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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
14
A fragmented wartime style reminiscence describes a flood at Lake Ellyn triggered by rapid onion growth. Residents divert water, remove onions, and watch the lake dry then refill as the crowd consumes onion fragments. The piece blends absurd anecdotes with quoted maxims and stray musings on love and life.
A veteran recalls his late wife Martha as he sits by the fire after her funeral. The memory spans decades from their courtship to Civil War battles, revealing unspoken love, duty, and tangled loyalties between John Reynolds, Richard Heaton, and Martha. The narrative shifts between past and present as the surviving husband reflects on devotion, betrayal, and the cost of obedience.
In a Springfield Republican narrative, a dying husband names John Reynolds to care for Martha and vows to rejoin his wife. The scene unfolds with a wife arriving, emotional revelations, and a final stroke as the man is laid to rest beside Martha, completing a life of quiet loyalty and sorrow.
A St Louis clergyman predicts bells will fade from churches within years as trustees adopt metal tubes hung in steeples struck by hammers. Tubes offer a clear tone, resist weather, and stay in tune, unlike faulty bell chimes that irritate listeners.
A fragmentary report describes Boxer training lasting forty nine days with priests receiving two dollars in advance. Recruits endure drills to believe they are bullet and sword proof, aided by priestly belts bearing eight diagrams, and a belief in divining Breeks connected to temple warding.
Ras Makonnen discusses sending two zebras to the United States Department of Agriculture. He suggests a reciprocal gift of repeating rites or cannons in line with a Western pattern. The note questions artillery in return and how the U S Government will handle the delicate situation.
A French animal trainer notes remarkable early gains in animal education with cats. One Ferance trainer recalls a cat that refused a second bow, prompting a backhanded, nonlethal strike, after which the cat scratched the trainer and fled.
Daily market report from East Buffalo describes dairy and livestock receipts, with prices for creamery products, meats, and livestock. It notes active trading in meat and mixed cattle, lambs and sheep receipts, and varying price ranges for spring lambs and yearlings.
Union Stock Yards reports Monday cattle receipts around 1,000 with initial market changes. Hog receipts near 24,000 expected. prices seen steady to lower with light to heavy categories quoted from 6.45 to 6.95, while calf and sheep offerings show varied demand and steady tone. Cleveland arrivals show 20 hogs and 20 cars shipped with steady to lower bids, while cows and bulls hold around 4.50 to 7.10 depending on class.
Chicago grain quotes from July 18 show July futures trading from 8 to 9 8 per bushel and opening at 90 7 8 with flexible closing levels at WGR for September contracts.
Toledo grain report lists Wheat cash and July prices around 1 det and 41 G8 for September, with December to May at 98. Corn futures quoted for July and September at 78, December at 05.8, and May around 1i 748. Oats cash and July shown near 34 12. Cloverseed futures indicate December contracts at 8.00 and August at 8.0%.
New York price listings from July 18 show butter receipts totaling 5,700 packages. Creamery extra at 22 1/2 cents, slate dairy tube and fancy at $1 . imitation creamery at 40, factory firata 14. Keys Receipts include several items with white fancy at 25 and 26, Western receipts at 18 1/2.
Corrected daily prices list Wheat at 960 per bushel Corn at te per bu Clover lead fifty twelve dollars per bu Timothy two dollars per bu Hungarian seed ten cents per bu Local produce prices include Butter nine tenths cent per pound Lard priced per pound Fishy entries for cheese syrup and sugars with mixed figures and brands such as Monarch and Knickerbocker Notes show packing and bag sizes with various per sack and per barrel rates All numbers reflect historical market pricing and vendor names such as Chas Turner and Os and Marion Milling Co.
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