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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily market report from Sever Bros listing poultry including chickens capons and turkeys. Butter quoted by Bishop Elevator Co. with per pound prices for corn white mixed and yellow corn noted. Kentucky figures appear as partial OCR.
Corrected daily by W Z Routh shows cattle and sheep price ranges per hundredweight and per pound. Beef cattle midpoints span 5.49 to 5.50 per cwt for steers and 2.55 to 5.10 for heifers, calves 3.00 to 4.00, cows 5.00 to 5.56, and sheep 2.64 to 34.50 per cwt with a per pound quote of S&C.
Daily stock quotes show hogs light trading 600 to $6.65 and hogs medium to heavy from 5.40 to 5.55. Packers junk quality hogs range 4.59 to 5.00. Calves good to connect priced 5.50 to 6.09 and calves common to fair 4.00 to 5.00.
Fragmented entry notes corrections by D. Cook & Co. and references to stock items such as hides and wool. Ambiguous wording limits details but indicates a daily correction or update concerning trade goods and prices. No clear events, dates, or participants stand out.
Chicago and New York markets show flour prices firm with various wheat grades listed. May wheat near 98 99 cents, July around 9 99. Corn and oats quiet with mixed futures. butter and eggs earn modest gains in creameries and high-grade eggs.
In Chicago on April 30 cattle prices ranged from good to prime steers at 5.75 to 7.35, with various grades of cows and calves listed. Hogs showed heavy packing sows at 5.50 to 5.65 and mixed butcher weights around 5.60 to 5.72. Omaha reports steady cattle markets native steers 5.00 to 6.75, western and Texas steers 3.25 to 5.25, hogs higher with heavy at about 8.45 to 5.55, and sheep steady with yearlings at 6.00 to 6.10.
Roanoke Indiana May 1 Justice Barbour presides over the case Town of Roanoke versus Henry Crawford liveryman over a fire limit ordinance. Defense argues trustees lacked legal qualification due to uncertified election records. Court favors the town and Crawford appeals to the supreme court.
National league games in Chicago Boston and Brooklyn yielded varied results with St. Louis Philadelphia and New York posting wins. American league saw Philadelphia defeat Washington while St. Louis swept Cleveland. Three I league featured several close results including Decatur and Cedar Rapids. Western league hosted Lincoln Omaha and Pueblo Des Moines matchups.
Curtis discusses an Indian topic with strong implications and notes a significant rise in costs or rates. The report highlights impact on involved parties and potential public interest issues.
Edward 8. Curtis prepares The North American Indian a landmark work spanning twenty years. About 100 tribes across twenty states and territories will be described with life drawings, dialects, and primitive customs. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Morgan and Carnegie aid funding. three volumes yearly, complete in seven years.
A fragment lists names Anna Gould George J Gould Howard Gould Frank Jay Gould not voting Helen Gould among a tally of marriage related opinions or votes with a question on its success.
Jefferson City Mo May 1 Herbert S Hadley attorney general authorized publication of a letter mailed Wednesday night to Walter S Dickey chairman of the Republican state central committee announcing he will accept the Republican nomination for governor if his health permits
A skilled female racer from England has won multiple auto races at home and abroad. She was recently barred from an English race solely because of her sex, with judges conceding her competence beyond male entrants and suggesting the objection was social rather than skill based.
Miss Oma Soward and Harry Lambert were arrested on North Street. Lambert was fined 19 dollars and costs and confined. The girl received a 5 dollar fine and costs and also served time in jail.
A playful note describes Mabel with little blue eyes and gum shoes, humorously noting they are toothless. The quirky detail conjures a warm, whimsical mood.
A farmyard tale of sharing a worm illustrates the touch of nature and why cured customers write to manufacturers. The letter-writers wish to help others and obtain relief, as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised for sale by W. H Porter.
Carl J. Horn advertises an office in the Stettiner building with telephone number 700 and notes plans and specifications are carefully prepared for potential clients.
An advertisement for Columbia Brewing Co makers of the Columbia beer promotes a beer that has no peer and asks for family trade with telephone contact listed as 40.
