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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
6
Receipts totaled 9 000 hogs 0 cattle and 200 sheep. Prices for hogs rose 5 to 10 cents with most at 5 45 to 6 05. Cattle were scarce but steady to strong with brisk demand from local packers. Sheep and lambs sold steady to strong with lambs 4.00 to 6.75 and sheep 2.00 to 4.00.
Auction market reports show light receipts of sheep and lambs with lambs leading at 8.00 per head. Strong demand noted despite overall light volume in the market.
Swike shows momentum as first sales market activity picks up with competitive bids and early buyer interest. Investors monitor pricing signals and potential partnerships as offerings attract attention from regional traders and retailers.
In Chicago December 24 gains appeared in wheat due to wet weather delaying harvests in Argentina. Oats traded quietly with a firm tone, while corn offerings were light yet helped by limited supply. Provisions remained quiet and steady with minor price shifts.
The Logansport market page lists cattle and hog prices by weight and grade, with steer and heifer ranges from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds and up. It shows hogs from 125 to 200 pounds and various calf, sheep, and cow quotes, along with daily local grain and produce corrections.
Horses on the market show heavy shipments with 979 head reported the first half of the week, far above a year ago and exceeding December 1907 totals. The trade is congested and weak from oversupply as dealers avoid heavy stocks for holidays. A few high class drafter and feeder loads sold steady, but most medium and good offerings brought 5.10 dollars below last week. Receipts clear slowly amid holiday cautiousness and eastern stables’ ample demand.
Chicago stockyards report mixed hogs with early gains fading, light hogs firming. cattle steady with some strong steers. Lambs active with modest gains despite quality. top lamb price 37.75. Sheep demand steady but supplies scarce as market guards holiday closure. No trading tomorrow due to Christmas holiday.
Charles Deickmann appointed guardian for Mrs Wilhelmina Grisley mother of the late Charles Homburg. She is over eighty and unable to handle business. Bond set at $3.00.
Partial OCR reads as estimated recerts at principal markets with figures such as 2 000, 371501 000 400 100 1 000 2 000. No clear entities or dates available. content is fragmented and numeric.
Fragmentary notes indicate hog receipts at principal western markets yesterday with figures around $6,000. The brief fragment mentions year ago comparisons, but lacks full context or names of markets and quantities.
Corrected daily by the Galveston Grain Co. Wheat 78 per hundred, corn yellow 78c, corn white 76c, oats 45c, cloverseed 4.50. Hogs 180-200 lbs at $5.00, 140-150 lbs at $5.00. Steers 3.00, heifers 3.50 to 4.50, cows 2.00 to 3.50, calves 4.00 to 5.00. Sheep 3.25 to 5.00. Poultry by L. E. Miller chickens 8c, roosters 4c, turkeys 12c, ducks 7c, geese 5c.
Public auction at the late residence of Leonard N. Wolf Logansport Indiana on Saturday December 26 1908 starting 10 00 am features farm and mason tools household furniture stores beds dining table chairs lawn swing wheelbarrows garden implements and miscellaneous items including a gray mare lumber and more with terms five dollars and up.
General Manager Emmons of the Wabash Valley lines announces the road will match any commercial lighting rate set by Fort Wayne but will not cut its own rates. City leadership recently entered commercial lighting using surplus streetlight power, with interurban rates lower than the city. Traction officials plan to oppose any rate cuts and Emmons will launch a newspaper campaign to argue that rate reductions would confiscate company property.
An advertisement asserts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil stops pain and heals hurts in emergencies. It markets the product as a remedy for injuries and sudden ailments, urging households to keep it on hand for accidents and injuries.
Mr and Mrs Bert Wooden of Terre Haute arrived Wednesday evening to spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs Seth Deaden of Michigan Avenue.
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