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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
7
Excerpts show family debates on where to spend summer and fall, with a mock concern over finances. Dialogues touch on travel choices between Newport and mountains, a husband joking about income and expenses, and a light domestic moment about rugs and chores.
A mixed excerpt blends dialect reminiscence and a reflective poem about aging. The speaker recalls boyish feats and rapid, carefree days, then laments back pain and loss of youth. The Detroit Free Press appears as the source of the verse era piece.
Dayton Ohio May 21 Mrs Ag ha Bohman 36 a mother of five children ended her life Wednesday at Viking Park Despondent over her inability to support her family authorities reported no known note and the case is being investigated by county officials
Chicago News reports on the silent witness remark about Green marrying the widow. An Innocent bystander comment sparks discussion of social ties and past introductions last fall.
The piece argues people should live to a century or more through health and regular exercise. It links civil progress to disciplined bodies and minds, noting education in health from childhood and the value of physical and intellectual mastery across professions. It laments modern distraction yet praises skillful reading, legal clarity, journalism, and music as elevating experiences.
The piece contrasts performers and geniuses who neglect routine work for physique, suggesting if they worked on a farm they would gain heart and live longer. It cites BL Cochrane and Warne, noting moral suasion’s value when physical force is scarce, and ends with a line about a bird that could sing yet chose not to.
Cattle receipts 200 steady. Veale receipts 150 active, higher. cull to choice. Sheep and lambs 9,600 active and firm. lambs 5.00 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 2,000, market active to higher. Yorkers 5.75 to 6.05, pigs 5.25 to 6.96, mixed and rough 6.00, age 3.75 to 4.35.
Union Stock Yards reports May 21 cattle receipts at 3500 with an estimated 2000 for tomorrow. Market weaker with prime 6.28, poor to medium 4.65 5.90. Stockers and feeders 40 to 6.26, cows and heifers 3.30 6.20, Texas and hogs receipts 15,000 estimated 12,000 tomorrow, market lighter, light 5.35 6.70, rough 6.30 1 2/3 mixed 6.35 5.75, heavy.
Incomplete data shows toy iA 4.80 and Sharp pte 7.100 estimates for tomorrow MOL market near Neblve. Western rhop 0.76 and weighy wats figures appear with 4,250 GM, Walton inet 4.00.
Market notes from Coveland and Chicago show varied receipts and prices across grains. Wheat corn oats and flax fluctuate with May and July contracts trading amid steady demand and notable price shifts, while regional ports report mixed receipts and changing futures, signaling cautious trading ahead.
New York on May 21 reports butter receipts at 800 packages firmer with creamery extra at 21 2 and finest 23. Creamery butter receipts total 25 026 packages steady. Nearby white fancy sugar at 201 2 is noted.
The page lists local grain and produce markets with corrected daily prices for wheat corn rye clover seed and timothy seeds. It also shows various live poultry and dairy items with per unit and per dozen pricing and flour brands with quarter and half barrels pricing. Prices include eggs 17 cents a dozen, lard 12 cents per pound, onions 60 cents a bushel, potatoes around 75 cents a bushel, and numerous flour brands ranging from 1.40 to 2.26 per barrel equivalent.
Rates from 260 to 4.60 per day for the Ameri can Plan with private baths and weekly rates. Open year round. Come and drink the water and bathe for cures claimed for kidney liver and stomach ailments, constipation, nervousness, and other troubles. Sending symptoms may earn assistance with shipping mineral water supplies and remote advice.
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