Clean cotton rags wanted five cents a pound
Ledger office calls for clean cotton rags in suitable condition not small or starched pieces. Paid at rate five cents per pound.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
15
Ledger office calls for clean cotton rags in suitable condition not small or starched pieces. Paid at rate five cents per pound.
An advertisement proclaims clairvoyant readings from Europe promising husband or wife forecasts, love matters, business chances, and cures for stomach issues rheumatism and bunions. It invites calls to a parlor at Corner Thomas Street.
Receipts last week remained heavy with active demand though lower markets pulled values down. Cattle prices eased across categories with steers 10 to 15 and 15 to 26 cents for planned kinds, cows 25 to 30 cents lower, feeding stock down, hogs steady to high, sheep and lambs weaker on eastern declines. Best steer prices reached 25 to 26.80 per hundredweight. cows 4.85 to 5.60. veal calves 6.00 to 9.50. feeders up to 7.45 in the week. hogs around 8.40 to 9.60. sheep 4.75 to 6.75. New York and Chicago market quotes noted separately.
In a House session in Washington Representative Adamson of Georgia and Western Republicans clashed as the Southerner grew irritated. He challenged the West by saying the wiser men come from the East, a remark recorded by Popular Magazine.
The fragment lists corn and pork prices with varying months and percentages, including corn noted with Dec. 52 percent and pork at Jan with a price of 18.87 dollars. It also mentions lard at Jan 10.75 and ribs at October 10.70, plus miscellaneous names and dates.
Chicago trading reacts to Bulgarian army rumors crossing the Turkish frontier with wheat futures climbing in early sessions. December wheat opens around 90 to 90 1 2 cents, later moving to about 91 cents, while corn and oats follow firming cues from firmer cables and tight supplies.
Wool prices hold steady with territory and western mediums quoted at 21 to 25 cents per pound and fine mediums at 18 to 20 cents. The report notes fine and capline types without further regional details.
A Kansas City Journal item quotes a patient blaming a druggist for an ineffective prescription. The exchange implies miscommunication and a laundry check payment as a contributing factor to the medicine’s failure.
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