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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
6
Advertisement offering 6 percent interest on saving accounts from $100 to $5,000 and first mortgages on improved real estate from $500 up. Mortgages guaranteed by a $300,000 Bank and Trust Co, yielding 6 percent net, with CDs also available secured by first mortgages. Call or write for details.
Hog market shows steady prices with larger receipts, top quote reaching 5.75 dollars. Producers reported solid demand and steady trading, as supplies increased and buyers stayed active in the market.
Indianapolis hints and market summary from December 17 shows hog receipts at 15000 and cattle 1700 with 500 sheep. Hog prices held around 4.73 to 6.00 per cwt, cattle steady with medium steers strong, heifers weak, calves down 25c, sheep and lambs selling steady with several high price lambs around 7.00 and yearlings near 95.00. Local packers drove steady demand for sheep.
The listing shows bidding for steers and heifers by weight and grade from good to prime, with prices for medium to extra choice categories. Bulls calves hogs yearlings and sheep are priced by class with ranges and per hundred weights, reflecting market conditions and quality premiums.
Charles Doak, a Union Traction conductor from this city, was slightly injured at Tipton on a run to Indianapolis. He activated a new interlocking switch, signaled the motorman to proceed, and his foot became wedged in the frog. He cried to stop, but the car did not halt in time, and the pilot struck his leg.
Buffalo on December 17 reports cattle receipts 19 cars with a slow market. Hogs 30 cars show a strong market with heavies 5.80 to 5.90, mediums 5.80 to 5.85, Yorkers 5.65 to 5.73, pigs 5.00 to 5.15. Sheep and lambs 15 cars steady, top lambs 7.75, calves 5.00 to 9.50.
In Chicago on December 17 the wheat market opened quiet and easy with bearish sentiment amid Liverpool weakness and winter wheat belt weather. Corn opened firm on rain but eased on forecast temperature drops. oats fell as major houses sold. Provisions stayed quiet yet firm as hog receipts declined.
Rev C F Aked, pastor of John D Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue Church, rebukes the rich man's control of business. He says a man must know what is done in his name. money cannot excuse theft or using people as instruments. Aked criticizes vast fortunes concentrating power and warns against wealth as a machine for making or giving money.
City treasurer redeemed eight thousand dollars of city bonds yesterday lowering the city's indebtedness. A further bond call is expected before March 1.
Chicago trade shows mixed results with cattle firm in higher grades while hogs finish weak due to packer support lacking. Lambs and sheep soften as buyers delay. weather hampers activity with rain and drizzle keeping buyers indoors. Local markets in Loganport and Walton show varied prices for hogs steers cows and calves amid ongoing holiday demand.
Tribune outlines plan to publish reliable daily market reports for buying and selling with accurate prices. Readers urged to call or visit office for desired information and current prices, noting submission methods and contact number.
A merchant traveling with business friends urges buying tickets before boarding to support local rail service. He cites railroad managers requesting yearlong records to justify improvements at stations, noting a lack of passenger business can hinder upgrades.
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A reader recalls how small ticket figures hid broader travel and business in their town. After advising locals to buy tickets, the town gained credit for its own commerce and secured improvements including a better waiting room and a new depot.
About thirty young athletes gathered at the YMCA gym last evening to organize a city basketball league. Six teams will compete for the city championship with games twice weekly and additional intercity games. Teams include Invincible, YMCA, Phi Sigma Chi, Kappa Alpha Phi, and others yet to be announced.
A Yankee recalls a country joke about echoes from his Rocky Mountain home. He explains it takes eight hours to hear an echo and shares a bedtime ritual where shouting Time to get up wakes him in the morning. The exchange highlights humorous regional contrasts.
An advertised remedy named Zemo claims to quickly stop itching and burning and to draw germs to the surface to destroy them. The promotion cites cures by named individuals and lists a Logansport druggist as the local agent ready to provide photos and letters as proof.
Charles M. Cordell executor announces a public auction of Mercy Axtell deceased estate in Tipton township Cass county Indiana. The sale at the decedent's late residence starts 9 am on a December day in 1908 with items including a wardrobe sewing machine dresser davenport furniture lawn mower and other articles. Cash payments five dollars and under. over five dollars on credit up to nine months with note and six percent interest.
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