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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
8
W T Giffe agent at 417 Broadway advertises 6 percent interest on savings accounts from 100 to 5000 dollars and mortgages secured by the Bank and Trust Co. Aimed at investors of 100 to 300 dollars, certificates of deposit are also available.
Indianapolis dispatch reports a large hog volume with receipts of 12 000 hogs 1 100 cattle and 600 sheep. Hogs opened weaker with late sales 5 10c lower. top price 6.00 and most hogs 5.15 5.80. Cattle receipts larger this week with mixed demand and general decline on fat stock 154 40c Tuesday trade weak but some price stability near week’s end. Sheep and lambs remained steady with overall larger receipts and active competition lifting prices on some lines.
The listing shows bids for steers and heifers across weight ranges from 300 to 1,300 pounds and higher. Prices vary by quality from good to prime, with medium and extra choice categories, plus bulls and calves included.
Chicago markets showed a slow weak cattle trade as buyers held firm and scalpers set the pace. Cattle receipts were light with 300 head, steers and cows lower, bulls strong for calves, while native lambs and sheep traded near steady amid active packer competition and high prices not seen since last spring.
Chicago market summary reports wheat declines at major centers causing a weak opening. July delivery led the fall 4 to 7 cents, with a later firm close as shorts covered. Corn and oats show initial weakness but recover. oats steady later. live hogs drop 5 cents yet provisions stay steady amid active demand.
Buffalo reports a slow market with hogs receipts around 3,000 head and prices at 5.5 to 6.0 per hundredweight, sheep receipts about 2,000 head with best lambs at 7.15, John Castle and Hecht noting general sluggish demand. Market details reflect mixed demand and steady to lower quotes across hogs and lambs.
Special to The Tribune from Wabash Indiana December 12 Homer Lewis of Lagro set a record by consuming forty two bananas in a single event. Seven youths in J T McGuire's Lagro store tried to eat a hanging banana bunch but Lewis surpassed them, finishing with number forty two and promptly recovering from a brief illness.
The Tribune announces a daily reliable market report for grain, live stock and produce to aid subscribers in buying and selling. It invites readers to call for price details and accuracy assurances.
Frank A. Perdew, a Bryan supporter in Allegheny County, sends a telegram claiming the county earned the promised prize for democracy’s gains. The message cites Allegheny’s 22.44 percent gain for Bryan and references a mule episode at Fairview as the joke’s origin.
Frank Scanlin county school supply representative hosted a noon banquet at the Columbia cafe for township trustees and county officials. The event featured six courses, amateur speechmaking, Chicago singer Miss Weaver, and a group photograph at Nichols Studio with a long list of attendees.
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