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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1914
Page
9
The passage suggests fleas originated from winged insects and posits their flight organs were gradually lost as the parasites adapted to a partly parasitic life. It presents a speculative evolutionary view on flea origins without detailing specific experiments or dates.
New York stocks opened firm despite a quiet market and fractional declines from Saturday's close. Steel dipped 1/4, then rallied to 62, while New Haven and Lehigh Valley also recovered. By noon activity steadied as traders noted clearer conditions after Tampico blockade orders were withdrawn by Huerta. Money markets showed call at 1 1/2 percent and six month at 3 1/2 percent with strong demand for mercantile paper and sterling at 4.87 to 4.88.
Kansas City cattle receipts 7,000 with market steady. steers 6.00 to 9.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.00, stockers 6.00 to 7.75, calves 6.00 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 7,000. market 5 to 1 2¢ lower. bulk 8.00 to 8.15, heavies 8.15 to 8.20, medium 8.05 to 8.20, lights 7.95 to 8.10. Sheep receipts 10,000. market steady to strong. lambs 7.50 to 9.50, ewes 4.25 to 5.25, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 7.00.
Hogs receipts 46 000 market slow 5 to 10 cents lower mixed and butchers 8.00 to 8.27 good heavy 7.45 to 8.25 rough heavy 7.80 to 7.95 light 8.00 to 8.25 pigs 7.10 to 7.85. Cattle receipts 19 000 market steady to 10 cents lower beeves 7.20 to 9.25 cows and heifers 3.70 to 8.70 stockers and feeders 6.39 to 8.25 Texans 6.80 to 7.80 calves 8.00 to 10.15. Sheep receipts 17 000 market slow steady shading lower native 5.50 to 6.30 western 5.75 to 6.40 lambs 6.50 to 8.55 western 6.75 to 8.75.
Chicago market report lists butter at 24 to 26 cents per pound, eggs prime firsts 18 to 18 cents, ordinary 17 cents. Cheese branded brands Twins 13 to 14 cents, Young Americas 15 cents. Potatoes range 90 to 98 cents, new crop 1.20 to 1.35. Live poultry shows fowls 15 cents, ducks 13 to 14, geese 10 to 11 cents, broilers 28 to 32, turkeys 15 cents.
Wheat prices across grades range from No 2 red 95 to 5%c, No 2 hard 95% to 96c, No 3 hard 94 to 94%c, No 3 spring 96 to 97c. Corn includes No 2 white 74%c, No 2 yellow 73% to 73%c, No 3 72% to 78c, No 3 white 73%c, No 3 yellow 73% to 73%c, No 4 71% to 72c, No 4 white 73 to 73%c, No 4 yellow 72% to 72%c. Oats No 4 white 39% to 39% c, standard 41% to 42c.
Wheat steadies then eases with July at 4o and September higher at start as market eyes the government crop report. Corn strengthens with July up 4c, oats firm on corn support, and a bulge in buying. Provisions ignore hog trend, pork futures rise sharply by close.
July wheat trades show unchanged percentages at 86 percent across open high low and close as traders await market cues. The small movement suggests firm support in the grain market with limited volatility for the session.
A reading of the Daily Markets lists prices for a wide range of goods in California. Fruit items include dates, bananas, cherries, lemons, and apples with per-pound, per-box, and per-pack prices. vegetables and onions noted. Livestock and poultry show ranges for hogs, cows, lambs, chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Provisions cover lard, shoulders, hams, bacon, and dried beef. dairy products include creamery and dairy butter and eggs. Grain and flour figures, along with mill feeds, are provided. Cheese prices for various styles are also given.
The bark Mexico ran ashore at Hempstead Beach Long Island on January 3 1887. Of 116 aboard 8 were saved by surfboat led by Raynor Rock Smith while others froze to death though cries were heard on shore. The disaster helped spark the creation of the United States Life Saving Service.
Madagascar natives revere a wooden idol draped in silk, moved by priests via a wire. The god, believed alive, frightens followers who blame its movements on spiritual power. Priests inhabit wooden houses, and worshipers decorate hair with curlers to form hornlike shapes for distinction.
Hogs receipts 12,000. market steady with mix of butchers 8.95 to 8.35, heavy 8.00 to 8.32, rough heavy 7.85 to 8.00, pigs 7.20. Cattle receipts 300. market steady with beeves 7.25 to 9.25, cows and heifers 3.70 to 8.75, stockers and feeders 6.35 to 8.25, Texans 6.80 to 7.85, calves 7.25 to 10.35. Sheep receipts 4,000. market steady native 5.60 to 6.50, western 5.50 to 6.35, lambs 6.50 to 8.40, western 6.60 to 8.60.
Union Stock Yards Illinois June 1 hog receipts 37 000 market slow and lower with ranges 7 80 to 8 07 for good heavy 7 60 to 7 75 for rough heavy 7 00 to 7 75 for pigs cattle receipts 18 590 market steady beeves 7 40 to 9 25 cows and heifers 3 70 to 8 75 stockers and feeders 6 35 to 8 30 Texans 7 00 to 8 00 calves 7 00 to 9 50 sheep receipts 13 000 market strong to 10c higher natives 5 35 to 6 20 westerns 5 45 to 6 25 lambs 6 25 to 8 25 western 6 50 to 8 30
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish told a reporter at a New York Authors Society benefit that authors should work in harmony. She recalled a noted playwright's remark about why she never attended confreres first nights, noting both bad and good plays annoy him.
A brief domestic exchange features a wife joking that her gown purchase might be funded by counterfeit money from the mint. The husband counters with a playful line about not being a counterfeiter, highlighting lighthearted marital banter.
In Missouri a five reel drama of rare merit titled Mizzoura is billed for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Casino theatre. The feature is praised as one of the year's best moving picture productions with high regard from W Steven Bush who calls it the finest work from the All Star corporation.
A village cat, oil spilled from a lamp and a cinder ignited its fur. The cat rushed to the door, dashed along the street, and plunged into a watering trough. It appeared the cat inferred cooling with water from witnessing humans extinguish kitchen fires.
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