Market Report From Lamson Bros on Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago esti receipts show hogs 480000 cattle 215000 sheep 20000. Hog market opened firm with mixed and butchers at 7.35 to 7.90. hogs closed mostly 10 cents higher. Cattle market opened 10-15 cents higher. beef steers and cows varied with calves noted. Sheep market opened strong with native and western lambs and wearlings noted at various price points. Cash wheat and corn bids listed. New York and St. Louis closes provided. New York stocks show varied gains across major firms and rails with United States Steel among leaders.
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Chicago
Texas
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Northwestern
LABE
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
ARBOR
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel, Common
United States Steel, Pfd
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
YWCA Finance Drive Underway as Campaign Opens
Finance committee starts a drive to raise six thousand dollars for the Y W C A with plans to reach the goal in ten days. Provisional board reports strong progress from member captains and a banquet venue search amid continued team effort and banquet preparations.
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Woods Bros
H. T. Fisher
E. A. Boggs
E. T. Alford
F. W. Warren
Cora Bunn
Henry Austin
Finance Committee
Irving
M. Woods
Building with Stucco and Concrete Homes by William A Radford
William A Radford extols concrete and stucco in home building urging wet mix approach for artificial stone and warns on the limits of solid concrete walls in dwellings. He compares costs with wood and brick, outlines a proposed stucco house plan with 46 by 29 feet interior, notes roof economy, window treatments, and layout including circular living room windows and second floor bedrooms.
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Atucco
The Seal’s Sense of Smell and Eyes Impressiveness
The article notes seals have a keen sense of smell that wakes them easily even from windward approaches, and that they accept humans as nonthreatening when smelled. It highlights their large eyes, intelligence, and a glossy black appearance with a catlike pupil. ELGIN BUTTER. Elgin Ill Feb 6 Butter 26¢.
Novel Museum in England at Bramber Shows Humorous Taxidermy
A museum near Bramber Castle blends taxidermy with humor in a child like Wonderland tone. Created by W Potter starting in 1861, the exhibit Death and Burial of Cock Robin uses 100 British bird specimens and miniature scenes such as the fish with his dish and the owl. The Strand praises its originality and charm for both children and adults.
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England
The
Strand
Rem Dar
Alice
W. Potter
Potter
Cock Robin
They Made Her Sick at New York Customs
A quoted exchange recalls a traveler’s discomfort on arrival in New York. The dialogue highlights a travel ordeal as the speaker credits customs inspectors with causing illness after the voyage from Europe.
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Europe
New York
Peach of a hired girl let go in domestic note
A brief local item notes a wife firing a trusted hired girl, reflecting a household matter with a candid line about the pardonable tone of the employer. The exchange underscores a practice of hiring and dismissal in domestic service, typical of the era.
New York Rider Tests Motorcycle For Army Use
Frank L Valiant of New York city has begun a long ride to Chicago to demonstrate a single cylinder motorcycle as a courier in field service. He carries a letter from Col H E Bailey to Major General Hodges, aiming to prove motorcycles' value for use by the U S Army.
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New York
Frank Td Abbey Valiant
New York City
United States
Valiant
H. E. Bailey
Twenty-nineth Infantry
Fort Jay
Governor's Island
Charles I
Hodges
United States Army
Federal Building
Chicago
Frank Libbey Vallant
Boy Olympian Hoar Emerges As Young Mass Senate Hope
Grandnephew of Senator Hoar Roger Sherman Hoar, Harvard Law School, is described as the youngest Massachusetts state senator, a 23 year old reformer who shifted a Republican majority to a Democratic edge. The piece profiles his campaign stance, background in state conventions, and aims to be a deliberate legislator despite early scrutiny.
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Hoar
Committee
Mack
National Committee
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
People's Sobby
State House
Boston
Mass
Roger Sherman Hoar
Harvard University Law School
Concord
George Brisbe Hoar
Massachusetts State Senate
Senator Hoar
Iis
Matform
Rob Fitzsimmons
Crystal Theatre
Bes Sree
Gorgonzola Gems and Kaiser's Title Debate
A quirky clash of anecdotes appears as readers are treated to a joke about gems hidden in cheese and a historical quip on how to render the Kaiser's title. The column blends playful misdirection with a sharp line from Bismarck about Latin wording for sausage and imperial phrasing.
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Hersiem
Claveland
Biemarck
Germany
Bismarck
Street quarrel over living costs ends with taunts
Two street urchins on Sixth and Sansom streets clash over high living costs and exchange insults. One calls the other a bonehead and lowbrow while boasting of his sharp wit and a claim that his mother calls him sun. The Philadelphia Times quotes the exchange as a vivid street vignette.
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Sixth
Sansom
Gwan
Philadelphia
Times
Desirable Spring Real Estate Offers by Galloway-Gibson Inv. Co.
Local listing from the Galloway-Gibson Investment Co. promotes various Cedar Falls and Waterloo area properties. Notes include a modern four to six room houses with oak finishes, large lots, fruit trees, barns, and multiple exchange options. Prices range from 1 2 cash up to 4 6 thousand dollars, with terms and potential exchanges for city property or land closer to town.
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Galloway-Gibson Inv. Co
West Second Street
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Michi
Oe Kelley
City Real Estate Dept
Salloway-Gibson Iny. Co
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