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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
11
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CHICAGO diplomats report a Buy a Barrel of flour now campaign launched Thursday by the Farmers' National Grain Dealers assoc led by R Motseh president. About 600000 farmers hold stock and 4590 likely urged to stock up this winter while prices hold. Officials warned European buyers facing hard times and predicted competition with Europe for American flour and wheat.
Ev er at C Brown, president of the National Livestock Exchange, told meat producers and market interests that wholesale meat prices hover near prewar levels. He argued producers sacrifice livestock as prices fall, while consumers gain little benefit, urging more equitable distribution of readjusted costs.
Read across a market list detailing prices for wheat sacks, bran, butter, eggs, apples, oranges, lemons, grapes, pears, and other produce. The notice also includes a brief on spectacles crediting Roger Bacon and an Italian monk who died in Pisa in 1913, reflecting antique references within a grocery ledger fragment.
Wheat prices rise sharply as offerings thin and export demand strengthens in Chicago trade. December climbs to 1.05 to 1.70, March to 1.57 to 1.5974, with May around 1.704. Net close firm, May 4.40. Corn steadies as oats rise on grain strength and provisons outlook improves.
Market notes list Liberty bonds with several maturities and prices. Fourth 4 3 45.8 h 76 enda 41 wiret 4M s 05.53 10 Second Bis 5 36 Victory 45 95.63.
Decline by Southern Pacific extends losses about 3 percent in early trading. Steel and rail issues lead a mixed session with declines of 1 to 24 points, while Mexican Petroleum and Pan American rebound. Shippers, leather, textile and metal sectors rise slightly as shorts cover. overall market closes mixed with some profit-taking.
Beef prices uneven as Western stockers firm and cows and bulls steady. Hog prices show gains beyond yesterday, while sheep and lambs remain strong with native lambs at 13.00 and ewes at 5.00. Potatoes in Chicago and Minneapolis flour markets record steady to higher quotes for several varieties, with flax prices at No. 2 values around 2.17 to 2.18.
A long list of names and addresses appears, naming residents and visitors across Wisconsin and Minnesota including Westby Viroqua Sparta Madison and Red Wing. The fragment details hotel entries and associated individuals with scattered professions and towns, plus a brief note on produce prices and a passage about the Malthusian doctrine.
La Crosse organizers schedule a Saturday tag day to raise funds for a Salvation Army maternity hospital and rescue home to serve Wisconsin. The drive, limited to the business district, aims to broaden donations and support from city residents, with contributions directed to Fred C. Best, State Treasurer of the campaign.
The text describes a school scene where a teacher explains fractions to a fourth grade class in a ward school. A student named Wiltie Brown prefers a quarter over a fourth or one third, joking that a quarter “wouldn’t look so hoggish.” The excerpt appears fragmented and may be damaged.
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