Mules Drive Kansas City As Southwest Market Hub
An old Kansas City market feature explains mule classifications and pricing. Sugar mules command 100 to 175 dollars, used in Louisiana sugar plantations and kept unbroken. Cotton mules, 14 to 16 hands, price 50 to 150 dollars, dominate southern work and Kansas City handles most trade. Mine mules require weight and bone with prices around 10 to 1500 dollars, shipping to mines in Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Fesver
Louisiana
Beteht
Elas
Na AG
Uaa
Tiansas City
Baer
Va Te Colombes
Mexico
Dave
Nigvest
Pennsylvania
Chieuge
Ind
Br. Louis
Kanesas City
Hog Noten and Pig Rearing Practices
An old editorial argues for humane pig growth emphasizing steady weight gain from birth, early life nutrition, and later fattening. It condemns keeping pigs in close pens, urges ample exercise, and favors green pastures and clean feed over slops and offal to improve health, growth, and profitability.
The Best Is Cheapest Dairy Guidance
A dairyman who secures a faithful hand who cares for cows and treats them well should be encouraged to stay on the farm. Providing advantages to aid his work yields more milk, offsetting any extra outlay for improvements or higher wages.
A New Definition
A Cleveland Plain Dealer blurb notes a passenger exchange about a boy who looks old enough to pay fare, with a remark on his precociousness. The item captures a humorous street observation from the era.
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Cleveland Plain Desler
Beauty and Utility in Livestock Breeding Debate
A veteran breeder argues that true show beasts combine beauty and cutting power with practical meat yield. He notes that style affects price per pound, while feeders seek rapid flesh gain. The goal for breeders is to fuse ideal feeding form with carriage and grace in stock.
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North America
NOT MUCH OF AN EATER CAPTAIN MORGAN TALES
Captain B W Morgan tells of a Welsh paperhanger guest who overindulges at a noon dinner with roast beef and a pound of plum pudding. The guest boasts he is not a hearty eater, then remarks Welsh eaters are like hogs.
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B. W. Morgan
Pittsburg
Captain Morgan
Morgan
Lhat
Self feeding box for pigs with divided stalls and trough
A rough sketch shows Moss length 12 feet with 13 stalls nine inches wide each, boards five inches wide and 12 inches long forming divisions. Feed-rough keeps pigs from wasting feed and from crowding, with front spread control and a sliding trough design shown for access and cleaning.
Local Fraternal and Lodge Notices in Troy Region
A dense OCR of four dozen fraternal group listings shows details for Masons and related orders. Names of officers, ward representatives, and meeting times appear alongside lodge numbers and halls. Readers should note regular gatherings at Masonic Hall and Odd Fellows facilities with monthly and weekly schedules.
Hare Farming: A Practical Guide by John W. Markley
The article extols hares as cheap to raise with simple housing and feed, noting rapid breeding and high meat yield. It argues hares use weeds and clover hay, attract youth to farm life, and offer a steady meat supply, urging investment in hare farming as beneficial and profitable.
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John W. Markley
The Japanese Woman and Her Place in Society
The piece discusses the role of women in Japan as taught in the Greater Learning of Women and reflected in Cornhill Magazine. It notes obedience to husbands and parents, lack of legal rights, and the absence of divorce, while praising high domestic morality and reserve. It contrasts suppression with social participation and suggests Europeans could learn from Japanese manners.
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Japan
Far East
Cornhill Magazine
One Way of Making a Living in the City
A New York Times viewpoint notes varied city livelihoods from Wall Street to Jamaica. In the Navy Yard area, a few enterprising youths salvage eligible wood from waterfront debris. They collect ends of spires, timbers, and planking from yellow pine and spruce, dry and split them, then sell as kindling at neighborhood prices.
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New York Times
Wall Street
Jamaica
Navy Yard
Little St
Wallabout
She Thought Andlie Geraldine Life Will Be One Grand Song
Town Topics notes a lighthearted exchange about marriage and a quip that the union will be a grand song though Geraldine jokes she cares only that it is not a piano sale.
