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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
6
Dairy quotes and hog prices from Logansport Union Stock Yards list hogs light at 4.45 to 4.50, medium and heavy 4.35 to 4.45, rough packers 3.85 to 4.25, and calves common to fair 4.05 to 5.05 with dairy mentions and higher range 4.60 to 6.10 for select lots.
Chicago notes a strong flour market with spring wheat around 5.90 to 6.00 per cent, Minnesota patent jute and export bags values, and wheat for May about 4 9 96. Corn and oats hold firm with May corn 65 to 66 cents and oats at 53 to 54 cents. Butter, eggs, and poultry prices show modest ranges, while New York markets mirror dull flour and steady grains with assorted wheat futures and spot oats.
Live Stock of March 17 shows hogs with heavy packing sows at 41.00, mixed packers and barrows 4.70 to 4.80, and sows varying to 2.75. Cattle prices list good to prime steers 5.95 to 6.35, fair to good steers 4.75 to 5.25, cows 3.00 to 5.25, yearlings 5.00, and feeders 3.50 to 4.75.
South Omaha Nebraska on March 17 shows active cattle trade with native steers at 4.59 to 5.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.25, western and Texas steers mixed around 3.50 to 5.30, calves up to 6.00, and bulls 2.00 to 5.00. Hogs advance about 10 cents with heavies 4.50 to 4.65 and bulk 4.50 to 4.60. Sheep steady with yearlings 5.25 to 6.40, ewes 4.75, lambs 6.50 to 7.00.
Rt Rev Gustav A Rouxel auxiliary bishop of New Orleans diocese dies after weeks of illness. An explosion at United States Powder Co plant in Coalmont Indiana kills three and wounds six, one fatally. George Kemp planing mill at Crandon Wisconsin wrecked and burned with three killed. Judge O W Buchanan dies in Augusta Georgia from a bullet wound while aboard a Southern Railway passenger coach. New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference urges US Senate to close Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition on Sundays. J J Newman Lumber plant in Hattiesburg Mississippi, largest sawmill in state, burns to the ground destroying 50 000 000 feet of lumber. loss estimated at 200 000.
In Galveston Texas on March 18 Captain Moore of the British steamship Howthhead from Belfast dressed ship for St Patrick and placed the green emblem above the flag of the United States in a port display. A government inspector requested compliance with the law requiring the U S flag to be at the top. the captain refused until a formal demand from the United States collector was received.
A physician ad claims Pane’s Diapepsin cures indigestion fast by digesting sour stomach and fermentation. It promises relief from heartburn gas belching and nausea within five minutes and touts harmless ingredients and a simple physician-approved formula.
A Washington column by Rath from March 18 reflects on spring sights along the Potomac and critiques Congress rooms, notes J Pierpont Morgan’s Panic era profits, and questions whether church or theatre will prevail. The piece weds light civic mood with quick threads about finance and public life.
The column notes Murray Crane's push for perpetual water power franchises to electric firms and links it to a Pittsfield electric concern. It questions his independence on the Elkins committee as he is a large Bell Telephone stockholder. It also critiques press freedom rhetoric, reformers, and other lawmakers including Davis, Cannon, and Elkins with reflections on arbitration and reform.
Carl J. Horn offers office plans and specifications for a project in the Stettiner building. Telephone number 700 provided for consultations and details.
The Columbia Brewing Co makers of the famous Columbia beer call it a beer that has no peer and advertise family trade production with telephone number 40 for inquiries.
Local coal seller Ed F. Leonard markets coal as the best value for the least money and offers wood and coke. Telephone 1632.
Co L Dilley and Co at 515 Market Street lists coal high grade horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe. Telephone number 87 appears for orders.
Peek and Kandler offer carriage and wagon building painting and repairing with general blacksmithing at 5114 North Street. Phone 573. Good work and reasonable prices.
H Weber offers clothing cleaning, repair, pressing and tailoring at 310 Pearl Street.
Dental practice notices show F M Bozer D D S located at the corner of Fourth and Broadway over City National Bank with office phone 363 and residence 1463. D E Delzeli lists office at 404 Market Street near Ray's grocery with phone 253 and residence 1918 North Street, phone 622.
