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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
6
Daily retail prices for poultry and dairy items listed by Beyer Bros and Bishop Elevator Co. mention chicken ducks geese capons turkeys butter and grains with scattered figures such as per pound rates and corn and oats. Prices are quoted for various commodities including wheat yellow corn and mixed oats.
A fragmented listing shows multiple price ranges including five to five fifty and negative shifts, ending with a rough phrase da Sciene that lacks clear context or full sentences. The text reads like a sequence of bid and ask spreads without identifiable assets or dates.
Prices for cattle hogs and calves shown with ranges from five to six dollars. Cattle steer heifers and cows listed with varying figures across the day. The report notes medium to heavy hogs at five twenty five to five fifty, calves from three to five fifty.
An OCR fragment references Corrected Dally oy, Cook and Co, and No 1 hides with a stray No 2 hides Wool unclear text from a historical page segment.
Flour markets steady with broad wage and price ranges for wheat corn and oats. Prices cover spring and winter wheats, rye flour, butter eggs and live poultry with spot bids and futures data including May July September quotes.
Chicago reports cattle prices from good to prime steers at 6.50 to 7.20, with cows and bulls varying widely. Hogs show heavy packers at 5.20 to 5.30, while Omaha lists slow cattle trade with native steers 4.50 to 6.75 and hogs easing to 6.15 to 6.25, sheep steady around 4 to 5 dollars.
The Stewart case draws renewed Senate attention as Senator Rayner urges a court martial to probe Col William F Stewart of the artillery corps. Roosevelt reportedly deems him unfit, leaving Stewart isolated at Fort Grant Arizona with guard mules and a lone tent.
Scores list from various ballparks including Cincinnati St Louis Chicago and New York with results in runs hits and errors. American League matchups feature New York Boston Philadelphia and Detroit. minor leagues show Minneapolis St Paul Louisville Columbus South Bend Fort Wayne Terre Haute Zanesville Sioux City Pueblo Denver Clinton Cedar Rapids Rock Island Dubuque and Bloomingon among others.
An honored citizen of Walcott Vermont suffered a severe attack of dysentery. He credited Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with his rapid recovery after obtaining it from druggist Mr. Leach. Porter sells the remedy.
West Baden Springs Indiana hosts a year round Colonial Country Club Hotel offering Amer ican plan rates from 2.50 to 3.50 per day Private baths and special weekly rates promise kidney liver and stomach relief and calm nerves The ad invites patients to send 2 with symptoms to receive five gallons of mineral water and physician guidance for home use.
A Mars visitor named Mr Skygack arrives on Earth as a special correspondent. He files wireless observations in a notebook-style report reflecting interplanetary viewpoints and early alien reportage.
The record cites temperament and cantankerous behavior as the only definite charges against Colonel Stewart. Rumor of his vote against a hero medal for Roosevelt is under Rayner inquiry. Republicans allege a War Department letter urged retirement, with contrasting pay reductions and threats of exile to Arizona. Stewart refused pay cuts, intending to serve to age sixty-two in 1911, then faced reassignment to Arizona desert posts before being sent to St. Augustine, Florida, and back to Arizona at lawmakers’ request.
Florence W. Saunders offers Lengis to a Business Girl a mother daughter letters guide for young women entering commerce. Rev Madison C. Peters fronts The Strenuous Career a guide for boys and men to succeed. both volumes feature silk cloth covers and full page drawings, each at $1.25.
In Clinton Kansas May 27 the court showed the notorious Maybelle Snell letters to identify them. They reveal a Kansas City Topeka trip and a demand for $1500, with Snell’s associates detailing money, marriage, and alleged corruption in a sensational testimony.
Readers are urged to follow The Yield a new nine chapter serial about life on southern cotton plantations and a romance between a northern planter and a Southern belle. It promises thrilling scenes and depictions of the feared White Riders terrorizing Kentucky and surrounding states.
Carl J Horn offers plans and specifications carefully prepared from his office in the Stettiner building and reachable by telephone at 700 for detailed project work.
Bb Brewery advertises Columbia Brewing Co makers of the famous Columbia beer. A beer that has no peer. Family trade solicited. Telephone No. 40.
Merrill and Son at 432 High Street advertise best coal oil for 19 cents and best gasoline for 11 cents, proclaiming they are not in the trust and inviting readers to place a trial order.
Ed F Leonard advertises at 222 Heath Street and 515 Market Street selling coal wood coke cement sewer pipe and horse feed. The motto proclaims the best coal for the least money and lists contact numbers.
Peek and Kandler offer carriage and wagon building, painting and repairing at 514 North Street with general blacksmithing. They advertise good work and reasonable prices and can be reached by phone 573.
H Weber offers clothing cleaning, repair, and pressing services at 310 Pearl Street with tailoring available.
The notice shows Dr F M Bozer a dentist with offices at the corner of Fourth and Broadway above City National Bank. It lists telephone number 363 for office and residence at 1463.
Listing for D E Delzell at 404 Market Street with stairway access east of Ray's grocery and phone numbers for office and residence 253 and 622. Indicates complete satisfaction and updates this office contact entry from 1918 North Street.
I Flour and Feed Co L Dilley and Co operate flour and feed business at 5115 Market Street. The shop offers flour and feed products with telephone contact 87.
Merrill & Son at 422 High Street offer high test gasoline and coal oil that resists gum buildup. They state they are not in the trust and advertise best gasoline and coal oil at 10 cents. Readers are invited to drop a card for a trial order.
Ed Osborne at 122 Sixth Street takes over the expert horseshoeing business from John M. Thompson. Prompt and satisfactory work guaranteed.
Local retailer Young & Custer showcases harnesses buggies and wagons at affordable prices. Two storefronts listed: 310 Fifth Street and 318 Market Street with phone numbers 72 and 945.
C. J. Knouff announces insurance services in Room 1 Spry block with prompt settlement of fire life accident and casualty claims. He lists phone 1240 and notes use of old established companies for reliable coverage.
George H. Gise offers five percent money loans and insurance services. He lists office phone 482 and residence phone 238, with corner room over Bowen Bank.
Lumger ad states Parker Johnston specialize in interior finishing and store fixtures with high grade work. Yard mill and office located at Spencer and Berkley streets. telephone 112.
Cc A Price located at 315 Court Street near the rear interurban station offers gran ite and marble monuments. Artistic work at reasonable prices and the company invites estimates on customers’ needs.
A brief listing announces Miss Hendersons School of Music located at 1317 Market Street. It notes a music education venue for residents seeking lessons and instruction. The item reads as a simple classified notice.
A local printer at Reporter Office 525 Broadway offers all kinds of job printing. Services include letter heads envelopes ads statements business cards invitations and more with prompt neat work.
D. C. Mathews advertises bargains in new and second hand house furnishings and bicycles at second hand prices. Highest prices paid for used goods with motto satisfaction, many sales, and small profits. Phone 636.
Merchant tailor H Weber at 310 Pear Street announces spring and summer patterns ready for inspection. Suits priced 325 and up, trousers four dollars and up. Visit to see styles.
H J Trah offers slate tin and metal roofing guttering spouting flue tops furnace repair and general repair at 311 Fifth Street. Practical timer. Phone 802. All work done in best possible manner.
John Mehaffie lists galvanized iron skylights tin and slate work at 218 Fifth Street with telephone 69 offering roofing spouting repair and general iron repairs in a compact classified notice.
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