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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
9
Wheat and livestock prices listed with bids and sales across markets in Kansas City Chicago and New York. Buyers showed strength in some cattle and hog prices while overall market activity fluctuated with record rail earnings and mixed grain futures.
Speculative trading in Chicago early today stirred nerves in the grain market as May corn hovered near unchanged then firmed, closing around 66 1/2 cents. Wheat activity was dull with a brisk late demand in Chicago lifting July futures, while Elsewhere Kansas City and Minneapolis showed modest gains amid improving Roumania weather notes.
Market notes report firm demand for eggs and creamery batter with limited quoting. Texas peaches offered in poor condition at about 85 cents per crate. California oranges and pears priced by crate and bushel. strawberries light with around 800 crates traded. asparagus prices lower. overall quotations reflect net shipper prices amid few clear price levels.
Tax records filed with Wyandotte county clerk show a countywide shift from 20 percent to full valuation for packing houses and bankers in Kansas City. Overall packers’ real estate and personal property valuations rise by about 276 652 dollars, with banker returns largely unchanged from last year after prior court disputes.
A benefit concert tonight at the Academy of Music for pianist Miss Ellen Barnes who has played publicly rarely since moving to Kansas City three years ago. The program features Schubert, Chaminade, and Mendelssohn works, with Barnes as soloist and Minot performing in the second piano role. Nearby notes report New York ladies adopting calla lilies as corsages, inspired by English fashion and the Prince of Wales. Birth notices list numerous births reported to the board of health through noon today across several addresses with dates in May and June.
Arrivals include Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mauretania in New York and Queenstown respectively. Observations show Kansas City 62/78 F, Missouri River 10.7 ft above low water, and scattered station temps with several typos in the dataset. A forecast extends to Wednesday with cloudy conditions and slow warming.
Londoners discuss official decoys to bark at unlicensed dogs as a way to boost dog tax revenue. Parisian barkers and a Somersby inland revenue plan are described, with estimates of potential gains and risks of the scheme.
America's youngest actor makes debut in Portland story as Lawrence Gleason, infant son of James A. and Lucile Gleason, plays heir in The Heir to the Hoorah at Baker Theatre. He is claimed the nation’s youngest actor, with no lines but poised for future stage fame.
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