Great Chicago Abattoir Complex Revealed in Trade Essay
A sweeping portrait of Chicago’s southwest packing district describes a one square mile area with pens for hundreds of thousands of cattle hogs and sheep and a vast network of slaughterhouses packing houses offices and markets. The piece explains stock yards operations from arrival through bidding and slaughter to meat production and distribution.
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Washington Post
Packinghouse
Center Avenue
Chicago
Beef Trust
Abia Great Industral Reservation
Astor Avenue
Thatymei
Armour & le Synta& Co
Labby Weel & Libby Daten Meats & Co
Ghcdter
Heep Trust
Tagind France
Paris
Tistreeh
Che Specu
Ios
Ysme
Cheico Jondon Railway
Ste. Gands
Heli Tis
Tarren
Mips Igsev Ig
Denewrys
Transformation of meat and byproducts at stockyards
The article describes the meat packing process from live cattle to carcasses and byproducts. It notes the roasting and cooking of blood and bone waste, sale of residue as fertilizer, and distribution via refrigerator cars to distant markets. It highlights the Chicago stockyards as a major hub and federal scrutiny over abuses and shipping rates.
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Cuncage
North
Will Honor John Brown Battle Fifty Anniversary Ceremony
Topeka Kans June 9 preparations are under way by Osawatomie citizens to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Osawatomie. President Bairbanks will deliver the principal address with speakers from Kansas and Missouri. The event mirrors the 186? dedication of a white marble monument funded by early settlers.
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Osawatomie
Topeka Kans
Oswatomie
Fol Brown
Fisident Bairbanks
Guy Hach
Kansas
Gur Colle
Vissour
Orwatomie
Laenti
Tohn J Ingalls
John Frown
Osagatori
Osigatome
Vicmity
Commemoration of CAPTAGEN UTA Battle Leaders and Osawatome
A fragmentary commemorative note recalls CAPTAGEN UTA command at Osawatomi and a failed 1860s seizure, with references to Osawatomie Osawatomie and Chariestaan. It mentions a living pioneer at next August’s celebration who will read a letter from John Brown to his sisters dated 1859. The item notes the Kansas Historical Society owns the letter and cites a survivor from Clark, now in Chicago.
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Captagen Uta
Osawatomis
Chariestaan
Osawatome
Jetter Weiden
John Brown
Charlestown
Kansas Historical Sociea
Jesus Christ
Clark
Chicago
Dat was a great wedding Sam and the lucky man
An informal Chicago gossip note recalls a wedding scene where the groom is mistaken for the lucky man. The bride laughs at the mingled luck and quirks, while a comic aside hints the groom’s fortune hinges on a rabbit’s foot gifted by a playful mother. The tone is light and humorous, reflecting urban chatter.
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Chicago
Wall Street Wheat Rally Amid Weather and Kansas Report
A Kansas crop report and weather signals sparked a sharp rally in wheat after a midday decline. Trading closed with gains led by wheat and corn as market participants priced in favorable harvesting conditions and rain relief in the Southwest and Northwest.
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Hibbs & Co
F Street
New York
Washington Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Drough
Kansas
Ora
Primars
Correanoud
Viioneapoli
Duluth
Hi Tea
Onin
aPerts
Rnisec
Iwinear
Hich
Iesk
A Vernal Song by Anaton Lephard in New Bark Sun
A poetic verse describes spring’s awakening with crimson maple crests and leafless briers signaling renewal. It evokes vireo notes, twilight skies, and hillside hues as nature foresees spring’s living change and the earth’s recognition of its God in a conscious spring.
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Anaton Lephard
Potatoes and Middlemen Targeted by Equity Marketing Plan
Special correspondence reports the American Society of Equity pushes a marketing association to control potato supplies. By September chapters would regulate when to place crops, aiming to set fair nationwide prices, reduce middleman control, and curb low-price storage abuses. The plan cites major potato-producing counties and asserts strong statewide organizing efforts.
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Theington Post
Indianapolis
American Society of Equity
Northwest
Chicago
Aroostook County
Vila County
Colo
Steuben County
Portage County
Wis
Waushara County
Monroe County
Montcalm County
Ameri Society of Equity
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Slaves of Canada trade in Indian girls exposed in BC
A New York Tribune report from Cape Mudge in northern British Columbia alleges long running slave trading where Cape Mudge Indians sell white skinned girls for profit. The piece notes powerful slave dealers, generations of traders, and calls for government action to curb the traffic, while a Chicago News joke closes the excerpt.
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New York
Wester ST Nawical
Issraulor
Duluth
Allgat
Northeen
Blani Teba
SC Tegan
GSIE
Awad
Nleat
Gol's
Ati
Uaesta
British Columbia
New York Tribune
Cape Mudge
Ottawa
British Colomnbia
Eigdt
Rock Bay
Parlor Suite Sale At Cost Regardless Of Writes
Local store announces disposal of a large stock of Parlor Suites and odd pieces at cost, offering heavy savings despite ongoing price adjustments and accounting uncertainties.
Jealous husband helps nab post office robber in town
A terse confession from a jealous husband and a clerk’s disguise unravel a mail pouch theft. A witness describes trailing a well dressed woman to a wealthy house, where she plotted cashing a $60 money order tied to the missing pouch. The investigator uses a hayloft tunnel, a stable worker, and a hidden pouch to seize the robber and accomplice, with the case leading to prison terms.
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Lethermre
Newton
Cinemnat
Ipidis
United States
Washington
Caesar
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Cotymour
Millhins
NEW York Grain
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Halumors
Bulga
Ory
Fane
Farmers
Planning Vegetable Trust
Canada
Chicago News
Boo-hoo
Henry
Wes
Jackson Bros
Jackson
Seventh St. N. W
Wilba
Triole
TCR
Sera Ans
OPEC
Front and Fletcher Sts
Affleck
S$ Day & CO
Lowing Stores
Aevsbrurg
Thompson Pharwacy
Wholesale Drug Exchange
Alexandria
Classified Business Directory
National Bank
Sevnth Street
John
Ohio
Saes Fur Coth
Uwrocers
G G & Son
Luxaview Ancy — Groceriea
Wind End Liquors Est
Nos Ave
G St
B&o
St. James
Peave
6Th Bt
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Treasury Dept
White Horse
G Staples
Hartan
Ang
Uhler, & CO
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Machinista
IEZ
A. B. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Gates
Fa Ave
Ith
Avery Dliah
Somerset R Waters
Grocer Coffee
Medical
Ree
Wafe
Sindars
Leatherman
Shade
Fisk Elgin
Saxea
Tesok
Stewart
Money T
Ant Area
Boos G
Bo Ousas
Beerdine Ice
Goreeran Bldg
Estate “A
E St
Goxdense
Theoy
Elso
Galery
Metropolitan Loan and Trust Co
E! Street
N. W
Reliance Loan and Trust CO
Seventh Street
Horning
Ar Investar
Commercial Bank
Nt. W. Gov
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