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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily by Berer Bros and Loganport Union Stock Yard. Beef and poultry prices shown for capons, chickens, butter, and various grains. Hogs cows calves listed per cwt and per pound with price ranges. Dried hides and wood values included from D V Took & Co.
Chicago reports firm flour prices with spring wheat at 6.00 and various patent and ordinary grades. May wheat near 1.02 to 1.03 in Chicago futures while corn and oats rise. New York notes steady flour and firmer wheat with spot and May prices for No. 2 red and northern Duluth.
Prime and grade notes show cattle prices from $6.75 to $2.50 with ranges for steers cows and yearlings. Hog quotes list heavy packers at $5.40 to $5.55 and various barrow and sow prices up to $6.65 with throw-outs and pigs priced lower.
Omaha Neb May 7 cattle market steady with native steers 6.90, cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.45, western steers 3.25 to 6.00, Texas steers 3.00 to 5.25, range cows 3.00 to 5.00, canners 2.50 to 3.60, stockers 3.25 to 5.40, calves 3.59 to 6.50, bulls 3.25 to 5.50. Hogs slow to lower 5.32 to 5.40, mixed 5.32 to 5.55, light 6.20 to 5.00, pigs 4.40 to 5.00, bulk 5.32. Sheep steady lambs stronger yearlings 5.50 to 6.10, wethers 5.00 to 6.75, ewes 4.75 to 5.50, lambs 6.50 to 7.50.
In Albany May 8 voters in Orleans and Niagara counties face May 12 in a bid to decide New York horse racing fate by choosing a senator. Wallace backs anti betting with Gov Hughes support. McMahon vows liberal stance opposing the bills. McCarren leads race track forces as churches and farmers split. Gov. Hughes calls a special session and a Niagara Orleans special election follows.
A country merchant laments cash flow pressure from wholesale firms and mail order houses, detailing harassment over payments and the struggle to meet a $320 debt while $313,000 in book accounts remain solid. He rails at unfair pricing and predatory credit terms, calling himself a thief and grafter before calculating how to raise funds to meet a sight draft due tomorrow.
In Pueblo Omaha and Pueblo host a doubleheader with eight innings noted. Denver meets Lincoln with close scoring at 4 6 3 to 2 6 3. Des Moines tames Sioux City 8 13 2 to 7 12 2. St. Paul Louisville and St. Paul clash in two matchups earlier rounds.
Train robbers boarded Denver and Rio Grande train No 4 at Castle Rock Thursday and murdered Express Messenger Charles H Wright 60. They seized keys to a baggage car safe and stole contents worth under $100 before fleeing near Denver Colorado.
Santa Monica May 7 J V Brighton detective who betrayed Chris Evans to a sheriff s posse now asks the governor to pardon the famous bandit He hopes to mend his conscience and gain a true friend in need Evans remains jailed in Balsem jail while Brighton lobbies for clemency He once worked for Southern Pacific during the Evans Sontag era in Fresno and Tulare counties where ranchers lived in fear of the outlaws
The article recounts Brighton luring outlaw Evans and his wife into trust while secretly aiding federal officers. He and Evans plotted a raid that killed Sontag and wounded and captured Evans. Brighton lived at the ranch for months, deceiving Evans who believed him a loyal friend. Evans later asked Brighton to adopt his children.
Springfield May 8. The house approved Speaker Shurtleff’s bill creating a state institutions board by 70 to 25 and amended the senate’s joint resolution for adjournment. The adjournment date was set to May 23 as the senators prepared to go home.
Lloyd David Heth of Beloit College won the inter state oratorical contest in Albion Michigan with an oration on The Empire Builder. Seven states were represented.
A quirky column presents witty maxims from Rosé Melville. The remarks mock fame romance and social quirks with crisp punchlines about rivalries fashion body image and public attention.
A reader asks about the fate of the old fashioned man who called a drink of eye a snitter, inquiring into the origins and usage of the quirky term and its cultural echoes.
Carl J. Horn offers plans and specifications prepared with care at his office in the Stettiner building and provides telephone service by number 700.
