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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
11
A dense price catalog lists fruits, vegetables, nuts, dairy and meat products with per unit and per quantity prices including apples in multiple varieties, oranges pears lemons and more. Regional market data from the Union Stock Yards in Illinois on December 13 shows hogs, cattle and sheep receipts with bid ranges and typical prices.
Hog prices declined by 25 cents from prior levels while other livestock prices remained firm and steady in today’s market report.
Dairy butter and creamery butter listed with varied prices. Fresh produce includes parsley, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, green peppers, wax beans, spinach, celery, shallots, pineapple, greens, grapes, and oranges with per item or per unit rates. Eggs are marked strictly fresh, with meat prices for lamb and mutton shown by region.
Hogs receipts 24000 with higher market, big spread across classes from 6.70 to 7.75. Cattle receipts 7000, market slow with beves 4.45 to 7.25 and cows and heifers 2.20 to 6.10. Stockers and feeders 3.25 to 7.70. Texans 4.19 to 4.50. Calves 6.75 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 25,00 with market activity noted.
New York markets show moderate strength at opening with slight gains in active issues. By 11 a.m. bidding pushes prices up, bonds mostly unchanged while other bonds stay dull. Noon trading holds firm, midafternoon changes narrow, and the market closes dull.
New York money on call stands at 3 percent while time money for six months carries 4 percent. Bar silver quotes London at 253 13 pence and New York at 54 1/2 cents per ounce. Demand sterling trades between 485.15 and 485.20.
Kansas City stockyards report cattle receipts around 7000 with steady to higher prices for steers and calves and cows and heifers in the 3 to 6 dollar range. House sales around 6400 trended lower with heavy calves at 7.45 to 7.50 and sheep and lambs under pressure with lambs from 6 to 6.55 and ewes 3.50 to 3.75.
Cattle receipts total 23 000 with market weak to 10 cents lower. Beeves 4.30 to 7.00, cows and heifers 2.25 to 5.85, stockers and feeders 3.25 to 5.45, Texans 3.90 to 5.45, calves 7 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 33 000 with markets 10 cents lower. Native 2.30 to 4.20, western 2.40 to 4.25, lambs 4 to 6.30, western lambs 4.50 to 6.25. Hog receipts 35 000 mixed and butcher grades 7.20 to 7.50, lighter 7.20 to 7.50, heavy 7.20 to 7.50, rough heavy 7.20 to 7.30, pigs 6.60 to 7.45.
Chicago market notes butter exports and dairy extras with firsts from 23 to 29, eggs prime firsts at 33 with several firsts. cheese shows minor shifts from 14 to 14 1-4 for Twins and Young Americas. Potatoes move Mich 40 to 43 and Wis 38 to 40. Poultry lists fowls 11 1-2 to 12, springs 19 to 10 1-2, ducks 13 to 13 1-2, geese 10 1-2 to 11.
Market notes show Duluth flax at 240 and 4, Chicago barley trading 60 to 88, Barley overall 60 to 80, with Flax at 241 to 3 and 4. Price ranges indicate regional variation in grain values across markets.
Chicago cash grain reports show wheat prices for No 2 red at 93 1 4 to 94 1 2 with other grades ranging from 91 1 4 to 96 for hard wheat No 2 and 93 to 94 for No 3 red. Corn values span No 2 white 48 1 2 to 49 1 2 and No 4 yellow around 48 to 50 with oats No 3 white 32 1 4 to 32 3 4 and Standard 32 3 4 to 33 1 4.
The Chicago grain market shows a firmer tone with wheat leading gains of 3 to 1 2 cents from Tuesday. December wheat near 91 1 4, May around 95 6 8, July near 93 3 8. Corn also climbs as wheat strengthens, oats hold, and hogs’ price drop fails to depress the overall positive opening.
Theodore Roosevelt spent the day in Boston to deliver the William Belden Noble lecture at Harvard University at eight p m He arrived at South Station from New Haven where he spoke to the chamber of commerce and breakfasted with Judge Francis C Lowell of the U S circuit court He attended a Harvard overseers meeting this morning and will be a guest at Judge Lowell's home tonight
Society women in Pittsburg speak before the Bartenders Union at the labor temple to win support for woman suffrage. Miss Mary E Bakewell and Miss Emeline Pitt lead the discussion as suffragists distribute literature and exit to discover the audience they addressed.
Salvatore Tollizzano, mortally wounded by three bullets on November 30, told Hoboken police he was shot for refusing to pay Black Hand tribute. He died shortly after naming a suspect, who remains in custody.
Notice is given to creditors of Henry B. Meyer late of West Salem Wisconsin that six months from December 6 1910 are allowed to present claims for examination and allowance. The La Crosse County Court will inspect all claims on June 13 1911 at 10 AM in the Court House La Crosse. John Brindley County Judge.
An ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur as a simple, harmless remedy to darken hair and improve scalp health. It notes sulfur's role in hair color and vitality, and lists price and availability from Wyeth Chemical Company and O. T. Erhart, with a prompt to buy a Christmas seal.
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