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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1902
Page
2
The report notes dull wholesale activity with prices stubbornly elevated due to limited transport. Poultry shipments east and light grain demand press prices, while fruits and dried goods show mixed movement. Eggs and dairy stay firm at high levels, with forecasts of possible declines after holidays as shipments and stock conditions shift.
Receipts of grain last week were lighter than earlier in the month due to car shortages. Prices held in a high range with corn in storage and in transit described as steady. Wheat and timothy and clover hay figures appear, with wagon market offerings on air and sales frequent at quoted prices.
A dense OCR fragment lists food and commodity prices and items. Included are ducks, geese, meats, nuts, coal and coke types, dyes, dry goods, and groceries with assorted unit prices and size terms. Names of brands, places, and measures appear sporadically amid the irregular list.
A Maine forest camp cook Frank Brown declares true baked beans rely on pork fat and long slow cooking. He warns hotel beans lack flavor due to excess water and shares a method using a heavy iron pot, salt pork, beans, onion, mustard, and molasses baked for forty eight hours in a slow oven or ground coals.
The holly’s dense evergreen growth forms a thick shield around its stem and bark. Its opaque leathery leaves block sunlight, hindering seed germination and discouraging most vegetation beneath. Prickly foliage and sharp branches deter climbing plants, while bitter young leaves resist browsing animals, preserving the plant's strength in the wild.
Chicago reports little activity in grain and provisions with May wheat steady at 77c, corn up ½ to ¾c, and oats unchanged. Receipts remain light, bulls dominate cash markets, and hogs influence early pork gains, with mixed price shifts across wheat, corn, oats, and lard as markets close steady.
George H. Phillips Market Letter from Chicago predicts a setback in wheat after a prolonged rut. Advises taking profits or selling long positions and waiting for a decline to reenter. Notes corn strength without fundamental support and growing May oats popularity. Pork, lard, and ribs are rumored to rise, but suggest waiting for a $1 per barrel correction before buying.
In New York on December 27 data show flour receipts of 30,323 barrels with exports 17,002. Wheat receipts 96,525 bushels, exports 6,000. corn receipts 6,900, exports 38,899. Prices listed for various flour grades, rye, barley, oats, and related commodities, with notes on market steadiness and daily closes. Continuous dullness in wheat due to lack of cables, but steadyish due to corn strength.
Quotations from St Louis Baltimore Cincinnati and other markets indicate flour and corn meal prices with several quality grades. A report shows flour prices around 3 00 per barrel with variations for extra fancy and clear grades and notes on timothy and other feed items.
New York reports butter receipts 5,267 cases with various creamery grades and firm cheese demand. Chicago and St Louis show quiet egg and butter markets, Kansas City and Louisville list firm eggs, Cincinnati notes steady poultry, and refined petroleum and turpentine pricing across cities remain stable with regional variations.
New York on December 27 reports no change in home demand across dry goods with overall business quiet yet prices firm. Export buying continues for heavy brown cottons and yarns, with woolen, linen, and worsted yarns remaining steady. Wool firm domestically with prices in the 25 to 30 cent range, while cotton yarns show fair demand and firmer tendency.
On a rainy autumn night Mark Twain meets General Grant’s memoir project in a Broadway theater district moment. Clemens, then a partner at Charles L. Webster & Co., learns Grant already has three chapters and offers five thousand dollars, but Grant says he earns more than Sherman and stays firm.
Leslie's Monthly notes the rapid growth of poultry farming as a major wealth creator. In Missouri last fiscal year poultry and eggs exceeded all other state outputs combined, far outpacing crops and livestock. The article highlights the hen as the dominant farm performer, surpassing corn, wheat, oats, flax, clover seed, millet, and other staples.
Cattle receipts 250 with small shipments. steers up to 5.00 as high as noted, with weekly and monthly gains and strong local demand. Hogs receipts 4,500 with steady to higher prices, top around 6.70, and a mixed week with active trade. Sheep receipts small. lambs up to 5.60, steady values in many classes, overall market active for the period.
A Country Life in America tale recounts a perilous alligator hunt in the Great Cypress swamp along the Homosassa river. The narrator describes harpooning, boat capsizes, repeated attacks, and the challenge of navigation past mangrove thickets as natives warn of danger and death in the treacherous marsh.
Mrs. Mary Tracy who lives between Cedar Hill Cemetery and Newington owns a remarkable calf that follows her everywhere and responds to her calls. Given by Dan Keegan after weaning, the calf sleeps by the stove, opens doors by rubbing the latch, and trots after Mrs. Tracy even when she leaves for Hartford. The story notes the calf’s unusual intelligence and its fame among locals.
General Offices in Franklin Building list early morning to late evening passenger car times. Services run from Georgia and Indian streets with cars at 5:57 am to 9:57 pm and a nasal tone leaving at 11:15 pm. Combination cars depart Georgian and Meridian at 5:67 am, 7:57 am, 11:67 am, 3:57 pm, and 7:57 pm, with Greenfield intermediate runs. Meridian trips also operate at 7:00 am, returning by 9:00 am and 2:00 pm, with a 3:30 pm departure.
Cars depart Talon Depot and Louisians Street for Shelbyville and intermediate towns from 6 30 a m to 10 40 p m with Washington and Meridian street trains hourly from 6 a m to 10 p m The theater car goes out at 11 15 p m Cars depart Shelbyville for Indianapolis hourly from 5 p m to 9 p m The last car leaves Shere at 4 37 p m Tickets sold at Huder's drug store car Washington and Penn It and at E E Ensley's pharmacy in Stubdins Hotel block
Railway schedules show hourly cars from Indianapolis to Greenwood Martinsville and Mooresville with connections at Union Station for Sunday excursions. A humorous local anecdote recounts Mrs Tracy chasing a calf home after a failed town trip, the animal returning asleep by the stove.
The Pilgrim notes Mark Twain recalling his first money earning as a youth after receiving a birch rod punishment. He says his father chose a whipping over public punishment, and Twain says the amount earned then was a large sum for his age.
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