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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1902
Page
2
Local wholesale trade remains strong with prices steady and firmer on several lines. Linseed oils soften midweek, while grain and produce markets stay active. corn and oats trade at high figures with receipts about 100 ears daily. Inspections show mixed grades for wheat and corn. wagon market prices are firm early, moderating later.
A Tennessee accident policy dispute centers on whether a tick bite causing blood poisoning is an accidental death. The case, brought by beneficiaries, questions the legal status of the tick and whether insurers should add a tick clause to avoid future misinterpretations. The court may remand to determine the tick species involved.
A list of veterans and widows awarded pensions and certificates. Names include Intiamars Original-York McGillera Muskogee and Lewis W. Johnson with varying sums from 6 to 19 dollars. Also noted are widows and dependents such as Aoale Cross Anna Jacobsen Barbara Mayer Nancy Hevil Martha Gor ham and Elizabeth Bontrager with pensions ranging from 8 to 12 dollars. The records reference war service including Spain and general public pensions across multiple towns.
The Chicago Post quotes a prudent traveler who plans finances tightly and dislikes being forced to eat more than she wants at American plan hotels. A companion suggests the European plan, but she worries about appetite and cost, noting she dislikes unnecessary extravagance.
Wild July grains trading in Chicago shows a sharp fall after an unconfirmed rumor of Patton deal settlement, followed by a partial rebound. Oats, wheat, and corn all drop with July options leading the decline. receipts and favorable crop weather pressure prices across cereals and provisions.
Trade in general shows weaker wheat and flour with mixed commodity moves across St Louis Louisville Baltimore and Kansas City markets. Prices cited include No 2 red soft winter and hard varieties, corn oats rye and lard with receipts and shipments totals alongside regional quotes from Louisville Baltimore Kansas City Cincinnati Toledo Duluth Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
NEW YORK July 6 Flour receipts 68, Dris exports 18,341 bris. Market unsettled and easier due to a wheat break. Winter patents 304, winter straights 393.90, Minnesota patents 35.90 94.10, winter extras 3g 4.3, Minnesota bakers 2.15 3.35, winter low grades 2.20 to 2.15. Rye flour dull, fair.
New York July market notes show butter receipts 5787 packages weaker, cheese receipts 671 packages firm, eggs variable with Western and Southern differences. Philadelphia and other cities report mixed movements with butter steady to firm, eggs generally higher or steady, and cheese firm in several regions.
London reports the fourth series of the 182 wool auction sales closing with 5062 bales offered. A limited buyer presence saw most consignments picked up by the continent at full rates. Merinos were scarce yet in strong demand amid a faulting market. Remaining lots scattered to South Wales and other regions.
Wool prices fluctuated with demand in Merino and Cape of Good Hope fibers showing gains while medium and coarse crosses fell under supply. An active sales catalog totaled 207,494 bales with 65,000 to the continent and 4,000 to Americans. Metals markets were quiet with copper, tin and lead steady. cotton remained quiet with modest trading and steady receipts in New Orleans.
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece guides: remove weeds like dandelions with salt or lawn sand, target plantain and hawkweed promptly, then reseed bare patches in fall. Apply light lawn manure or soot mixed with soil, water sparingly to avoid crusting, leave clippings as mulch, and keep edges sharp with careful mowing and edging.
The New York Evening Post laments the loss of Bible language in daily speech and literature. It argues the cure is not found in schooling but in home and church traditions, where repeated reading and memory fostered King James English through parental guidance.
The piece argues that reviving old biblically grounded schooling requires restoring social and religious conditions that made the Bible the dominant common book. It contends mere literary study cannot recreate the deep, reverent familiarity of past generations.
The article describes two West Indian beliefs the werewolf or vampire who preys on night travelers and sleepers and a rolling calf with blazing eyes that causes death by touch. It also profiles the obeah-man as a sinister figure in colonial law. British law uses flogging and imprisonment, while white planters use obeah to deter theft on plantations.
The Philadelphia Times condemns robbery by death by own action linking it to modern life insurance practices. It argues life insurers and underwriters foster moral crime and asserts policyholders who self harm to benefit others commit a grave wrong harming shareholders and policyholders alike. Public sympathy should not support such schemes.
In Point Pleasant a man serves as vestryman for the Episcopal Church, a trustee for the Presbyterian Church, and a member of the official board of the Methodist Church, yet he never attends any of them. The Sistersville Review notes the unusual arrangement highlighting his church leadership roles without participation.
A historic Indiana timetable lists connections among Indianapolis and surrounding towns with multiple routes and car services, detailing departure times, limited trains, and rapid passenger cars. The piece also mentions a local politician noted as a lifelong Democrat and Mason.
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