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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
9
Western markets saw cattle prices near last week with declines of 10 to 20 cents for hogs and firmer calf and steer bids. Receipts rose for hogs and sheep while prices slipped 5 to 15 cents. Wheat and corn futures quoted with mixed trends as Kansas City and Chicago trade data show strong earnings for stockyards and fluctuating bank and bond activity in New York.
Distressed shorts bid May wheat up to 1.04 and closed 1.08 as liquidity remained tight. July wheat rose to around 89 to 90 cents, with Kansas and Missouri cold snaps boosting demand while Armour’s influence weighed on shorts. Continental markets showed mixed updates as Hungarian insect damage and export flows influenced prices. weekly receipts and stocks fell, exports reached 48,000 bushels with flour shipments, and corn traded higher amid a quiet trade day.
Butter markets rise while egg and fruit prices show varied movement. Texas potatoes arrive in sacks at 1.75 to 2.00 per bushel as asparagus jumps due to frost. Damaged apples and late-set fruit noted near Parker Kansas. cherry and grape crops also hit by damage. Prices given for butter eggs poultry fruits and vegetables reflect current dealer quotations and regional outputs.
Governor Hoch directs the attorney general to press Leavenworth county into strict law enforcement and offers his entire contingent fund to aid prosecutions. He cites the case against J. E. Norris, secretary of the State Temperance union, on perjury charges and orders vigorous pursuit or dismissal.
In Leavenworth on May 2 1924 Kansas Attorney General F S Jackson presented Governor Hochs directive to pursue or dismiss the indictment of Robert H Norris secretary of the Kansas State Temperance Union for alleged perjury regarding liquor fixtures. Judge Gillpatrick overruled motions to dismiss and set the matter for next Saturday while liquor injunction suits were scheduled for hearing next week.
Cotton futures edged up five to nine points after an initial drop amid weak cables and a better weather map. May to January futures quoted from 8.42 to 8.62, with spot cotton steady at 10.20 upland and 10.45 gulf. World cotton supply fell 167,751 bales week on Hes- ter data. New Orleans reports show 8,852,390 bales visible, down from a year ago. Butter eggs poultry prices varied across New York Chicago and St Louis markets, while grain and metals prices in St Louis and New York reflected mixed activity. Weather bureau notes include Kansas City temperatures and river level changes. forecasts call for fair to partly cloudy conditions across several states with warming trends.
Sir Thomas Lipton unveils his newest yacht the twenty three meter cutter Shamrock built by William Fife in Scotland. Capt Sycamore will command the vessel as part of a four boat 23 meter contingent in British waters with hopes of challenging for the America's Cup, though Americans have not accepted Lipton’s terms.
Jose V. Dosal the Mexican consul in Kansas City suggests a two week trade expedition to Mexico for merchants and manufacturers. He would arrange details and accompany the party to boost commerce with the southern republic. Dosal urges local businessmen to organize an excursion next spring to explore profitable opportunities and strengthen ties.
Critics praise Shamrock for its elegant design and strong construction with Honduras mahogany planks on a steel frame. The hull carries green and white paint with coppered underbody, and lavish interiors feature African mahogany, Austrian oak, and tapestry paneling in the main salon. Fine carving around the salon depicts Commerce and Navigation, underscoring its premium status.
Cincinnati grand jury returns thirty four indictments against known local brokers for bucket shop operations following dual investigations. The list names William Gorman Louis Foster Joseph Mackey Charles Brown and others with penalties including fines from two to three hundred dollars and potential six months to charter forfeiture for repeat offenses.
Wellington Kas May 2 A report by J C Shaffer superintendent of the Panhandle Santa Fe with headquarters at Wellington shows 2883 head of Texas longhorn livestock shipped from Pecos valley in April to Kansas pastures in Greenwood Butler and Madison counties for summer feeding before sale at Kansas City. Average train has thirty steers per car across twenty cars total April shipments reach 86490 head with daily trains over four and up to twelve extra stock trains in yards. April 144 extra stock trains ran from Pecos valley. year over year stock movement up 1263 cars aided by better equipment. Mars Halutown Fort Dodge story notes Louis Townsend inventor of hauscultaphone in Des Moines Fort Dodge employment with Iowa Telephone Company working on transmitter with rubber ear tubes leading to stethoscope alternative. He observed heart pulses and lung air flow inspiring a device for doctors to hear internally, aiming for practical outside office use.
Dosal advocates a Mexico trade excursion for Kansas City merchants to study markets and products. He proposes a Latin American club and a Mexican products museum here, to boost ties with Diaz’s government and leading Mexican merchants.
An Ohio confectioner George W Frye of Lexington near Cleveland discovers a process to convert skim milk into a substance named omsite. The material resists acids and extreme temperatures, conducts no electricity, and can be molded or rolled into thin sheets. Frye envisions vessels hulls and other uses, with patents granting him control over the milk treatment method.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka spoke in Boston venues on prohibition in Kansas and on Christian Socialism. He argued Kansas dry policy reduced crime and boosted banks, urging Boston to become a dry city with church backing and female suffrage, noting police and government improved. A separate notice recounts a romance turning into marriage between George Braidenbach and Mrs. Elizabeth Reefer at 57 Wisconsin Avenue, with future plans to move to California.
A humorous verse from Harvard Lampoon features a young man named Blink visiting a hall dressed in pink. When asked to feed he replies that he would rather drink, delivering a playful rhyming couplet in classic spoof style.
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