Chicago Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep And Grains May 23
Hogs receipts 56,000 with lighter demand and price ranges from 11.85 to 12.80 per cwt across weights. Cattle receipts 500 with best fed steers near 11 to 11.50, fat cows 5.50 to 7.50, stockers 6.00 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 1,000 with fat lambs 12.00 to 12.80 and California and native sheep quoted. Grain futures show No 2 hard wheat 1.68 to 1.69, corn values around 1.11 to 1.18 per bushel.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Benex Nels
trans-Missouri
California
Unofficial Chicago Livestock Estimates Released
Unofficial figures from Chicago on May 23 show hogs at 50 000 cattle 20 000 and sheep 17 000 for Monday. Hogs for the coming week total 135 000.
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Chicago
Relic Archaic Items Found by Tires on Pottstown Pike
Automobile travelers on the Pottstown Pike have unearthed Indian artifacts including arrowheads and other relics by chance. One unaware motorist discovered a tomahawk head among the debris.
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Pottstown
Unclear dialogue excerpt featuring Mrs Blaunderby remarking
Fragmentary speech shows Mrs Blaunderby mentioning her niece and a college education while discussing languages. The text is incomplete and lacks a clear event or reportable action.
Calamity Prophet Parkins Provokes Skepticism
Dry and wary Parkins, known for predicting famines and disasters, bets with a friend that all rivers in the country will dry up soon. The friend dismisses the claim with a sharp reply, highlighting the speaker's notoriety and the public's skepticism.
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Parkins
St. Paul
Golfers and a novice share a wry brief exchange
A novice asks about results after a golf match and the old hand explains they were even as one side struggled at the long holes and the other at the short, noting the opponent never fully reached the pinnacles while improving on the inward journey.
Banyan Tree Growth Creates Aerial Root Props
The banyan tree grows by sending roots downward that root and form props supporting its branches. This process allows the tree to spread over a wide area and endure for ages.
Washington Produce Markets w Ib 38¢ O7c .05¢
Washington markets list fruit and vegetable prices with per pound figures and miscellaneous cents. The line reads as a compact price listing with several items and unit prices. The OCR text presents market pricing shorthand rather than a full article.
Popular Pears Rise as Yearround Fresh Fruit Spur
Pear popularity grows as a year round fresh fruit and steady canned dessert ingredient. History traces pears to early settlers and missions, with Bartlett dominating California production and Kieffer arising from crossbreeding, while many varieties need cross pollination to bear fruit. The Bartlett, from Europe, is known there as Bon chretien.
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United States
American Pomological Society
Belladios
Mexico
California
Mission Gardens
Calfornia
Bartlett
Kieffer
Peter Kieffer
Philadelphia
Wheeler Nominated for Alabama Statue in National Hall
The Providence Journal notes Alabama chose General Joseph Wheeler for a Statuary Hall pedestal in Washington. Though not a native Alabama son, his Civil War service and Cuban campaign record earned him the honor as states fill two statues each. many states remain unrepresented.
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Joseph Wheeler
Little Joe
Rough Riders
Alabama
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Washington
Providence Journal
Wheeler
National Chamber of Horrors
Planes Fly Without Pilots Found Over English Coast
South coast residents were astonished when an air force flying machine fell into the ocean and was towed ashore. The craft had no pilot aboard and was controlled by wireless from a shore station, explaining weeks of unmanned flights.
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England
Air Force
Penn Yan Name Origin for Village Established
Early settlers in Penn Yan came from Pennsylvania and New England Yankees. A village naming discussion led to adopting Penn Yan, formed from the first syllables of Pennsylvania and Yankee.
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Penn Yan
Pennsylvania
New England
Penny a Week Alimony Granted in Marylebone Court
An infirm bootmaker blind in one eye was awarded alimony of one penny weekly to his wife amid a plea that she be a habitual drunkard. The case set a low maintenance record in England.
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Marylebone Court
England
Motoring memes and mixed scoops from a haphazard page
A jumble of remarks and brief notices references to prices, crimes, and social quirks. Items mention a $100,000 safe in Iowa City, a rum war tied to bootleggers, rising iron prices, June weddings for Rice growers, and a San Francisco hotel fire.
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Bride
Iowa City
Word to the Wise Debt and a Lost Bag Recall
A North Site business man recalls owing the street railways several hundred dollars and describes a memory lapse after meeting a friend in a bank. He boarded a Woolward Avenue car, saw a red warning “Stop Turn Back” on the line end, and quickly retraced to find his bag with Saturday’s change left safely at the bank.
