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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
8
Dr Brayton, county coroner, formerly A W Brayton, fell from a street car several days ago and sustained serious injuries. He is much improved and looks toward recovery with Friday as a hopeful date for further improvement.
A crew on a revenue cutter scrambled as a gun discharged during a yacht event at New York. Officers chased the weapon as cables snapped amid rough seas, and a gun misfire narrowly failed to strike the crew, with authorities later inspecting the vessel.
Famed Cleveland theater figure John Steri, long associated with the aid school, died in New York City. He was among the era’s famous actors and once partnered with Jo Jefferson. Eiteler leaves a son and two daughters, born 1878, later married to actor Frank Weston. Root Goes to Europa. Elihu Root, secretary of war, rode Celtic to Liverpool to join Alaska boundary commission meetings, accompanied by Mrs Root and Edith Root. John W Foster also travels to Europe for diplomatic duties related to Turkey. Bar Harbor report notes Viscount Bissell, Cleveland’s former gym master general, gravely ill and unlikely to recover.
Births list several names with addresses and brief notes of gender. Deaths note a few individuals with relations and locations. Marriages record multiple couple pairings including Whicker and Martha Inyiter, Hanes and Barsett, and others across Chicago and nearby areas. Grain and livestock prices and receipts appear from Chicago and East Buffalo markets, with Toledo grain figures and livestock prices in separate lines.
M Cornellay at 33 Layman Gare RMU and Thomas J Cook at 6 Sixteenth St remodels valued at 300 dollars. Louise Hergth headlines Fulton Michigan aims ahed 823. Heppie Moriarty 75 Batesat adds, Helena Wright New York soloxadants building 7 dollars Berner ax Prospectat iamodel-
In New York on August 2 the market shows higher values for Bayer, Amalgamated, and Canadian Pacific with notable gains in Amalgamated Copper and Tennessee coal. Banks rise while Realty trusts slump. government bonds stay unchanged as noon prices reflect trading pressure and cautious optimism.
A historical listing shows wholesale prices across poultry meats and dairy goods, including turkeys, hens, ducks, geese, cheeses, butter, flour, and canned goods. It lists varied items with per unit and per barrel prices, plus fruits and vegetables like oranges, onions, cauliflower, and pineapples.
A detailed listing of prices for vegetables fruits and fuels with regional notes. Includes cucumbers apples peaches tomatoes grapes cantaloupes and various coal coke and ore products, plus stock quotes for several Indiana banks and companies and livestock receipts in Indianapolis on a late 19th century market day.
Tre markets here and elsewhere show stocks bonds and grains. New York provisions list live cattle hogs and pork products, Chicago and Cincinnati present butter cheese pork and lamb pricing, while the wool market remains quiet with subdued activity and no large transactions.
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