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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
6
Daily market reports from Bishop Elevator Co list grain prices and commodity trends. The note indicates ten quotes per day and references a local trading context.
Hog prices ranged from 3.65 to 4.40 dollars with hogs light 4.20 to 4.35 and medium and heavy 4.15 to 4.20. Calves sold from 3.95 to 6.00 dollars, good to choice 4.50 to 6.00, common to fair 3.95 to 4.95.
Chicago and New York market notes show flour prices firm with spring wheat at 5.90 to 6.00, hard patent at 4.90 to 5.10, and export bags around 3.80 to 4.30. Wheat listed unsettled May and July, corn strong with May at 5.65, oats steady, butter firm, live poultry and eggs priced, potatoes quoted 68 to 70 cents. New York futures feature quiet flour, spot wheat weaker, corn strength with No 2 at 73 cents, oats steady, dairy and produce values noted.
Chicago market report lists cattle classes with price ranges for prime steers fair to good steers and yearlings cows heifers and feeders. Includes hogs with prices for heavy packing sows mixed packers barrows light barrows and pigs amid broad price spreads for livestock.
South Omaha March 10 cattle market active and steady with steers from 425 to 75.89, cows and heifers 2.75 to 4.55, western and Texas steers 3.50 to 5.0, stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.75, calves 3.00 to 6.25. Hogs 10 cents lower with heavies 4.40 to 4.67, bulk 4.25 to 4.40. Sheep steady with yearlings 5.50, wethers 1.25 to 5.85, ewes 4.75 to 5.85, lambs 6.40 to 7.00.
King Alfonso visited Barcelona while delegates met in Washington at the International Mothers congress. In Omaha James Rathbun killed Mrs Rathbun and died by suicide. Prince Ludwig Menelik expelled from Germany as undesirable. Night riders in Birmingham Ky attacked and burned and killed six. A forest fire near Tomahawk NC burned four people to death. In Winkinsburg Pa a fire damaged eight businesses and injured eight firemen. a major New York fire injured many. Philadelphia to hire thousands on public works after a 10 million loan passes. The Country Club in Montgomery Ala pleaded guilty to liquor sales. Napoleon's Union School in Toledo Ohio burned, ending a feared Col linwood-like horror.
A grocery of Papes Diapepsin promises rapid relief from indigestion with Triangles that taste like candy. A 50 cent case is said to digest up to 3 000 grains of food and end symptoms like sour risings belching and heartburn.
The Twelve Mile area reports warmer days and returning birds as maple syrup production begins. Roads are poor and many residents are ill including Miss Anna Arthurhulse with consumption. Elias Olinger dies in Mexico Indiana at 82 after a long illness. gravel road election results are noted.
A fire at San Francisco city and county almshouse Tuesday trapped about 200 residents, many former hospital patients. Three patients died from the blaze or fright, including Edward Korn who died after being removed from the burning building.
The column urges readers to phone No 70 to tell the Reporter about visits you receive or if you are entertained. It hints at sharing social notes and community happenings through a simple call.
Australians look forward to a Bob Evans fleet visit with expectations of two paydays on the voyage, as the journey progresses and the ahead plan unfolds.
The Reporter will be offered for sale each afternoon at 3 to 5 o'clock at the Royal Slave Cigar Store located at 411 Fourth Street Porter’s Cigar Store at 326 Market Street and the interurban news stand serving travelers and others.
A Architec ts announces Carl J. Horn office in Stettiner building with telephone 700 plans and specifications carefully prepared.
Columbia Brewing Co advertises its famous Columbia beer with the slogan A beer that has no peer and solicits family trade. Telephone number 40 is listed for contact.
Ed F Leonard at 222 Heath Street promotes coal and coke with the motto the best coal for the least money. C L Dilley & Co at 515 Market Street offers the highest grade coal along with horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe. Telephone numbers 1632 and 87 listed.
Peek and Kandler offer carriage and wagon building painting and repairing at 514 North Street with general blacksmithing. Call 573 for reasonable prices and quality work.
A Pennsylvania graft probe centers on a $7,000,900 state capitol contract. The state reportedly paid $1,600 for a bootblack stance, while contractors charged about $150, indicating possible overcharges and several related graft cases.
Local ad for K Flour and Feed offering flour, feed, and hay from L Dilley & Co at 5b115 Market Street with telephone number 87.
Ed Osborne successor to John M. Thompson offers expert horseshoeing at 122 Sixth Street with prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
The store advertises this week’s deals with special prices on blankets robes and other winter goods offering shoppers savings on essential cold weather items at Young & Custer.
