Market News Hog and Cattle Quotes From Chicago State Market
Chicago market report shows hog receipts at 22 000 with most hog prices 10 to 15 cents higher and top at 10.05 while bulk 150 to 200 pound hogs bring 9.75 to 10.00. Cattle receipts reach 9 000 with steady to higher bids. best heavy steers around 13.75 and yearlings around 12.56. Sheep receipts 14 000 with spring lambs active and clipped lambs slow. natives and heavy ewes mostly lower.
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Chicago
California
Market Prices for Lambs and Ewes Reported
Light and handyweight lambs 84 pounds down with medium choice 13.00 to 15.10. Cull and common lambs 11.00 to 13.00. Ewes common to choice 5.25 to 8.00. Canners and cutters 1.75 to 5.25.
Chicago Cash Grain Market Readings and Prices
Chicago cash grain figures list wheat values for red and hard grades, corn yellow and white classes with percentage ranges, oats white grades and samples, barley and timothy, plus clover prices. Reads like a brief market update from May 19.
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Chicago
Toledo Seed Market Report
Clover cash imported on May 19 shows 14.00 with Oct and Dec domestic 16.00 and 25.00 May. Timothy cash new and May 2.80. Prices listed for seed commodities and dates indicate market activity at Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo
Timothy
Nesting Fast Build by Bird in Four Days Revealed
An investigator in Nature Magazine reports finding L186 pieces of material in a bird nest after the young birds left. The nest was constructed in four days, indicating rapid and organized nest-building behavior.
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Nature Magazine
Africa Quiz Questions on Geography and Politics
A crossword style prompt lists questions about Africa including identifying an island off its east coast the cape at Africa’s southern tip three rivers four oceans bordering Africa and whether Cape Town to Cairo can stay within British territory It asks about Victoria Falls Lake Victoria and the five northern coastal divisions along Africa and the Gulf of Guinea coasts
Nye's One Experience With Cyclone
A humorous reminiscence by Bill Nye describes his fear of cyclones and the stubborn calm he tries to project. He recalls being dragged from a basswood tree during a Manitoba cyclone and jokes about enduring a yearly house phenomenon. The piece is drawn from Nye's life story as told by Frank W. Nye.
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Manitoba
Bill Nye
Frank W. Nye
Albany House: London’s famed men’s retreat and 62 suites
The Albany in Piccadilly, long a gathering place for figures like Gladstone and Disraeli, was bought from the Duke of York by builder Alexander Copland. He conceived converting the mansion into 62 male-only bachelor suites, run by social and political elites without profit aims.
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Albany House
Gladstone
Disraeli
Henry Irving
Byron
Canning
Albany
Duke of York
George III
Alexander Copland
Piccadilly Mansion
New York Times
Two of a kind Willie Receives Reward For Good Behavior
A father awards his son Willie for keeping promises and not growling during errands. He initially offers a choice between a five dollar gold coin and a silver dollar. Willie, eager to be unselfish, chooses the smaller coin, prompting the father to surprise him with the larger prize for his generosity.
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Willie
Willie-boy
Educational museums show diverse agricultural collections
The text notes museums in Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Holland hold minerals, insects, agricultural products and by products, plus farm animal models and implements. They illustrate scientific insect pest research and its attack methods, often linked to agricultural schools for demonstration. One of the largest is Berlin.
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Switzerland
Germany
Denmark
Holland
Berlin
Bronze pins shape macaroni and spaghetti dies
A New York Times note explains a macaroni and spaghetti factory uses bronze pins inside the perforated dies. The pins keep the tool clean and rust free, guiding dough as hydraulic pressure pushes it through the die to form macaroni, with a smaller pin used for spaghetti.
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New York Times
Goshawks Show Ferocity in Surprise Carolinas Encounter
Charles P. D. Lanier of Greenwich Connecticut recalls a vivid field tale from the Carolinas. A blue heron alighted near his duck blind and was attacked by a goshawk. The hawk clamped into the heron and refused to relinquish its prey until both were dispatched with a stick, the hawk still bristling.
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Charles PD. Lanier
Greenwich
Conn
Carolinas
Why Grocers Get Gray Language Snapshot
A humorous exchange about selecting dressed versus undressed chickens via a telephone call. The bride asks for “nice young grocers” and the grocer replies with surprise. The joke hinges on the double meaning of “dressed” and a husband’s expected arrival.
The Dried Apple Chest and Eliza Curry's Secret Funds
Eliza Curry plans to move from her late husband Fergus's house and sell the old cherry chest. A hidden drawer in the chest yields a pouch of gold and greenbacks, changing her finances and sparking a fresh independence as she writes to her niece's widow Lila Canfield.
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Lila Canfield
Eliza
Fergus Curry
Fergus
Lila
Jefferson House
Carrie Rush
Lil
Rush House
Hiza
Vdike
Mrs. Wallace
Mirza
Mint Director Given Credit Not Deserved
An Asturias orphanage head wrote Madrid mint officials asking for a prize win to feed his charges. Lottery numbers 7220 and 17229 produced a top prize of 750000 pesetas for the priest, who praised the director, unaware of the risk of arrest and the director’s wrath.
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Spain
Cffcult
Madrid
London
Old Town Roles: Hog Reeve Woodward Culler of Staves
In colonial New England a hog reeve acted as a pig bailiff and impounded strays. Other posts like woodward and culler of staves existed though few recall them. The piece notes these offices and mentions the tything man, while wondering about their revival.
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New England
Woodward
Little Boy Mistakenly Rides In Sheriff’s Car
In Vigo county Mrs. Ray Fencamnen wife of the sheriff often gives her daughter rides to school then invites nearby children to ride along. A seven year old boy rode home in the family sedan and believed he had ridden in a paddy wagon when told by peers. He begged others not to tell the teacher or his mother.
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Ray Fencamnen
Vigo County
Lidlanapolis
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