Receipts show mixed livestock demand and steady cattle gains
Receipts total 4 000 hogs 100 cattle and 150 sheep with hog prices around 7.80 to 7.85 as buyers pressed for loads. Cattle volumes were light. market advanced 10 cents with cows and steers leading gains while bulls and feeders held steady. Sheep and lambs ran near average with prices steady to slightly lower from last week. Other markets in Pittsburgh East Buffalo Union Stock Yards Cincinnati and Chicago cash shown with varied buys and price levels.
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Pittsburg
Fidy
East Buffalo
N. Y
Soo Head
UNION
Cincinnat
Xtra
Heiferswee Erie
Oorten
Steeks
Media Nl
TSS
Hog Receipts Report Lower Than Last Year in Chicago
Chicago hog receipts for the week total 164 576 versus 216 961 last year. Western week's receipts reach 474 000, down from 567 300 year earlier. Market activity shows reduced open interest and slower hog offerings causing unease among manufacturers, jobbers, and consumers as December and January prospects fade.
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Chicago
Finley Barrell
Engineer Takes Post At Statehouse With Ceremony
Frank Kirkoff begins duties as the statehouse engineer on Monday morning. Custodian Colbert finishes listing appointments and the staff, led by Bas, is at full force.
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Frank Kirkoff
Statehouse
Colbert
Bas
Wheat and corn futures ease as market shows bearish tone
Chicago reports show wheat prices dropping with a heavy primary receipt total of 1,804,000 bu and a visible supply rise of 328,000 bu. Corn opens unchanged then slips while Armour dominates May delivery sales and Cudahy buyers appear at the start. Hog prices in the stock yards fall as buyers and sellers adjust to ample supplies.
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Chicago
Des
Russia
Liverpool
Yee Lower
Bartlett, Frazier & Co
Jae
Armour
Cudahy Packing Company
Grain market report notes mixed bids and sturdy car load counts
Inspections list wheat and corn bids with various No 2 and No 3 grades. Totals show 121 cars in total and 10 cars out. Oats and hay movement reported with multiple grades and 11 cars for hay.
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Timothy
Wagon Market Prices and Feed Staples
Wheat No 2 red bids 86 cents per bushel sample milling. Corn old high grade 81 cents. Shelled oats 2 1 2 dollars. Hay Timothy 15 dollars 18 cents baled. Mixed hay 13 dollars 15 cents baled. Clover hay 10 dollars 13 cents. Straw oats 3 dollars 7 cents. Wheat straw 0 dollars 0 cents.
Wheat and Corn Prices End Mixed in Liverpool Trade
Wheat opened steady then fell as selling increased on larger than expected Russian shipments and liberal La Plata parcels for early shipment. Argentine weather and crop outlook stay favorable, with Australia and Russia reports positive. Corn weakened on wheat weakness and softer spot demand with midday declines.
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Liverpool
Dev
la Plata
Australia
Russia
Grain Futures Prices Reported for December and May Contracts
The Toledo market lists Wheat at 95 5e for December and May contracts with 3ge for July. Corn shows 47e for December, 9 May 40lge, July at 50e. Oats quote 35c for December, 37e May, 36% July. Rye No. 2 at 0.0, Cloverseed varies with December at 8.0 to 9.3 and March 9.10. Timothy and Alsike seed prices noted with prime December values.
