02 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1883
Page
1
Market notes show prices and activity across cereals metals and livestock with demand patterns. Wheat and barley steady to firm while corn meal and whisky hold. hogs cattle and sheep receipts and shipments vary with smooth trading and prime lots sought in limited supply.
Kansas City market data show WHEAT receipts 17,255 bu with cash No. 2 red around 63 4?. CORN 6,613 bu with January at 340 bid. OATS No 2 at 234. butter receipts poor. eggs steady at 2 per dozen. flour quiet with varied carlot quotes. lard and pork notes. Kansas City live stock: CATTLE receipts 1,88. HOGS 3,27 firmer. SHEEP 670 steady for good natives. St Louis reports flour weak, wheat slow with No 2 red and futures around 1.02–1.08.
Chicago market data shows hogs receipts 25 000 shipments 4700 with prices up 10c, cattle receipts 7000 shipments 37800 brisk on good exports dull on middling, sheep receipts 2400 shipments 1200 active and steady. An advertisement extols Tar Ant’s Seltzer and German Baking Powder claiming health benefits and warnings against stomach issues.
Washington Facts reports General Sherman’s army is 2,143 officers and 23,335 men with Crook’s Apache campaigns deemed successful. Transfer of command to Lieut. Gen. Sheridan occurs quietly after formal calls on the secretary of war and president. Other items note military education, railroads shaping policy, and October debt reductions. A murder trial of Nellie Bailey proceeds in Wichita with details of premeditated theft and burial. Coal strike in Brookville shows signs of ending, St Louis notes on license revenue and rail fare disputes, and the Hennepin Canal commission discusses expansion and name shortening.
The report notes the British prime minister promising abolition of stocks and settlement for slaves in Cuba, and measures against slaveholder patronage. It also mentions French naval actions on the West Africa coast enforcing tariffs near the Congo and troop movements. Additional items cover Irish protests, unrest in Dublin, and various global brief notes from Liverpool to New York.
A rhymed notice promotes a downtown clothing shop offering all wool garments for about eighty dollars in bold figures. It boasts a large, well lit shop with cheap, stylish suits for men and boys, featuring overcoats, caps, underwear, and hosiery. The piece invites all to visit, praising Steinberg as a friendly option for rich and poor alike.
Sheriff Henry B. Asher proclaims a general election in Douglas County Kansas on November 6. The offices elected include Sheriff County Treasurer County Clerk Register of Deeds Coroner County Surveyor and One County Commissioner for the Third District. Polls open from 7 AM to 6 PM at usual voting places with official witnessing in Lawrence.
Market notes show flour and wheat with fair demand and mixed prices. Corn remains fair and steady with slight declines. oats and rye weaker. barley dull while firmer butter and steady whisky prices noted. Eggs and pork mark fair to good demand with modest gains for several months ahead.
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