Insurance services offered by Cc.t. Knouff in Spry block room 1. Fire life accident and casualty coverage with prompt settlement of claims through old and tried companies. Includes contact phone 1240.
George H. Gise advertises five percent finance options and insurance services. He invites inquiries to the Bowen bank area with office and residence phone numbers 482 and 238.
H. Weber offers cleaning repairs and pressing at 310 Pearl Street with tailoring services available.
At a Republican state committee meeting in Indianapolis on Tuesday afternoon representative Jesse Overstreet of Indianapolis was selected as temporary chairman for the state convention to be held April 1 and 2 in Overstreet.
Parker and Johnston advertise specialty work in interior finishing and store fixtures. They run a yard mill and office at the corner of Spencer and Berkley streets and can be reached by telephone 112.
Beloit Wisconsin transcript describes the canoe overturn on Tuesday in the Rock River resulting in the drowning of 20 year old Miss Bessie Griswold and her 18 year old brother Ben Griswold being rescued in a critical condition.
Indianapolis report says an commission was appointed to examine the sanity of Mrs Beatrice Thomas Metcalf who attempted to shoot during John R Walsh's trial. The commission met on Tuesday and will determine her mental condition.
Special to the Reporter Harrisburg March 11 details the extensive profits earned by contractor John H. Sanderson and associates in the state house project. Figures show Sanderson's total contract value 3 563 134 68 with profits running into millions and corroborating testimony on subcontracts and inflated charges. The inquiry covers Baccarat glass trim lighting fixtures bronze company woodwork desks barber shop fittings and marble decorations with disputed sums and grand totals reaching several millions.
F. M. Bozer D D S at par l or corner of Fourth and Broadway over City National Bank. Office telephone 363 residence 1463 listing provides contact details for dental practice.
An office location at 404 Market Street with stairway east of Ray's Grocery and a residence at 1918 North Street share contact information. Phone numbers 253 for office and 622 for residence are listed.
Local business listing for Philip Voorhees dealer in lumber hardware and planing mill work invites patronage. Office and yard located at 400 Sycamore Street with phone number 34.
A brief notice advertises the Misses Hendersons Music School located at 1317 Market Street. The item highlights a music instruction venue in a historic city block.
In London on March 10 the United States temperance wave reaches England as Mr Asquith introduces a sweeping measure in Parliament. The plan sets one saloon per 600 people in cities and 400 in rural areas, brings clubs under police inspection, and limits Sunday hours to noon to 3 pm. Stock in breweries and distilleries reacts with panic.
The crew of the United States cruiser Pennsylvania after turret fired 25 shots in 4 minutes 28 seconds at a 21 by 14 foot target, all hits. Sixteen shots landed in a 6 by 10.5 foot rectangle under Midshipman J A Nelson. scores listed for pointers. Pennsylvania, an armored cruiser of 13,680 tons, 22 knots, cost about $4 million.
A historical brief notes the Reporter newspaper available for purchase at the Roy al Slave Cigar Store, indicating local distribution points in a period-appropriate tone.
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School Havana Cuba endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after his baby recovered from a severe cold. He credits the remedy with saving the child's life and notes his mother’s long trust in the product. Sold by W Bi Porter.
Manufacturer of granite and marble monuments located near the rear interurban station offers artistic work at reasonable prices. They invite estimates for customers completing memorial needs.
Local printer advertises all kinds of job printing from letterheads and envelopes to statements and invitations. Phone 70 for samples and prompt service from the Reporter Office at 525 Broadway.
BD C Mathews offers new and second hand house furnishings bought and sold. Highest prices paid for second hand goods. Bargains available in rockers dining chairs and more including a cash register two incubators a tailor’s and a coubler Singer sewing machine. Phone 654.
H Weber a merchant and agent tailor at 310 Pearl Street announces ready for inspection spring and summer patterns. 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 and flue tops repair services at 311 Fifth street with furnace repair and general repairs done in the best possible manner.
John Mehaffie offers galvanized iron cornices skylights tin iron and slate roofing and spouting services. All kinds of tin and iron repairing available at 318 Fifth Street and电话 59.
The Wabash railroad will change all trains next Sunday with new times and replacements. A daylight local between Toledo and St Louis will be added. Train 16 will depart St Louis at eight in the morning and reach here at four in the afternoon.
New York on March 11 reports that press agents hype the Hackenschmidt vs Gotch bout with a $10,000 stake. Hackenschmidt, young and honest, faces betting briskness and future rematches as wrestling aims to return to its natural level.
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