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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
7
Wounded guardsmen and a fierce mob clash near a church as three companies of infantry and cavalry restore order. The Nationalistas and other groups are mobbed amid the retreating crowd and a chaotic chase through the streets.
In St Petersburg a dinner with the emperor and empress exposes a government functionary and a twenty year old girl. A mysterious powder is hidden in a napkin. I uncover a danger, help the girl, and am expelled by nightfall. Years later a Russian informs me the girl was linked to a revolutionary plot.
A fragmentary discussing of the global rough diamond trade portrays Julius Wernher as a domineering figure who monopolizes the market through a strict syndicate. The piece notes rigid pricing, delayed access for buyers, and a practice of selling by grade and weight with no discounts. It mentions the term sale in the dark and contrasts the rigid, exacting rules with the buyers’ expectations, including experiences in millinery and a humorous road joke about motorists.
Social notes show Wl. FW. Stoll on a bunkers trip to Tennessee with George Was and a Tuc eyrus visitor. Mrs. W. J. Gabler and Mra Myers host Sunday visits in Cohumins. Mrs. Landon and son visit relatives in Cardington. Mrs Tree of Upper Bun dusky visits Polaleres. Mrs Lavi Cornwell recovering after operation at Central Emergency. James Britton returns from the West. Dr. F. M. Baldwin back from Clay hournd. Charles Weaver visits with Darmody family. Mr and Mrs W. CO. Heatty host relatives in Galion. Rev Father Joseph Donning preaches in Galion at St Patrick's.
Mr and Mrs Willian Kenyon of Minine avenue are parents of a son born Monday night. Mr and Mrs Clarence Saino of Olney Avenue are parents of a son born Sunday night. Stella B Tolle and Me Jonagh C Gibson both of thir omy announce their marriage plans. Thomas Slhurel, about one and a half miles south of Kirkpatrick, suffered a curious stroke of paralysis at his home Monday night. He is under care of Dr Maker of Kirkpatrick and is in critical condition.
Market reports show cattle receipts at East Buffalo around 50 head with mixed prices for vealers and cows, sheep and lambs trading slowly to steady with lambs around 4.50 to 7.25 and ewes 6.75. Union Stock Yards notes cattle receipts about 3,000 with steady to firm bids, hogs around 5.80 to 6.25, and sheep receipts around 12,000 with weak cattle for lambs and native lambs priced near 5.00 to 6.60, Western lambs around 6.60 and 7.80 as buyers consider demand.
Pittsburg Pa April 7 Cattle market steady with prime cuts 6.40 to 6.70 and common 4.00 to 5.26. quality varies. Hogs receipts high. prime heavy and Yorkers 6.55 to 8.30, pigs 5.50 to 6.60. veal calves 6.25 to 7.25. market slower for lambs with prime 6.50 to 7.26 and spring lambs 6.00 to 7.26.
A garbled market note from New York on April 17 references butter and creamery shipments. It mentions 1,669 packages of eggs and nearby white dairy products with unclear locality and quantities. The text is incomplete and mixed with stray fragments.
Grain prices listed for wheat corn rye clover seed timothy and Hungarian seed with per bushel and per bale quotes. figures include 60c per bushel for corn and 12.00 per bale for clover seed and 2.00 per bushel for timothy. Hungarian seed noted at 100 per bale.
Corrected daily by Chas Turner and Co the list shows butter eggs lard onions potatoes popcorn beef and cheese prices. It lists beans rice peas crackers corn meal and flour dried fruit and sweeteners with per unit and per measure pricing.
A compact listing shows flour prices per barrel in Marion and nearby brands. B P Flour at 1 4 bbls 1.60, Clover Leaf 1 4 bbl 1.60, Tegal Tender 1 bbl 1.50, Monarch 1 4 bbl 1.20, Knickerbocker 1 4 bbl 1.40, Golden Flake 1 4 bbl 1.40, Gilt Hedge 1 4 bbl 1.24, Gold Medal 1 4 bbl 1.70, Alladin Patent 1 4 bbl 1.50.
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