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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1902
Page
2
Indianapolis wholesale trade shows early signs of revival with stronger cereal and dry goods activity. Fall openings by major millinery houses boost shipments as confectioners, leather goods, and hardware demand rise. fruit and vegetable receipts run high while home grown produce sustains market pricing. Iron and hardware markets stay firm and fall trade nears brisk action.
The King’s swift recovery from surgery is praised as part of a broader view from the Spectator on European rulers. It argues hereditary theory fails to predict royal traits, noting various royal houses produced capable soldiers and leaders while remaining human, with only occasional striking likenesses like the Czar and the Prince of Wales.
Union Stockyards Indianapolis August reports hog receipts 2,500 with prices up from Monday and steady to higher. Cattle receipts 250 with mixed demand. best steers near seven dollars and higher calves showing strength. Sheep and lambs weaker overall though stockers mixed. market with regional variations across Kansas City Chicago and New York bureaus.
A fragmentary poem by Andrew Lang appears in Woman's Home Journal. The text repeats hush and lullaby imagery of scythes, grasses, and clover, with scattered archaic phrasing and incomplete lines.
The Gran Chaco, called the River of Death, has swallowed Guido Boggiano and his expedition after earlier fates of Dr Creveaux and Ramon Lista. Explorers from France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Paraguay vanished while crossing the Pilcomayo region as Colonel Ibarreta and others press onward into the perilous unknown.
An African American woman sits contentedly on a doorstep reflecting on past days. Jane, a neighboring servant, joins by the fence and remarks that rain is coming tomorrow. Auntie responds with a humorous, religious exclamation about God bringing weather, cyclones, and providence.
Time table effective August 15, 1902 for Greenfield Knightstown and intermediate stations with passenger and freight service. Cars depart from Indianapolis area streets including Georgia Meridian and Kentucky avenues with multiple daily runs to Greenfield Martinsville Mooresville and Martinsville area and connections at Franklin. Service notes mention early morning departures and last cars with varied intervals.
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