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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
6
Wabash offers one and one half fare round trip between St Louis Missouri and Buffalo New York for travel on July 3 or 4 with return by July 6. June 25 schedule notes pension return up to August 31. Wabash Ticket Office contact ante 158. M Burke, Ticket Agent.
Estimated receipts of five stocks at principal markets are listed with figures for cattle and various commodities. The OCR shows multiple numbers such as 500 15 000 135000 8 000 3 500 3 500 and others including 700 3 500 200 1 000 90 1 100.
Indianapolis June 30 Receipts show 11 000 hogs 1 600 cattle 209 sheep versus 9 804 hogs 1 445 cattle 660 sheep a week ago and 10 230 hogs 1 452 cattle 185 sheep a year ago. Hogs steady to 6 6 50 a head. range 6 00 to 6 60. Cattle receipts not large bid ding 10 15c lower. better steers neglected. Sheep and lambs lower with few sold around 6 25 top 6 90. yearlings 5 00 and sheep 4 00. Horses light. buyers few. market quiet on last week’s quotes.
The notice lists cattle grades from good to prime steers 800 to 1,300 lbs and heifers cows bulls with price ranges. hogs by weight from light to heavy with prices. sheep yearlings and lambs with quoted values. and packs per hundred weight figures, reflecting current market quotes and commission notes.
Chicago June 30. A firm hog market opens with light receipts about 14 000. Best hogs reach 6 65, up 7 pct from the prior session. gain mostly on good sorts while light mixed stay steady. Cattle receipts light, steer buyers scarce. mutton dull with 215 000 sheep and lambs reported. spring lambs fetch higher due to better quality. Wheat and corn futures react to Illinois crop data and export demand. oats firm on crop outlook. provisions ease on pork liquidation. mixed market closes with September wheat around 85 86 and corn near 70.
Illinois harvest prospects favored southwest weather and northern crop development, weakening the local wheat market. September wheat finished lower while corn rose and oats and provisions declined.
Loganport Market corrected daily. Wheat 77c blue yellow variety. corn 92c per hundred for white and mixed. oats price not fully shown. Elevator Co Bishoy. If you need exact prices call 312 or visit the office.
Daily corrected prices from Loganport and Logansport Union Stock Yards cover hogs steers heifers cows calves and sheep with varied weight ranges. Regional quotes include Royal Centre Walton Galveston and Flora markets plus poultry and grain, with rates for wheat corn oats and butter eggs and lard. A D. C Line note offers Northern Michigan steamship service.
The C. Line now operates daily trips from Detroit to Mackinac, offering regular express steamer service.
Buffalo reports hogs receipts 2000 with prices 6.00 6.10 and other grades 6.85 5.90. Sheep and lambs steady as cattle market remains steady.
The text describes how travelers are welcomed by village chiefs, with greetings through an interpreter. It notes a common exchange of presents and strict etiquette requiring the chief to give or return gifts. Chiefs may offer items like bananas pawpaws goats or even a wife, which the traveler will likely decline with thanks, as described by The Engineer.
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