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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
8
Corrected daily by W. C. Routh lists prices for steers, heifers, calves and cows per hundredweight with ranges. Includes old sheep values and a brief, unclear note on BM and a number sequence.
The Logansport Union Stock Yards provide daily quotes for live stock. Feeder cattle and calves are listed with prices ranging from five to six dollars, including kilobits of certain grades for varied weights.
Corrected daily list by B V Cook & Co shows hides and wool entries with notes on sources and adjustments. Names and locations are partially legible indicating trade in hides and wool products. Further details are obscured by OCR issues.
Chicago market notes show flour weakness with spring and Minnesota patent wheats priced 3.75 to 5.20, ruing high. WHEAT bullish with July near 877 to 89 4, September 857 8. Corn firm at 66 067, oats active at 35% to 27c. Butter and eggs listed with varied dairy prices. New York prices steady for flour and spot wheat with No. 2 red at 981 c and July near 97c. Continuous market movement across grains and dairy.
CATTLE and HOGS price ranges reported for Chicago and Omaha markets. Chicago cattle include good to prime steers six fifty to eight forty, cows and heifers varied, calves and stockers noted. Hogs show heavy packers six to six and a half, mixed and light barrows, and pigs at several prices. Omaha market lists steady to lower cattle values, hogs strong, and sheep prices by class.
At the Milwaukee convention, American brewers urge clean orderly saloons and warn that prohibition would threaten their millions in legitimate business. They argue beer is less harmful than other spirits and press supports their push for better conduct rather than broad political action.
League games reported from Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn St Louis Cleveland Detroit Chicago New York Columbus Indianapolis Louisville Milwaukee Toledo St Paul Peoria Bloomington Springfield Rock Island Decatur Terre Haute Dayton Grand Rapids Evansville Fort Wayne and more with multiple standings and forfeits noted in the box scores.
Mrs. Mary Stuart Coffin, the city's only practicing woman attorney, died at St. Mary's hospital from laudanum taken presumably with suicidal intent. The death occurred Tuesday in Detroit Michigan.
Ennis Bros from Narcoossee Florida report long experience with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy made in Des Moines. They say it saved a life in El Paso Texas and have introduced the remedy into their mercantile business. W H Porter druggist supplies it.
Albert Smith, 51, was found dead in a barn near Indianapolis after heavy drinking. The piece contrasts gallows with long distance telephone, praising humane progress and condemning medieval punishment as the author reflects on a mother’s voice reaching her son beside the hanging.
Julia A Laing transfers 1-2 lot No 15 in William Douglass add to Logansport on Stevenson Street North Side to Julius Laing for 459 dollars. Abstract notes 8000 dollars in mortgages filed and 300 dollars released.
Paris authorities consider purchasing a fifty year old sculpture by James Kaditesemian that depicts Antoinette Legars in a rider pose. The statue was carved in exchange for a lifelong circus pass and could fetch about 10,900 francs, reflecting its historic circus ties and artist’s passion for bareback riding.
In Sandusky Ohio on June 17 an army of frogs is moving from marshes along Sandusky bay to Lake Erie's sandy shores, driven by voracious German carp that have invaded the marshes. Experts speculate carp prey on frogs, forcing them to seek scarce food in the lake and inland streams. The report also mentions an unusual aside about a dancing exhibition and officers amused by the king’s interference.
King Edward condemns a striking display as one of the most inane exhibitions and forbids it. Several officers from a noted London regiment recently engaged in skirt dancing, drawing royal disapproval and swift action.
Warrick County farmers report peak harvest activity with a tight labor market as workers are scarce. Growers say demand remains high while recruitment proves difficult for seasonal field crews, raising concerns about timely collection of crops.
Carl J. Horn operates an architectural office in the Stetiner building with the telephone number 700. He prepares plans and specifications carefully for clients.
Brewery advertisement for Columbia Brewing Co makers of the Columbia beer calls it a beer with no peer and notes a family trade solicited with telephone number 40.
Merrill and Son at 432 High Street advertises test coal oil at 10 cents and best gasoline at 14 cents. They claim not to be in the trust and invite trial orders.
Ed F Leonard of Heath Street and L Dilley & Co of Market Street advertise coal and coke with claims of best value and complete customer satisfaction. References include contact phone numbers for both vendors.
Carriage and wagon building painting and repairing offered by Peek Kandier at 514 North Street. General blacksmithing with good work and reasonable prices. Phone 573.
Clothing cleaned repaired pressed and tailored services offered at Weber-310 Pearl Street.
Classified notice for Dr. F M Bozer D Dentists. Office at Fourth and roadway over City National Bank. Telephone office 363 residence 1463.
A compact classified note lists D. E. Delzeli at 404% Market Street and residence at 1918 North Street with contact 87. It advertises coal high grade horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe products.
Local business listing for L. Dilley & Co at 515 Market Street offering flour feed and bay with telephone number 87. The entry notes the company specializes in flour and animal feed products and provides contact access.
Merrill and Son at 432 High street advertise high test gasoline and coal oil that resists gum in stoves. They claim not to be in the trust and offer best gasoline at 14 cents and coal oil at 10 cents, inviting readers to drop a card for a trial order.
Ed Osborne successor to John M. Thompson offers expert horseshoeing at 122 Sixth Street with prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
An old advertisement promotes harnesses buggies and wagons from Young & Custer. It highlights honest goods and reasonable prices with storefronts at 310 Fifth Street and 318 Market Street, listing phone numbers 723 and 948 respectively.
Insurance company advertises fire life and casualty coverage with reliable companies. Offers prompt settlement of claims and provides contact by phone 12409 in the Spry block area.
George H. Gise advertises 5 percent money and offers all kinds of insurance. Corner room over Bowen bank. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238.
Lumber firm Parker and Johnston advertises interior finishing and store fixtures with high grade workmanship. Yard, mill, and office located at the corner of Spencer and Berkeley streets, telephone 112.
A brief notice lists Miss Hendersons School of Music located at 1317 Market Street. The item notes a school address and program details in concise form.
Reporter Office offers all kinds of job printing including letter heads envelopes statements and invitations. Call 70 to ring the man with samples for neat prompt service.
D C Mathews offers bargains in new and second hand house furnishings and bicycles with sundries at second hand prices. Highest prices paid for second hand goods. Motto Satisfaction, many sales, and small profits. 207 Sixth street phone 636.
H. Weber at 210 Pearl Street offers tailoring and repair services. Spring and summer patterns ready for inspection. Suits start at 15 dollars and up, trousers at 4 dollars and up. Come and see.
H J Trah offers slate tin and metal roofing guttering spouting flue tops and furnace repair at 311 Fifth Street. All work done in best possible manner and general repair services available.
John Mehaffie offers galvanized iron cornices skylights tin iron slate and iron repairing touting and spouting. Telephone 59 at 218 Fifth Street Galvanized iron work and related services advertised in a small home business listing.
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