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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily market report lists Beyer Bros. on capons turkeys butter per pound and quotes for Chickens Ducks from Bishop Elevator Co. Wheat and corn prices show mixed figures with white and yellow corn also cited.
Daily notes show hog prices from 4.50 to 5.55 dollars depending on grade. Calf values range from 4.00 to 6.09 dollars, with distinctions for good, common, and fair quality.
Fragmentary OCR summarizes a daily notice or advertisement by D Cook & Co about hides and wool trade. Reading remains unclear but indicates an updated listing or pricing note. The readable text hints at commodity terms and a business update from a local firm.
The May 86 market summary shows spring wheat and patent stock pricing with exports and low-grade lines varying from 2.30 to 6.10 per unit. Wheat, corn, oats, butter, eggs, and potatoes list fluctuations and closing prices across May contracts and spot markets in Chicago and New York.
Live stock and hog prices reported for Chicago and Omaha on May 6. Cattle categories cover steers cows heifers yearlings and calves with price ranges. Hogs include heavy packers barrows sows and pigs with varying bids. Sheep markets show yearlings wethers and ewes with quotes.
Gladys Van derbilt becomes Countess Lazio Szechenyi amid grand reception on the Szechenyi estate. A 100 horsemen escort, native Hungarian crowds, and a landau procession mark the arrival at Oermerzoe chateau with cheers and Magyar dances reflecting aristocratic tradition.
National League games in Pittsburg saw Chicago win 6 to 1 after a 5 9 2 tally. American League action in Boston had New York fall 7 to 0. American Association results list St. Paul 12 4 6 4 over Indianapolis and Minneapolis 10 4 5 1 past Louisville. Central League reports Dayton 9 1 over Wheeling, South Bend 5 2 7 3 Terre Haute 7 3, Fort Wayne 0 5 1 over Evansville. Western League notes Pueblo 9 over Omaha 6 1, Denver 14 4 7 over Lincoln 2, Des Moines 10 1 6 3 over Sioux City.
Defiance City bank assigns to John Winn after Hickman county bank of Centerville Tennessee moves to collect a $5,000 judgment tied to the Creelman Lumber company failure in Chicago two years ago.
A violent May storm swept southwestern Indiana with wind hail and heavy rain. Evansville saw streets flood and streetcar service halted as cellars filled. rural areas suffered severe crop damage.
Chicago May 7 The young Milwaukee defeated mayor Sherburn Becker plans an audacious political move a month and a half balloon campaign. A giant balloon car built by G L Brumbaugh will carry ten aboard and supply food for six weeks while Becker addresses crowds from the sky with Chas A Coey aboard.
Washington May 7 Cousin Marson Mitchell reports from Chongqing on western China. Tatsienlu in Szechwan is the last town before the Tibetan border at 8400 feet. From Chuneking it takes twenty one days to Tatsien and eighteen more to the border. three Tibetan kings govern the frontier under Chinese sovereignty.
The passage details Yatsienlu as a Thibet gateway town with 9060 inhabitants and grazing pastures. It notes the Tachin river forming a boundary with Mantzu people, and a thriving musk trade sourced from musk deer, whose bodies yield musk pods valued highly and whose habitat lies above 8000 feet with no antlers in either sex.
An advertisement emphasizes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as mild and pleasant tasting, suitable for women and children. It claims the syrup aids digestion and stimulates liver and bowels without nausea or gippin g, advising consumers to remember the name and avoid substitutes.
London May 7 My Dear Henry Peck Send her to london The Psycho Therapeutic Society has setapart rooms in all the big hospitals for the treatment of those affected with the gift of gab Rev B S Lembard of the society says Such persons are human vampires They sap the vital energy of those abort them They give them the silent treatment over here I am assured it will
A tucked line notes the leopard is easiest to spot among animals, while a light remark urges trying a Want Ad in the Reporter. The fragment hints at a broader page of notices and light copy between items.
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