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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1902
Page
10
Rain improves the outlook for wheat corn pasturage and hay, lifting wholesale spirits and suggesting lower meat prices soon. Markets show steady wheat and corn bids and high but stabilizing prices for groceries and fats, with wagon and rail receipts totaling numerous cars and varied prices across staples.
A long OCR list details wholesale rates across candies nuts spices and groceries. Items include mixed candies, roasted peanuts, almonds and walnuts, various fruits, oysters, shellfish, coal types, and chemical goods with prices and origins noted for each entry.
Infanta Beatrice of Spain left Rome with Don Fabrizio Massimo for Tivoli after a failed suicide attempt prompted by his lingering love for Canivaro’s daughter. The Massimos arranged a civil ceremony, but Beatrice refused further union until the issue of honor and finances unsettled the marriage. The Infanta’s arrival in Tivoli follows the prince’s neglect of his royal wife amid his ongoing infatuation.
The New York Press recalls Malcolm Ford whose sanity was doubted as far back as 18M. Intimates doubted his balance due to intense training and various reasons. The piece notes frayed brotherly ties and the strain of fortunes on family bonds amid sparse, fragmented recollections.
Cattle receipts light with a good weekly run, prices steady to higher for choice stock while plain cattle soften. Hog receipts about 2,500 with wide bid ranges 6.0 to 7.30, weekly totals show increases then declines as demand shifts. Sheep and lambs show large week’s receipts with strong prices for fat stock, spring lambs at 7.50 highs, yearlings near 5.25 to 5.50, and sheep around 4.50 to 5.50 with quiet, steady trade at week’s end.
May 4 dispatch from Indianapolis and other markets shows light cattle receipts with uneven downward drift on price, steady demand for good butcher stock, and quiet trading. Hogs bid steady with weak tone on Eastern points, while sheep values fall from prior week. Regional quotes: Chicago and St Louis livestock steady to down, Kansas City and South Omaha mixed, with buyers active but cautious.
The Los Angeles Times notes a thriving centipede industry in Southern California with thousands sold yearly. In March to May collectors dry and store pests to sell to dealers for 5 cents each. Children catch 100 centipedes daily, using a long pincers and oil can setup, though centipedes fight among themselves and bite when provoked. California centipedes reach 5 to 8 inches with 42 legs, armed with thorned legs and venomous claws.
A Hickory North Carolina native explains to a Philadelphian the term dogwood winter. He describes a stretch of cold cloudy days with frost during the dogwood bloom in May.
The article extols Tuskegee Institute under Booker T. Washington, describing its vast, bustling campus, self sufficiency through on site farms and brickworks, and a rigorous industrial training that reshapes Southern Negro education and work habits. It contrasts Northern industrial schooling with southern gaps in literacy and numeracy, noting students perform hard labor while learning trades and academics.
The essay praises Tuskegee Institute under Booker T. Washington, framing it as a gigantic factory turning raw students into self-reliant tradespeople. It praises discipline, practical farming and crafts, 1100 students under 123 staff, and the leadership of black educators, while noting room for improvement in facilities and equipment. It urges funding to sustain this rigorous education.
Philadelphia Times argues historical scrutiny should not downplay French aid to the Continental Army. It contends France’s support was timely and pivotal to American independence, challenging the view that aid was only for self interest and noting later subsidies and ongoing support.
Time table effective May 23 1902 for Union Traction Co Indiana lists station Union Block 119 West Marrland Street serving Anderson Muncie Marion Alexandria and intermediates. Departures 4 15 a m hourly to 9 5 p m and 11 13 p m with matt ed trains for Anderson and Muncie. Departures 9 a m 11 a m 1 and 6 p m to Anderson arriving in 1 hour 25 minutes and to Muncie in 2 hours with direct Elwood connections on certain trains.
Readable fragments show passenger cars departing Georgia and Meridian streets starting early morning and hourly until evening. Freight cars arrive and depart at Georgia and Meridian streets with scattered times. Combination cars run at multiple listed times.
Passenger cars depart Pennsylvania and Washington streets with first car at 6s am and then hourly until 9 pm. Last car leaves at 11 15 pm. A combination passenger and express runs from Georgia and Meridian streets to Greenwood at 9 am and 11 am.
The Sunday Journal outlines France’s pivotal yet complex role in supporting the American cause. Beaumarchais, Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Cyclopaedists are cited as drivers behind liberalizing ideas that fostered aid to America, despite Bourbon politics and English power.
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