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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
9
Local market lists remain flat with no quotational shifts across fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, and livestock. Notable items include Strawberries 24 qt cases at 2.75, Bananas Jumbo 1.50 to 2.00, Pineapples 2.50 to 2.75, and Butter 26 to 27 cents per pound.
At Union Stock Yards in Newfoundland and Labrador on May 19 cattle receipts reached 18 000 with steady prices across beef cattle and calves. Hogs moved slowly with a 10 cent decline. prices for lights ranged from 6 70 to 7 20.
Cattle receipts near 14 000 with beves Texas steers and westerns priced from 4 60 to 7 20 per cwt. Hogs totals around 25 000 with prices from 6 75 to 7 40 for various weights. Sheep receipts roughly 12 000 with natives and westerns selling 4 to 6 25 and 6 75 to 9 50 respectively.
The New York stock market opened generally active with gains in Sloss-Sheffield Reading Southern Pacific Union Pacific Wabash and St Paul. By midmorning Reading and Southern Pacific hit new highs, but after Harriman meeting rumors traders cooled, and the market closed weak and unsettled with gains erased in the final hours.
May 20 at Union Stock Yards Illinois cattle receipts four thousand and hog receipts seventeen thousand show gains. Hogs led with prices from six eighty to seven thirty for lights and up to seven forty for heavies while cattle and sheep showed mixed ranges across Reeves Texans westerns and natives.
Chicago prices for dairy and poultry include Butter at 24c firsts 22c seconds 204qc dairy extra 23c Eggs firsts 21c seconds 20c Cheese Twins 13 to 13 1 e young Americas 131% to 14c Live Poultry turkeys 15c fowls 16c ducks 11c geese 7 to 8c Potatoes 78 to 80c per bag or per unit
Kansas City livestock receipts total 5 000 cattle with steady price ranges for native and western steers and cows. Hogs receipts 15 900 show 5 to 10 cents higher with heavy and packer prices listed. Sheep receipts 7 000 indicate steady market for mutton lambs and yearlings with several price bands.
Chicago on May 20 reports wheat prices steady to higher with May touching 1.30, July 1.15 and September 1.07 as futures gains amid light offerings and strong demand. Corn and oats hold firm with futures near 73% to 76% for corn and 59% to 61% for oats, while provisions rise.
Chicago May 20 Judge Barnes of the superior court decides that Mrs Mary Logan Tucker has an income of about 53009 a year and is sufficient for her present needs so Col rem Tucker will not owe alimony at least for now.
A warrant was issued today in St. Petersburg for the arrest of President Dubronvin TM of the union of Russian people on a charge of complicity in a series of murders attributed to the organization.
Public notice records the Wisconsin corporation Thill & Lapitz Plumbing & Heating Company changing its corporate name to Thill-Manning-Whalen Company. Dated May 19, 1909, H. S. Thill signs as president, J. Bo. Taylor as secretary attesting.
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