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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
6
Market reports show hog receipts at key western centers with volumes tallied across swift auction days. Traders note price ranges and shifts in demand as hogs move through principal packing hubs in the region.
Wheat declined over 1 cent on the local exchange amid profit taking, with a late rally on short covering. May wheat closed around 98 to 99 cents. corn and oats rose modestly while provisions gained. Cattle, hogs, and sheep saw varied activity as receipts and packing demand influenced prices across futures and spot markets.
A vigorous Chicago market for steers pushed prices about 10 cents higher than yesterday. All steer classes sold well with light handy weights in strongest demand and shipping demand driving heavier lots. Top price reached around 6.05 for good steers, while higher grades at 6.25 yesterday would likely have sold higher today.
Indianapolis receipts show 5500 hogs 1100 cattle 200 sheep versus prior week. Prices range 4.45 to 4.60 for hogs, most 4.50 to 4.55, cattle demand steady with steers selling above 5.00, calves weaker. Trade active with outside demand and local packers driving bidding. Thursday activity described as near normal.
Buffalo live stock receipts total 2 900 hogs with prices 4 50 to 4 90 for yorkers and mixed loads 4 75 to 4 85. Sheep and lambs receipts 3 000 with top lambs at 7 50. Cattle market steady.
South Omaha on March 5 reports cattle receipts around 3000 with prices from 2.25 to 5.75 for varies including native steers and western steers, hogs at 4.10 to 4.35 and bulk 4.20 to 4.30, and sheep at 4.75 to 6.75 with yearlings and lambs showing strength in the market.
The Tribune aims to publish a reliable market report daily to help subscribers buy and trade wisely, relying on Tracy markets as a reference point.
Market reports corrected from multiple exchanges. Wheat around 92c. new dry corn near 68c. oats 46c. rye 60c. Hog prices 150-250 lbs range 4.10 to 4.25. steers 800-1200 lbs 3.75 to 4.50. cows 2.50 to 3.00. calves 5.75. sheep 4 to 4.4c. Listings from Royal Center Walton New Waverly Flora and Galveston consignments.
Alonzo Smith of Skowhegan Maine owns a musket used at Bunker Hill 131 years ago. The weapon passed through generations from Billy Smith of the Second New Hampshire to Cornville and finally to Sylvester Smith of Skowhegan, now kept as a family heirloom.
A misaligned excerpt notes use of gold coin pay envelopes due to currency scarcity. A New Yorker traveling west near Detroit or Denver reports this practice as favored where gold circulation is higher, highlighting a clever currency substitution trend.
A New York Sun report describes a man who keeps a coin pocket lined with emery paper, periodically renewing the coin and selling the gold dust gathered there, turning it into a profitable activity.
Sir Walter Parratt advocates censorship of music arguing sentimental, weak tunes harm morals. He condemns many popular ballads and hymn tunes as deteriorating and urges weeded selections while praising a restrained emotionalism. His stance mirrors rising drama censorship tensions in London.
Tribune Special Correspondence Galveston items note social visits and local moves in Kokomo and surrounding towns. Community updates include hospital wards with a cheerful nurse and a talkative sea captain, plus various residents relocating, visiting, or planning contracts and events.
Young Bertie courts Ann and asks her to marry him. She replies that she loves no other man and will be his for life. He gazes at her bright eyes and asks what draws his heart, sensing the world is fair with her near. She answers softly that it is onions, love.
An amateur conspirator outlines a scheme to end tree protection and promote destruction, aiming to convert hillsides parks and avenues into barren wastes, followed by plans to organize a parasol trust as a safeguard for stewardship.
Dustin Stax voices defiance as residents resist fare reduction laws. He argues previous compliance with revenue-raising maximum rates, but claims further escalation targets provoke unacceptable pressure. The exchange frames tense conflict over transportation pricing and authority.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a caller asking to stop her paper and the editor replying with sarcasm as a dispute unfolds over a neighborly loan and editorial policy. The exchange ends abruptly with unfinished phrasing.
Flora resident Mrs May MecCane visited Flora yesterday. Walter Snider’s father from Rossville visits this week. George Benson uses crutches to get around town. A baby boy weighing ten pounds born to Mr and Mrs Will Clark of East Main Street. S W Swartz is very ill with days likely numbered. Baptist Aid Society met at the home of Mrs Lewis Myers yesterday. Jesse Briggs travelled to Logansport Thursday to look after horses. Marve Wikle’s father of Young America died Wednesday. Oliver Cripe plans to leave for North Dakota around March 12 with his family.
The couple gained fame for intellect as much as beauty. Heloise spoke Italian French Greek Latin and Hebrew. Abelard died in 1142 and Heloise in 1164. Abelard was buried at St Marcel before final tomb at Pere la Chaise with Heloise.
A writer notes that window cleanliness reflects a housekeeper's character. Simple methods include water with alcohol as a cleaning medium, newspaper rubbing, or dry cleaning with liquid whiting. The text mentions many products claiming to keep windows spotless and boost a housekeeper’s reputation.
Royal Centre Jessie Runkle visits Terre Haute while Eva Anderson and Carl Kistler visit Logansport. Bumper Frye visits his father Sol Frye south of town. Juniors rehearse for a March 28 class play. Mrs M E Fisher travels to Elwood to visit Mrs Dinkaid. Baptist Missionary society meets with Mrs C M Anderson. Geneval Kramer hosts a taffy pull. John Sanders petitions for two crossing and an arc light on East Main. Mrs Thomas of Chicago visits O M McCombs. The Dempsey v Smith trial is dismissed for nonappearance. Effie Washburne weds William Young at Rev Kaley’s. James Oswalt reports a small fire, insured, at his north town home. Mrs George Wentz hosts a birthday surprise with games and light refreshments.
A society note says young women and men endure a grueling social season with long dances. It cites fresh arrivals growing wan and weary after hours on the floor while some men claim they cheat fatigue by a midday sleep before evening events.
A curiously misquoted quip about wisdom in dangerous times compares wisdom to a hen and a nut, warning that prudent thinking cost and value depend on judgment, with a final caution about gain and loss in risky choices.
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