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Chicago
A. W. Thomson Co
Lartr
Toledo
Alsike
Timothy
Buffalo market notes for spring and winter wheat prices
Buffalo New York markets report spring wheat No 1 northern at 1.12 4 with winter wheat No 2 red at 1 No 2 White at 4e corn No 2 yellow at 49 yce now yellow 48e oats No 2 white 46 4c No 3 white 3h34e No 4 white 5e standard 36 Barley price listed rye No 1 Sil4c unclear data CHIC fragment end of record
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jJh
ibMe
Buffalo
N. Y
Der
Eans
Navy
New York
Michigan
Cunliflower
California
Valencia
Jersey
Wall Street Opens With Mixed Tone on Stocks
Stock exchange activity in early trading showed moderate volume with a bullish tilt in rail shares and industrials wavering. Reading, Union Pacific, St Paul and Lehigh Valley rose, while steel advanced then steadied. overall turnover hovered around 156000 shares and ended with mixed gains as buying absorbed offers.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Reading
Union Pacific
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Lehigh Valley
Steel
Amalgamated Copper
General Electric
Iike
London
Lomly1
Reading and
Delaware & Hudson
Southern Railway Common
Preferred
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A. W Thomson Co
Atchison
B. T Beeen
Tees
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Penn
People’s Gas
Weaee Ee Rep. Steel
Rork Island
Rock Island
South
Pacific
Texas Pacific
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Stl. & W
Union Pacifico
Ar C
U. S. Steel Pfd
Ttah Copper
NEW York Bonds
T. TF
Ag N.Y
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So. P. Cony
Tex.s Pac
Erie
U P. Cony
Elec
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W. Shore
Avier
Wah
M. K
S. S
New York Curb Standings and Market Snippets
Fragmentary market notes show varied prices and yields for tobacco, cane, and commodities with several company names and percentages. Items include American Tobacco, Kerr Lake, Nipissing, and El Rayo among others, with odd phrasing and partial figures reflecting newspaper OCR.
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New York
U.S
Ching Co
Adl
Nipissing
ChiSh
Kerr
Brad
Money Rates and Exchange in New York Clearing
New York money markets show car loans at 3 14 percent and time money easing. Bankers’ bills quoted at 485 and 482 for 60 day bills. Sterling exchange active with prime mercantile paper at 3 14 to 6 percent.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Bankers
Bis
New York Metal Prices Hold Steady on Monday
New York December 19 prices at the metal exchange were unchanged. Copper bids held steady for January with February prospects unchanged while scarce spelter activity was noted.
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NEW York Metal
New York
London Bar Silver Steady in London
London market reports 1% decline for silver bars with prices steady at 25 shillings and 1d. per ounce. The dull market shows minimal movement as dealers await stronger demand.
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London
Dev
Perry's Memorial Bill Advances For Put-in-Bay Centennial
Washington reports the house committee on industrial arts ordered a favorable report Monday on a bill to appropriate 250,000 dollars for a 1912 centennial celebration at Put-in-Bay Ohio. The act would commemorate Perry's victory on Lake Erie and provide for a monument.
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Washington
House Committee On Industrial Arts
Put-in-Bay
Perry
Lake Erie
Democratic and Republican bosses named in conversation
A dialogue mentions Damon as the democratic boss and Pythiss as the republican boss, with Hillside noting belief in the claim and Garside confirming.
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Garside
Hillside
Damon
Pythiss
Wall Street Notes Aid by Easy Money Outlook
The Financial Notes summarize gold market activity in London with some shipments likely to Germany, a steady improvement in export business, and a Bank statement noting favorable bank conditions despite cash losses. Analyst Kellogg expects a period of easier money, a broader bond market, and growing foreign investment into the United States aided by reduced European floating debt and a healthier export sector.
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Wall Street Journal
London
Germany
Brooklyn
Daniel F. Kellogg
Weekly Financial Review
McKinley
Europe
England
France
South Africa
Russian
Holland
Market Commentary on Steel Prices and London Strong Market
A.W. Thootset company wire reports predicted higher price ranges between now and the new year based on precedent. Curtailment in labor raises pessimism about steel, though a surge of new tonnage early next year could lift trade. Meyer Kiser’s wife notes London market strength and improving money conditions, with New York liquidity high and prices likely to rise, favoring Reading.
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New York
A. W. Thomson
Central of Georgia Railroad
Beet Sugar
Central Leather
A.W. Thootset
Wire Crom Logan-Bryan
Meyer-Kiser
Miller & Co
London
Record Wheat Acreage Surpasses Previous Peak
Washington dispatch reports winter wheat sowing this fall reaching an all time high for the department of agriculture. The increase over last year is about 2 percent, tempered by delays from unusual autumn dryness. Sown areas are well distributed across the United States.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Fruits vegetables price list highlights seasonal goods
A corrected daily prices list for fruits vegetables shows varied rates for apples bananas cranberries grapes and more. Notable entries include Baldwin apples $8.75 per bri Jonathan $5 6 bri and California lemons $4 4.50 per box.
