Wheat and live market summary from Chicago March 10
Wheat for May delivery fell nearly 3 cents on the local exchange amid heavy selling by leading longs. May opened at 95.5 to 96.4 cents, closed 93.5 to 94.5 cents, with burdens from bears and bears. Corn rose modestly while oats gained 4 cents. provisions dropped 5 to 15 cents. Cattle and sheep market mixed with steers near steady, lambs strong, weekly arrivals totaling 28,616 cattle 66,101 hogs 28,209 sheep.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shorts
May
Chicago Hog Market Opens With Shipper Domination
Chicago traders report hog prices holding a narrow $4.70 to $4.75 range as shippers drive early trading while packers hesitate. Cattle prices remain steady and receipts light with limited buyer interest as traders assess the session.
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Chicago
Market Summary Shows Steady Sheep and Lamb Prices
Prices for lambs ranged from 5.00 to 7.00 with large lots at 6.75 to 6.90. Best sheep reached 4.75 while culls dropped to 2.00. Relative to last week equal kinds held steady to strong.
Livestock Market Reports Mixed Demand and Steady Hogs
Receipts show 6500 hogs 1000 cattle 100 sheep vs 7717 hogs 1069 cattle 372 sheep a week ago and 4580 hogs 1099 cattle 253 sheep a year ago. Hog marketing remains small but higher than a year ago. buyers cautious at high prices with 4.65 to 4.80 top and 4.70 to 4.75 bulk. Cattle demand active with strong steer prices and 15 cent higher cows and heifers. calves and bulls show firm or higher prices. sheep and lambs slightly larger than recent days but below normal for the week.
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Jaight Barrow
Esacevee
Eanse Va Eeresiaeve
Buffalo Market Report Hogs and Sheep Receipts Rise
Buffalo March 10 hog receipts reach 2000 head with prices 4.60 to 5.15 for hogs and 7.60 to 7.75 for top lambs. Cattle market remains steady with overall activity described as steady.
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Buffalo
Local Markets Report from Loganport Tribune
The Tribune presents daily market outlook with prices from Bishop Elevator Co and W. C. Routh & Co. Grain includes wheat at 90 cents, new corn 70 cents, oats 47 cents, rye 60 cents. Timothy hay 13.50 to 14.00. Stock figures list hogs 4.25 to 4.50 for various weights, steers 3.15 to 4.25, heifers 3.60 to 8.78, cows 2.50 to 3.00.
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Logansport
Bishop Elevator Co
Timothy Hay
W. C. Routh & Co
Bishop Elevator
New Waverly
Daily commodity price corrections from multiple markets
Corrected daily prices list for butter eggs lard potatoes and poultry across Galveston Royal Center Walton New Waverly and other firms. Includes Wheat corn oats rye hogs steers heifers cows calves and various poultry prices with per unit values and market ranges.
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Galveston
L. E. Miller
Royal Center
W. G
W. G. Sweet
Walton
Rich Bros
New Building For Routh Packing Company
The Routh Packing company awarded contracts for a new facility at an estimated total cost of 35 000 to 40 000 dollars. John E Barnes won the structural bid about 20 000 dollars, Armstrong Cork handles insulation, and Albright Nell of Chicago will equip the killing room tracking and switches. Work starts soon with a completion goal of August 1 and promises up to date packing house facilities in the region.
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Routh Packing Company
John E. Barnes
Armstrong Cork Company
Albright & Nell
Chicago
Routh
Pursue Large Whale Off Amagansett Coast
Old-time whalers near Amagansett Long Island spotted a whale about three miles offshore. A whaleboat crew, composed of former experts, launched to approach but the whale spouted several times and swam back to the open sea, leaving Puruit abandoned toward dusk.
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New York
Amagansett
Long, Island
Visiting notables listed in Lincoln city notes
Oliver Eden Lincoln Nebraska Herman Simmons Henry Clayman Fred Garrets Danforth Illinois are in the city visiting Rhino Kubo and the estate officials during a local social event with regional figures noted among attendees.
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Oliver - Eden
Lincoln
Nebraska
Herman Simmons
Henry Clayman
Fred. ‘Garrets
Microbe culture venture collapses as chemist sinks profits
A New York founded firm sold microbe cultures to beer wine bread and cheese makers promising huge returns. A brew master warned there is no money in it after buying a single tube for 20 dollars and proving one tube could meet all needs. The promoter admits brewing chiefs control purchases through chemists and warns the business failed.
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New York
United States
Baby Talk Reveals Quiet Riches of Language
A mother notes her baby's speech shows rich imagery and emotion. The child halts a scolding, declares hush, and explains he is made for lovings and soft things. He returns with a pansy, calling it the happiest flower, and smiles at its sunny face.
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Harper’s Bazar
Third Rail Cure Belief Brings Careful Cure Problem
Jack Smith, a Tacoma man and county poor farm inmate, attempted suicide by leaping onto an interurban train third rail. The shock left him unconscious but alive, and he claimed it cured his rheumatism. Authorities sent him to Steilacoom Insane asylum to treat his delusion.
