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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily market listings show turkey and butter prices per pound and eggs per dozen, with poultry and grain quotes from Bishop Elevator Co and W C Reuth. Livestock ranges include steers calves cows and sheep per hundredweight, noting varying price bands across sources.
Daily quotes show hogs priced from 5.35 to 5.40 for medium to heavy categories. Cattle and calves listed with calves at 3.00 to 5.50 as common to fair quality. Prices reflect market activity at Logansport Union Stock Yards.
The fragment cites corrected daily by B V Cook and Co with a PUG tag and a cryptic sequence of letters and symbols. It mentions no clear events, dates, or identifiable entities.
Grain and provisions show mixed moves with Chicago wheat futures lower for July and September, flour prices easing across several grades, butter and eggs multiple earnings levels, and potatoes and live poultry quoted. New York prices mirror softer flour and steady spot grains with mixed corn and oats signals.
Describes scarce water along the Twenty-mile trail to Death Valley via Ash Meadows. Kelly's well offered limited relief but required long hauling up a steep grade. Water priced at ten to fifteen dollars a barrel with extreme per glass costs. a local phrase notes water usage by citizens and burros amid daily strings of mule teams and scarce supply.
Boston reported Benjamin H. Richardson known to Harvard graduates as the Harvard Square bookseller and landlord of President Roosevelt during his college years died Friday at age 76.
Fort Worth Texas June 29 George W Armstrong proposed a unique joint ownership plan merging his private lighting plant with the city lighting plant. He suggests a five member board two appointed by the city two by stockholders and a fifth by the four. He offers to fund a city referendum if the idea is put to vote. The plan faces constitutional questions and aims to fix rates above cost with safeguards for both parties.
Special to the Reporter Philadelphia May 20 The government’s giant Hepburn act case against the anthracite railroads seeks to divest the coal trust of mining property valued at about 7.5 billion dollars as Standard Oil faces a separate high profile suit The trial features Judge Gray Dallas and Buffington with Gov Bonaparte leading the government and George M Beck defending the trust amid sharp exchanges over government authority and private property rights.
Captain Tom Halls of the Indiana secret service tracked a counterfeiters den along the Tel River near North Manchester. A raid found the makers gone, but molds and coin-making gear were seized. no capture occurred and the matter remained unpublicized.
A clerk offers remnants of shot silk at a bargain sale as a buyer notes the fabric is full of holes and the clerk confirms it was shot.
Chester Milton Brandom, 22, rose from Independence Kansas in the Kansas Oklahoma league to the Kansas City Blues of the American Association. Under Monte Cross he became a leading young pitcher, with George Tebeau receiving two major league offers for him. Brandom threw the Americas Association’s fourth no hit game vs Indianapolis on Kansas City grounds, allowing only two men.
Detroit report notes the Millers National Federation convened to push white flour through a major autumn advertising blitz. They plan to fund a nationwide campaign shared by milling clubs to begin around September 1, arguing flour can be a dietary cornerstone alongside oats and bran.
A satirical catalog touts a backyard outing kit with absurd items like poison ivy, red ants, mashed pies, and a pickle brine cake. It promotes a “ready to use” picnic set from the Happy Pays Tabloid Picnic Supply Co with Josh Wise as secretary.
A remark compares presidential timber to lumber, suggesting it should be labeled as such due to flaws and knots. The line emphasizes criticism of quality or suitability in the described material.
Rollo and his father visit a large establishment where old ordnance is being dismantled. The callow youth asks if they are turning cannons into plow shares, and a stern reply clarifies the plan: they are turning them into armor plate.
The German Lutheran church at Columbus marks its fiftieth anniversary with a celebration planned for tomorrow. The event honors the church's long history and contributions to the local community.
An ad touts Orion Laxative Fruit Syrup as the first requisite of beauty. It claims the product clears a sallow blotched complexion by stimulating the liver and bowels, brightening the eyes. It emphasizes easy digestion, no nausea, and urges refusing substitutes.
Wyoming, C June 26. The first municipal bank in the state opens in the city building to reform criminals. Mayor Josiah Kirby backs the plan claiming a bank account makes a good citizen. Deposits start at five cents with Kirby adding ten percent, funds placed in Queen City Savings Bank Cincinnati. A $5000 public building with free baths a reading room and a day nursery is being prepared.
A news brief outlines the creation of a new piano company valued at 12 million dollars. Founders and potential investors are named, with plans for production facilities and market expansion announced.
National Sangerfest set for June 18 to 21 at the Indianapolis State Fair grounds in a new pavilion. The Indiana Union Traction Company runs cars hourly past the fair grounds. take the Traction Line and arrive clean.
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