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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1908
Page
6
A new Detroit to Mackinac line begins daily service announced by Wayne Pease. The move expands Michigan transport options and connects major cities with regular departures.
Receipts of hogs at principal western markets yesterday totaled 61 000, higher than 41 000 a year ago. The day’s breakdown shows 30 000, 7 000, 6 500, 4 400 and 2 509 for various markets, with 2 600 and 3 000 noted for others, and 5 000 and 79 700 in related weekly totals.
Receipts totaled 3 000 hogs 500 cattle and 250 sheep versus last week and a year ago with brisk competition among packers and shippers pushing hog prices up 5 to 10 cents from Friday. Most hogs sold 6.00 to 6.80 with much at 6.45 to 6.75. cattle demand was good with steady to higher prices for fat stock. bulls calves and sheep sold steadily with spring lambs at 6.00, yearlings and wethers 4.85, old sheep 4.00.
Auction room price list shows varied ranges for steers heifers cows and bulls by weight category and quality Good to choice steers 900 to 1100 lbs fetch 5 50 to 6 25 while high end heavy feeders rise to 7 00 8 25 for bulls Calves hogs and sheep are listed with per hundred weights and special notes for good cutting cows and prime barrows indicating mixed demand across beef pork and lamb items
Prices listed include shippers steers at 6.50 to 7.00, best butchers 5.00 to 6.00, mediums 4.50 to 5.25, heifers 3.50 to 5.50, cows 3.00 to 5.25, hogs 6.90 to 7.00, sheep and lambs 2.00, top lambs 6.50 to 7.00, yearlings 4.50 to 5.50, and sheep 3.00 to 4.25.
Chicago reports light cattle receipts about 11 000 with cautious demand. Hogs open strong but early gains fade. best hogs reach 6.75. Sheep and lambs steady to firm. wheat and corn advance supported by Liverpool and crop reports. primary receipts rise. Local markets note hogs 5.70 to 6.15 and steer prices around 4.75 to 5.50.
Chicago reports rainfall in Nebraska raises wheat prices amid favorable growing conditions. Weather developments in Nebraska influence markets as traders anticipate harvest impacts and price shifts for wheat futures.
Estimated receipts of live stock at principal markets yesterday reported figures for cattle hogs and sheep. Local market observers noted higher demand and steady price trends across regions with cattle and hogs leading in volume.
Wheat No 3 95 cents per bushel at 1.07. No 2 red 90 91 cents. Corn No 2 yellow 16 4 cents. No 2 44 cents. Oats No 3 white 52 5 cents. Butter Creameries 18 21 cents. dairies 17 20 cents. Eyes Firsts 16 4 cents. prime firsts 18 4 cents.
The Tribune intends to publish each day a dependable market report to guide subscribers in buying and selling intelligently with emphasis on price accuracy and timely data.
Glen Obenchain, who ran a Crawford Block photo studio, left town for a two week vacation on Monday. The gallery was locked with thirty to fifty young women awaiting portraits, and all belongings were removed. He did not notify of relinquishment, leading to speculation of new premises upon his return.
Onward defeated Walton 12 to 8 in a Sunday morning game. Walton lineup included L Widner catcher F Bebee pitcher O Widner first base Good second base J Wendling third base G Bebee shortstop Lowry center field Taylor right field Gallowas left field. Onward lineup featured Haas catcher Pauline pitcher Shirley first base J Haas second base Elper third base Faucett shortstop Cline right field Byers center field Campbell left field.
Dan Bebee was jailed for eleven days after allegedly assaulting his brother Edward. He reportedly threw a rock through the bedroom window during a Saturday incident.
Miss Lavina Knowlton of this city earns recognition as an artistic book binder. She is a student at the Herron Institute.
A feature recalls Ian Maclaren’s tale Only a Servant Lass about a poor family girl who neglects medical care due to time and money. Six months pass before a malignant tumor forces an urgent operation, as she had cared for her ill mistress and balanced schoolwork and duty until it was too late.
Bucklin Missouri resident William Kingsland recalls during Shermans march to the sea how he and a comrade hid a bushel of sweet potatoes on a march out of Georgia. They carried them for miles only to camp beside a vast field of the prized food, a memory that still stirs anger.
A fragment discusses Edgar Allan Poe and his poem The Bells. It notes the speaker’s intent to avoid rudeness about Poe and mentions the tonal shift in the poem's mood.
North Carolina notes tell of Tom Pennell visiting Antioch and staying with Moses Armstrong. Pennell reports Armstrong owns a remarkable pet pig that cleans the yard with a broom, and a gander capable of climbing an apple tree.
John T Walker of Turner Maine is quoted as saying eggs cannot hatch and will all be fools if set. His wife counters the claim noting they found a hen nest with aged eggs in readable local humor. The exchange highlights regional wit in the section.
Twenty or 30 years ago Dr Meige and his old mate Peggy were familiar figures in Derby Line Vermont and the nun rounding country. The doctor was brusque and disliked questions about patients. A farmer was stopped. Dr M was sent for. On return a neighbor asked about Mr Smith and Peggy urged the doctor to move along.
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