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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
7
A rambling essay uses Wildean and Byronic echoes to praise kissing as a life force and social glue. It lampoons anti kissers, cites Ben Jonson and Tennyson, and argues affection, not prudery, keeps souls and communities united amid gossip, divorce talk, and moral snobbery.
New York jeweler William Tel nan unveils a novel revolving house designed to follow sun and shade, built on a turntable powered by electricity. The $35,000 plans include automatic wind and light control, with panoramic views possible from any room. City interest grows as local officials and Republican leaders discuss the project amid broader urban planning debates.
In Chicago on July 8 a revival prayer at Emmanuel Longeegelional church near Excelsior park spurred calls to burn nearby beer parks. Proprietors fear losses and plan for protection. Police seek two men seen near the park the day before as investigators review the incident.
In Lincoln Nebraska on July 8 the Republican state central committee carried out a plan to show a firm stance toward the Bryan faction by raising a Taft banner at a busy city intersection. The action aimed to signal the party's active opposition to Bryan in the political race.
New York July 8 Jaecey Sleeper former charge d affaires of the American legation at Caracas arrived in New York with plans to go to Washington to brief the state department on Venezuela relations. He discussed war probabilities and noted Venezuela’s refusal to arbitrate, while a Venezuelan chargé d affaires remains in Washington awaiting further diplomatic action. The situation signals a decisive step may follow from the state department.
Ada Reichars of Dallas, Texas, was found murdered in her Hot Springs apartment. Neighbors cared for her two boys overnight while a fourth child, a 7 year old girl, was believed abducted. Entry to the home was forced today, revealing the body. Harry Reichars, husband, lives in Dallas and was notified. Police seek a suspect thought to have fled to St. Louis.
The hearing covers Japan and naval power with warnings of expansionist threat to the Philippines and Hawaii. Labor leader Samuel Gompers argues for platform remedies and warns Republicans and Democrats to address labor issues, citing the Chicago convention and restrictions on combinations in restraint of trade.
In a congressional hearing, Mr. Gompers argues for justice and equality for workers under the Sherman Act, claiming it should curb labor crimes but not target laborers. He cites endorsements by AFL conventions and insists reforms reflect executive council views, while critics push back on injunctions and political impact.
Indians on Lake Superior and at Sault Ste Marie deploy novel methods to net whitefish. In the rapids, a two-man crew uses a long paddle and a floating cupe to anchor a bottom-reaching net, catching up to three hundred whitefish daily. Kentucky girl jockey among three hundred women in New York harness trade.
The text describes panther behavior in parts of India, naming the creature tendwa as their term for calamity. Panthers hunt villages for goats, cattle, and even children, moving in family circles near villages. When prey is scarce they raid huts, then retreat to cover, devouring the meal by dawn. Villagers seek revenge by luring the panthers with a tethered kid and a hunter on a machan, exposing the beasts to daylight before retreating again.
Market report covers Toledo grain prices for corn oats rye and flax with cash and futures quotes. Buffalo listings show dairy meat and livestock receipts and price ranges for veal sheep hogs and mixed stock with weekly tone and volume notes.
A scrambled OCR style update from New York lists grain and sheep prices, futures bids, and packaging terms. It cites bids for wheat with opening and closing ranges, July and September contracts, and references to New York practice and dairy tube contents, with several unclear figures and vendor notes.
Corrected daily by Marilou Millings Grain Co wheat 50? per bushel corn 7c per bu oats 500 per bu rye te per bu clover seed 11.00 per bu timothy 2.00 per bu mungarian seed 0e per bu local produce prices corrected daily by Chas Turner Co butter 22? per lb lard 12? per lb popcorn 20? per lb milk? price list includes multiple seeds beans flour and dried fruit with various lot prices and brands such as Monarch, Knickerbocker, Carnation, Golden Flake and others for 1-4 bbl lots.
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