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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily market notes list prices for wheat oats corn and rye with mixed and white corn varieties. The garbled text references Bishop Elevator and various product lines though specific figures are unreadable.
May 14 report from Laporte Indiana prints Bella Gunness last will naming three children and a Norwegian home as heirs. Separate dispatch says police across cities seek Gunness alive with leads from a druggist who recalls chloroform requests and a Great Western hotel sighting.
Mrs John Philip Sousa, wife of the bandmaster, ranks among New York’s noted women billiards players. After dinner she plays with her husband and often trounces him, handling the cue like a pro. She enjoys all athletic games and is also skilled with the racquet.
A corrected daily feed and livestock price list shows values for feeders Heifers and calves by hundredweight and cows per cwt. Old sheep and hog pricing are noted with per pound figures and range estimates. The document reflects price adjustments under the oversight of W. Routh.
Live hog prices ranged from 5.40 to 5.55 dollars per hundredweight across grades including light to rough packers. Calf values varied from 4.00 to 6.09 dollars with good to emerge and common to fair categories noted in the day’s session.
Chicago markets show flour steady with spring wheat at 6.00 and various export bag prices. Wheat May near 99 1/2, July around 84 1/2, corn May 72 3/4, oats firm with May at 4 1/4 and September at 3 7 8. Butter and eggs listed with standard dairy quotes. New York flour and grain prices steady, No. 2 red wheat 1.08 and corn 7 5/8 cents.
CATTLE good to prime steers 6.75 to 7.80. cows 4.00 to 8.25. calves 3.50 to 6.20. hogs heavy packers 5.45 to 5.06. mixed butchers 5.55 to 5.74. light barrows 5.0 to 6.4. sows 3.00 to 5.60. pigs 4.00 to 5.00.
Omaha prices show cattle steady to lower with steers ranging from 3.00 to 8.25 and cows 3.25 to 6.50. Hogs sell 5.32 to 5.40 for heavy, 4.50 to 5.10 for pigs, bulk around 5.32 to 5.37. Sheep and lambs steady with yearlings 5.50 to 6.15, ewes 4.75 to 6.00, lambs 6.00 to 7.48.
National and American leagues report results from Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburg New York Cleveland Boston Philadelphia Washington with scores and standings. Minor leagues including Minneapolis Columbus Dayton Des Moines Lincoln Sioux City Denver and Decatur Peoria also listed. A stray line notes a sensational image of peasants and an American heiress in a separate scene.
Toledo Ohio May 14 Col Isaac Mor row Chinese inspector of this district will spend his vacation this summer supervising the digging of his own grave He plans burial in Green Lawn cemetery Columbus He favors a roomy concrete grave with a marble slab and no elaborate decorations for eternal rest.
Samuel Plew of Jasonville had his left foot crushed when a car ran over it, leaving the limb severely damaged and requiring urgent medical attention.
Pitcher Leroy and catcher Meyers form the only aboriginal battery for the St Paul team of the American association in the game.
In Madrid a royal thanksgiving for the heir to the throne shows the year old prince in a recruit’s uniform held by the queen. After the service the infant is enrolled by General Primo de Rivera as a private in the king’s infantry regiment.
London reports a record influx of American visitors this season with about 7,000 arrivals weekly ahead of the peak. Over 150,000 Americans are expected, drawn by the international Horse show the Anglo French exhibition and the Olympic games. If each spends 250 dollars, Americans will leave about 27 500 90 dollars in Europe this summer.
Two Mercersburg academy students Arthur P. Stipp and John H. Hall are highlighted as likely Olympic contenders this summer. Stipp holds a scholastic shot put record of 53 feet 7 1/2 inches and excels in hammer. Hall owns a 120 yard hurdles mark of 154 5/ seconds and also shines in the broad jump.
John W. Snell announces his candidacy for clerk of the Cass circuit court, subject to the Democratic county convention's decision. He serves as editor reporter and seeks the party's support.
Matthew Moroney declares candidacy for the county treasurer post subject to the Democratic county convention decision. He frames his bid as part of his effort to serve the public finance office.
Daily Reporter says R S Estabrook will run for county commissioner in the First district subject to the Democratic convention. Editor Louis K E Beckley announces re nomination bid for Cass County sheriff at the Democratic convention.
In New York on May 13 Mrs Hetty Keen known as the richest woman in America dines under guard with four hotel detectives outside her Plaza apartments to deter a Black Hand threat. She dismisses the letter and requests no investigation as she visits her bank unattended.
New York May 14 Olga Nether sole told a reporter in her Hotel Plaza parlor that she would choose wifehood and motherhood over a stage career. She argued that marriage is the ideal life and that women should pursue happiness within the duty to future generations.
Gray's Lake NL, a small town, reports the arrest of Annie B. Whitmore postmistress on charges of opening letters between Rev. Charles E. Havener and Miss Mary S. Calvin. The two are said to have been engaged in a secret romance, which the postmistress allegedly uncovered triggering the arrest.
An 19th century notice from Colonial Country Club Hotel West Baden Springs Indiana promotes drinking the water and baths to cure kidney liver and stomach ailments. It offers five gallons of mineral water mailed with physician guidance for a fee and asks for symptom details and $2.
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