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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
6
Corrected Daily by Geyer Bros lists chickens ducks capons turkeys eggs futures and butter. Wheat oats corn prices quoted by Bishop Elevator Co reflect daily market levels with ranges for livestock and grain prices across categories.
The Logansport Union lists live stock quotations with hog prices ranging from 4.20 to 4.40 for various weight classes and packers. Calf prices are shown from 3.95 to 6.00 for different grades, reflecting current market tiers.
Chicago shows strong flour with Spring wheat bids up to 5.90 6.00 and wheat May at 4 95% while corn opens firm. Butter prices rise for creamery and dairy grades. eggs and potatoes list varied ranges. New York notes steady flour demand and firmer corn spot with No 2 reds around 94 44c and 67c for whites.
South Omaha Neb March 12 cattle market active and stronger with native steers 4.40 to 5.00 per hundredweight and cows 3.00 to 5.10. western steers 3.50 to 5.25. hogs steady with heavy 4.29 to 4.45. mixed 4.30 to 4.35. lambs 6.50 to 6.75. ewes 5.00 to 5.70. pigs 3.50 to 4.00. calves 3.00 to 6.00.
A Pittsburg judge rules a teacher may chastise an unruly pupil with a barrel stave. The report notes sensational incidents, including a man found entangled in barbed wire near Ymlay Nevada and a revived boy found under a tree after presumed death. The piece also mentions yacht sales in New York and regalia found in a Dublin castle pawnshop.
A health notice touts a home remedy for rheumatism tied to kidney trouble. It cites a short mix of Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be taken after meals and at night, claiming relief for backache and urinary symptoms while purifying the blood.
Reports via the Norwegian steamer Christian Borg say Chilean forces using machine guns killed about 2500 strikers in Iquique and at the nitrate beds after waves of clashes between soldiers and workers paralyzed the city. The upheaval followed a massive general strike with sporadic street fighting and orders to disperse.
James Currie keeper of the Aldridge Rock lighthouse reports the Clara Nevada wreck found. The vessel sank in 1897 with 65 passengers aboard and only the purser’s body was recovered.
Queenstown reports the steamer Kiauretania on Thursday broke its own eastward trans-Atlantic record by two hours and 36 minutes, establishing a faster crossing.
Source notes Hetty Green relocated from a $25 flat to a $23 flat as a cost saving measure. The move is framed to suggest cautious financial behavior rather than renewed confidence.
London society debates American women’s politics as duchesses Consuela Vanderbilt and Helen Zimmerman are linked to socialism amid intrigue from the countess of Warwick. They reportedly consider alliance with the Social Democratic federation while studying working poverty in London's East End.
In Buffalo New Jersey Bishop Colton urged all unmarried spinsters of marriageable age to pray to God for suitable partners. The circular, read in Catholic churches, states marriage is a sacred duty for those not entering religious life and should be pursued with God’s blessing, tying into new marriage laws from Pope Pius.
Anthony Sweeney awaiting trial at Chicago county jail used the identity of Louis Larson to slip out with a released prisoner. Larson, freed after a card game, denied conspiracy but aided Sweeney’s escape. Sheriff Strassheim blamed the lax system and pledged fixes.
An office listing notes Carl J. Horn operates in the Stettiner building with telephone number 700. Plans and specifications are carefully prepared for clients seeking services.
Columbia Brewing Co makers of the famous Columbia beer promotes a family trade and requests patrons to telephone No. 40 for orders or inquiries.
Ed F. Leonard at 222 Heath Street offers the best coal for the least money and sells wood and coke. C L Dilley & Co at 515 Market Street provides high grade coal along with horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe. Telephone numbers 1632 and 87 are listed.
Local business at 515 Market street offers flour feed and hay with telephone service via No. 87. A concise ad listing product line and contact details for C. L. Dilley & Co.
Ed Osborne at 122 Sixth Street promotes horseshoeing services as successor to John M. Thompson with prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
The store promotes special prices this week on blankets robes and other winter goods.
Insurance services offered by C. Knouff in the Spry block Room 1 with phone 1240. Fire life accident and casualty coverage from established companies. Promises prompt settlement of claims.
Peek Kandier advertises carriage and wagon building painting and repairing at 514 North Street with blacksmithing. Phone 573 promotes good work and reasonable prices.
H Weber offers clothing cleaning repair and pressing services at 310 Pearl Street. Tailoring also available for garments.
George H. Gise advertises corner room over Yowen bank offering loans at 5 percent and a full range of insurance services. Office phone 482 and residence phone 258 listed.
Dental practitioners listed with practice locations and contact numbers. Bozer D M D S at Fourth and Broadway over City National Bank with office phone 363 and residence 1463. Delzell at 404 Market Street with stairway east of Ray’s grocery, office phone 253 and residence 1918 North Street phone 622. Entire satisfaction.
Parker and Johnston offer specialty interior finishing and store fixtures with high grade workmanship. Yard mill and office located at corner Spencer and Berkley streets. Telephone 112.
Lumber and hardware dealer Philip Voorhees solicits patronage with office and yard at 400 Sycamore Street and phone listed as Jos.
The entry notes Misses Henderson's School of Music located at 1317 Market Street. No additional details or events are provided.
A New York weather observer reports sun dogs, luminous spots near the sun caused by intersecting halos, noting halos are rare enough in Gotham to draw attention even when they do not intersect.
The speaker stated the act would not recur and asserted responsibility for the episode. No additional facts or names are provided to identify persons, places, or affiliations.
Rev. Jonathan Davis a returned missionary from Kurdistan Turkey spoke last night in the Baptist church auditorium. He illustrated his lecture with maps and costumes from that country and proved an interesting talker to the gathered audience.
Prof H A Howell of Havana Cuba praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy after his baby suffers a severe cold. He notes his mother and the remedy gave prompt relief and the child recovered in three days. Sold by W H Porter.
Co A at 315 Court street offers granite and marble monuments with artistic work at reasonable prices. The business invites estimates for customer needs and emphasizes accessibility from the rear interurban station and phone 1100.
P Printing offers all kinds of job printing including letter heads envelopes statements and business cards with near end prompt service. A telephone call will bring the man with samples.
D C Mathews buys and sells new and second hand house furnishings. They pay high prices for used goods and offer bargains in rockers dining chairs and more. Items include a cash register two incubators a tailor's and a cobbler's Singer sewing machine and many other articles. 207 Sixth street phone 65f.
H. Weber at 310 Pearl Street advertises tailoring and repairing services for spring and summer. Ready patterns, suits from 15 dollars, trousers from 4 dollars, inviting customers to inspect offerings.
H J Trah offers slate tin metal roofing guttering spouting and flue top work. Furnace repair and general repairs done in best possible manner at 311 Fifth street.
John Mehaffie offers galvanised iron cornices skylights tin iron slate roofing and spouting repair services. Located at 318 Fifth Street contact telephone 59 for all tin and iron repairs.
In St Louis on March 12 Joseph Sartini aged 22 killed his wife Mrs Sartini by cutting her throat with a razor after a quarrel and then drank carbolic acid, dying shortly after. The sole witness niece Alvera Manichini aged 13. Mrs Sartini is hospitalised and not expected to recover.
A brief note observes new electric cars in Shanghai while remarking that men with money can borrow a match easily. The piece notes New York still relies on horse cars, illustrating changing transit contrasts.
A commentary promotes the White Ribbon Remedy as a tasteless powder to curb liquor desire without the user knowing. Advertised by the White Ribbon Remedy Company of Boston, it claims to be druglike and legally certified, offering free samples in plain envelopes for $1 per package.
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