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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
6
Hog receipts rose to 15 000 with a 100 lb price drop from yesterday and outside demand weaker. Cattle shows light supply with cows and heifers steady to firm, calves up to 10 dollars high, and sheep and lambs trading active with lambs at 7 25 and sheep at 2 00 to 4 00. Horse sales canceled this week but expected to resume next Tuesday with improved dealer activity.
document lists cattle steer prices from good to prime in various weight ranges with commissions to medium and best stockers, then heifer and cow grades, bulls and calves, hog categories including best heavies and light pigs, and sheep with yearlings and lambs. Also notes bulk of sales and per hundredweight figures for multiple classes.
Principal Western Markets reported hogs traded yesterday with price levels and demand noted. Market activity mirrored typical seasonal patterns, reflecting near term supply and demand dynamics.
Chicago December 29. Wheat opened quiet and easy with prices down from the prior close due to Liverpool losses and Argentina harvest favorable weather. Late day support came from Argentina delays and thinner receipts, closing at session highs. Corn traded quiet with a firmer finish on lower receipts and wheat strength. Oats opened quiet and easy with most activity in May. provisions eased on hog price declines from higher receipts.
A concise note on the persistent weakness in the horse trade highlighting limited sales of studs and sluggish market activity.
Chicago trade opens with lighter receipts as 400 horses expected versus 690 last Monday and 1 040 last year. Demand centers on drafters feeders and expressers with better grades steady while common kinds move slowly. Fair orders for feeders go to Ohio and Pennsylvania farmers finishing draft horses for eastern markets. Opening trade quiet with slow market the rest of the holidays. Prices at bulk receipts indicate steady for top lots amid overall dullness.
Chicago December market report shows hog futures opening weak and slipping through the day as packers steady prices. top hog price declines to 6.05 from 6.13. Sheep and lambs rise 10 to 15 cents with prime yearlings reaching 7.00 in lamb weight. Cattle mostly steady with steers, butcher cattle and bulls holding firm. calves hit 9.50 to 10.00 in high sales.
Daily market figures list livestock and produce values with weights and price ranges. Cattle and hogs show varying per hundred weight quotes, with steers cows calves and heifers cited alongside local elevator corrections for wheat corn oats and seeds. Pigs and poultry prices are included with regional corrections from several traders such as Foley Stuart McCaffrey Kinney and Sweet.
A fragment listing cattle and hog prices by grade and weight. Includes steers, cows, bulls, calves, pigs, sheep, and lambs with ranges from low to high values, noting weights from 160 to 300 pounds and ranges for heavy packers and light-weight butchers.
Tribune daily market report notes street market prices for best timothy hay and mixed hay, plus Loganport Grain Market corrected by Bishay Elevator Co. Wheat at 98 cents per bushel, new yellow corn 73 cents, new oats 45 cents, new yellow and mixed 71 cents, clover seed 4 dollars 50 cents.
A fragmented OCR note outlines estimated cattle quantities and market totals. Figures mention 700, 200, 3,000 and 5,000 units with 2,000 and 7 700 appearing as partial totals. No clear purchaser or date is given.
Terre Haute Indiana December 29 C W Higgs owner of a cow that died of hydrophobia will be sent to the Chicago Pasteur Institute. Saliva from the cow touched his scratched hand during an attempt to free her mouth and Higgs fears infection. The boarding house kept the cow’s milk but doctors say it is not dangerous. Higgs, a poor man, recently lost a horse in an accident and 200 chickens died of cholera.
Shelbyville Indiana December 29 The case of Fred Ellis a laundryman charged with administering poison to kill his wife draws local interest. Ellis was arrested last April on a grand jury warrant. the indictment was returned after Mrs Ellis her sisters and brother in law and neighbors testified.
A girl became violently ill after drinking milk with a small powder at the bottom of the cup. Days later she fell ill again after taking castor oil. A castor oil container and a plate were hidden at home and sent to Dr Pagel in St Paul, then to State Chemist Barnard. Both doctors testified the powder was arsenic. The testimony was given yesterday.
San Francisco cab legram from heavyweight champion Tommy Burns says he is willing to meet Jack Johnson again. Burns claims Johnson’s seconds influenced police to stop the bout in Sydney and that Johnson was tiring late. He asserts he had a chance like Nelson with Gans and notes Johnson’s strength at the end.
The backgram records Tommy Burns asserting he can beat Johnson in a rematch. He notes Nelson and Gans as rivals and claims Johnson tires in the contest. Burns mentions a forthcoming fight in the United States within two months and hints the French-Canadian reconsidered his decision before the bout.
Perry Tyler, twenty five, escaped from the Indiana Reformatory while on duty in guards quarters at 6 15. Paroled April 1904, delinquent report followed. found later in Mansfield Ohio penitentiary and brought back in June 1906 after making a good record. He was promised speedy parole and to be released within four weeks.
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