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Department of Street Railways
North Site
Woolward Avenue
Detroit News
Tuna Fishing in Hawaii
The Hawaii Tuna Fishing club of Honolulu offers facilities for anglers to reach game fishing grounds and has gained national prominence. The world's tuna record was set in Hawaiian waters by Jump of Los Angeles. The club operates a rendezvous at Kihei Maui with fishing also from Honolulu and other locations. Game fish include yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, ono, ulua, and swordfish.
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Hawaii Tuna Fishing Club
Honeluia
Hawaiian
Jump of
Los Angeles
Ihe
Kihei
Maui
Honolu
Kaleiwa
Hilo
Kailua
Waimen
F. J. Halton
Adventure Magazine
Razor blade shipments skyrocket to nearly eight million
Shipments of safety razor blades manufactured in this country reached about 7.5 million last year, nearly triple the 1928 figure, reflecting a surge in domestic production and export readiness.
Many and Varied Are Sources of Happiness
A quirky meditation on happiness from work and leisure. It contrasts a hunter with his son, a rocking woman, peaceful churchgoers, a stylish young woman, and a disclaimer that happiness depends on capacity. The piece blends reflection with humorous observations.
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Holbe
Fife
Wotan
Guaranteeing Title and Title Insurance in Real Estate
The text urges that buyers rely on a guaranteed title and title insurance. It advises including a clause in the preliminary agreement that a guaranteed title be delivered and title insurance from a responsible company be provided at contract signing.
Unique Back on This Coat Demonstrates Embroidered Wool Design
The model coat features white wool with red and black embroidery and a shaped flounce creating a full back and plain front. A standing collar is embroidered on the underside and pin tucks on the collar and flounce mark a new decorative departure worth wide copying.
Milk Compared With Foods for Protein Value
Food chemists report that one glass of milk provides as much protein as one large egg and similar amounts to several other foods. In measuring protein, one glass equals one egg, twelve onions, three potatoes, two and a quarter shredded Wheat biscuits, five slices of bacon, twenty apples, six bananas, or two thick slices of whole wheat bread.
Education Versus Taste in Perfection and Maturity
The text argues that education shapes judgment beyond mere taste and that what seems perfect in one era may later be viewed as immature. It presents taste as an unsafe sole guide and elevates educated discernment as essential for enduring standards.
Snail Prince Talleyrand Serves Delicacy to Emperor
Prince Talleyrand introduced snails to the French table during a dinner for Emperor Alexander I of Russia. He and Anacreon searched for a novel dish, recalling a Vienna snail recipe that proved instantly popular and has remained a favorite in France.
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Prince Talleyrand Perigord Seeme
Alexander I
Russia
Vienna
France
Change in Nature's Law and Perpetual Flux
The passage asserts nothing stays fixed as change governs all. It emphasizes perpetual motion of shadows and matter, noting movement as a fundamental law guiding existence across nature and time.
Train schedules excerpt lists multiple lines and regional branches
The page lists westbound and Knoxville branch train numbers, local passenger and freight services, arrival and departure times, and daily operation notes. Multiple routes such as Golden State, Lo Pass, Lo Frt, and local freight appear with station legending and schedule blocks.
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Golden State Samhoe
Cnwmandnc
Knoxville
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West
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Chicago Grain
JOIP
Washington Produce Markets
Leghorn
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Marion Ave
Tom
Milwaukee
Tito Schipa
Pullman Condueror
Tarrytown, N. Y
San Francisco
New York
NEA Service, Inc
Hawaii
Jefferson St
W. B. Shelly
D. F. Macon
Dorothy
University of Arkansas
Doris Pinkerton
Fayetteville, Ark
Hote Planters
North
Clark Street
Madison Street
CRL & P
Golden State
Isis
J.C. M
Wes
West Lim
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
P. W. Dayton
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Jeredatha
W. JT. Carson
I. M
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
P. J. Wallace
RK. S
Pearle Dickerson
Alice Rownd
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
Cecil Glasscock
H. P
Sarah Walker
Amos Chapter de Moley
Olav Bramer
M. C
Robit Thompson
Order of Moose
G. H. Williams
T Rickey
O. O. F.—Covenant Lodge No
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L.R. Larson
Noble Grand
Russell Goodin
Ome
F. W. Diller
M. D. Jae. Sarihe
Gchenly & CO
Toledo
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