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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
11
Superior service at reduced rates. Boyd Transfer Co. of Minneapolis Minnesota contacts customers about lowered freight charges on house to Pacific coast shipments and other specified points.
Lost locket with initial P on locket and chain seeks liberal reward at 713 Division street. Lost pair of boys brown diagonal trousers ages 5 to 6 years left on a Sixteenth street car Tuesday afternoon. Also lost paper bag with lace patterns return to 336 South Twenty-third with reward offered.
Receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep at Union Stock Yards Ill with market tone noted as slow or slightly higher. Supplemental wholesale fruit produce and dairy items listed with varied prices from Langdon Boyd Packing Co and Hawley Co along with grain and dairy products prices from multiple suppliers.
Hogs receipts 28 000 market quiet 5c lower mixed and butchers 7 35 to 7 77 good heavy 7 55 to 7 80 rough heavy 7 35 to 7 55 light 7 30 to 7 70 pigs 5 25 to 7 20 Cattle receipts 6 500 market slow beves 5 60 to 19 50 cows and heifers 2 70 to 7 59 stockers and feeders 4 49 to 7 65 Texans 4 40 to 5 75 calves 6 50 to 10 25 Sheep receipts 35 009 market steady native 3 75 to 4 85 western 4 00 to 4 80 lambs 5 90 to 7 80 western 6 00 to 7 90
Meredith argues for the value of French criticism praising or blaming with fine irony that instructs without wounding individuals. He contrasts this with England where criticism is reduced to expression of likes or dislikes and defense of old conservative taste.
The quote ponders whether defects are born within us or shaped by education. It asks which source of weakness causes more trouble, framing a debate on innate traits versus learned behavior.
A Western cousin explains pumping water up a mountain using water from flumes while the Eastern cousin questions the feasibility. The exchange turns to the idea that $1,900,000 at 4 percent yields $40,000 annually, prompting the response that daily labor leaves no time for such thoughts.
The passage recalls Samuel Pepys using shorthand to record his diary and Charles II’s 1680 Worcester Battle account. It also notes John Rushworth reportedly took verbatim debates in the Commons amid the arrest of five members.
A dialogue snippet from Stray Stories shows a speaker touting lifelong mental improvement and a playful exchange about a wife treating her husband like a dog. Chubbs reacts with astonishment, while Mrs Jolaby’s treatment of her husband is humorously echoed in a wife’s remark about wanting similar treatment for herself.
New York stocks opened heavy with fractional declines across leaders while California Petroleum hit a new low before a steadier late morning. Readings rose from 6 to 8 percent causing a quick jump, then eased. Chicago dairy prices moved lower for butter eggs and cheese as poultry and potatoes traded higher.
New York on call at 4 percent and time money at 5 percent for six months. Bar silver in London 293 16 pence, in New York 63 cents per ounce. Demand sterling quoted at 4.85 45.
Kansas City Mo December 18 cattle receipts about 4000 with steady to strong demand. Steers 6.00 to 9.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 8.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 7.80, calves 4.00 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 6500, market strong to 0.25 higher, bulk 7.00 to 7.25, heavy 7.25 to 7.32, medium 7.20 to 7.30, light 6.50 to 7.10. Sheep receipts 5000, market 15 to 25 cents lower, lambs 7.00 to 7.50, ewes 4.00 to 4.20, wethers and yearlings 4.25 to 4.65.
Hogs receipts 30,000 market slow mixed and butchers 6.90 to 7.25 good heavy 7.09 to 7.25 rough heavy 6.85 to 7.00 light 6.80 to 7.15 pigs 5.00 to 6.80. Cattle receipts 18,000 market steady beeves 5.45 to 9.75 cows and heifers 2.70 to 7.50 stockers and feeders 4.20 to 7.25 Texans 4.40 to 5.65 calves 6.50 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 25,000 market slow native 3.90 to 5.00 western 4.00 to 5.00 lambs 5.75 to 8.00 western 6.00 to 7.90.
Barley in Minneapolis ranges 41 to 60 cents with region bids 53 to 57 cents. Minneapolis flax quoted at 1.24 dollars per bushel. Chicago barley moves 46 to 75 cents. Duluth flax also at 1.24 dollars.
Chicago price listings show wheat and corn values across several grades. No. 2 hard wheat ranges from 88 to 89 cents, No. 1 red 1.08 to 1.09 dollars, corn No. 2 yellow 45 to 46 cents, No. 3 white 46 to 46 1/2 cents, oats No. 3 white 33 to 34 cents.
Chicago reports bullish Liverpool influence at the open but overall heavy trading. Noon prices held firm with fractional advances. oats and wheat gain strength as corn shows force, while provisions and hogs move lower. Weather in Argentina cited as bearish. inspection delays slow corn receipts at 607 cars.
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce member firm E G Hadden Co operates La Crosse office at 417 McMillan Building. N E Wheaton serves as contact with telephones Old 345 and New 982.
Provisions were under continuous liquidation all day as the trend extended into additional months, signaling sustained market pressure and broad disruption across sectors.
L Nathenson and Co offers payments for raw furs and hides by quality. No 1 cowhides 10 to 12 cents, calf horsehides pelts skunks grey foxes red foxes 2 to 8 dollars, minks 2 to 8 dollars, muskrats 10 to 60 cents, raccoons 75 cents to 5 dollars.
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