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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
7
A fragmented, later-nineteenth century style collage references practical religion, preacher Jones, and the contrast between Sunday piety and weekday action. It weaves in poems about river journeys, courtship humor, and social observations, including a reference to a postal clerk and distribution debates amid political overtones.
Our New York correspondent recalls a middle aged man seeking an educational vacation in New York City. He vows to learn about the city beyond his familiar Broadway route and theater district, while a bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of New York, Dr David H. Greer, is profiled for his unclerical appearance and remarkable work at St Bartholomew's.
A girl named Wer Jett Jeg was cut when a heavy stubble pierced an artery during a tumble at Ueroveha Hall near her home. Witnesses describe a weed patch recently cut as the site of the accident. Dr OT. Winnt responded with prompt aid as bleeding proved heavy and urgent care was sought.
A troubled man, driven by debt and near suicide, recounts a descent into crime after selling a sewing machine and facing eviction. In a hotel room darkened to aid his plan, a woman’s unexpected intervention stops him, leading to confession, repayment, and a life altered by kindness from a stranger and her family.
Charles Hands of the London Day Mall traveled to Washington to report on the White House welding and introduced himself as a storyteller. He recalls an Irishman named Janen or Mahoney who moved from Dublin to London and became a newspaper man. During a dinner in Dublin, a doctor present made a speech that Mahoney disliked, remarking that it felt to follow the doctor so closely as if he were the undertaker.
A Sunday school class tradition sees a girl confess what she has sacrificed for faith on a warm spring day. A younger pupil hesitates, then blurts out she has removed her garter, causing a quiet moment in the gathering narrated by Lippincott.
A fragmentary digest notes oddly varied facts from canaries and sugar to life expectancy and malt consumption. It mentions that only six per thousand live to 75, Russia’s doctor count, Indian beliefs about elephants as sacred, and a speculative Arctic temperature drop scenario.
Market news shows mixed receipts and steady to lower prices across cattle and hogs. Prices for prime steers and heifers, veal, and feeder cattle hover with some gains in certain categories. sheep demand strengthens while pigs and market tones vary.
Fragmentary entry from Toledo Ohio market notes listing cattle shipments and grain prices. Mentions 400 head mixed cattle and heaviest lots, various price figures, and futures quotes for May July and September.
The Chicago grain market shows mixed activity with wheat futures quoted between 7 and 9.25, corn fluctuating around 7.5 to 7.6, and oats and other grains testing daily extremes. Prices opened near 99 for wheat and 76.5 for corn, with gains and losses reported across May and December contracts amid unsettled demand signals.
Corrected daily by Marion Milling Grain Co Wheat 00¢ per bushel Corn per bushel Rye per bushel Clover Seed 12.00 per bushel Timothy 2.00 per bushel Hungaria Seed 0.10 per bushel Local produce prices list Butter 0. ve per pound Cheese New York cream 1.00 per pound Lard 0.18 per pound Syrup 0.40 per gallon Sugar 0.06 to 0.07 per pound Tea 0.15 per pound Vinegar per gallon 0.60 Hand picked Navy Beans 0.50 per 1 1 2 pounds Lima Beans 0.10 Marrowfat Beans 0.10 Cracked Hominy 0.04 per 1 2 pound Corn Meal per sack Graham Flour per sack Prunes 0.18 to 0.28 Seed Raisins h 0.09 two 9 9 Dried Peaches 0.18 to 0.28
A fragmentary catalog of flour and grain items lists Flour Dr P Marion at 11 bbl for 1.00, Legal Pender 14 bit to flour 1-4 bhl at 1.40, Kalelorbooker 14 bhl 10, Carnation lad bil 140 dollars, IM Eden 14 bid, Bob Gold Medal, Golden Vlako 1 4 bbl.
Fragmentary OCR reads a cryptic line about a great advantage and a yeast pun near a pore named corner. It mentions creditors and directions, with unclear place names and actions.
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