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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
6
Live stock and poultry prices are listed daily by the market reports. Hogs range from 4.50 to 5.55, calves from 4.00 to 6.09, with capons turkeys butter and various grain prices noted for the day.
May grain and provisions markets show flour steady with various grades priced. wheat weak with July and September quotes around 89% to 92 cents. corn and oats trend lower or steady. dairy and eggs pricing and butter, creamery grades listed. New York prices echo quiet steady tone with spot and futures activity noted.
May 15 report shows cattle prices by grade for Chicago with steers cows heifers and feeders listed. hogs with heavy packers barrows and sows. and South Omaha figures for cattle hogs and sheep including natives western Texas range and stocker categories and varied calves bulls and canners with price ranges. Market notes indicate steady to slightly lower hogs and steady sheep trends across regions.
London reports on American youths described as mercenary and pushy. A British writer notes a millionaire's son selling lemonade to workers and eyeing Rockefeller style wealth as proof of the American kid's focus on money. English youths are praised for broader aims.
Reno Nev May 16 W J Arkell well known in Reno and once a prominent stock broker at Manhattan Nev is a bankrupt. His liabilities are 279000 and assets consist of some worthless mining stocks and about 200 in money. The principal creditors are New York and San Francisco stokers.
War against consumption described as the white plague with nations seeking relief. Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a safe and certain cure for coughs and colds, avoiding unknown preparations. W H Porter, druggist, is urged to supply and ensure customers ask for Foley's Honey and Tar.
In New York a clash over press corruption and pulpit sycophancy unfolds. Lemuel Quigg faces scrutiny for promoting corporate favors with Metropolitan Railroad ties. Religious leaders, including the Ascension church, face pressure as vestry and elites steer discussions toward safe, charitable avenues.
Rev. E A Schell of Laporte Ind claims Ray Lamphere confessed to him after arrest and may reveal knowledge of Mrs Gunness criminal career He says Lamphere helped in the murder of the Gunness children and that Mrs Gunness is alive not at large The minister expects Lamphere to come forward to the prosecutor with what he knows
A Denver convention segment asks whether airing a specific band track titled There's Another Picture in My Mama's Frame would be considered rarified air. The note raises questions about program standards and audience reception.
Commentators note Praneis Joseph has ruled sixty years sparking whispers of a third term. The veteran leader faces growing discussion about extending tenure amid political shifts.
Colonial Country Club Hotel in West Baden Indiana advertises mineral water to cure kidney liver stomach ailments and nervousness. It promises quick benefits and invites readers to mail symptoms with $2 to receive five gallons of fresh spring water plus physician guidance.
A clipped OCR fragment lists numerous merchants and individuals including G Wilson Ideal Grocery A Maple Traut Clancy Bros Henry Kruck Jr Klein Castle E J Blouser Tucker Meehan Brothers Fitzgibbon Foley Co Ritter Kistler Kramer Thornburg Todd Simons Ahern Leonard Youngker Edgerly Crompp Etnire Castle.
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