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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
4
Chicago on May 30 reports hog receipts at 130000 with strong yesterday, trade slow and mixed butchers at 5.20 to 5.57 percent. heavy classes around 5.35 to 5.55. bulls 5.15 to 5.30. cattle receipts 200 steady. sheep 1000 steady. Estimated next week hog 130000, cattle 19000, sheep 20000. No grain markets today due to Decoration Day.
Live stock prices hogs five to five and a quarter dollars beeves five fifty to six dollars cows and heifers three twenty five to five dollars grain wheat seven cents corn sixty cents oats forty two cents barley fifty cents rye sixty cents produce butter eighteen to twenty cents eggs twelve cents potatoes sixty cents hay seven to ten dollars straw six dollars
The article clarifies the myth that flying fish use their winglike pectoral fins to propel themselves in the air. It explains that propulsion comes from momentum gained in water, allowing a glide of up to 500 feet before descent, with no muscular sustainment in air.
Mrs B R Martin visited Atlantic Friday while Will Carey toured Menlo as a business visitor. Several residents spent time in Atlantic, Menlo and Adair for schooling, graduation, and social visits. A 12 pound baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs F C China on May 22. A barn near Anita was struck by lightning, killing one hog among about 100. Percy Young returned from Des Moines after graduating with honors from a business college and may take a job in Earlham schools.
Word from Dayton confirms the council purchased pump has been shipped for the water plant upgrade. The item was ordered weeks ago and is now en route to the city facility.
Train timetable for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific lines lists Nos 13 Omaha Flyer 6:25 am and 9 Local Passr 9:53 am among many daily trains with notes that Nos 63 and 4 do not run Sundays. Audubon and Griswold Branches show mixed ex Sunday services and Sunday-only trains, with all trains operating daily except Sunday.
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