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On trial free. A. O. Colby at 225 No. 6th. Both phones. 6-8-21 FOR SALE Fine driving horse. Apply A. J. Roberge, 1641 Kanest.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
9
On trial free. A. O. Colby at 225 No. 6th. Both phones. 6-8-21 FOR SALE Fine driving horse. Apply A. J. Roberge, 1641 Kanest.
London dispatch reports the Admiralty drafting specifications for three additional repair docks on the east and south coasts. Bids will be sought within a month, and the facilities will be dedicated to dreadnought repairs, quadrupling current capacity and strengthening Britain's effort in the naval arms race.
In Louisville Kentucky members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine arrive to begin the thirty-fifth annual imperial council session as the city fills with participants and attendees.
Two men were fatally scalded and a third badly injured when a freight engine with several cars plunged through a bridge into the Calumet river at Blue Island this morning.
The article surveys weekly price movements across markets and presents quotations reflecting the preliminary direction of values in the coming week. It highlights shifts in key commodities and the overall market tone as traders anticipate future activity.
Cattle receipts 19 000 with beeves from 4 65 to 7 39 per cwt Texas and western cattle 4 75 to 6 40 stockers and feeders 3 60 to 5 55 cows and heifers 5 75 to 7 75 Hogs receipts 49 000 five cents lower lighter hogs 7 00 to 7 50 mixed 7 20 to 7 70 heavy 7 30 to 7 75 rough 7 30 to 7 45 Yorkers 7 40 to 7 45 pigs 6 19 to 7 45 Sheep receipts 14 000 steady natives 4 00 to 6 50 western 4 25 to 6 60 lambs 6 00 to 38 35 western 6 25 to 8 50
Cattle receipts 20000 steady to 10c lower with beeves 5.15 to 7.20 Texans 4.75 to 6.25 westerns 4.75 to 6.30 stockers 3.60 to 5.60 cows 2.60 to 6.45 calves 5.25 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 44000 weak with prices 6.75 to 7.25 for lights 6.90 to 7.40 mixed 7 to 7.40 heavy 7 to 7.40 Yorkers 7.15 to 7.20 pigs 5.80 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 12000 slow natives 4 to 6 westerns 4.25 to 6.70 lambs natives 6.25 to 8.65 western 6.50 to 9.75.
The June crop report shows spring wheat sown on 18,391,000 acres, up 1,183,000 from last year. Spring wheat condition on June 1 is 95.2, with winter wheat at 80.7 and rye at 89.6, while oats cover 32,422,000 acres and oats condition stands at 88.7.
Chicago July death mystery surrounding Dr Haldane Cleminson wife included a tale of a wealthy “beautiful blonde.” Police say a nurse who is one of seven heirs to 30000 dollars was involved but she says their ties were professional. Detectives traced letters used as employment applications and a Dubuque trip.
O. T Erhart warns that lingering colds weaken health and can lead to consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a cure for persistent coughs after failure of other treatments. Do not experiment with untried remedies as delay may risk lung involvement.
Reports from Madrid describe a Sunday storm that struck Durango Arratta and La Sierra causing immense property damage and many deaths. Ceruntes experienced a deadly deluge during the annual fair with crowds unable to find shelter. Government officials dispatched a commission to assess the devastation.
Fireman John E. K. Sheehy was killed by falling walls while battling a blaze at the Suffen Hunt elevator in Decatur. Property loss is set at 300000 dollars, with partial insurance coverage. owners said they would rebuild promptly.
A collection of aphoristic lines contrasts aging with marriage and social behavior. It suggests women rarely look their age before marriage, notes the pessimist hides his strengths, and claims kindness cannot be seeded before reputation is established.
New York stocks rise at the opening with Reading, Baltimore and Ohio, and Harriman interests advancing. Cotton oil climbs 3-4 point and steel common gains. Union Pacific, Reading, Atchison, Erie and Steel lead a brisk midmorning rally with B&O reaching a yearly high. By noon profits ease. Southern Pacific hits new highs in afternoon trading as broader selloffs resume.
New York money rates show June Call at 13 4 per cent. Bar silver in London at 24 1 4 pence, New York price 52 7 8 cents. Demand sterling quoted 487.65 to 487.70.
Kansas City Missouri cattle receipts 8000 with price ranges from 5.25 to 7 for native steers and 4 to 6.25 for southern steers. cows and heifers 2.75 to 6.60. stockers 3.75 to 5.50. bulls 3 to 5. calves 3.75 to 7. western steers 5 to 6.70. hogs receipts 16000 with heavy 7.45 to 7.60 and packers 7.25 to 7.50. light 6.50 to 7.40. pigs 5.75 to 6.75. sheep receipts 7000 with muttons 5 to 6.25. lambs 6.50 to 8.75. wethers 4.75 to 7.25. ewes 4.25 to 5.75. Texas and Arizona muttons 4.40 to 6.10.
Chicago prices list dairy eggs poultry and produce from June 8 report. Cheese twins small increments, butter creamery extras and firsts, eggs firsts and seconds, turkeys and fowls and ducks and geese at varied cents per pound.
Cash wheat and corn bids listed by class and grade in Chicago on June 8. Wheat ranges include No 2 red 1.55 to 1.60 dollars, No 3 red 1.52 to 1.58, No 2 hard winter 1.32 to 1.35, No 2 northern spring 1.33 to 1.35. corn bids cover No 2 75.5 cents, No 2 yellow 75.5 to 75.75 cents, No 3 75.5 cents, No 3 white 75.75 cents, No 4 74 to 74.5 cents. oats ranges list No 3 white 57 to 58.5 cents, No 4 white 56.5 to 57.5, standard 59 cents.
At Chicago Union Stock Yards cattle receipts reach 2500 with prices from 4.60 to 7.50 for various classes, hogs 14900 with 7.00 to 7.80, and sheep 10000 with 4.00 to 8.30. Cattle include beeves Texas western stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves. hogs range light mixed heavy and Yorkers. sheep native western lambs.
Chicago grain market opened strong with July wheat surging to 1.20 before slipping to 1.19 3/4 as harvest proximity and expectations of a bearish government crop report weighed. Oats and corn followed with modest gains then declines, closing mixed for July and September deliveries.
Readings from the morning market show no changes in staples and produce. Prices span strawberries to pineapples and butter to eggs with numerous farm items listed alongside meat and dairy quotes from several firms.
The funeral of the three days old child of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gerky was held at 1512 South Seventh Street at 2 PM. Interment followed in Oak Grove cemetery with Undertaker W. Dwyer in charge.
The brokerage house of Fred S. Osborne & Co. did not open for business as usual in Detroit after the death by self-inflicted action of Adams Milton Holden yesterday.
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