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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
6
Additional locals note Xmas post cards for tinting on sale at the Bazaar and a new Christmas song The Dawn of Christmas Day priced 15 cents. Mrs. Theodore Knapp of Hayfield visits the Joe Mayer home. A lost bundle of four keys on a black ribbon seeks return to the Herald office.
Market prices show Young Fat Hogs at 200 lb and Light Hogs around 65 to 72 cents per pound, Veal Sheep and Lambs noted in a range, and fat poultry quotes with Spring Chickens at 9 cents and Hens at 4 pounds and over. Hormel & Co says higher pay for poultry delivered Monday to Wednesday and reserves price changes without notice.
Dr Clifford C Veck is identified as a physician and surgeon in the directory listing with professional credentials and specialty notes. The entry presents him by name and his medical title without additional biographical detail.
Authorities consider revising border port rules as current system may miss duties on lumber imports. Inspectors rely on invoices and may order unloading to measure cargo, risking disputes and possible penalties for ship owners if measurements differ. Evaded duties reportedly run into thousands of dollars.
Vaudeville actor Harry Adams known as F. C. Williams drank carbolic acid in the Ward hotel office after being refused access to Jennie Saggers an 18 year old employee He died within minutes Saggers had been enticed from Boone three years earlier and traveled as Mademoiselle Delavan until forced to leave due to alleged cruelty A wife and several children survive him
A nitroglycerin explosion aboard a skiff on the river rocked a steam boat and shattered windows in Sisterville and nearby towns. An employee of the Marietta Torpedo company was killed and a panic broke out in a local schoolhouse.
In Mexico City on December 4, Maria Isabel Hernandez and two women are charged after allegedly burying her newborn baby alive in the walls of an adobe house shortly after birth. All three suspects were detained by authorities.
Minneapolis on December 3 reports December wheat at 1.05, May 1.057 dollars, and July 1.06 dollars. Grade quotes show No. 1 hard 1.07 plus, No. 1 Northern around 1.96 to 1.46, No. 2 Northern about 1.04 to 1.44, and No. 3 Northern near 1.05 to 1.04 dollars per bushel.
In Duluth on December 3 wheat futures moved on track with prices for No. 1 hard at 1.06, No. 1 Northern at 1.05144, and No. 2 Northern at 1.03 percent. December and May terms shown, flax in store at 1.81 and on track 1.78, with December 1.77 and May 1.79.
Cattle good to choice steers $6.00 to $7.60, fair to good $5.00 to $6.75, cows and heifers $4.25 to $5.25, calves $5.50 to $7.00. Hog prices $7.85 to $8.00. Sheep wethersa $4.50 to $5.00, yearlings $5.25 to $6.00, spring lambs $6.50 to $7.25.
Chicago market update shows Wheat futures for December at 1.06 and May at 1.06 with July 0.976. Corn values Dec 0.50 and May 0.61 with July 0.60. Oats Dec 0.40 May 0.42 July 0.40. Pork January 21.31, May 29.42. Butter creamery 26.6 cents, dairy 24 28 cents. Eggs 0.20 0.30 0.34. Poultry turkeys 14 cents, chickens and springs 111 cents.
Chicago December 3 cattle and hog prices shown with ranges for beef cattle Texas Western stockers and feeders cows and calves heavy hogs and sows pigs and lambs. Notable figures include cattle from 2.10 to 8.50, hogs up to 8.40, and sheep gains with lambs reaching 7.75 per hundredweight.
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