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California
Tacoma
Jack Smith
County Poor Farm
Jack
Steilacoom Insane Asylum
Milwaukee Sentinel
Forcing the Lilac with Crock Culture Techniques
The article explains forcing lilac branches by cutting strong limbs and placing them in a crock of earth with plant food, keeping water levels steady, and periodically adding weak ammonia solution. It warns against water-grown buds that brown before maturing, and notes fruit blossoms form when branches are kept in sunny jars of water.
The Disappearing Pine in the Three States
The standing pine of Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota probably does not exceed 20 billion feet. Last year the total cut in these three states was about 3.292 billion feet. At that rate stumpage may be exhausted in six or seven years. Original growth was about 400 billion feet and much has been cut since 1873.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Known Here Despite Empty Wallet in Transatlantic Tale
In a translated snippet from Fliegende Blaetter, a character laments having no money while another replies that being known here suffices. The exchange highlights social familiarity over cash in this Transatlantic Tales fragment.
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Fliegende Blaetter
What He Favored in Panama Flairs
A fragment reads as a clipped inquiry about preferences and Panama connections. The text mentions favored opinions and mild interest, but is incomplete and lacks clear individuals or events to establish a concrete news item.
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Panama
Galveston Notes Move to Hemlock Farm and Local Events
Tribune Special Correspondence reports William Osborne and wife and daughter have moved to Hemlock after wintering in Galveston and buying a farm. Other items include Mrs Carrie Fenn visiting Sharpsville, A J Shirley in Kokemo, funeral for Mrs Youtha Bell in Lincoln, and Dr Armstrong’s trip to Bunker Hill. The remains of Mrs Sophia Lagg of Indianapolis were buried in Galveston. Elma Lenna Swafford, 11, dies of spinal meningitis. two local cases noted as improving. Also, Miss Mary I Shultz hosts seven friends for lunch and a ciphering match at the Union hotel.
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William ‘Osborne
George Saylors
Hemlock
Carrie, Fenn
Sharpsville
A. J. Shirley
Kokémo
Galveston
Youtha Bell
Lincoln
Armstrong
Bunker Hill
Sophia Lagg
Indianapolis
Union Cemetery
Elma Lenna Swafford
Edna Swafford
M. E
Herbert Boase
Galvestone
Alvin Gibson
Charles Spradling
Harry Eldridge
Mary I. Shultz
Logansport
Flora School Board Considers Regular Fire Drill Practice
Flora officials weigh resuming standard fire drills as other towns do to protect students. Reports say local schools have dropped drills, risking four to five hundred children. Several residents, including Mrs. Brower and Mrs. Goodacre, are mentioned in local activities and visits. Will Moore remains ill at the Commercial hotel as community notes cover social calls and travel.
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Flora
Frank Brower
East Columbia Street
H. Goodacre
Oxford
Ind
The
Christian Church
Will Moore
Commercial
Vanity and recognition blur in a shipman's tale
A prominent steamship man misses a pleasant greeting from a coworker he fails to recognize offline. His partner reveals the woman is the office telephone operator he sees daily, prompting reflection on aging and appearance. The anecdote blends humor with a note on familiarity versus novelty. An Irish fable follows about gold believed to be abundant in America and a beggar's wit.
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Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Misrepresentation drives immigration from peasant quotas
Chicago businessman George F. Warner, returning from Germany and Austria, blames paid agents for luring peasants with tales of easy riches in America. He says agents promise high wages, lower living costs, and large money sums, but omit the higher costs here and the real difficulty of securing steady work.
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George F. Warner
Chicago
Germany
Austria
America
A Promising Fruit Persimmon Hardy in North
The author argues persimmon, once considered fragile, withstands extreme cold. A Clinton New York tree grown from Missouri seed bore fruit despite subzero weather, blossoming yearly though initially barren. Missouri horticulturist Miller provided four named varieties tested to ripen from September to December. The tree yields golden balls of highly palatable fruit when ripe.
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Clinton
N. Y
Missouri
Indiana
Virginia
Miller
Washingtons Headquarters at Newburg Needs Fireproof Building
The Newburg New York headquarters of Washington is well kept and cherished by locals with state funding for maintenance. A request to the legislature seeks 30000 for a fireproof building to store manuscripts relics and memorials of Washington and the Revolution.
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Washington
Newburg
N. Y
The Oldest Royal Golfer
The king of England is the oldest royal golfer in golfing experience not merely in years. It may surprise many to learn that King Edward was driving a golf ball half a century ago, long before most golfers of today were born.
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England
Edward
Esperanto Poetry Prompts Debate Among Speakers
Quip about Esperanto’s synonyms and word endings sparks a lighthearted jab. A defender jokes that rich word variety enables poetry in the language, while a skeptic questions the claim in a brief exchange.
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