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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
6
Receipts of hogs at principal western markets yesterday show varied totals across multiple markets with figures ranging from 3,300 to 22,000 head. The day’s combined totals indicate modest fluctuations compared to the previous year.
Indianapolis June 16 cattle hogs sheep prices mixed with gains for good hogs and dry fed steers. Hogs range 5.34 to 5.85 with most 5.50 to 5.75. cattle firm to 10c higher on well finished steers. calves up 25c. sheep active with lambs 6.73 and sheep 4.25. Horses weak in opening auction. 124 head hard to place. prime bricks steady but big heavy grades down as much as 50 dollars.
The document lists bid categories and price ranges for steers heifers cows and bulls by weight and quality. It includes Good to choice steers from 800 to 1 300 pounds with corresponding prices and notes on feeding classes and stockers. Also covered are hogs with weight-based pricing and quality grades from best heavies to light pigs.
Market listing shows prices for yearlings and sheep with rates per hundred pounds and totals. Includes figures for bucks and spring lambs with a transport code and totals around 81 300 and 32 300.
Hog prices softened with weaker demand and lower in late trading. Cattle mixed as good butcher stock held firm, distillery cattle hit $8.10, while sheep and lambs declined. Corn and oats rose on rain and strong feed demand as wheat closed firm despite early losses. Estimated tomorrow: wheat four cars, corn 228, oats 102, hogs 31,000 head.
Buffalo June 16 market notes show cattle receipts about 1,000 with slow trading. Hogs receipts around 2,000 with pigs priced 5.15 to 5.25 and all others 5.85 to 6.00. Sheep and lambs listed light with top lambs at 6.00.
Chicago reports show additional rain in the winter wheat section boosting sentiment in the wheat market. Traders note moisture supports yields and prices may rise on weather forecasts.
The Tribune states it will publish a reliable daily market report to help subscribers buy and sell intelligently. Readers are invited to request specific information by visiting the office or calling No 312.
Logansport markets report daily corrections for grain and stock prices including wheat at 83c per bushel, yellow corn 90c, oats 44c. hogs 5.20 to 5.50 per cwt, steers 4.75 to 5.50, cows 3.50 to 4.25, calves 4.50 to 5.60, sheep 4c to 41c a lb. other markets list varied prices for poultry, butter, eggs, potatoes, wool 16c, with regional entries Walton Flora Camden and separate grain houses providing current rates.
A man confesses a violent disdain for children and recounts an incident where he kissed a widow, provoking a child who shouted Don’t you kill my mamma. The tale ends with the child mockingly calling him the man who bit her mamma, leaving a strong moral stain.
A board member praises a quick student who finishes a problem and asks to see the result. The boy presents a riddle style answer: If a brick hit a Mick, what would happen to the brick.
A French chef traveling the Paris to St Germain railway during the line opening attempted frying potatoes in butter aboard. A delay caused a second fry after returning to boiling butter, yielding light inflated potatoes. The episode is linked to the 50th anniversary of France's first railway as described by the London Globe.
The cheese carriers of Holland maintain an ancient strict guild with emphasis on cleanliness and pristine dress. Weekly summer cheese markets in north Holland towns bring gay activity as farmers families dress in finery and transport weekly shopping in empty carts. The June May cheese is praised as the finest and choicest.
A small Virginia nephew visits the north and proposes building a mansion of wood blocks. His uncle, amused, notes they do not work on Sundays. The boy then says they do no work Sunday except reading the Bible and feeding the hogs.
On a first farm visit, Little Margie wandered the barn seeking eggs but returned tearful saying hens were standing around doing nothing. The mother asks if any eggs were found, and Margie laments the situation as unfair.
A wrathy woman witness complains of a lawyer calm in bed, while her husband notes he may sleep easy but prefers court. The exchange showcases courtroom tension and sharp humor amid legal contention.
A love lorn youth sighs that he could live on kisses alone. The witty girl replies with a joke about where he would get kisses if he lived alone.
A New York public school tale involving a teacher’s license and position amid a provocative math problem told by a board member with a brogue. A boy on the back seat scribbles the riddle as the scene unfolds, highlighting tension in the schoolroom.
The manager retorts the performer lacks charm, calling her a plain hen and not a chic sensation. The exchange underscores a clash over stage presence and market appeal in a backstage moment.
Mrs. John Foy of Meadow Street, West Springfield, notices green leaves growing from the legs of a willow bark table. Peddlers sold several such tables recently, and the fresh greenery appears due to the wood being cut in the bud and not cured, with moisture from recent rains encouraging leaf growth.
A New York men's club election saw two candidates. A typewritten letter signed by a trusted woman claimed to be a libel and urged members not to honor what she called the meanest man. The letter skewered the wealthier candidate’s character with anecdotes. The alleged meanest man was defeated.
John Jenks of Seattle reacts violently to any soup type and even noodles or potatoes, shrieking and tossing dishes. His wife Mrs Shehezerde Jenks seeks divorce, claiming the mania could spread. Doctors diagnose the condition as soupiana dementia as courts review the matter.
A noted modern writer confesses devotion to his wife and explains the need to quarrel to trigger her anger and tears. He claims this routine clears his mind for work, ending with reconciliation and mutual fatigue after a day.
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