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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1908
Page
6
Market report notes hogs 5c to 10c lower with shippers and speculators providing limited support. Prime hog rumors unverified. one load sold at 5.80. Cattle receipts about 300 with no trading. sheep and lambs steady with light receipts and eastern shipment focus. Cattle in fair demand, supply smaller, clearance at steady to strong prices. Sheep market quiet, spring lambs around 7.50, wool sheep 3.00 to 4.00.
Chicago May 2 reports show insect damage and lower visible wheat stocks lifting prices in a firm market. July wheat up while corn and oats gain modestly and provisions mix, with hog run expectations supporting late-day rallies. Estimated Monday receipts indicate continued demand for cash wheat and light upcoming arrivals.
A tabulated report lists hog receipts at major markets including Chicago Kansas City Omaha St. Louis St. Joseph Sioux City St. Paul Pittsburg Buffalo and totals. Chicago shows 300 hogs and 15 000 value, with other centers showing varying counts and values reaching 57 000 in value and 3 150 hogs overall.
A compendium of daily grain and livestock quotes from multiple markets. Prices cover wheat, corn, oats, hay, hogs, steers, heifers, cows, calves, sheep, and poultry with city by city corrections and vendors including Bishop Elevator Co., W. C. Routh & Co., McCaffrey & Co., J. H. Foley Co., Stuart and Nehr, F. W. Kinney, Galveston Grain Co., L. E. Miller, Rich Bros., and W. C. Richard & Co. Local markets listed include Logansport, Royal Centre, Walton, Flora, and Galveston with varied price ranges for different weights and goods.
Indianaplis live stock report notes hog receipts larger than expected and a drop in demand from outside buyers. Prices fell sharply with first sales down 10 to 15 cents from yesterday and later trading 10 to 15 cents lower than the prior close as packers move to adjust.
Buffalo market notes show 3 000 hog receipts for medium and heavy hogs at 6.00 to 6.10 and 6.10 to 6.15 for Yorkers, with pigs at 6.55 to 6.90. Top lambs brought 7.65. Cincinnati reports hogs down 15 cents with butcher and shipper bids at 5.80 to 5.85.
Wheat prices range from No 3 at 90 to No 2 red at 1.02 with several 1.04 offers for different grades. Corn values include No 2 at 69 and yellow at 69. Oats show No 2 prices around 53 to 53 1-2 with No 3 white at 51 53 1-2. Butter prices list Creameries 19 1 2 and dairies at 18 24.
The Tribune outlines a daily reliable market report to aid subscribers in buying and selling intelligently based on price accuracy. Readers are invited to call for desired information.
The London chancellor records anonymous payments labeled conscience money from taxpayers who atone for evading taxes. A notable case offered 360 sovereigns in a tin box with a note. another large sum of 5000 dollars is cited as the largest to date. One unusual donation involved 100 sovereigns placed in holes of a wooden tablet.
A Kodiak Island writer describes its abnormal climate as a border between arctic and temperate zones. The Japanese current warming the southern coast creates conditions unseen just miles away on the mainland, producing summers of tropical richness followed by sudden barren, desolate landscapes and looming snow caps.
Baron Edmundo Mayor des Planches told of Verdi after Paris premiered Aida for the first time. The French president awarded the Legion of Honor rosette during a second performance. Verdi appeared shaken as attendants repaired a torn coat with a penknife. He mused that his wife would chide him for the hole in his coat.
A musician recalls organ blowers who mistook vanity for artistry. He contrasts simple, quiet players with those who imitate Paderewski or Sousa, red face and frantic bellows at climaxes, and reporters who joked about exceptional blowing.
Two miners chased a sneak thief who swiped a grip at the Los Angeles railroad station. The case held only a live rattlesnake, frightening the thief and prompting police to search for the culprit and the snake.
The text outlines five main English noble grades: dukes marquises earls viscounts and barons with baronets added though not titled lord. It notes that a duke's son is courteously called a marquis and a marquis's son is called an earl, explaining courtesy naming conventions.
Fragmentary notes describe a chaotic Broadway outing where a performer named Barnes travels with a fast company. The troupe is said to be busted and seeking a way home amid unresolved tensions and comic confusion.
County Treasurer Moroney and his clerk were seen at the office yesterday during the final spring tax paying period. With Monday as the last day to pay, officials expect a large crowd at the county office.
Reverend B E Gregory, pastor of the A M E church, resigns from pastorship and plans retirement to Grand Rapids to enter the poultry business.
George Henke a Logansport printer has returned from the printers home in Colorado where he had been living. He left the institution feeling much improved and in better health.
Robert A. Brown former clerk of the Indiana supreme and appellate courts declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for representative from Marion county Brown formerly resided in the area and is brother in law of C O Heffley.
A horse running loose Friday night was captured by police and taken to Stewart livery barn. The animal fell ill and collapsed. Hoff man, a resident north of the city, called to claim it yesterday morning.
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