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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
11
Livestock at Union Stock Yards Illinois on May 3 shows cattle receipts at 19 000 with prices from 2 40 to 7 50 per hundredweight and hog receipts at 46 000 with prices from 5 70 to 7 40 while sheep receipts total 12 000 with native and western lambs priced from 3 80 to 8 70 reflecting a strong market with mixed grades selling higher by about 5 cents.
At Union Stock Yards on April 26 cattle receipts reached 10 000 with prices 4.65 to 6.80 for beeves and 4.00 to 5.00 for Texas cattle. Hogs totaled 50 000 with values from 6.80 to 7.35 and 5.65 to 7.70 for pigs. Sheep receipts 10 000 show natives 3.60 to 6.00, westerns 3.60 to 6.00, lambs 5.00 to 8.15, western lambs 5.00 to 8.30.
The readable text shows mixed crop futures data like WHEAT CORN OATS with various month tags and percentage figures. Names, dates, and exact contract details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Rev I W Williamson of Huntington West Virginia reports using Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and says it fulfilled its claims. He notes restored health and strength in thousands of weak people and adds the product contains no harmful drugs and is pleasant to take.
Creamery butter quoted at 27 to 28 cents per pound with 30 cent retail in some listings. Strawberries 10 cents per box, tomatoes 13 cents per pound, and various fruits vegetables and grains with prices ranging from apples at $2.50 per box to pineapples and lemons priced per crate or per box. Multiple suppliers cited including J. C. Burns and Ice Cream & Butter Co. and Langdon & Boyd Packing Co. in Washington California and Mobile markets.
Foreign markets report brisk demand for Reading with substantial gains at the open. Union Pacific shows special strength along with Steel stocks and American Cotton Oil rising. By noon 6th Steel hits new highs and Reading climbs past 153 as Lennon buys heavily in a heavy trading day.
Cattle receipts 20 000 strong with beves selling from 5.00 to 7.15 dollars and Texas 4.60 to 5.75 western 4.70 to 5.75 stockers and feeders 2.60 to 5.60 cows and heifers 2.40 to 6.25 calves 5.00 to 7.50 Hogs receipts 12 000 strong with light 6.85 to 7.30 mixed 7.00 to 7.40 heavy 7.99 to 7.45 rough 7.00 to 7.15 Yorkers
Madison May 4 Assemblyman Jones Monroe county works on two amendments to a state aid highway bill. The plan gives state commissioners more power to hold counties liable for road sections and to withhold funds until roads meet standards. Reynolds Deer county drafts a rival measure favoring local control with county highway engineers and no state supervision.
Pigs bring $7.20 to $7.25, $5.75 to $6.75 for older hogs. Sheep receipts reach $12,000 with prices 10 cents higher. Native sheep range $3.80 to $6.30, western $3.80 to $6.35. Lambs sell $6.00 to $8.75, western $6.25 to $9.00.
Kansas City livestock market report shows cattle receipts 10 000 with strong tendencies. native steers 5.25 to 6.90 southern steers 4.80 to 6.35 cows and heifers 3 to 6.25 stockers and feeders 3.75 to 5.75 bulls 3.49 to 5.50 calves 3.75 to 6.50 western cattle 5.25 to 6.60. hogs receipts 17 000 strong with heavy 7.20 to 7.35 packers 7.00 to 7.30 light 6.75 to 7.10 pigs 5.50 to 6.50. sheep receipts 8 000 strong muttons 5.25 to 6.75 lambs 7.00 to 8.75 wethers and yearlings 5.00 to 7.75 ewes 3.75 to 6.25.
Money on call 2 percent. Time money 2 to 3 percent for six months. Mercantile paper unquoted. Bar silver London 24 11-16 pence, New York 55 5/5 cents. Demand sterling 487.60.
Butter Creamery extra 27e firsts 24c seconds 22c dairy extras 24c Eggs firsts 20e seconds sec Cheese Twins 13% to 14e Young Americas 14 to 14%6c Live poultry Turkeys 16c fowl 15c ducks 13c geese 7c Potatoes 98e to $1.00
Wheat trade opens light and steady to lower with July and September corn fractions down and May higher. Oats ease on mild weather while provisions stay dull. At noon, wheat shows extreme dullness with light trading. corn and oats follow. securities and local road cost sharing language appears in fragmented text.
The board of public works recommends making the Mississippi River Wagon Bridge free for all La Crosse citizens except under 14s who need a parental order. It urges passes to be printed and will be presented to the council at the next meeting on Friday May 14.
Passed and orders given to have the passes printed. If this is done passes will be ready Saturday, May 15th. They will be on the same order as last year and can be obtained from the board of public works office after the council passes the resolution. Pettibone park will be in greater demand than ever this year as the house that is planned will Teele face much more attractive.
Chicago May 4 fear grips officials as striking lake seamen threaten disturbances against the Illinois Street company. Police Chief Shippy assigns 50 patrolmen to guard the deck at South Chicago while 50 pickets are posted, signaling a tense confrontation.
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