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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
6
Estimated receipts at principal markets show cattle amounts ranging from 2,000 to 11,000 with totals around 35,500. Sheep receipts vary from 5,000 to 15,000 and include multiple market figures such as 8,000 and 11,000 in the summary table.
Receipts reach 11 000 hogs 1500 cattle and 600 sheep up from last week and year. Hog prices 6.00 to 6.95 with most at 6.55 to 6.85. Cattle 10 to 25 cents lower with steers cows and calves mixed demand. sheep steady to lower. light horse supply and quiet trading.
Price list shows light pigs at 2 50 to 6 85 with 2 50 to 6 55 for bulk sales. Good to choice yearlings sheep range 4 00 to 4 50. Comprising to medium yearlings 3 25 to 3 75 and sheep grades 3 25 to 3 50. Pucks per 100 lbs 3 60 down to 3 50. Spring lambs priced 4 00 to 5 75.
Receipts of hogs at principal show 23 000 10 000 12 000 3 500 and 6 000 in listed totals. The figures indicate a range of hog quantities received across categories or periods.
Chicago reports profit taking drives a weak session across grain and hog markets. Wheat for September falls with headlines noting damage reports and weak Liverpool futures. corn slips on rain delays and private crop downgrades. hogs show early strength then steady to lower as packers keep demand slow.
A dense table of cattle and hog prices by weight and grade from good to prime. Includes steers heifers cows bulls calves and pigs with ranges from 150 to 300 pounds plus, noting commissions and standard market terms.
Market tables show steer, cow, calf, hog, and sheep prices with ranges. Entries list values for Loganport Galveston Royal Centre Walton and Hoovers Mexico, plus mixed grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and poultry prices.
Idaho farmer A Adams asserts a new wheat variety he developed yields six times standard wheat and can be sown in fall or spring. He raises 300 acres for seed and says kernels and heads are much larger, with claims of up to 277 bushels per acre. He plans to market the wheat next year and says he has beaten Burbank at his own game.
Buffalo on August 4 reports cattle receipts light and market steady. Hogs receipts 2 000 with slow market. heavies 7.15 to 7.25, workers 7.10 to 7.15, pigs 6.25 to 6.35. Sheep and lambs receipts 1 000, market strong with best lambs at 6.85, top calves 8.00.
Chicago cattle markets opened slowly on August 4 with heavy receipts. Most cattle were range or cow stock and native steers were in short supply with weak demand. Butcher cattle moved slowly and prices showed slight declines while range cattle demand remained tame.
Wheat No 2 spring quoted at 1.15 to 1.17 dollars. No 3 at 1.09 to 1.16. Corn No 2 7 74 to 78 cents. Butter creameries 18 to 20 cents. dairies 17 to 19 cents. Eggs firsts 17? to 19 cents with prime firsts 20 cents.
The Tribune announces a plan to publish a reliable daily market report for buying and selling. Subscribers are urged to call at the office or phone 312 to place wants or request information.
An affidavit accusing Contraville Simmons of assault and battery was filed by his wife and a counter affidavit by Simmons against his wife followed. The wife’s affidavit was filed in Justice Reid's court.
Reading like a rural tale the story places a deaf farmer in an English agricultural district who seeks local church notices for selling a cow. A vicar agrees to advertise the cow in exchange for the farmer attending church and later confuses banns with cattle sale, leading to a humorous miscommunication.
A newspaper snippet depicts a tenor arguing against meat in diet, citing birds and song as evidence. The reporter notes a preference for minimal meat with a lunch of cheese omelet, asparagus, fruit, and ice, while discussing carnivorous birds and their song.
A quip notes that England lacks good voices due to meat appetite while vegetarian Italy has many fine singers. The speaker adds that song birds are vegetarian and carnivorous birds croak, attributing the remark to a New York Press comment.
A Wide World Magazine feature notes three Afghans killed in West Australia over scarce water. The accused man reportedly shot them after they used a road hole supplying water, and a jury later acquitted him. The piece contrasts water value with tragedy.
A newspaper teased a forthcoming story titled The Prettiest Girl In the Town. It notes many young ladies sent postcards fearing their names would be used by the editor.
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