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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily by Bishop Elevator Co. lists poultry market notes with items like white meat and other poultry terms. The readable fragments indicate pricing or quality signals but are too garbled to determine exact figures or entities.
Reported prices for cattle hens calves and hogs at Logansport Union Stock Yards with ranges: beef cattle five to six dollars per hundredweight hogs five twenty five to five thirty five calves three to five fifty.
Fragmentary text references Hides and Wool and corrected daily by B. V. Cook & Co. unclear details mention Waleed Anvi or similar names. appears to be a brief market note or ad fragment about wool and hides with unspecified figures or dates.
Grain and provisions report shows weak flour in Chicago with spring and winter wheat prices and various export bag grades, plus July to September price ranges. New York market notes firmer flour demand, mixed wheat quotes, and spot and future corn and oat activity with butter eggs and potatoes price ranges.
Chicago market reports list cattle ranges from prime steers $6.50 to 7.85 and cows $2.50 to 4.50 with various feeders and skims. Hogs show heavy packers $5.26 to 5.40 with mixed and light hogs around $5.20 to 5.55, while Omaha quotes native steers $4.75 to 7.70 and hogs steady near $5.20 to 5.30.
Doris Carlson aged 18 and her sisters Agnes 17 and Sadie 15 camped in a lawn hole to block a trolley pole as workers laid rails in Langley Avenue. They guarded the site all night with blankets on sofas, pledging to resist the line and prevent planting.
Los Angeles paper describes a brutal two hour boxing display with Daze Kid Dalton vs Peter Sullivan and Brock vs Welch. It notes 6 000 men in an open air pavilion while 260 wives and other women loudly applaud the action and mock sermons. Peter Sullivan is knocked near unconscious and Brock is finished with a face described as bloodied.
Scattered games report across leagues with results from New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland St Louis Chicago Columbus Toledo Indianapolis St Paul Dayton Terre Haute Fort Wayne Evansville Rock Island Bloomington Peoria Clinton Omaha Des Moines Lincoln and others. Results include multiple doubleheaders and varied scores.
San Francisco May 11 Abe Attell, clever featherweight, stands out as a master of skill over brute force. Attell credits study and eye judgment for his success, says he can often predict an opponent’s punches by watching their eyes and aims to outpoint Joe Gans in a fifteen round bout.
The article notes Abe Attell, famed small fighter, challenging Sam Gans while claiming he would outbox the heavier opponent. Attell cites his perfect safety record and many bouts against stronger men as proof of skill, and mentions his popularity as a drawing card despite losses to other punchers.
Karl Colvin of Marion Indiana filed for divorce from Julia B Clark in Grant Superior Court alleging cruel treatment and hardship since their 4 year marriage. He previously claimed he was seventeen at marriage but later learned he was not yet fifteen. They are parents of a child about 2 1/2 years old.
Services at the Evangelical church this week draw larger crowds each night. Rev. Ringenberg preached last night, with Rev. D. B. Koeniz scheduled tonight and Rev. Dr. L. S. Fisher of Kokomo presiding elder to speak Friday evening. All are invited to attend the remaining meetings.
Advice urges immediate use of Chamberlain's Salve to treat nursing baby distress. Wipe gently before next nursing. Mentioned as a trusted remedy used by many trained nurses and sold by W HL.
Supplemental charges against New York District Attorney Jerome allege he urged a lawyer’s dismissal, violated liquor tax law by gambling for drinks, and conspired to trap a bribe case tied to Nathan Vidaver. Jerome has until June 16 to reply. hearing before Commissioner Hand will proceed.
A new chemical STOVINK is advertised to coat stove tops with a single application that lasts months even under daily heat. The product claims to keep stoves in fine condition with no polishing and costs twenty five cents, sold by A. Eberrein and Fianegin Hardware Co.
Mr. King prefers silence and court action over newspaper commentary. Commissioner Hand hears testimony on alleged dice shaking with young Ryan and counsel Thomas urging law changes. Franklin Pierce for the King committee labels the behavior undignified but stops short of claiming liquor tax law violations.
Kenosha Wisconsin June 11 The annual retreat for the Associate Sisters of St Mary opened at Kemper hall directed by Father Powell of Boston a member of the Society of St Paul the Evangelist. More than 100 women socially prominent in Milwaukee and Chicago attend with no speaking until next Saturday morning and eighty four hours devoted to prayer and devotion. The attendance is the largest in the history of the Sisters of St Mary.
A Nashua Iowa man and a druggist praise Foley’s Honey and Tar as the best cough remedy. The testimonial claims the product stops coughing, heals the lungs, and prevents serious cold complications after failing with other medicines and physician visits.
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