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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
6
A compact notation shows multiple currency amounts including 2100 00 and 1700 in pounds and dollars, with sums like 8000 00 and 1500 00 and 730 00 referenced as city financial figures. The fragment hints at a ledger style record or exchange rates without full context.
The D. C line now runs daily service from Detroit to Mackinac via the City of St Ignace, City of Mackinac, and City Ipena with three weekly runs to Mackinac and Alpena. A pamphlet with fare tables and accommodations is available.
Receipts of hogs at major western markets listed for yesterday include Chicago Omaha Kansas City Sioux City St Joseph Indianapolis Cincinnati St Louis and total across markets. Compared with the year ago totals, numbers show varied changes at each center with overall movement reflected in regional totals.
Receipts show 11 000 hogs 1 100 cattle and 500 sheep versus last week and last year. Hog demand light but inquiry for choice hogs kept prices steady for light grades. bulk sold 6.40 to 6.75 with some loads unsold. Cattle receipts small but quality rising. fat stock up 10 to 25 cents, feeders steady, calves steady. Sheep and lambs larger receipts. prices 25 to 50 cents lower. Horses scarce, bidding slow and markets steady versus last week.
Chicago hog market shows lighter demand for light and mixed lots while prime butcher hogs rise to about 6.80 dollars. Cattle receipts slim with Texas stock and distillery steers common. steers show softer prices versus yesterday. Sheep and lambs steady to strong. bulk of hogs and cattle sell to packers with mixed futures amid corn and grain weakness.
Auction notes show bids for medium yearlings at 3.25 to 3.50 dollars per pound for good to choice sheep. Common to medium sheep bring about 2.50. Pucks priced per 100 pounds at 3.00. Spring lambs listed around 4.00 to 5.75 per hundredweight.
Buffalo stock market report notes hog receipts 1,500 with medium and heavy hogs at 7.60, 795 workers 6.90 to 7.00, and pigs 6.00 to 6.20. Cattle and sheep and lambs markets described as slow, with top lambs at 6.75.
Chicago July 7 Wheat prices showed weakness on the general sales market as trading continued with light demand and limited buying interest amid unsettled export outlook and crop fundamentals.
Fragmentary OCR shows estimated receipts at principal markets with figures 7,000 1,200 800 1,000 and totals stock. No clear identities or dates are readable.
The Logansport market reports Wheat 80c per bushel Corn 90c to 92c per hundred Oats 40c Hogs and cattle priced by weight with ranges for various classes including steers heifers cows calves and sheep Galveston and Walton listings mirror regional price corrections Poultry and dairy also noted with minor regional variances and corrections by several local firms.
Corrected daily by C. D. Morgan & Bro with items from Hoovers and Mexico. Prices show wheat at 80c, yellow corn 92c, mixed corn 90c, oats 40c. Hog prices range from 6.15 to 6.35 per hundredweight for different weights.
Auction in Chicago drew few outside buyers with slow sales and a weaker price trend than last week. Receipts around 500 head, larger than the prior year but still above buyers' needs as demand focused on medium to good 1300 to 1400 lb horses while draft and general purpose types sold slowly. Dealers forecast limited future demand as farm work season ends and country prices stay high.
The article argues that farm land remains a secure, depreciations-free investment amid financial turmoil. It cites growing demand, especially for well located parcels, and predicts rising prices as population and land needs expand across the United States. It notes government lands and westward homesteads influence eastern prices and suggests cheap farm land is near an end.
The note from Henry Clews & Co says the crop movement has begun and will strain railroads while stimulating traffic. Recent heavy rains and low temperatures have delayed corn and reduced acreage in many areas. Flooding damages corn and wheat but time remains for corn to rebound and wheat to absorb a decline. Cotton shows improvement and money rates remain high and unstable.
A broad appeal cites numerous customers praising Swiss Herb Tea as cure for long illnesses and requests additional orders. Letters from Brooklyn Iowa and Montezuma attest improved health with claims of past ailments lifted and gratitude to Otto Wicke, Brooklyn NY dealer. A $500 reward offer seeks proof of non genuineness.
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