Cattle and lamb markets rise at Kansas City May 10 1909
The Kansas City Stock Yards report a steady to strong cattle market with 9000 head traded and top prices up to 7.75 for heavy steers and yearlings. Hogs reached 6.27 with bulk sales 6.80 to 7.25, while lambs jumped 0.75 to 0.85 with spring lambs at 8.95. Texans scarce mutton higher by 40 to 60 cents. stockers and feeders limited. grain markets wavering but provisions firm as receipts lag last year.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Texas
Race death by own action in Missouri report says
Missouri state superintendent How ard A. Gass argues in the annual report that race death by own action is an established fact and notes a drop in school age children from 998,727 in 1901 to 994,659 in 1900. He suggests population decline or deliberate small families as causes, with rural areas cited as differing from cities.
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Missouri
Howard A. Gass
Mr. Gass
Bstockton Journal
Infant Dies After Lamp Flames In Nashville Home
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Hd Lough burned to death when a lamp toppled from a cradle while the mother was away at the store. Neighbors extinguished flames but found the baby unconscious, dying several hours later. The child would have turned sixteen months on May 5. Miss Maud Spaid of Alba stayed with the Spaid family that week.
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Nashville
Hd Lough
Wolves in the Increase in Southwest Missouri
The piece notes a rise in wolf activity and hunting in southwest Missouri. It cites a report from the Golden City Register of a Sunday wolf hunt in Dade County where five cubs yielded a bounty of 15. The author laments wolf return after earlier near extermination and argues poisons and traps fail, predicting renewed extermination efforts and urging lasting success.
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Golden City Register
B. B. Wilson
D. E. Pence
H. Butler
Dade County
Greenfield
Missouri
Mr. Lobo
Editor Griese Shot At Golden City Office Ruled as Suspected Assault
The Golden City Register editor John Griese says he was wounded by a stray bullet from a target rifle while in his leg near the ankle. A second shot pierced the office front, breaking glass and embedding in a partition wall. No suspects named as authorities pledge to investigate and punish. Mrs. J A Rhoades of Columbus, Kansas, visited Jasper with sister Mrs M B Fairfield.
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Jobn Griese
Golden City Register
John
J. A. Rhoades
Columbus, Kans
M. B. Fairfield
Jasper
Severe hailstorm hits areas east and west of town
The report notes a stronger hail event than last week with heavy falls east and west of town. Farmers complain of damage, blue jays killed in a yard, a mule struck by a stone, and unusually large horny shaped hail measuring about six inches in circumference. A cold spell followed, frosting garden crops Sunday night.
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Bob Kincaid
John Webb
Lamar
Grand Avenue
Dust Thou Art and a Window Sign Tale
A fragment from Jasper reports a merchant displayed a sign in his window stating Man is made of dust Dust settles You will observe that it was a merchant not a newspaper. The notice hints at local belief or reflection as observed in a small town window display.
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