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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
7
Hart Lumber and Cedar Co of Oconto Wisconsin seeks tan bark to purchase in quantities of twenty cars. They offer good prices and invite willing sellers to write for details.
Foreign markets report a dull and heavy early session with irregular trading. American Cotton Oil drops to 40 under pressure amid a broad downward trend. Pennsylvania holds steady as the market remains weak and unchanged by afternoon.
In New York on May 15 money on call sits at 2 percent while time money stands at 4 4 percent for six months. Prime mercantile credit offers 5 14 percent with bar silver quoted London 28 4 pence and New York 6 1 2. Demand sterling is 4 86.
Kansas City cattle receipts 3 500 market strong steers 7 25 to 8 65 cows and heifers 4 75 to 8 35 stockers and feeders 6 50 to 8 00 calves 6 50 to 10 00. Hogs receipts 8 000 market strong to 5e higher bulk 8 30 to 8 42 heavy 8 25 to 8 35 medium 8 30 to 8 42 light 8 35 to 8 45. Sheep receipts 7 000 market steady lambs 7 00 to 8 35 owes 4 00 to 6 25 wethers and yearlings 4 40 to 7 25.
Hogs receipts 20 000 market steady higher mixed and butchers 8 30 to 8 62 good heavy 8 20 to 8 57 rough heavy 8 00 to 8 20 light 8 40 to 8 62 pigs 6 50 to 8 35 Cattle receipts 4 500 market quiet beeves 7 10 to 9 00 cows and heifers 3 85 to 8 00 stockers and feeders 5 85 to 7 90 Texans 6 75 to 7 75 calves 6 50 to 9 00 Sheep receipts 14 000 market steady native 5 90 to 6 90 western 6 00 to 7 00 lambs 6 50 to 8 70 western 6 65 to 8 75
May 15 price rundown for butter eggs cheese potatoes and poultry in Chicago. Butter Ex costs 28c firsts 25 to 4c. eggsPrime firsts 18c. cheese Twins 12% to 12c. potatoes 42 to 49c. fowls 17c, ducks 11 to 16c, geese 10c, chicks 16 to 17c. turkeys 1c.
Minneapolis barley quoted 44 to 59 cents per bushel and flax at 1.29 dollars per bushel. Chicago barley ranges 47 to 67 cents while Duluth flax sits at 1.31 dollars per bushel.
Chicago May 15 Wheat prices show No 2 red at 1.04 to 1.051 4 dollars per bushel No 3 red 95 cents to 1.00 No 2 hard 90 to 92 No 3 hard 89 to 1 cent No 3 spring 87 to 89c Corn No 2 white 59 c to 59 No 2 yellow 56 to 56c No 3 55 to 56c No 3 white 59 to 59 4c No 3 yellow 55 to 56c No 4 55 to 55c No 4 white 58 to 58 1 0c No 4 yellow 55 to 55c Oats No 3 white 36 to 37c No 4 white 36 to 37c standard 38 to 38 1 0c
Wheat opened weak on soft cables but Liverpool rally spurred a local rebound. May futures touched 88 1/2 cents and July 88 1/2 cents at noon, up 3 to 4 1/2 cents from early levels as selling pressure eased.
Morning quotations show corn up sharply as light offerings lift May and July contracts. Oats rise early with buying on the dip, while May corn and July oats trim back later. Provisions stay firm, closing the day strong as hogs run remains light.
A yacht owner facing engine failure asks the wireless operator to tell his Brooklyn wife the accident is minor. He instructs the message to say the screwdriver is broken, avoiding disclosing the broken engine. The situation unfolds amid market price lists and packing figures.
A cheerful exchange mocks a man with a queer job as a bookkeeper for a bookseller. The joke frames the profession as unusual and highlights quick, witty dialogue rather than a broader event.
On pay day the conversation explores why a ghost is said to walk, with Gabe asking the question and Steve answering that spirits rise as money arrives.
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