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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
7
Dr D T Macdougal describes the guare qu of Bonora a desert squash storing water in a ground tuber. It swells into a large reservoir at the base and sends up vines during rains, then retreats, preserving moisture for years. The plant reportedly lived six years on stored water, awakening annually.
A garbled OCR collage cites multiple papers and phrases from Chicago Tribune, Brooklyn Daily, Philadelphia Proms, Washington Star, Baltimore American, and Syracuse materials. It recounts casual asides, headlines, and quips about timing, opportunity, and society, with truncated dialog and misread names.
Mrs Gothorn and Mrs Fisher clash at a social dinner after a mink and a black pearl ring vanish. A staged search reveals the ring in the bag, exposing the hostess as a thief. A police arrest follows, uncovering a prior mink theft. The tale ends with the hostess’s public humiliation and a scandal at Bond Hill.
President Roowmrett touched the button to open the McAdoo twin tunnel under the Hudson river. The new tunnel joins Manhattan Island with Jersey City and signals a long held dream in civil engineering.
Reported progress on the tunnel system under the river aims to connect Newark and New York City in about fifteen minutes by express. William G. McAdoo leads the project as a key advocate, with work pushing through lower tubes toward Jersey City, while Secretary Taft faces routine questions from press at the War Department about politics and policy. Morgan to entertain Queen Alexandra. art collection visit planned with Prince’s Gate hotel hosting arrangements and no transport of objects to America due to duties.
A visitor asks Margie which she loves more her doll or her cat. She answers she loves her cat best but pleads that the doll not be told. The quote appears in Worm's Home Companion, reflecting a playful rural sentiment.
Timvard and Annapolis clash on the water April 22. Multiple athletic events spark interest as teams from Port Tord and elsewhere prepare for competition. Tudlen Lyne journeys abroad this week as a free rider in racing circles. Yolebak wins the Intercollegiate hockey crown with Harvard likely second and others contesting. Arthur Duffey engaged for NYU track events in the conference. Start of active training with the team set for March 16.
A jumbled OCR item reports odd antics and small wonders from across the Midwest and beyond. Mentions centennial Wyoming coyotes six shows and a fleeting reference to Minnesota fishing and a packing plant in Kansas City.
A New York Herald notice notes that sixty two percent of nation’s imports pass through the Port of New York. It cites urban water and surface care impacts on residents and property, estimating monthly damages around one thousand dollars amid concerns of further water drops and city resilience.
In a reflective critique the Globe argues foolish talk and stubborn thrift hinder progress. It emphasizes that refusing to help debts or invest in community efforts harms the town and mocks inconsistent attitudes toward marriage and social duties.
The text asserts royal prerogatives governing bearing liveries in England and annual selection of the best stones from Hlnimese kapplire mines. It mentions tea from Chinn tonda grown on the Seven Tea mountains along the Tonkin border and restricts driving tea to those of royal birth under penalties.
East Buffalo New Jersey market lists cattle receipts at 25,000 with firm tone. vealers, 360 head, steady to higher. sheep and lambs 6,000, market active and steady. hogs 5,400, market fairly native at 10.4 in early trade. Union Stock Yards at Missouri with cattle receipts 10,005, market slow to slightly lower. hogs 93,000 receipts with market strong up about 5 cents. feeders and cows listed with varied prices. steers, heifers, and canners noted with ranges.
Anuive Wanthe records quotations with 5.65 7.20 and 5.90 Gp 7.26, indicating market rates for the featured items. Prices show modest variation across listings, reflecting a mixed demand environment for the era.
Cleveland and Pittsburg stock and meat markets show mixed receipts and steady to firm tones. Beef cattle, pork, and lamb offerings vary with prime and good lots priced around 4.0 to 5.4 per hundredweights, while dairy and veal prices reflect current demand across regions.
Chicago grain prices softened early before buyers steadied. May corn trades 5 1 2 to 64 1 8 cents, June remarks show slight declines, while No 2 yellow soybeans stay near unchanged. Old crop and July futures show narrow ranges with openings and closings reflected in late sessions.
Toledo grain prices list cash and futures for wheat cotn and vats with figures for cash and May July September contracts. Includes No 1 and No 2 clover seed and prime timothy with ranges and monthly values for March April October and other months.
New York butter receipts total 19 050 packages, creamery extra 28 1, nearby white fancy 20. Western trade and other grades listed. Chicago markets show eggs at 215 flesh 18, butter creamery extras 2k, live poultry including turkeys and geese with various price notes.
Grain and seed prices list paying and selling rates for wheat corn rye clover seed timothy Hungarian seed eggs lard potatoes popcorn butter cream syrup sugars and various flours with per bushel per pound per gallon and per barrel quotations, reflecting a crowded 19th century commodity ledger.
A cautionary piece on frequent Wall Street panics and the need to avoid schemes that defraud gullible investors. It urges readers to consult The Cincinnati Enquirer for reliable, worldwide news, bond and stock quotations, and trustworthy data to guide prudent financial decisions.
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