Terre Haute Postcards - J. W. Murray & Co.

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This J. W. Murray advertisement dated February 15th, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $14.25 per ton and No. 2 Timothy Hay for $13.25 per ton.

This J. W. Murray advertisement dated February 25th, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $13.90 per ton and No. 2 Timothy Hay for $13.00 per ton.

This J. W. Murray advertisement dated March 20th, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $14.50 per ton and No. 2 Timothy Hay for $13.50 per ton.

This J. W. Murray advertisement dated March 31st, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $14.50 per ton and No. 2 Timothy Hay for $13.50 per ton.

This J. W. Murray advertisement dated August 13th, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $13.40 per ton

This J. W. Murray advertisement dated September 13th, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $13.25 per ton.

This J. W. Murray advertisement dated October 12th, 1897, gives a quote for No. 1 Timothy Hay for $13.25 per ton.

J. W. Murray, hay merchants, were formed in 1880 and located at 656 Wabash Avenue and sold hay by the railroad car load.

In 1887, Kelly Monroe Turner was the manager of Murray Hay & Grain when it was situated at 624 Wabash Avenue. By 1896, he was working in a "electricity laboratory" in New York and went on to found the General Acoustics Company which produced the Acousticon hearing aid, the Dictograph microphone, the Dictograph intercom system and the Metrophone. For more information on Turner and hs inventions see Historical Perspective: Pimento native K. Monroe Turner invented dictograph at beginning of 20th century and Bob's Old Phones - The Dictograph.

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