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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
6
Corrected daily market notes list poultry prices for chickens geese capons turkeys and butter per pound. Grain quotes include wheat corn white mixed and yellow with daily BID/offer indications from Bishop Elevator Co and Lever Bros references.
Daily livestock prices list ranges for hogs calves and hogs by weight and quality. Hogs light bring 650 to 5.56 dollars, medium and heavy 3.90 to 5.50, rough packers 4.50 to 5.00. Calves good to enorce 5.50 to 6.09, common to fair 4.00 to 5.00.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a daily correction by BD Took & Co mentioning hides wool and flowdsek esse. Readable elements include a business note about corrections and a date-like code 04 Wo. 3B.
Chicago reports flour and wheat prices with firm corn and dull wheat futures. Minnesota and export bags priced. butter eggs and potatoes listed. live poultry and ducks noted. New York quotes show wheat and corn moves with quiet oats and rye flour markets.
Chicago and Omaha market notes list cattle and hog prices by grade and type. Prices cover steers cows heifers feeders and calves for Chicago tendered ranges and Omaha values for native and western cattle hogs and sheep, with mixed quality and weight categories.
Fort Wayne, May 19. The coroner of Allen county issues a blanket verdict condemning the hotel link to the Aveline disaster. Elevator shaft with inflammable wood, neglected furnace, late night watches, poor fire escapes, and inadequate life saving gear are cited as primary causes. The probe spanned over 700 pages with testimony from numerous witnesses.
Indianapolis May 19. Rube Marquard of the American Association’s Indianapolis team dominates the season, winning six straight starts with sub two run support and many shutouts. Cleveland boy, earlier rejected for being awkward, may land with a major league club next season if his gait stays as strong.
National League games list results for Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh and Philadelphia across teams. American League matches include New York Detroit Philadelphia St Louis Boston and Washington Chicago with varied scores. American Association Central League Western League results briefed with multiple city matchups and uneven tallies.
A mob of several hundred gathered at Pueblo county jail Monday night hoping to seize Jim Lynn the alleged killer of 16 year old Sarah James and wounding her mother. Officers permitted five members to search the jail though Lynn is reportedly confined in Colorado Springs.
A dialogue between The Professor and Sammy features a riddle about a dress and buttoning. Sammy answers with a humorous resolve that the dress would not be worn. The exchange shifts to political roles with president or vice president as potential outcomes.
The Professor threatens a punishment and assigns each to recite an original poem. Sambo volunteers Sambo to start, delivering quirky lines about mundlage and glue. Sammy follows with verses about paregoric and gripe chasers for apples.
Indiana officials announce national plans for eight American marksmen to compete at Bisley England July 9 to 11 and at Vienna for the Austro Hungarian jubilee June 28 to July 7. Captain Herbert McBride is named. team assembled by June 26 with travel July 20, expenses paid by United States Cartridge Company.
Every patrolman on the Marion police force has a smooth face and are rather young, highlighting a rising cohort of new officers.
Charles Asher of Brazil was arrested on a charge of threatening to shoot Al Stonehart. Abigail Hawkins of Brazil fell in front of her home and fractured her left limb.
An advertising notice urges readers to rely on Foley's Honey and Tar to prevent and cure coughs colds and consumption. It warns against unknown remedies and endorses W. H. Porter as the local druggist selling the product.
Pittsburg May 19 Men of affairs say William Montgomery cashier of the Alegheny National bank faces no prison for a 469000 shortage. They expect political influence to secure his freedom. Montgomery long served Boss Quay as adviser and financial agent and helped back Benjamin Harrison for president.
Letters addressed to several men and women remain in the Logans post office for the week ending May 18 1908. If not called for within ten days they will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington D C. Names include D C Fink Harry E Gross Steven Hayes Eddie Neal Harrison Wilson Clyde Warden Samuel Youn Hattie Duns Joe Mathiasch Gladys Miller Lillian Moreton N J Ross May Tonson and others at various addresses. Postmaster J M Johnston notes to ask for advertised letters when calling.
In Pittsburgh, Montgomery is rumored to hold documents of shady Republican moves in Pennsylvania over the past twenty years. He is described as having influenced national politics and possibly keeping political skeletons in his closet. He remains free on a $50,000 bond, with expectations he will not be imprisoned.
Edward C. Scheutz of Brazil has been appointed receiver for the Carbon Clay Company of Carbon Indiana. The action places control of the company under his supervision to manage assets and affairs during proceedings.
Henry Drewes of Indianapolis, aged eight, drowned while swimming in the White river. Police and rescuers recovered the boy but he could not be revived.
Advertises drinking and bathing at Colonial Country Club Hotel claiming cures for kidney liver stomach ailments and nervous complaints. Promises five gallons mineral water shipped with physician's advice for home treatment if customers cannot visit, requiring $2 and symptom details.
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