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Newspaper
The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Location
Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
7
A tattered early classifieds page lists multiple wanted notices and sale offers. Wording includes a tenor singer and branch manager positions, a cottage for sale, farm animals and produce, a Hemington typewriter, plants, household goods, city real estate, and a carload of horses, all with vague contact hints and inconsistent spellings.
Fragments show multiple rental notices including furnished rooms and offices. Listings mention street addresses and features like steam heat though text is garbled. Core items include furnished rooms and business or office spaces available near streets referenced in the fragments.
Fragments include a lost item notice near 14 N Street and garbled street references. The text blends an advertisement offer about Geisha Rouge, a fire incident line, and a child’s joke about jam, all presented with inconsistent OCR.
A satirical piece discusses fashion and public relief, focusing on Merry Widow hats and the decline of extravagant millinery. It laments the era of flamboyant styles while noting a shift back to practicality, with references to social figures and the impact on women’s appearance.
Miss Wyona Buckner of Chicago and Buckner of Chicago were married Wednesday evening at Bethel A M E church in a white satin gown with bridal roses. Grace Taylor was bridesmaid, George Lewis of Chicago served as best man, and Rev Willkins led the ceremony. The couple plan to reside in Chicago after a reception at Quinn chapel.
Chicago May 6 Corn demand soars as Western railroads push record transport speeds to move grain into the city from Nebraska and the Middle West. The surge strains shippers and carriers issuing emergency orders. officials expect railroads to speed shipments in hours rather than days. Government figures show 74 percent of roads improved nationwide with 153664 miles of improved surface, highlighting a patchwork system amid rising logistics pressures.
A thin tea taster declares he keeps himself extraordinarily clean and pure to sense food accurately. He describes changing underwear thrice weekly and monthly steam cleaning, then resumes a simple luncheon of hot dry toast and a raw egg as part of a peculiar exchange note. Grosarasa Our shesiye Gold Medal Fir
A Chicago effort promotes municipal ownership and pure milk for babies amid high child mortality. Commissioner Evans cites 60,000 underage users, linking illness to tainted milk and poor sanitation. officials pledge enforcement and milk safety measures to reduce deaths.
Indianapolis grain bulletin dated June 6 shows wheat at 93, corn 7, oats rye timothy priced at 12.20 dollars per unit. The terse listing preserves commodity names and prices without additional commentary.
Indianapolis Livestock market report shows hogs and cattle prices with mixed futures. Listings include medium to good steers at 6.75 per cwt, butcher cattle around 4.25 to 4.85, veal and stockers in the 4.60 range, and sheep with best yearlings near 4.50 to 5.50.
Richmond seed market listing for Runge and Company featuring Timothy as a buyer or buyer contact. The brief entry notes seed goods, likely agricultural supply, and a sales or procurement context within the Richmond area.
Pittsburg livestock prices show cattle steady with steer prices around 7.10 and hogs at 5.70. Receipts include 18 loads of hogs and 4520 sheep and lambs with spring lambs around 7.25, noting cattle real down from prior.
East Buffalo June 6 market steady with mixer on yorkers at 5.50 to 5.85, pigs around 5.0 to 5.10 with slight variations noted. Losses or gains not specified. buyers showing steady demand for livestock across categories.
Toledo market update lists oats, wheat at nine percent, corn, and Timothy hay. Clover prices for October quoted at 745 dollars, Alsike at 13.50, rye at two dollars.
Market listing shows grain prices for Richmond including wheat corn and oats per bushel and noted middlings. Prices appear jumbled with random characters but indicate a range around twenty nine dollars for a segment labeled SEGIND peers 29.00. Entities include Richmond and potential commodity terms.
Beet hogs average 200 to 250 pounds offered by Richmond Abattoir. Good to heavy packers prefer common and rough stock. Steers corn fed, heifers fat cows and calves listed with figures. Prices appear as 4 46 5.30 and similar shorthand, reflecting a sparse auction summary with multiple lot codes.
Markets ledger reports grain and provisions in Chicago with broker notes from Correll and Thompson of Eaton. June re corn prices, Open hires and close figures, pounds and stock quality vary, indicating good to heavy packers demand and fluctuating moisture yields.
Bee Hive Grocery lists poultry prices with dressed chickens at nineteen cents per pound and old chickens at twelve cents per pound. Turkey prices and duck rates appear, along with country produce by Country Produce, including butter per pound and eggs per dozen, though several figures are garbled.
The Kiblinger Motor Buggy from W. H. Kiblinger Co. Auburn Indiana is offered at 375.00 dollars and up. The vehicle is a practical automatic style with double cylinder air cooled engine producing 10 to 12 horsepower. It features solid rubber tires and is promoted as capable of traversing mud or sand and climbing steep hills. Write for agency terms.
Time table effective Oct 27 1907 shows Richmond to Indianapolis service with trains at 6:00, 7:25, 8:00, 9:25, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:25, 8:00, 4:00 and later hours. Limited trains operate with last car to Indianapolis at 6:40 p.m. and to New Castle at 10:00 p.m. Connections at Indianapolis to Lafayette Frankfort Crawfordsville Terre Haute Clinton Sullivan Parisills. Tickets sold through.
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