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Andlie
Geraldine
Gerald
Keeping Tabs on 'Em at the Wedding Reception
Report notes guests observing gifts as bride’s relatives mingle in a celebratory room. One observer asks if any relatives are present while another confirms counting presents. Subdued, informal tone captures small social detail at the event.
The Scorcher Dashes Through City Streets
A vivid fragment describes a paceing figure dubbed the Scorcher moving along a boulevard and hill then entering a cable car, with lingering speculation about his whereabouts and actions.
Man it's me childish parade proves attention matters
A four or five year old girl in Central Park asserts her identity to a reading man on a bench with a decisive stamp of her foot and the remark Man, it's me. The passage is echoed by the New York Tribune. A note adds a separate fact about wool transport costs, stating it costs two and one half cents to move a pound from Pacific to Atlantic coasts in large quantities.
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New York Tribune
Central Park
Pacific
Atlantic
Board of Education Meeting Notice
Board of Education Moete the Brat Monday ave i) each month at the Sehoo Wonse. F. H. Harding, Prez. G. S. Smith, Sec. Members- 3. W. Rawson. T Wa. Cook. Jus. Culling, Jo. Reutre aint Silay Shadwick
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Board of Education
Moete
Sehoo Wonse
F. H. Harding
G. $. Smith
W. Rawson
T Wa. Cook
Jus
Culling
Reutre
Silay Shadwick
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W. Raweon
Aldurraun
Wm. Norbury
F. Mandonall
Wm. Hampo
Wm Kimberln
Wari
I. Moge
H.C. Geffen
F. C. Gates
Township Officials
Avis. Townlerk
John Deinling
Frank Uallius
Aaberaoy
Troy Lodgs
SRR
Ale
A.M
Masonic Hil
WM C
Swart
Neilson
Laos
T. Meee
Johnn Ss
Phrorgimas
N. G
Winn
Pisgatmiencampamient
O. PY
Mauna
Will. aMsun
Serlhe
Rebekall Lodgh
Pride of the West
Sigets
Odd Fellows
Misa Coma Grane
Misa Magate Brasee
Mentor Looge
K. Y. Pe
Sehout
Foster
Aicritiste Howiney
Kool Ro
Aaedpy
Nowira
Proll'y Wall
Kant Daou
Vou AtuGuer Duoin
Gmradanea Lodcgin
No. Ae
UF. O
Nesta
Fred Muert
Macnaran Saree
Jas M. Bosumworth
Bachmouth
Ciyrs Wachrer
Wasikalista Uribe
Les
T. C
Gubauer
Iren
J OW. Taylor
United Mine Workers of
Averion
Nostl
Troy
Tw’cluck
Central Mall
DG Jones
Iain EF. Claytor
Fos
American Federation of Labor
Uroy
Uvebing
Central Hall
Wo Peter
Prea
Mawson
Stan Riteher
Sevetgbidee
Gilby
Wat
M.P. Agwaairren
BAR Pis Cpeu Elcl
Hin A.m
TU Bory
Pravet Meulingy
Jas. Gshelle
Minthodise CU Rch
Albertane Marth
McCullom
Vaater
Gilrman
Prowess
Bosuny
G. Plassmaur
Lutheran
SY. Paul's
Jujua
LW. Dornaell
Jerosius Capelolic
Bua
Aug. Forster
Mpwortee
Methodist Church
Wit
Juntiow League
Mta Juin
Wm. Wild
Troy City
John Daimling
Pror
Beabon
Gorarr Oarket
Truy
Wo. Meiners
Cali
Main Street
WM. F. Peter
City
Iot
Con Bates
Highland Marble Works
Eckert
Robert Winter
Prap
Public Square
John Diehle
O Rieder
Pf, W. Zanders
L. E. Rawson
Isis S. Jefferson Ave
St. Louis
Dee BW. Zanders
Theo. Guennewig
Alon and
Ee Lard
Main & Market Sts
Troy, St
Phil. Eckert
Wal Exchange
Fred Kuntzmann
Connection
Seabon
Troy Public Scchool
J.C Qoltis
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