the December 1928 extension amid charges of insanitary conditions and inhuman treatment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Florida
Alabama
Wpheandon
League of Women Voters of
May Beat the Wotch Hazel Water Resource Found Near Lethbridge
A Dominion Geological Survey officer located artesian water for 1,000,000 acres southeast of Lethbridge Alberta. The water-bearing strata and its relation to Milk River are mapped, making the depth and location of water known within close limits.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Dominion Geological Survey
Pride Goeth Before a Fall in City Scene
A young society matron wheels her baby in a buggy along the boulevard, pride evident in her stride. Two girls on apartment steps remark that one plans to be a maid and take babies out, echoing the satire from the Kansas City Star.
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Kansas City Star
Finest line in English poetry cited from Wordsworth
An English critic deems the line Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns from Tintern Abbey the finest in English poetry. Tennyson called it almost the grandest in the language, expressing the sense of the abiding in the transient.
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Wordsworth
Tintern Abbey
Tennyson
Hydraulic Rams Identify Misread Quotation
A San Francisco hardware firm received an Orient request for quotations on male water sheep. The staff misread the term, posting three underscored words. An outsider suggested hydraulic rams, which proved to be the correct interpretation.
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San Francisco
Why City Lighting Was Opposed
A century ago New England debated gas street lighting arguing it would defy divine order by extending illumination at night. Proponents claimed safety and progress while opponents warned it mocked natural darkness and the ordained night.
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New England
Refinement of Angling Stresses Rules and Humane Catch
The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout by Charles Bradford frames angling as fishing guided by chivalry proper tackle catch limits and humane treatment of game. It presents angling as a disciplined sport stressing ethics, restraint, and respect for the quarry within established rules.
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Charles Bradford
Magdeburg floats 1 billion mark loan abroad
Magdeburg has issued an 8 percent loan of 1,000,000,000 marks in foreign markets. A banking consortium including several foreign institutions arranged the financing and most of the funds were absorbed in the United States.
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Magdeburg
Althoi
Germany
United States
Serbian Women Treated Last in Social Hierarchy
A note on gender norms in Serbia describing how women from lower and middle classes are given assistance last and may not sit down without being invited, reflecting strict gender and social hierarchies in public life.
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Serbia
Fewer Iowa Tuberculosis Deaths Reported in 1922
DES MOINES July 10 The State Board of Health urges stronger fight against tuberculosis citing a 1922 death rate of 43.5 per 100 000, the lowest on record with 1066 deaths. In early 1924 three months show continued decline vs 1922, with 289 deaths in Jan–Mar. The board notes the disease hits 20–29 year olds hardest and that gender differences exist in death rates, 510 male deaths and 556 female deaths.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
United States
Towa
Union
Iowa
Pasteur Faith Quote Cited by New York World
The New York World quotes Pasteur as saying his growing knowledge strengthens his faith, comparing it to the Breton peasant’s belief and noting he has no doubt that further study would deepen the Breton peasant’s wife’s faith.
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Pasteur
New York World
Lopez Tunes Map of States Through Dance
Vincent Lopez, musical director at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, claims there are forty eight kinds of dancing in the states. He says a good tune reveals dancers home state by their footwork and describes distinct regional shuffles from Georgia to California. He even jokes about selling a mail order course in state identification.
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Vincent Lopez
Pennsylvania
New York City
Lopez
Frorry
Mr. Lopez
Georgia
Texas
California
New York
Iowa
Montana
Loner
State duty to prevent TB spread and find incipient cases
The board asserts the state must do more than provide sanatoria. It must offer prevention means, identify incipient tuberculosis cases, and ensure infected individuals are arrested or cured. The public protection hinges on addressing diseased fellow humans as the main infection source.
Woman Tea-Taster at Mincing Lane Tests Hundreds of Teas
A young hobbed haired woman tea-taster in London’s Mincing Lane handles hundreds of tea samples. In a remarkably short span she tests thirty to forty cups of tea, showcasing skill in the center of the wholesale tea trade.
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Mincing Lane
London
Letting In the Light and Windows of a Great Tower
A short reflective piece compares books to windows in a tall tower, explaining that books bring light to life. It argues that without windows readers remain in darkness, while thoughtful reading opens spaces and reveals clarity. The author urges continual insertion of light.
Bee queen telegram draws crowd at station
An English nobleman with an apiary sent for a queen bee. a telegram arrived stating the queen would reach by 8:40 that afternoon. The operator, misreading as a royal queen, spread the word causing a stampede of onlookers at the station. Stung by the mix up, the episode ends with laughter at the station.
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England
Ueston Transcript
See Bread in Bee Foraging Description
A historical description explains bee bread as pollen gathered by bees and carried on hind legs in a basket formed by the middle leg joint. The pollen is mixed with beer to create the food for young bees, and the collection serves a feeding purpose rather than mere foraging.
Circle Tour Through Pacific Northwest and California
Burlington promotes a grand two-route circle tour from California through Colorado offering daylight viewing of scenic, climatic, agricultural and industrial wealth across the Pacific Northwest and California. The plan promises thousands of miles and diverse landscapes on one ticket, aiming to inspire travelers to explore America's West and possibly consider homes or futures in this wonderland.
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Pacific Northwest
California
West
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