Foreign markets open as New York stocks advance
New York stocks opened moderately active and improved on December 7 with steel slipping to 68 1/2, one point under the morning high, and Beet Sugar falling two points in the first hour.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
11
New York stocks opened moderately active and improved on December 7 with steel slipping to 68 1/2, one point under the morning high, and Beet Sugar falling two points in the first hour.
New York money markets report London silver at 29 1 16d per ounce and New York quotes 4 4c for demand sterling at 4.84.55. The brief notice lists rate movements and currency standings for December 7.
Chicago Livestock reports Dec 7 with hog receipts 13 000 market strong but ends weak. Hogs range 5 40 to 7 75. cattle receipts 500 steady with beeves 5 60 to 11 10 and calves 6 50 to 10 50. Sheep receipts 2 000 steady with native 3 65 to 4 70 and lambs 5 75 to 7 75. The stock market closed weak.
Kansas City Mo December 7 cattle receipts 500 with no market. Hogs receipts 4,000 with market averaging steady and bulk near the previous day’s average.
A broad listing of wholesale fruit and produce prices from bananas to lemons, grapes, apples, cranberries, and pears. dairy and eggs rates. meat, poultry, and lard figures. flour, feed, grain, and cheese prices. plus a humor punchline about a minister performing a double wedding.
Chicago market notes list butter extras 37c firsts 35c dairy extras 31 to 32c firsts 28 to 29c eggs prime firsts 29c firsts 25c cheese Twins 17c Young America 17c potatoes 43 to 58c live poultry fowls 12c ducks 13c geese 12c spring chicks 13c turkeys 15c.
In Chicago on December 7 the wheat market showed dull trading with modest selling pressure. Buyers postponed activity to the next week while sellers held back, with 60 000 bushels sold. corn fell with December leading the decline and 55 000 bushels moved. oats eased alongside, 135 000 bushels traded, and the provisions trade remained extremely dull as stock yards dealers bought early and sold later.
Hogs receipts 18 000 market steady with butchers 7 70 heavy 7 45 7 72 rough 7 25 7 45 light 7 25 7 65 pigs 5 25 to 7 25 cattle receipts 3 000 market steady beeves 5 60 11 00 cows ers and feeders 3 25 7 75 Texans 4 00 5 75 calves 6 50 to sheep receipts 6 000 market strong native 3 55 4 70 west 7 75 western 5 70 7 75
Hogs receipts 29 000 with prices from 7.45 to 7.87 for various grades. Cattle receipts 8 00 listed with market steady and beeves 5.65 to 11.00, cows and heifers 2.75 to 7.65, Tex 10.25. Sheep receipts 22 000 market steady with native 3.75 to 4.75, western 4.00 to 4.65, lambs 5.75 to 7.75, western 5.85 to 7.85.
A proud new father telegraphed his brother announcing a handsome boy had come to his house claiming to be his nephew. The brother replied that he did not have a nephew and concluded the visitor was an impostor.
The piece notes light green jade as a favorite Chinese gem, hard to find uncut, with wealthier Chinese owning jade lumps and Hong Kong jewelers typically trading cut stones. The excerpt also includes a flirtatious line from a Milwaukee Journal quote.
The article explains that letter writing is simple if you picture the recipient, then compose with a familiar voice. It compares a letter to a spoken conversation and notes a pipe image helps shape the sentiment.
Reports note trout and other fish in tanks or pools dying from lightning effects even when the storm is some distance away. The observation highlights an unusual susceptibility of aquatic life to atmospheric discharges.
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