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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
3
Waterbury American reflects on whether past churchgoing, shaped by rural labor and social needs, implies greater piety than today. It notes daily life then centered on outdoor work, family routines, and Sunday worship as social solevent, contrasting with modern indoor pressures and diversions.
The document lists numerous recipients with locations and small monetary amounts. Names include David McMullen Huntington 94 Amzi Atwater Hoomington $10 James E. Com Terre Haute $10 William R. Strother Leititio $17 Ambrew J. Smith National Military Home Miton $12 William H. McGinnis Eminence SW Andrew J. Brown Williamaport $92 John L. Moore Indianapolis $14 Thomas Judah Payne $7 Samuel Kelher Fort Wayne $13 Jara A Vrice Van Buren Calvin McLain National Milita tieme Marion $12 L Hillhouse port Henry Galfeway Levansport $12 Loren Mill Crawfordsville Original Whiews Charlotte Groves By wille 2% Kilsareth Wright Rome City Amanda J Hertis Crawfordsville Kilz ib Heart Anderson $12
Chicago to New York reports show May wheat closing higher by 4 under wet weather pressure. Wet conditions spurred covering and a decline in selling, with corn and oats gaining. Provisions fell on ample hog supplies, while cash quotes held steady for flour and grains amid mixed foreign and domestic demand signals.
In New York on January 21, flour receipts 29 444 bushels, exports 2.39, markets mixed with weakness in bears and strength in coarse grains. Wheat bids firm then volatile, March at 0. . . May 0. . . July 0. . Corn receipts 10 000 bushels, spot firm, further gains midday. Catmeats and lard figures listed, with varied prices across beef and pork products.
Multiple city price quotes for flour, wheat, corn, oats, lard, and sugar with regional remarks. Highlights include steady to firmer prices for wheat and refined sugar, steady timothy seed, corn at various cash and future levels, and a broad round of international wool prices from Boston to London. Distinct entities include St Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Toledo, Minneapolis, Boston, Liverpool, London, New York, and various commodity terms.
Across cities from New York to New Orleans on January 21 markets show butter steady or firm with varying quotes for creamery and full cream, cheese prices mixed by region, eggs steady in several markets, and spirits of turpentine, rosin, and crude petroleum quoted with minor fluctuations. cotton shares and metals also noted with modest activity.
Frederick Macmonnies plans to abandon sculpture printing and move from France to New York. His new canvases include portraits of Countess de Trouriand and Miss May Palmer, along with an open air family group and a church interior featuring the villa curate of Galverny. The artist, famed for Nathan Hale and his world’s fair fountain, aims to provoke discussion on his career shift.
New York stock activity remained sluggish with narrow price moves and falling volume. Some gains appeared in Sugar and Metropolitan but were erased. Mexican Central rose on bond issue rumors while National Salt dipped before a rally, and American Tobacco was removed from the exchange list as sentiment turned cautious.
The record lists exchange highlights with Baltimore and Cincinnati figures, noting clearings and balances in large dollar amounts. It mentions money percentages and premiums, comparing to New York and other exchanges, with fragmented data implying market activity and currency movement.
London markets show varied rates for money, per cent discounts, and consols with 4% figures. Paris notes three percent rente and Spanish fours near 78. New York reports silver, Mexican dollars, and bar rates while Washington updates treasury balances, public cash available at 169.4 million dollars and gold reserves around 96.2 million.
Fat steady to weak live stock tone as of Jan 21 with mixed results across cattle hogs and sheep. Indianapolis market shows lighter fat steer demand and rising cadences for feeders while hogs soften with price declines. Chicago and Kansas City absorb pressure with lower hog values and steady to higher sheep and lambs.
Instrument entries record transfers in Marion County Indiana for 24 hours to Jan 21 1902. Names include Ella Laird to Charles G Hunter Sarah A White to William C White Crown Hill Cemetery transfers Wm H Ream to Oliver Thornburg and many others with properties on Washington Street Meridian Street and more totaling several thousand dollars. Also listed are various repair and remodeling contracts in Indianapolis with amounts from 30 to 1905 dollars.
Indianapolis reports loans at 576 percent with 1,268,821 in clearings and 168,342.45 balances. New York shows call money steady at 2 percent with sterling exchange, bank bill activity, and large clearing totals of 354,428,289 with 9,535 balances. Chicago posts exchange rates near 4.35 sixty days and 4.58 on demand with 29,206,145 in clearings and 779,733 balances. Boston records clearings of 4,721,127 and 1,949,621 balances. Philadelphia notes money at 5 percent with 22,516,002 in clearings and 2,497 balances. St Louis cites money around 4.4 percent with leaving.
Atchison Globe recalls the famed 1860s Atchison Placerville stage line busiest on the globe. It ran 153 stations across 1,912 miles, carried passengers mail and express, with fares up to 175 dollars then and about 15 to 27 cents per mile by rail later. The system featured 100 coaches, 2.74 horses per mile, and high drama aboard with storms of gambling and fights during long journeys.
Madame Terry presents news of Sybil Sanderson's engagement to Count Fitz-James of Royal Descent amid Parisian lineage claims. The report notes Sanderson's continued income from estate investment managed by a New York executor, and her Paris opera triumphs, despite mixed New York press chatter.
The Shanghai Mercury recounts Li Mung Chang’s sharp rebuke of a district magistrate who mocked imperial ranks. The magistrate declares loyalty to the Emperor, orders officials promoted or degraded, and refuses to be cowed by insult. The scene ends with Li escorted away as a lesson in official conduct and courage.
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