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Newspaper

Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1908

Page

8

Market quotations show cattle and hog prices mixed this week

Prices for beef steers and calves edged higher in some markets while hogs weakened after a prior rally. Kansas City and Chicago receipts rose, with Kansas City reporting 61 290 hogs and 45 200 cattle this week. top hog price reached 5.07 and many sales near 5.80 to 5.95. New York stocks closed higher on improving banking and industrials.

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Fruit and Produce Markets Report Firm Butter and Eggs

Dealers note firmer butter due to scarcity, and firm eggs and poultry with limited supply. One car of Texas strawberries arrived. prices ranged 2.50 to 8.25 per crate, with top prices scarce. Exchange quotations reflect net shipper prices.

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Speculative Wheat Market Slip Amid Dry Weather Signals

Wheat prices moved little as traders anticipated rainless conditions in Kansas and Nebraska. Chicago May edged up to 98 cents then slipped to 92 1/2, July showed small gains before closing lower. Kansas City May rose to 94 1/2 but finished weaker, while Minneapolis May slid to 1.91 1/2 per bushel with mixed futures across regions. Cotton and corn markets also showed limited changes as weather and trade dynamics influenced sentiment.

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Mayor assails Democrats over utilities commission campaign

Kansas City mayor spoke to 500 business leaders at the Chronophone theater at noon, charging Democrats with bad faith and urging unity in the municipal contest. He accused special interests of backing the Democratic ticket and questioned why a utilities plank appeared in the Democratic platform.

Utilities Commission Beardsley Chronophone Theater Walnut Street Kansas City

Fear Another New York Bomb at Unemployed Meeting

Police deploy fifty detectives in plain clothes and a large patrol presence to prevent violence at a Grand Central Place unemployed meeting. Attendees are ordered to keep hands out of pockets and arrests only if speeches turn violent.

New York Police Department Union Square Grand Central Place

Weather readings across the central United States

Weather bureau observations for the last 24 hours show Kansas City minimum 42 and maximum 66. Several stations report temperatures from the 20s to 60s with no precipitation in Kansas Nebraska Missouri or Iowa. traces at Mar and Portland. Forecasts predict showers in parts of Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Texas with cooler conditions spreading Sunday. Lead and copper prices quoted in New York and St Louis.

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Births Reported to Board of Health This Noon

Birth notices list multiple families with dates in March and April. Names include Miller J and Mrs in Kansas City Missouri with a girl, Piste W J and R with a boy, Cammiso P and N with a girl, Helling J M and Mary with a person, Jordon J P and N with a baby, and A J M with a baby at various addresses.

Board of Health Miller Kansas City East Thirteenth Piste W. J Roberts Cammiso

Marriage Licenses and Ocean Steamer Arrivals

Marriage licenses listed for Hugo Flewr and Agda Swanson of Kansas City Luther Shackelford and Frankie Barton also from Kansas City. Movements of ocean steamers show arrivals including La Province from Havre to New York and Plymouth from New York to St Louis.

Hugo Flewr Kansas City Agda Swanson Luther Shackelford Kanes City Frankie Barton Kansas St. Louis Plymouth New York la Province Havre

Fire destroys most of North Aurora business district

A major blaze in Aurora Missouri at 3 am wiped out nearly the entire North Aurora business block. Loss exceeds 25 000 with 10 000 insured. The flames started in Abe Lemaster general store and destroyed M N Alexander Co Lane Anderson C E Spingler Abe Lemaster C M Burger J S Lea and the Lawrence restaurant. Origin undetermined.

Aurora North Aurora Abe Lemaster M. N. Alexander & Co Lane & Anderson C. E. Spingler C. M. Burger

Fire on Marlborough Car Triggers Panic at Noon

A Marlborough streetcar on a southbound run at Fifty first street and Virginia avenue caught fire when a controller box blew. The blaze spread inside as passengers, mainly women, screamed. The conductor prevented jumping as a nearby house supplied water to extinguish the flames.

Marlborough Fifty-first Street Virginia Avenue

Mad dog on Petticoat Lane

A small black rat terrier ran through Petticoat Lane at nine this morning barking and frothing. Patrolman Frank J. Phillips struck the animal with his club as it charged him and it died on the street.

Petticoat Lane Frank J. Phillips

Social Leader in Prize Fight at Merion Club

Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, noted Philadelphia society figure, scheduled to fight boxer Jack O'Brien in Haverford Pennsylvania at the Merion Cricket Club tonight. The bout will be five three minute rounds with four minute rests between rounds. Guthrie Leader editor L. G. Niblack visited the city this morning.

Paurapo Onia Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jack O’brien Merion Cricket Club Haverford Guthrie L. G. Niblack Guthrie, Oklahoma Leader

Smokers Night For Travelers Association at Coates House

A Travelers' Protective Association smoker is planned for tonight at the Coates residence. The notice also lists numerous building permits including brick veneer dwellings at 129 East Jackson and other residences and flats with varying valuations across the city.

Travelers’ Protective Association Coates House George Chaplin Eouth Jackson Anne Robertson Agnes Whitetmore Matt O'Connell West Nettie McNulty Austin Realty Company George EF Anderson M. Baker

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