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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
11
Wheat prices rose this morning from 98c to $1.05, with oats at 38-40c and corn easing to 55-60c. Cheese advanced by one cent, round Swiss 20c and block 19c, while various produce and dairy items are listed with prices from lemons to oysters and butter.
Cattle receipts 45 000 demand weak with beeves 4 to 8 60 dollars Texas cattle 3 80 to 4 75 western 4 25 to 7 stockers 3 10 to 5 20 cows and heifers 2 10 to 5 60 calves 7 to 7 50 Hogs receipts 45 000 good 19 cents lower light 8 to 8 45 mixed 8 05 to 8 55 heavy 8 15 to 8 60 Yorkers 8 35 to 8 40 pigs 6 90 to 7 85 Sheep receipts 40 000 10 cents lower native 3 50 to 5 75 western 3 75 to 5 75 lambs native 5 75 to 8 50 western 5 75 to 8 50
Cattle receipts total 25 000 with strong demand. Beef cattle range from 4 to 9 ¼ dollars, Texas 3 80 to 4 90, western 4 25 to 7 50, stockers and feeders 3 15 to 5 30, cows and heifers 2 15 to 5 70, calves 6 50 to 8 50. Hogs receipts 23 000 up 10 cents, various classes quoted 6 80 to 8 55. Sheep receipts 20 000 up 10 cents, natives 3 to 5 20, western 3 25 to 5 20, lambs natives 5 20 to 7 85, western 5 25 to 7 80.
The New York stock market opened with yesterday's strength. Southern and Union Pacific led railroads while Smelting and Steel common plus other industrials advanced. A brief dip followed by recovery, noon prices up, and 2 pm trading focused on Reading with declines that partially recovered before a weak close.
Chicago markets show cattle 11 000 head weak from 4 to 8.50 for beeves with Texas 3.80 to 4.70 and western 4 to 6.50. Hog totals 26 000 steady with ranges 7 to 8.70 across classes. Sheep 21 000 weak with native 3.50 to 5.50 and lambs 5.50 to 8.20, western 5.75 to 8.20.
Chicago market report lists egg prices at 29 1 2 for extras and firsts, butter values with Creamery extras at 34 and 30 for different grades, cheese ranges at 16 to 16 1 3 dollars, potatoes 40 to 45 cents, and live poultry with turkeys at 17 and various prices for fowls, spring chickens, ducks, and geese. Market steady.
Kansas City livestock prices for cattle hogs and sheep on December 14 show steady to slightly lower cattle with native steers 4.75 to 8.50 and western cattle 3.80 to 6, hogs steady to five cents higher with bulk 8.15 to 8.45 and pigs 6.75 to 7.75, and sheep steady with muttons 4.25 to 5.85 and lambs 6 to 8.
Chicago cash grain prices list for December 14 shows wheat and corn and oats with specific grades and bid ranges. Wheat includes No 2 red at 1.25 and No 3 red 1.18 to 1.28 1 2, hard and northern grades from 1.07 to 1.17. Corn and oats show No 3 white 61 1 4 cents, No 3 yellow 61 1 2, 58 1 2 for No 4 yellow, and oats ranges from 43 to 45 12 cents.
Chicago wheat opened with strong buying, posting new high records for December May and July as bull enthusiasm from yesterday fed a brisk start. A rapid profit taking plunge trimmed December to 1.12 1 2 and May to 1.10 7 8, then traders refocused on the day’s news as corn traded around 64 18 and 67 cents.
Commodity traders reacted after a strong advance with heavy selling in corn and oats. Wheat and corn opened higher but fell back sharply led by bears, while December to May contracts declined and hog-driven provisions slumped across the pit with high volume trading.
McGregor residents report visits and travels among locals. Katherine Baird travels to Chicago. Kinsley Bros. buy Jersey cattle for their farm. High school basketball lost 19 to 22 at Waukon with Walter Bergman substitute and Harry Gray referee. Doings include sickness recoveries, store decorations, and holiday preparations as residents visit cities from Decorah to Chicago.
In Chicago for the fat stock show L. J. Weiser of Winneshiek County Bank Decorah visits city guest of Mr. Henry Reeves. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Becker visit J. L. Hagensick over Sunday. Mrs. John Heilman Giard visits her mother and sister Mrs. K. Becker and daughter Gusta. New artist Bennet leaves soon for Elkader after good work here. Anna Tishler travels to Clay to visit parents and returns same day. Margarite Oathout Luana visits Mable Waytte.
Night policeman J. N. Paterson of Nashua Iowa recounts a severe lung cold last winter. He tried multiple cough medicines and two doctors without relief until Foley's Honey and Tar cured him, calling it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world.
Public and parochial schools will close next Friday for a two week vacation. Christmas season programs will be held Friday afternoon and at the high school Lyceum that evening. The high school Dramatic club will stage Dickens Christmas Carol with local students in key roles.
Wm. H. Clelland, famed survivor of the Cherry mime disaster, announces plans as a lecturer after joining a St. Louis theatrical syndicate. He will headline a dime museum circuit touring several cities, recounting the underground ordeal where he and twenty others sang and prayed to keep spirits up.
State of Wisconsin County Court La Crosse County ss In Probate notice is given that at a special term of the County Court to be held at the Court House La Crosse on January 11 1910 at ten in the morning the application of John G Moller executor of Sigvart Gudmundson deceased for the adjustment settlement and allowance of his final account and for the assignment of the residue of the estate will be heard By order of the Court John Brindley County Judge James Thompson Attorney for Estate
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