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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1902
Page
19
Local markets report steady demand and higher shipments with eggs and poultry firm moving fast. Grain and staples show price steadiness near last year while fruit and vegetables like Irish potatoes apples and melons sell at or below last year’s levels. Commissions note robust cash prices, strong harvest outlook, and active wagon market with broad commodity listings across homestead, groceries, and hardware lines.
The New York Evening Post explains how Central American beetle jewelry blends warps of color and craft. Beetles like the scarab serve as brooches buttons earrings or articles mounted on gold or silver with carnelian or quartz settings. Rich purple blue and green wing cases yield bead necklaces and bracelets when multiple beetles are strung together, creating vivid luminous ornaments.
A nostalgic verse recalls an old hand organ in the street, its simple melodies summoning memories of the past. The poem invokes songs like The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls and Annie Laurie, weaving a communal sense of place, time, and happiness from days long gone.
Chicago July 12 a petition handed to Secretary Stone of the Board of Trade asks that a margined price be fixed on July corn amid Gates led pressure. Brokers oppose the move while Harris Gates & Co. calls it a nice idea, noting trades remain dull with prices slipping across grains. September wheat and corn fell, oats down slightly, diesel market mixed as weather improves and receipts rise, with lard and pork offering modest strength and solid local and national receipts reported.
In New York on July 12, flour receipts reach 13,846 bushels with exports at 82,891. Winter patents trade around 3.00 to 4.10, and rye flour shows steady to firm levels. Wheat receipts total 18,147 bushels with exports 110,445. Spot prices hold at No 2 red 14 to 14 1/4 cents, and futures show a lower to steady opening before firming on covering. Oats, corn, and other commodities display mixed movements with firming tendencies in oats and lard, while cottonseed oil, molasses, and sugar hold steady to firm.
A fragmented listing shows prices for various confectionery items and bulk sugars. Entries include mold A Sc crushed S lsc powdered 475c granulated 4 6c and cubes 4 30c with notes of No 13 3.Me No 14 3 200 confectioners A 4 40 mold A.
July 12 reports show commodities with flour steady and wheat slipping in several markets. Prices span old red winter patents to No 2 red, with oats, corn, rye and pork readings. livestock and byproducts also listed alongside Liverpool and Louisville notes.
Butter and eggs move unevenly in New York and Philadelphia markets. Butter receipts 8,101 packages with state and factory variations. eggs 7,062 packages showing firm to weak tone. Cheese with New York full creams led, regional prices steady across Chicago and Cincinnati. Wool and petroleum markets also reported steady or unchanged conditions with regional price notes.
In New York on July 12 the dry goods market closed dull with no price changes in brown and in drenched prints and ginghams. American cotton yarns show fair demand but irregular. worsted yarns steady with full demand. woolen yarns quiet. linen and jute yarns firm.
New Orleans reports steady cotton with 325 bales sold and receipts of 1 275 bales. Grades range from ordinary to good middling with prices around 72 to 95 cents. New York spot quiet with middling around 90 cents and sales of 6 bales.
Washington Post outlines the rise and fall of New Harmony and related utopian sites. It tracks the Rappite settlement, Robert Owen's 19th century move, and the intellectuals who joined, noting the experiment’s lack of lasting religious basis and its ultimate dissolution amid internal quarrels and practical challenges.
The article contrasts military disease mortality with battlefield deaths, noting enteric infections from dirty water as a major killer. It draws a parallel to summer thirst in cities, criticizing ice cold drinks and iced beverages as unhealthy, while urging rational use of ice and drinking water to avoid disease and sunstroke. It cites cholera fears and cautions against contaminated water from the Nile.
The piece argues for cooling beverages in midsummer using porous earthenware or chilled containers. It contrasts cold water with hot drinks, noting cold water gives quick relief but may mislead about long term comfort. Epictetus is referenced to warn against fleeting pleasures at future cost.
A New Jersey discussion rejects accepting a New York editor as authority on state actions. The stance emphasizes Westward state independence in assessing what is done or not done locally.
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