Merrill and Son at 432 High street advertise best coal oil for 10 cents and best gasoline for 14 cents claiming they are not in the trust and inviting a trial order.
Local coal dealer Ed F Leonard advertises “the best coal for the least money” from No 222 Heath Street offering wood and coke sales and a public telephone number 1632 for orders.
Co L Willey Co at 515 Market Street lists coal horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe in its advertisements. Telephone number 87 appears with the offerings reflecting a general inland hardware and coal business of the period.
Peek and Kandler offer carriage and wagon building painting and repairing with general blacksmithing. Located at 514 North Street with phone 573. They advertise good work and reasonable prices.
H Weber at 310 Pearl Street offers clothing cleaning repairing pressing and tailoring services for customers seeking professional garment care and alterations.
Dr F M Bozer D D S operates dental offices at parlor corner Fourth and Broadway above City National Bank. Office phone 363 residence 1463.
The notice lists D. E. Delzell with an office at 40444 Market Street near Ray's Grocery and a residence at 1918 North Street. It provides phone numbers 253 and 622 and states complete satisfaction.
Marion loses 9 to 5 as Higgins Hart and the All-Stars outpace Marion in an aggressive game. Lewis and Bone excel in passes while Pence guards the cage amid crowded defense. Attendance reaches 500 as referees Waller and Higbee oversee the match.
A column urges mothers to reclaim authority with love and confidence, warning that a weak home harms character. It cites Harriet Martineau’s mother as a cautionary example and stresses that children respect minds, not fear, and that discipline fosters lasting trust.
A speaker praises a woman praised as a model mother and skilled housekeeper. She has talented sisters, one an artist, another in society, yet true praise goes to self disciplined child rearing. The piece argues homes taught with self control add to human happiness and endure in future generations.
A student boasts to a parent about a developing musical touch amid a lighthearted exchange. The piece weaves in local color with phrases about daily life and a sly jab at a forgotten figure Jeff Davis of Arkansas and a clock donation to a church fair.
Ke Flour and Feed Co. L. Dilley & Co. at 515 Market Street offers flour, feed, and hay with telephone service via No. 87.
Merrill and Son at 432 High Street advertises high test gasoline and coal oil that resists gum in stoves. They claim not in the trust and offer best gasoline at 14 cents and best coal oil at 1 cent with a card-for-trial order.
Ed Osborne successor to John M. Thompson offers expert horseshoeing at 122 Sixth Street. Prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
An advertisement for Young and Custer promotes harnesses, buggies, and wagons as reliable goods at reasonable prices. It lists storefronts at 310 Fifth Street and 318 Market Street with contact phones 729 and 948.
Insurance agent C I Knouff offers fire life and casualty coverage from Spry block rooms. Advertises prompt settlement of claims and services in old and tried companies.
George H. Gise offers 5 percent money and general insurance services from the corner room over Bowen Bank. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238 provided.
L Lumber and Parker Johnston announce specialty work in interior finishing and store fixtures. Yard mill and office located at the corner of Spencer and Berkeley streets. Telephone 112.
Manufacturer of granite and marble monuments at 315 Court Street near the interurban station. Artistic work offered at reasonable prices. Estimates solicited for customers.
The Misses Hendersons School of Music operates at 1317 Market Street offering lessons and music instruction for students.
Reporter Office offers job printing including letter heads envelopes statements business cards invitations and more. Samples available by phone call to 70 for prompt service from Broadway office.
DC Mathews advertises bargains in new and second hand house furnishings and bicycles at second hand prices. Offers high and low grade cycles and sundries, with highest prices paid for second hand goods. Motto is satisfaction, many sales, small profits. Located at 207 Sixth Street, phone 636.
H Weber at 310 Pearl Street offers ready spring and summer patterns 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. Practical timer contact phone 802. All work done in best possible manner.
John Mehaffie offers galvanized iron cornices skylights tin iron slate roofing and spouting repairs at 318 Fifth Street. Telephone 59. All kinds of tin and iron work provided by a local tradesman.
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