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Baldwin
Ben Davis
Grimes Golden
Jonathan
Colorado
California
Hubbardston
Massachusetts
Mathews
Centennial
Howes
Jersey
Barry Black
Florida
Messina
Itadian
Louisiana
Keifer
Morning After Christmas Cartoon by Bathhouse John Coughlin
Chicago alderman Bathhouse John Coughlin comments on the post holiday woes in a 2 page poem titled Jiminy Christmas. He ridicules bills cigars and meals underscoring the financial sting of Christmas duties and January payments. He opens with a morning after scene and notes the burden of Santa Claus costs and gift expenses.
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Chicago
Bathhouse
John Coughlin
Kip’ T
Santa Claus
Divorce grant saves Mollie Sprague from suicide
Special to The Son reports in Columbus Indiana that Judge Wickens granted Mollie Sprague a divorce on Saturday. On the witness stand she identified a bottle of chloroform she had bought to kill herself if the divorce was refused, and the ruling is described as saving her life.
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Columbus
Ind
Wickens
Mollie Sprague
Swine Breeders Assemble for Indiana meeting
The Indiana state swine breeders association plans its annual meeting on January 3 in Room 12 at the statehouse. The Poland China swine breeders will hold morning and afternoon sessions at the Hotel English on January 3.
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Statehouse
Indiana Poland
English
Market Summary From New York and Chicago Reports
Market notes show quiet to unsettled tones across commodities. Pork and lard steady, flour quiet, various poultry prices steady to firm, and dairy products ranging from dull to steady with mixed butter and cheese quotes nationwide.
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New York
Middle West
Itio No
Ioc
Chicago
Local Securities and Coal Terms Amid Market Notes
A ledger style list details coal lump types and prices from various mines and regions including Pocahontas Linton and Kanawha with figures like 5.00 7.00 6.00 and notes on bag costs and chutes. It mentions ground floor or dumped in cellar delivery options with 50 to 80 cent price ranges per ton and specific coke varieties and house charges.
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Pittsburg
Hocking Valley
Pocahontas
Brazil
Blossburg Ui
Ohio
Jackson
Raymond
Connellsville
Kanawha Iump
Grain Gossip Shows Mixed US Wheat and Corn Receipts
Chicago receipts report Monday shows 25 cars wheat 11 grading contracts and 450 corn with cars. Oats 150 cars. US visible wheat 42,904,000 bu this week less than last year 10,000,000 bu. Corn 2,094,000 bu this week versus 8,618,000 last year. Market notes bull operations, limited selling, and foreign shipments as Europe and Argentina anticipate larger supplies. Shortages and prices remain unsettled with milling demand possibly reviving after year start.
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Chicago
United States
A. W. Thomson Company
Login-Bryan
Europe
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Evern
Minois
Hide and Tallow Prices in Indianapolis Wholesale Market
Wholesale prices show No 1 cured hides at per pound rates, No 2 cured and green hides listed with varying per pound figures. Calf and Kip skins follow with No 1 and No 2 grades, while horse hides are priced at 35.50 for No 1 and 82.50 for No 3, and tallow is quoted by grade.
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Indianapolis
Mexican revolutionary speaks on Diaz opposition from jail
Don Juan Sanchez Azcona a former Mexican congressman and ally of Porfirio Diaz describes Mexican finance trusts as the core of discontent. He claims U S protection sustains Diaz and alleges cabinet members Corral and Limantour control trusts driving opposition and exile of reformers like Madero.
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Washington
Don Juan Sanchez Azcona
Heidelberg
University of Paris
Porfirio Diaz
District of Columbia
Mexico
United States
Porfirio
Diaz
Senor Corral
Interior
Senor Limantour
Engineers' Western Strike Threat Looms Over Railroads
December 19 report from West Chicago says Grand Chief Warren F. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demands wage increases for 32,000 engineers on 61 western railroads. Labor Commissioner Neill negotiates to avert a Christmas tieup with proposals and a potential 15 minute strike notice.
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Warren F. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Western
Stone
Neill
Neitl
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