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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
4
Chicago November reports show wheat futures slipping while corn holds steady and hog prices rise on the close. Cattle steadies as market summaries note modest bullish signals amid trading in Chicago.
Chicago markets report cattle hogs and sheep with receipts and price ranges. Hogs close 10 to 29 higher with varied weights. cattle show beeves and cows and heifers at wide ranges. sheep and lambs firm with steady receipts. Estimated tomorrow receipts listed for all three categories.
Grain prices list corn 50 wheat 83 oats 40 rye 60 barley 48. Hog and cattle quotes include hogs 5.00 to 5.25 beeves 5.50 to 6.50 stockers 3.50 to 4.00 cows and heifers 2.00 to 3.00. Poultry and eggs show hens 7 spring chicks 9 old roosters 4 ducks 7 geese 5 turkeys 4. Produce lists eggs 24 butter 20 to 28 potatoes 60 apples 60 hay 8 to 9 straw 4 to 5.
Agnes C. Laut writes in Outing Magazine about vast yellow wheat fields from California to Canada, describing endless waves like sea billows under a sky, the scent of wheat, and the dizzying sense of being surrounded by living gold as riders traverse the flat horizon.
Two women claim to be the mother of a child before a mandarin in China. The wife of the mandarin asks for a live fish, dresses it in baby clothes, and has it thrown into the river. One woman jumps in to save the child, proving motherhood, while the other flees. The wife then names the true mother and the impostor is exposed.
White wines may ferment without grape skirts while red wines may retain them. The grape color does not determine wine hue since grape juice is nearly colorless. For example, a champagne grape appears almost black outside though its juice yields a clear wine.
A humorous Harper's Weekly snippet has Mrs. Jones asking Dr. Smith to visit promptly for her cuckoo clock whose mechanism is said to have a throat trouble. The cartoon captures a light domestic scene via a telephone call.
A long, pensive note traces a boy’s path from evenings under a street corner electric light playing with toads to a life soon marked by blindness and tooth loss. He must reckon with a woman over why he did not return home earlier.
A historical exchange teases whether a baby will resemble its father. The retort notes a prior moment when someone persuaded the child to cough up a swallowed nickel, reflecting humorous social banter of the period.
London Opinion notes a conversation about a watch a father gave twenty years ago still serving well. Jill reveals she pawned it again today for the twentieth time, highlighting ongoing pawn and value cycles.
The quotation notes that fools overlook how merit and good luck are closely linked, reflecting on the balance between talent and fortune in achievement.
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