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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
7
Rent available for horses at 2.00 per month and cattle at 1.50 per month. Describes fine pasture with artesian water at Goddard's Grand Crossing Farm. Contact phone 1070-M.
Market round up listing bananas lemons oranges and various fruits by box crate and case with prices. Livestock by Langdon & Boyd Packing Co covers steers cows heifers spring lambs and chickens with per head ranges. Provisions include lard hams bacon dried beef butter eggs flour and feed with quoted company prices.
The New York stock market opened active then fell into dullness with a bearish tone after Reading declined. American Tobacco opened at 209, fell to 205 by report, and posted a new low. Bank of England remarks offered cautious optimism for easier money conditions.
Money on call 2 percent. Time money 4 percent for six months. Prime mercantile 5 percent. Bar Silver London 27 11-16 pence, New York 60 2/3 cents. Demand sterling 4.86.
Kansas City cattle receipts total 3,000 with slow market. Steers 8.35 to 8.65, cows and heifers 4.50 to 8.40, stockers and feeders 6.50 to 7.90, calves 7.00 to 11.00. Hog receipts 8,000, market 5 cents lower. bulk 8.30 to 8.40, heavy 8.25 to 8.35, medium 8.30 to 8.45, light 8.35 to 8.45. Sheep receipts 10,000, market weak to 10 cents lower. lambs 6.00 to 8.00, owes 4.00 to 5.25, wethers and yearlings 4.50 to 6.50.
On June 5 at Chicago Union Stock Yards hog receipts reached 30,000 with a dull to lower market and mixed carcass classes. Butchers sold from 8.25 to 8.55, heavy classes 8.15 to 8.45, lights 8.30 to 8.52, and pigs 6.50 to 8.15. Cattle receipts 4,500 with steady trade. beeves 7.20 to 8.80, cows and heifers 3.65 to 8.00, stockers 6.00 to 8.05, Texans 6.70 to 7.75, calves 7.75 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 14,000 with a weak market. natives 4.95 to 5.60, westerns 4.90 to 5.75, lambs 5.50 to 7.35, western lambs 5.50 to 7.40.
Chicago June 5 butter extras 27 firsts 25 to 26c eggs prime firsts 184c ordinary 18c cheese twins 14 to 14 Young Americas 14 to 14c potatoes 30 to 40c mid 35 to 40c new 95 to 1.00 live poultry fowls 16 to 17c ducks 16c geese 10c spring ducks 82 to 35c turkeys 15c.
Chicago market update lists Wheat No 2 red 92 to 104 cents No 2 hard 92 to 103 cents No 3 hard 90 to 92½ cents No 3 spring 89 to 90 cents. Corn No 2 white 60 to 60½ cents No 2 yellow 59 to 60 cents No 3 59½ to 59¾ cents No 3 white 60 to 60¾ cents No 3 yellow 59½ to 59¾ cents No 4 58½ to 59 cents No 4 white 58½ to 59 cents. Oats No 3 white 39 to 39¾ cents No 4 white 38¾ to 39¾ cents standard 41?e.
In a playful exchange the Deacon and Spendthrift-Mebby wager $5 on the weather forecast. The banter centers on whether the forecast will call for rain, with the Weather Man as the referee of the turn.
Chicago June 5 Wheat began softer on Liverpool selling and rain damage forecasts for Kansas. Crop experts later warned damage in Kansas may be understated and prices moved up at noon. Corn eased early but gained on the session. Barley and flax regionally listed with notable values in Minneapolis and Chicago.
Portrait shows President Yuan Shi Kai with key officials outside the Imperial palace after recognition of the Chinese republic. American chargé d’affaires E. T. Williams stands to his left as ministers and Admiral Tsai Lin Kan join the posing party in a historic moment marking the new era.
Wheat slipped after noon on selling pressure but grains largely held. oats opened weak with liquidation and recovered to near morning levels. Provisions lagged early on large hog supplies but later advanced, with corn ending above the morning price.
The 1638 introduction of the first honeybees to the country brought black or brown German bees. They spread nationwide, remaining dominant for about 200 years until 1859 when Italians were introduced. Since then many races arrived, but most bees today are Italians or mixed Italians with blacks, per Country Gentleman.
A home humor caption shows a parent suggesting a quirky fix for a child’s stubborn habit. The head of the house quips about dry cleaning the boy by using a vacuum wagon, reflecting playful old time newspaper style.
Hogs receipts 38 000 market slow lower mixed and butchers 8 40 to 8 67 heavy 8 30 to 8 60 rough heavy 8 10 to 8 30 light 8 40 to 8 67 pigs 6 60 to 8 30 Cattle receipts 16 000 market steady beeves 7 20 to 7 90 cows and heifers 3 65 to 7 90 stockers and feeders 5 90 to 8 05 Texans 6 75 to 7 65 calves 7 75 to Sheep receipts 20 000 market steady native 4 85 to 5 60 western 4 90 to 5 60 lambs 5 50 to 7 35 western 5 50 to 7 55
Hogs receipts 35,000 with slow lower trade. Prices range mixed and butchered from 8.35 to 8.65, heavy classes 8.25 to 8.60, light 8.40 to 8.67, pigs 6.50 to 30. Cattle receipts 19,000 with weak lower market. beeves 7 to 8.65, cows 3.60 to 7.85, stockers 5.75 to 7.80, Texans 6.65 to 7.50, calves 7.25 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 24,000. market slow lower, natives 5.10 to 5.85, western 5.20 to 5.85, lambs 5.80 to 6.50, western 5.65 to 7.55.
Mr Subly, noted for conceit, claimed conversing with an uncultivated person harmed his peace of mind. A sharp young woman replied that anyone with even a piece of mind should avoid such risk. Youth’s Companion.
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