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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
7
New burlesque show The French Maids opens at the Grand promising continuous hilarity and lavish production. The company boasts a large cast with dazzling scenery and electronic effects, aiming to set a high standard in vaudeville and burlesque entertainment.
Chicago public library officials sparked a heated debate over whether books can spread contagious diseases. A special committee reported germs inside many books, suggesting widespread contamination. Kentucky schools and other cases were cited to warn of long hidden transmissions, and experts urged better disinfection or replacing old volumes.
Capri offers a unique inn where any artist who paints a wall earns free board. Fifty years ago a German artist started the practice, stipulating six francs a day max, with colorfully painted walls for all paying guests. The rules include special terms for Germans and poor artists, and the current setup fills the walls with artwork while some Germans are said to be sent home. The piece also notes that most energy from the lights becomes heat, not light.
Buffalo New York cattle receipts 26 cattle 160 live weight firm steady prices. Veal and calves receipts 150 mixed movement. Sheep and lambs receipts 4,500 large slaughter lambs and feeder lambs price range 7.267 80. Weather appears mixed with cattle market activity noted.
At Union Stock Yards on March 26 receipts in hogs and cattle were listed with varied prices across categories. Texans hogs featured receipts of 19,000 with estimated next-day 17,000, and prices for light, rough, mixed, and heavy hogs ranged from about 4.60 to 6.00. Sheep and lambs showed steady to higher prices with native sheep around 4.25 to 7. Western lambs quoted up to 8.25. In Cleveland and Toledo notes, hogs receipts and calf and cattle prices were also listed, alongside grain futures for wheat, corn, oats, and seeds, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
Pittsburg March 26 cattle market shows steady prices with light receipts. Prime and choice beef quoted around 6.25 to 6.50, fat cows 2.50 to 5.25, heifers 3.50 to 5.50, bulls 2 to 5.25, fresh cows about 25. Spring lambs 10 to 14, veal 7 to 7.25. Sheep and lamb markets mixed with primes 6.76 to 7. heavy stock and hogs varied up to 50 higher on ultra-light receipts.
New York produce receipts show 518 and creamery items steady with good to choice quality in state dairy tales. Market notes mention fancy terms and firsts trading around 15 to 18 1-2, while money markets close with mixed gains and government bonds firm to heavy in tone.
Grain prices listed with wheat and corn rates in cents per bushel. Includes rye clover seed Timothy Hungarian seed and other commodities with per bushel prices. Prices appear incomplete or garbled but reflect market quotes from Marion Milling & Grain Co.
Corrected daily list showing buying and selling prices for Butter Lard Onions Potatoes Rice Beans Flour and other staples from Turner & Co including specific pack sizes and per bushel or per gallon rates with numerous brand and package names such as Ball Navy Beans Graham Flour Prunes Currants and Seed Raisins among others. The document reads as a market bulletin with varied unit prices and brands.
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