Spelling Bee and Logansport Saloon Episode Linked to 19th Century Letters
A fragmented tale recounts a drunken spelling bee in Logansport ending with a late night homeward stumble and a wife’s scolding. It notes a 1861 dead letter office exhumation of a letter from Conrad Brewster soliciting a White House refurnishing contract and a reply to Jefferson Davis about aid for Mecklenberg’s independence proclamation.
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New York Market Report May 15 Exchange and price listings
New York Market May 15 prices show copper at 164 cents for smiddling uplands. Flour dull in favor of buyers with receipts and sales tallied. Wheat quiet steady with notable No 2 Chicago at 21 0 and No 2 Milwaukee afloat. Corn steady moderate demand with western mixed 58 to 60 cents. Oats firmer with mixed western 67 to 78 cents. Pork firm at 2200. Lard and beef steady, petroleum refined 12 7. Leather heavy, coal firm, whiskey 1 20. Sugar quiet and barley scarce. Detroit and Toledo markets show firmer wheat and corn, michigan white at 131 to 135 for futures.
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Buffalo Market May Day Prices for Wheat and Corn
Buffalo market report shows wheat dull with no demand, corn lower with 80 to 83 bid for No. 2 western, oats quiet, rye and barley nominal. Cash prices rise for wheat and corn, oats steady, rye quiet, barley firm, pork and beef receipts noted with overstock warning after reunion. no afternoon board call.
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Milwanukee Market Wheat Prices and Receipts Report
Milwanukee Market Milwauk May 1 Wheat prices steady at 1 for No 2. Remarks show seller June 105 and seller July. Receipts 85 000 bushels, shipments 190, paehols.
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