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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
4
Grain markets report bid prices for feeders and westerns with opening highs and lows. Sheep receipts reach 15,000 and hold around yesterday's close, with prices quoted for sheep and lambs and an estimated 13,000 for tomorrow.
Chicago stock market report from March 17 shows hogs receipts at 28 000 with prices ranging from 5.20 to 7.00 for various grades and a slow close. cattle receipts 19 000 with demand weak and most types 10 lower, beeves 4.60 to 7.20, cows and heifers 1.90 to 5.60, stock-boat.
South Omaha reports March 17 market activity with hog receipts 11,200 up 6 to 10 cents, heavy and butcher classes at 6.50 to 6.85, others 6.10 to 6.50, bulk 6.45 to 6.65. Cattle receipts 3,800 with steers 4.00 to 6.25, cows 2.00 to 5.25, feeders 2.50 to 5.00. Sheep receipts 6,000 up 15 to 25 cents with wethers and yearlings 5.00 to 7.00, ewes 4.00 to 5.50, lambs 6.00 to 7.50.
Grain wheat 97c corn 53c oats 46c barley 80c rye 68c. Hogs 5.50 6.00 beeves 5.75 6.50 cows and heifers 2.00 3.50 feeders 3.50 4.25. Produce butter 26c eggs 15c potatoes 60c apples 1.00 1.25 hay 8.00 9.00 straw 3.50 6.00. Poultry hens 8c pullets 11c young roosters 1c turkeys 16 5c ducks 8c geese 6c old roosters 4c old gobblers 18c.
The sale of George Wissler's property southeast of the city yesterday was well attended and among the season's best. Over 5500 in goods sold at good prices, with John Adams handling the sale and Bert Marker clerking. Wissler expressed satisfaction.
Claude Odem, Opal Byers, Roy E Bailey, Gladys Odem, G W Ragan and Grace Shoalstall appear in a brief Atlantic area notice. The fragmentary text lists several individuals with inconsistent spellings and places, offering minimal context beyond identity and locale.
Nomination papers show Jacob Christensen seeking a Fourth ward seat and J O Fudge seeking a Third ward seat to succeed himself In addition petitions are expected to be circulated for H M Finkbine and BE Crawford as councilmen at large in the upcoming election.
Train numbers and schedules for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Westbound service are shown with arrival times from 6:25 a.m. to 9:08 p.m. The list includes No. 18 Omaha Flyer No. 9 Local No. 6 California Express No. 17 Mail and Express No. 68 Local No. 7 AM Limited No. 8 A M Limited No. 16 Local No. 64 Mail and Express No. 10 Local No. 6 Chicago Express No. 14 Chicago Flyer. Nos. 63 and 64 do not run Sundays.
Audubon Branch details show No 839 Mixed express Sunday at 6 40 am No 891 Mixed express Sunday at 2 20 pm and No 321 Sunday only at 11 40 am serving the Northbound line with the Audubon Branch designation.
A fragment lists southbound services on the Griswold Branch with mixed expresses and Sunday departures at 6:23 am for No 893, 2:35 pm for No 395, and 2:30 pm for No 323 Sunday only.
Fragmentary OCR shows a southbound No 2 passenger and freight service with stops at Hansen Heights Elkhorn Gates and Sah Med ted seccscee 0:46 Atlantic. Times listed 9:30 am 8:30 am 9:00 am and 1:40 pm appear.
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School Havana Cuba endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy recounting his sons illness and recovery. He credits the remedy for lifesaving relief and urges its use. Also notes Mrs Ida Soper near death in Big Pond Pa praising Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments. Trial bottles free guaranteed by druggists.
A notice from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bed wetting in children and urinary troubles in adults. She states the method does not blame the child and asks mothers to write today for full instructions with no money required.
Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Atlantic until 6 p m on April 6 1909 for supplies including lumber brick sand gravel cement tile electrical goods lamps coal transformers meters and various shop and street items. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. T FH. Nichols City Clerk MT3w
Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea is praised as a spring health tonic regulating bowels blood and nerves with customers urged to buy at Atlantic Drug Store. Pineules advertised for backache lumbago rheumatism fatigue and kidney diseases built as a system tonic priced 59 cents and one dollar sold by W T Palmer Co Drug Store.
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