Daily Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Chicago 1923
Estimated receipts today hogs 37 000 holdover 12 580 cattle 14 000 sheep 6 600. Early trading strong spots higher but steady packers bidding lower. Hogs 0 240 lb 7 20 7 25 butchers 6 90 7 15 sows 6 00 6 25 pigs 5 50 6 15. Beef steers and calves strong top 11 59 loads 10 65 bulk 9 00 10 59. Stockers slow. Lambs even. Futures: liver stock tomorrow hogs 26 000 cattle 12 000 sheep 6 900. Prices from Beach Wickham Grain Co Burlington Iowa.
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Chicago
Dee
Housefly Prodigious Breeder
A bizarre note claims antihousefly campaigns almost extinct a single fly would still reproduce rapidly. The fragment suggests 50 000 descendants by summer end making eradication challenging and implying massive cleanup with thousands of carts.
History is bunk and autobiography in Dearborn Inde
A fragmentary quotation questions history as a construct and self may be shaped by unconscious paths. The text reflects a critique of historical narrative and personal autobiography with a satirical or paradoxical stance.
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Dearborn
Human Will and Destiny Reflections on Self Mastery
A compact meditation on using one’s gifts to shape fate. It argues that people squander gifts, seek remedies externally, and must look within themselves to decide what to do have and become. The write up emphasizes personal mastery over destiny.
Man Refuses Advice Prefers Self Reliance
A man who rejects guidance believes he is self sufficient and grants no aid to others, directing help only when it suits his own needs and exchanges. This portrayal underscores the dangers of overconfidence and isolation.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Spring Arrives Laughing at Cold and Snow
A vivid line from Arsene Huoussaye celebrates spring as it dispels winter’s chill. The verse imagines night yielding to bloom and warmth, a hopeful transformation embraced by nature and season alike.
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Arsene Huoussaye
Thought for the Day Be willing to pay the price
A brief meditation urges readers to accept that value comes with sacrifice and effort. It cautions that worthwhile gains require readiness to pay the required cost.
Beachine Woman Fined on Charge P Keeping Sit
A fragment notes a woman named Beachine facing a fine on a charge related to keeping a seat. The readable text shows complaint and reference to J.C. but lacks full context or details.
Agate Bridge in petrified forest awe inspires nature lore
A Nature Magazine description extols a 100 foot long petrified tree trunk called the agate bridge spanning a 60 foot chasm. The trunk is composed of agates jaspers and other colored stones. Below the bridge lies a pool of water while canyon sides host the country’s only trees.
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Petrified Forest
Agate Bridge
Nature Magazine
Score One for Mrs Grouch
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Enquirer features Mr Grouch remarking on unmarried men being treated as haves regardless of age while his wife counters that married men are treated as babies no matter their age.
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Mr. Grouch
Chicinnati Enquirer
Defects Shown in Arms in Human Race
The commonest physical defect is disproportionately long arms. It occurs more in men than in women and more among colored peoples than among whites.
The Golfer's Child and a Neighbor’s Triplet Tale
In Lith KSiber, a curious inquiry arises as a man frets about a neighbor’s birth of triplets. He asks in a playful but surprised tone, Mopher, did anyone ever have a four some oof babies? The brief misprint hints at gossip and local rumor in a Boston Evening Transcript excerpt from July.
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Ksiber
Mopher
Boston
Milk and European crops show shifts in farm output
The report notes US milk use in 1922 reaching about 103 billion pounds for butter cheese ice cream and other products with per cow production averaging 4020 pounds. European crops are generally in good condition with Bulgaria Hungary and France reporting favorable outcomes and a 5.5 percent drop in German sugar beet acreage.
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United States Department of Agriculture
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Bulgaria
France
Czechoslovakia
Austria
German Sugar Association
Aricultural
Berlin
Germany
Kellogg's Bran promises relief from constipation
An advertisement touts Kellogg's Bran as the sole all bran product for constipation relief. It claims steady use prevents toxins and illness, urges two tablespoonfuls daily, and notes versatility in serving suggestions and bakery uses.
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Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Kellogg ’S
Living Lies begins at Fox theatre with graft intrigue
Amusements loses on a horse race but gains a graft tip. Nixon Grant bets on Mad Hatter, learns about broker Eustace Clavering Bray fueling a big story. The photoplay at Fox adapts Arthur Somers Roche and centers on Grant and Kirby Rowland as Bray’s suspicions unfold.
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Nixon Grant
Mad Hatter
Eustace Clavering Bray
Fox Theatre
Arthur Somers Roche
Saturday Evening Post
Grant
Kirby Rowland
Bray
Document Signed by Three Financial Men Drives Adventure
A man finds a pocket document signed by three powerful financiers and believes it promises a major scoop. He consults with Miss Rowland, and together they endure a string of adventures. Miss Rowland is found at Masterman’s home and Grant is kidnapped, with a clever escape finale.
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Miss Rowland
Masterman
Grant
Childish Philosophy Delights with Pride and Vanity Insight
A six year old girl explains pride as thinking little of others, while vanity is caring about what others think of her. The quip appears in the Boston Evening Transcript, illustrating a charming early reflection on self-perception.
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Boston Evening Transcript
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Daily Market Reports
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Burlington
Iowa
Liverpool
John A. Babcock
Xsan
Illinois
Mrs. Grouch
Property Owners Federation, Iam
A0 Insurance Company
Cor Loretee Welsiad
Tas Gane
ST. James Times Square
New York City
Broadway
West 45Th St
Grand Central
W. Johnson Quinn
Journal’s Farm Department
Russia
Agricultural Review
Towa
Mediapolis
Chautauqua Park
Kossuth Academy
Ilona
Presbyterian Church
Blairs
Rankins Et al
Yellow Springs Collegiate Institute
Gillette
Daniel Matson
Capt. Matson
W. J. McConnel
Washington Academy
J. K. McCullough
Parsons College of Fairfield
Roseuth
Chattauqua Association
Chautauqua
Matson
Regular Army
John Matson
Douglas
Arizona
B. Matson
Matsons
Wright
Kellogg's Brands
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
Lira
R. L. Gibson
W. S. Reister & Sons
Mutual
Creamery
East Washington St
Ibui
F. J. Cheney
Toeledo
Ohio
M Pvy
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Middle West
Michigan Ave
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