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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
7
A lengthy humorous piece by Alice Voice Greenwood urges readers to avoid whining, defend home life, and stay steadfast amid urban hustle. It blends social satire with quirky vignettes on marriages, pride, and everyday patience, ending with a toast to faith and steadiness.
The article describes sugar work and nougat plates used as edible ornaments at corp orate dinners. Skilled sugar workers melt leaf sugar to form petals and leaves, color in baths, and craft paste from gum tragacanth marble dust and cornstarch for porcelain like figures.
A historical note explains that ninety percent of writing paper in the U S is machine made and only one mill, Adams Mame, hand makes landmade paper. It contrasts machine output with handmade sheets, describing the traditional vat process, wire cloth mold, and oscillating motion that yield a uniform pulp layer before water drains and pulp solidifies into a shiny finish.
A curious home remedy suggests sprinkling talcum powder thickly on spots and leaving overnight. By morning the treated areas are described as greatly diminished or vanished.
A collage of jokes and puns from classic papers, featuring quips about oratory, horses, borrowing, and secret loves. Notable lines include electricity jokes about trolley motormen, a civil ceremony quip, and a classroom gag on geography. A lively snapshot of early 20th century humor.
The report details cattle, sheep, and pig markets with price ranges and daily receipts. It notes overall weakness with lower futures for tomorrow and mixed results across regions including East Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Western markets, listing several price points and commodity conditions.
Fragmented OCR notes describe wheat price ranges, opening and closing times, and dates through September to January. The text lists various prices, likely bids and asks, with references to locations and commodities, and notes renewed buying as sharp price moves occurred in sprint wheat markets.
A dense market snippet lists fluctuating produce quotes and local grain prices. It covers Chicago and New York produce, with specific lane prices for wheat corn rye timothy Hungarian seed and various flour brands, plus local grain and produce markets corrected daily by Marton Milling and Charles Tarner & Co. It notes paying prices on hats butter lard syrup sugar vinegar navy beans head rice and dried fruits with multiple unit prices and batch details.
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