In a brisk decisive round the Straw Hat Joke knocked down the Merry Widow Hat Joke forcing a stoppage after a 94 count. The Straw Hat winner carried off by George Viteh and Arthur G. Burgoyne, ending Merry Widow’s bid for the belt. Straw thanks Bob Burdett and vows vaudeville retirement after this season.
An honored town citizen suffered a harsh dysentery attack and trusted Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After obtaining the bottle from druggist M J Leach of Walcott Vermont the patient was promptly cured. The remedy is for sale by W H Porter.
Columbia Brewing Co. makers of the famous Columbia beer advertise their family trade and invite inquiries by telephone number 40. The ad proclaims a beer that has no peer and seeks customers or distributors.
The Merrill & Son business at 452 High Street advertises coal oil at 19 cents and gasoline at 14 cents. They claim not to be in the trust and invite trial orders.
Ed F Leonard offers coal wood and coke from No 222 Heath Street with the slogan the best coal for the least money and a listed telephone number 1632 for contact.
C L Dilley and Company at 115 Market Street offers the highest grade coal horse feed lime cement and sewer pipe. Telephone 87.
Peek & Kandler at 514 North Street offer carriage and wagon building painting and repairing plus general blacksmithing. Good work and reasonable prices with phone contact 575.
H. Weber at 310 Pearl Street offers dry cleaning and pressing repairs plus tailoring services. Clothes cleaned repaired pressed and tailored as requested.
C. L. Dilley & Co offers flour feed and hay at 515 Market Street with telephone service listed as 87. The ad promotes a general supply shop for rural households and local farmers in the area.
Merrill and Son at 432 High Street offer high test gasoline and coal oil that does not gum stoves. They state they are not in the trust and advertise best gasoline and coal oil with a 10 cent price drop. Send a card for a trial order.
Ed Osborne at 122 Sixth Street takes over from John M Thompson enacting expert horseshoeing. Prompt reliable service guaranteed and satisfaction assured for all work.
Local ad promotes Young & Custer offering harness buggies and wagons at reasonable prices. It lists storefronts at 310 Fifth Street with phone 72 percent and 318 Market Street with phone 948.
C II Knouff offers fire life and casualty insurance from the Spry block with prompt settlement of claims and access via room 1 telephone 1240 for old and trusted companies.
Dentists F M Bozer D D S located at Fourth and Broadway corner above City National Bank. Office phone 363. residence 1463.
George H. Gise offers five percent money for loans and supplies all kinds of insurance. Office phone 482 and residence phone 238. Located at the corner over Bowen Bank.
Public notice listing D. E. Delzell with an office at 404 Market Street and residence at 1918 North Treet. Includes telephone contacts 253 and 22 and a statement of entire satisfaction.
iS LUMBER offers interior finishing and interior fixtures from Parker and Johnston. Yard mill and office located at the corner of Spennver and Berkley streets with telephone 112 for contact.
Co A Price at 315 Court Street in the interurban station advertises as a manufacturer of granite and marble monuments. It promises artistic work at reasonable prices and invites readers to request an estimate for their needs.
A brief item notes Misses Hendersons School of Music located at 1317 Market Street.
Reporter Office advertises printing services on Broadway 525 including letterheads envelopes statements business cards invitations and more with prompt neat service and sample delivery by phone.
D. C. Mathews offers bargains in new and second hand household furnishings and bicycles. Highest prices paid for second hand goods with motto satisfaction sales and small profits. Located at 207 Sixth Street, phone 636.
H. Weber at 310 Pearl Street advertises ready to view spring and summer patterns. Suits start at 15 dollars and up, trousers at 4 dollars and up. Come and see.
H J Trah offers slate tinning and metal roofing repairs at 311 Fifth Street. He provides guttering spouting flue tops furnace repairs and general repairs with emphasis on quality workmanship. Contact phone 802.
A compact classified item lists John Mehaffie at 3S18 Fifth Street offering galvanised iron cone skylights tin iron slate and iron repairing to fing and spouting. Telephone 59.
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