The Irish skipper, under pressure from customs officials and a revenue cutter order, agreed to reverse the order of flags only after risking the Zzunboat being brought into service. He hauled down the American flag and kept the green flag raised.
All University of Michigan students arrested after a riot at the Star theater were released on bail with 1000 dollars each. Three pleaded guilty to loitering and were fined four dollars sixty five cents. the 15 others pledged bail and face examinations Friday morning for rioting. Local merchants aided with bail funds.
Hinds county grand jury indicted W. J. Rice president and L F E Schilling organizer of the Central bank of Mississippi now in receivership. They face charges of embezzlement receiving deposits while insolvent and obtaining money under false pretenses. Schilling is under arrest and Rice is a fugitive.
A historic ad claims drunkenness is a disease and promotes White Ribbon Remedy as a secret additive that will curb liquor appetite. It urges families to act, offers a free sample and book, and cites the 1906 food and drugs act with serialized number.
A terse row in the notice asks what a hungry tobacco worm will eat if night riders destroy tobacco in Kentucky, framing the peril as a grim question about crop security and pest impact.
A Lacarte Cape Club Breakfast coup in the theatre shopping and business district. Luveneon offers Table de Haute Dinners 35c with music from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. Rooms with bath and European plan rates at 1.50 per day. Managed by L W Tuller and M A Shaw.
FF Flour and Feed Co. L. Dilley and Co at 515 Market Street offers flour, feed and hay with telephone contact 87 for orders and inquiries.
Ed Osborne, successor to John M. Thompson, offers expert horseshoeing at 122 Sixth Street. Prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
Old reliable Young and Custer offer special prices on blankets robes and winter goods for this week.
Cc i Knouff Room 1 Spry block Phone 1240. Fire life accident and casualty insurance in old and tried companies. Prompt settlement of claims.
George H. Gise offers 5 percent money and writes all kinds of insurance. Corner room over Bowen bank, with office phone 482 and residence phone 238.
S LUMBER Parker Johnston offer interior finishing and store fixtures with highest grade work. Yard mill and office located at corner Spencer and Berkley streets. Telephone 112.
Notice soliciting patronage for Philip Voorhees a dealer in lumber hardware and planing mill work with office and yard at 400 Sycamore Street in Sod.
Advertisement for Misses Hendersons School of Music located at 1317 Market Street promoting music lessons and instruction for students in a city neighborhood.
Co A price 315 Court street offers granite and marble monuments with artistic work at reasonable prices. In rear interurban station contact for estimates and inquiries.
The Reporter Office at 525 Broadway advertises job printing including letter heads envelopes obituaries heads statements business cards dodgers invitations and more with prompt service and samples on request by phone.
CD C Mathews lists new and second hand house furnishings buying and selling articles of every description. Highest prices paid for second hand goods. Bargains in stores rockers dining chairs a cash register two incubators a tailor's machine and a Singer sewing machine. 207 Sixth Street Phone 656.
H Weber merchant and agent tailor offers 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 a practical timer and roofing services including slate tin metal roofing guttering spouting flue tops furnace repairing and general repairs at 802 Fifth Street. All work is done in the best possible manner.
John Mehaffie offers galvanized iron cornices skylights tin and slate roofing spouting and all kinds of tin and iron repairing at 318 Fifth Street contact telephone 59.
The article argues male gossip harms women more than women gossip, describing how a man’s cruel insinuations ruin reputations and noting that some gossips are men. It urges women to exclude male gossip from homes and even suggests a protective brother with a cane to reform the behavior.
Two teachers died in the Laurens School for Girls tragedy in Boston. Miss Weed, the singer, shot her friend Miss Hardee and then killed herself after escaping a sanitarium where she had been treated for overwork. The two were longtime friends and joint founders of the school.
A wife debates visiting Mrs Gabbe or reading the papers while the husband insists both tasks are the same. The light exchange implies social gossip and household routines in a domestic setting.
The inventor of the chilled plow has died, leaving behind a durable contribution to farming. His work revolutionized soil turning and field prep, influencing modern plow design and agricultural efficiency.
An old advertisement extols Bitters as the cure for the tired feeling that signals spring, claiming great restorative effects with few doses. The copy reflects period marketing language and emphasizes health and vigor.
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