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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1914
Page
9
Receipts: hogs 11 000 market slow with gains 5c. butchers 6.70 7.40 heavy 6.85 7.30 rough 6.70 6.85 light 6.50 7.30 pigs 4.50 7.40. Cattle receipts 8 000 market slow weak beeves 5.70 10.50 cows and heifers 3.25 8.60 Texans 5.80 6.90 calves 7.00 10.00. Sheep receipts 1 000 market weak natives 5.20 6.25 western 5.30 6.25 lambs 6.50 39.00 western 6.75 9.00.
Hogs receipts 22 000 market slow 5 to 10c lower mixed and butchers 6 65 to 7 15 good heavy 6 76 to 7 15 rough heavy 6 60 to 6 70 light 6 50 to 7 10 pigs 5 00 to 7 00 Cattle receipts 200 market steady beeves 5 70 to 11 00 cows and heifers 3 25 to 8 50 Texans 5 65 to 9 25 calves 6 50 to 9 25 Sheep receipts 1 300 market weak native 5 30 to 6 40 western 5 40 to 6 40 lambs 6 50 to 8 50 western 6 75 to 3 60
Reports from Amsterdam describe an Austrian siege gun built on catapult ideas firing rocks and explosives at Servian targets. Paris notes a London bus carrying twelve German soldiers to British lines, whose surrender ends the imminent attack. London quotes York's dean defending the term Tommy Atkins as an honorable nickname for British soldiers.
The Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company failed to overturn state authority as the Supreme Court upheld Michigan railroad power to enforce rate orders for forest product shipments.
City Rock Pile offers meals and lodging to the down and outs who break rock but requires no cash for booze. The program begins today in Kansas City Missouri as a welfare measure to provide support while ensuring sobriety.
Report notes German invaders in Belgium spared park trees and forbade cavalry from tying horses to trees to prevent bark damage. The measure appears aimed at minimizing visible destruction while occupying towns and routes.
Foreign markets report a strong and active opening as fears of railroad rate hikes boost the bull side. Lehigh Valley and Reading rise, U S Steel Union Pacific and Southern Pacific gain, market ends the day strong with no losses. Money on call at 3 percent, six month rates 4 to 4.5 percent. Bar silver London 231 16d New York 48 1/2 cents.
Kansas City market report shows cattle receipts at 15 000 with prices 5.50 to 11.00 for steers and 4.50 to 9.00 for cows and heifers. Hogs receipts 7 000 with bulk 6.80 to 6.95 and lambs 7.80 to 8.50, sheep steady with mutton 4.50 to 5.50 and stockers 3.75 to 7.25.
On December 14 Union Stock Yards reports hogs receipts at 52 000 with prices from 5 00 to 7 10 and a steady to lower market. Cattle receipts 42 000 with prices 5 50 to 10 85 and a slow market down 19 to 25 cents. Sheep receipts 38 090 with prices 5 25 to 8 50 and a slower market 10 to 25 cents lower.
Chicago Produce market roundup lists buttermilk butter cheese and dairy quotes with prices for CHICAGO section 14. Butter Ex features 32c best firsts 27 to 28 1-2c and dairy arcane 30 to 30 1-2c. Biggs-Prime firsts 34 to 35c and primary 28 to 30c. Cheese Twins 14 1-4 to 14 1-2c. Potatoes receipts show 18 cars with Wisconsin white 35 to 48c and red 35 to 40c. Live poultry quotes list fowls 10 to 11c, ducks 13 to 13 1-2c, geese 12 1-2 to 18c, spring chicks 11 1-2c, and turkeys 16c.
In Chicago on December 14 the price list shows No. 2 and No. 3 red and hard wheats around 1.18 to 1.19 per bushel, oats values near 47 1/2 to 50 cents, and corn grades ranging from 60 1/2 to 64 1/2 cents. Affected grades include No. 2 through No. 6 yellow and white, with several mixed varieties also listed.
Chicago reports show strong cables and light receipts as near zero temperatures curb southwest crop. December corn and May wheat both move, with oats and provisions mixed amid morning gains and afternoon slumps.
The list covers Wholesale fruit and produce with prices for oysters celery lemons oranges grapes coconuts apples pears and cranberries. Livestock from Farmers Cooperative Packing Co includes cows hogs lambs and poultry with price ranges. Milk dairy products butter eggs cheese and German hand cheese are listed with various per pound and per dozen rates.
Right Rev Joseph J Fox bishop of the Green Bay diocese is reported to have tendered his resignation to the Vatican due to ill health He refused to make any statement about the action and its timing remains unclear
In Eau Claire Wisconsin on December 14 a high school strike involving 171 students neared resolution as fourteen of twenty one expelled students identified as ring leaders returned to classes signaling progress toward full settlement.
Grand General Headquarters in France reports Chief Quartermaster General von Wild says short range fighting is the war’s greatest lesson. He notes most combat occurs at 65 to 150 yards with modern rifles and machine guns, praising British bravery amid deadly close combat.
Edward Crabtree of Wauwatosa was overcome by the cold while waiting for a street car and crawled to a nearby barn two blocks away. He suffered severe cuts from frozen ground and a blood trail led rescuers to him two hours later. he is reported in serious condition.
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