21 Oct 1883
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1883
Page
1
The meeting notes include a debate on whether classics are more beneficial than modern languages, with a unanimous affirmative. Announcements invite attendance for an October lecture by Professor Robinson and report various local notices and social items from Lawrence.
WHEAT demand and prices vary with October November and December notes. OATS show active demand with higherOctober and May while December and the year dip. PORK remains quiet with slight gains on October and declines into January. LARD moves irregularly with October gains and January declines.
The readable text hints at northern portion winds with southeasterly flow and rising heat or humidity. Forecast mentions lights and fire-related phrases, but details are fragmentary and unclear.
The issue reports a serious accident at a racecourse where spectators were injured as stands collapsed and several victims were carried away for medical care. It also details a volatile stock market episode involving Northern Pacific preferred stock, rapid transfers, and a dramatic late-day freight of shares aided by a special train to meet delivery deadlines.
Brief notes report the steamer Far West of the Missouri and Ohio river trade sunk near Mullanoby island a few miles above the city with total loss but some chance of saving the crew. Other items note robberies, a fatal boiler explosion at Mount Pleasant, railroad labor unrest in Texas, and financial troubles at a Portsmouth Ohio iron company.
Campbell says he can proceed if not forced into sale by creditors, who would receive no more than 50 percent. The remark affects eight or nine of the first furnaces in southern Ohio, though embarrassments have been kept quiet.
A compact market minute covers New York money rates and bond listings, Kansas City produce and grain values, and St. Louis Chicago cattle and hogs. It notes pointwise shifts in wheat corn oats and dairy, with livestock receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across the three markets.
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