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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1903
Page
10
Wholesale and retail merchants report highly satisfactory business for the week ending August 15, with dry goods, confectionery, groceries, and drugs showing strong sales. Prices hold firm on staples while linseed oil cuts spur druggists. shipments of fruits vegetables and meats rise, signaling continued optimism for the month despite August typically lagging.
Chicago wheat prices rise sharply with early gains on strong cash demand in the Northwest. Minneapolis cash wheat hits $1.01 per bushel as shorts cover and bull buying supports hold. September wheat closes up 4.5 cents at 82. September corn and oats ease or hold near steady, provisions weak with September prices lower. Local receipts small at 521,000 bushels. total three-point receipts 196 cars.
Prices paid by shippers for poultry and hides and tallow. Poultry includes tom turkeys seven cents, ben turkeys nine cents, cocks four cents, seen ducks ten cents, springs per dozen. Western geese price per pound, prime duck at a set rate. Hides priced by grade with No 1 and No 2 categories and decay notes.
The list outlines prices for mixed candies and roasted nuts by weight, with per pound rates for common mixed, Banner twist, old-time mixed, and soft shelled almonds. It also lists various coal and coke products with per ton prices, plus a catalog of drugs and dry goods with assorted unit prices.
A speaker recalls working with a steady old cow pony on the range. He explains how the animal seemed to anticipate steer movements, letting the rider stay in the saddle while the horse controlled the chase. The tale shifts to a later business venture where the speaker pretends competence while the horse still guides outcomes.
In Philadelphia, Freddie, son of a city family, visits a country village with his parents. A circus visit leads the boy to quip at luncheon that the workers are “firing all full of breakfast food,” a mix of city manners and country marvels.
Market notes from New York show strong demand and higher prices across grains. Wheat receipts 51,300 bu with No 2 red at 81c fob. corn and oats also steady to firm as outside support and favorable weather news push prices up before late-session reversals.
Wheat gains and drops ripple through St Louis Kansas City Louisville Cincinnati Liverpool Minneapolis and Toledo markets. Prices show fluctuations in wheat corn oats rye and flour with varying bids, cash was 2 red and No. 2 deals. Receipts and shipments listed, timothy and hay values noted across several exchanges.
From New York to St Louis and Boston the day’s dairy and poultry quotes show butter steady to firm, various grade creams and cheeses moving unevenly, eggs firm on some markets, and turpentine and rosin prices steady in related notes. Includes refinery and crude petroleum prices in Montpelier and New York metal market shifts with minor changes.
Activity in the dry goods market remained firm through the week end and is expected to improve with the new week. Buyers continued to await developments, while prices stayed unchanged. Wool markets show domestic fleece at 28 to 32 cents per pound.
A Chinese cook Ah Fom, in a California household, idolizes a rebellious sixteen year old boy and piles profanity into his speech. In a kitchen mishap he burns a cake, erupts in a torrent of N. G. profanity, then calmly resumes battering another cake, leaving the mistress terrified and baffled.
A Ohio man wrote a Norman real estate firm seeking 160 acres of tillable, level land with rich loam soil and no rocks or ravines, in a good farm area. He offered to pay $10 per acre but asked the firm to cover railroad fare for himself and his family.
The report describes Mrs Thompson, a widow with three sons, announcing after church that she will marry Dr Lane on Thursday afternoon. The eldest son interjects with a question about Lane, adding a moment of family humor and tension to the scene. The fragment hints at a household describing discipline and obedience.
Hogs were fairly active and about five cents higher while sheep remained steady. Cattle receipts total 356 with varied weekly changes, showing larger year over year gains. The market opened steady for top steers with fluctuations through the week, bulls and cows sold mostly steady, and calves reaching up to 7 dollars. Sales included 1 219 pound native steers at 4 80 and 922 pound Texas cattle at 3 50. Representative prices ranged for steers, cows, bulls, and calves with overall favorable week conclusions.
Receipts of sheep and lambs this week show a drop of over 1700 from last week but year over year figures are steadier. Demand improved as the week closed with lambs selling around 5.25 to 5.50 and extra selections to 5.75, while old sheep ranged to about 3.25 to 3.50 with yearlings up to 3.75. Kansas City and Chicago market reports run parallel with steady to rising prices for lambs and mixed sheep, reflecting a tighter supply and increased competition among buyers.
The Northwestern Miller laments declining handwriting and spelling in schools amid modern teaching methods. It argues for core literacy while noting business leaders complain about untrained students. Writing and arithmetic are challenged as spelling suffers and digits improve.
A fragment from a historical note surveys the fork’s rise in Europe. It notes usage in Italy before England in the fifteenth century and Queen Elizabeth’s three gold tipped forks, described as curiosities rather than everyday tools. It cites Crudities 1608 describing Italians using a small fork with meals to pick meat while water is held with the knife.
Passenger cars depart from jaahi n streets with the first at onan aelmosie and continuing until 1 p.m. inclusive. Last car leaves at 11:15 p.m. On 38 Sundays cars depart also at 1y. Times listed include 0, 3 50, 3 4:30 and 5:30. Express and passenger services run on Meridian streets. Greenwood operates at 9:09 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
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