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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
9
Market listings show bananas lemons grapefruit and apples with varied per unit prices. Livestock and poultry quotes include hogs steers cows and spring lambs with ranges. Grain flour butter eggs and cheese prices appear from several local suppliers, followed by a moralistic closing line.
Hogs receipts 8000 market steady mixed and butchers 7.05 to 7.45 good heavy 7.20 to 7.45 rough heavy 7.00 to 7.20 light 7.00 to 7.37 pigs 5.00 to 7.00 cattle receipts 700 market weak beeves 7.10 to 7.50 cows and heifers 2.85 to 7.65 stockers and feeders 4.40 to 7.65 Texans 4.50 to 5.50 calves 6.75 to 7.00 sheep receipts 10000 market steady native 4.10 to 5.10 western 4.50 to 5.10 lambs 6.35 to 8.35 western 6.50 to 8.35
Hogs receipts 13 000 market strong mixed and butchers 7 35 to 7 75 good heavy 7 50 to 7 75 rough heavy 7 35 to 7 50 light 7 30 to 7 67 pigs 5 40 to 7 40 Cattle receipts 500 market steady beeves 5 60 to 11 10 cows and heifers 2 70 to 7 50 stock ers and feeders 4 35 to 7 75 Texans 4 40 to 5 75 calves 6 50 to 10 50 Sheep receipts 2 000 market steady native 3 65 to 4 70 western 3 90 to 4 70 lambs 5 75 to 7 75 western 5 75 to 7 75
Dr. Joseph M. Lukason and Miss Emma L. Langen wed at the Lutheran church with Rev. N S Maggileson officiating. Family and friends attended a reception, then the couple planned a short trip before making Rushford their home. Out of town guests included several relatives from Minneapolis Anoka Sioux Falls and Winnebago.
The New York stock market opened dull with losses in Steel and Reading but readings recovered. Reading fell to 158 percent before rising to 163 percent after the supreme court decision in the anthracite coal case. Afternoon trading saw a broad market rise with Union at 166 percent and Steel near 66. Strong closes accompanied higher livestock quotes across cattle and sheep prices.
Money on call 4 percent. Time money 5 percent for six months. Bar silver London 29 1/4 pence, New York 63 1/4 cents. Demand sterling 4.85 45.
Kansas City stockyards report December 16 show cattle receipts at 17 000 with slow trade and prices for steers 7.00 to 7.95, cows and heifers 4.00 to 8.00, calves 4.00 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 8 000 with market steady and top hogs 7.25, mids 7.20 to 7.30, lights 6.50 to 7.10. Sheep receipts 5 000 with a 15 cent decline, lambs 7.00 to 7.90, ewes 4.00 to 4.50.
Livestock at the Union Stock Yards on December 16 shows hogs receiving 38 000 head with a dull market and price ranges from 7.00 to 7.42 for butchers, 7.20 to 7.35 for good heavies, 7.00 to 7.35 for lights, and 6.75 to 7.00 for pigs. Cattle receipts reach 40 000 with a slow market and beeves priced from 5.50 to 10.30.
Chicago reports Dec 16 butter extras 34 to 35 cents, firsts 33 cents. dairy extras 28 and firsts 29 cents. Eggs prime firsts 26 to 28 cents, firsts 24 1/2 to 25 cents. Cheese Twins 17 1/2. Young Americas 17 1/2. Potatoes 40 to 47 cents. Live poultry fowls 10 1/2. ducks 14. geese 12. spring chicks 10 1/2. turkeys 15 cents.
Barley in Minneapolis ranges from 40 to 59 cents a bushel while flax holds at 1.24 dollars. Chicago barley moves 46 to 75 cents, and Duluth flax stays at 1.24 dollars.
Wheat figures span No 2 red to No 3 spring with prices from 84 cents to 1.06 dollars. Corn ranges span No 2 yellow 49 to 50 cents and mixed grades about 43 to 46 cents. Oats show No 3 white 32 to 33 cents and standard 33 to 34 cents.
Chicago grain notes show lower Liverpool prices triggering a bearish morning for wheat with a 4 cent drop in December and May contracts. Corn and oats opened bearish, then corn and wheat recovered by afternoon as commission houses picked up small lots and Liverpool products remained unchanged.
E G Hadden Co supplies market services for grains and options. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce member firm operates from La Crosse office at 417 McMillan Building with E Wheaton as manager. Telephones Old 345 New 982.
Markets report unsettled weather pressuring export demand as oats move with other grains. Traders note cautious activity across commodities with shipping tied to weather conditions.
A wry quip notes that true home peace comes when a wife is busy with hairpins. It jokes that if age were tied to a man’s hair, the bald spot would not be so unwelcome.
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