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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
6
The record lists numeric totals for yesterday showing various figures: 29,000 4,200 minus 14,000 1,000 5,900 2,000 4,700 7,000 .67 4100 4,300 5,500. The data appears as a sequence of values likely representing counts or sums across categories.
Wheat futures on the local exchange rallied on war scare and export revival but pared gains after bullish and bearish factors. Corn and oats fluctuated with provisions weak as livestock receipts spurred selling.
Indianapolis October 5 hog receipts 2,000 cattle 600 sheep 100 vs week ago 1,277 hogs 168 cattle 69 sheep and year ago 2,332 hogs 470 cattle. Prices ranged wide with a 10 cent drop for most. Hogs sold $5.50 to $7.20, most at $6.25 to $6.90. Cattle weak with declines around 10 cents. feeders steady. sheep and lambs active with lambs $5.25 and sheep $4.00 and down.
Market notes list price ranges for steers and heifers from good to choice and common to medium categories. Includes weight bands from 700 to 1,260 pounds, bulls and calves values, hogs by weight, and sheep brackets with a focus on medium to prime grades.
Wheat No 2 spring 1.04 1.05 dollars per bushel No 3 97 1.04 No 2 red 9753 98 percent Corn No 2 77 77c No 2 yellow 784 18Sc Oats No 2 white 50 51c No 2 4846 50c Butter Creamery 20 26c dairies 18 22c Eggs 16 19c firsts 22c prime firsts 23c
In the Arctic Lena river mouth area of Siberia, the Liakovs islands are described as frost bound and barren yet containing enormous fossil ivory amounts. The text notes the islands are uninhabited and insufficient for Avery diggers to support in themselves.
A fragment indicates Shas involvement in a 2G event, with the term deltettiado suggesting a mislabeled or garbled note about Shins. The readable portion highlights a link to Shas and a 2G context, but specifics are unclear due to text corruption.
Chicago and western markets face heavy cattle and hog offerings with prices expected to fall. Native steers drop 15 to 25 cents, hogs slump 10 to 20 cents, while sheep and lambs show strength with lambs near 6.50 and western sheep at 4.50 as buyers reel from slow demand.
Corrected daily by multiple firms. Wheat around 93c to 98c per hundred, corn 91c to 1.07, oats 44c to 45c, clover seed about 4.25 to 5.00 per hundred. Hog and cattle ranges listed by weight. prices vary from 3.00 to 6.85 per hundredweight. Markets include Loganport Stock Yards and Royal Centre with regional quotes.
Livestock prices listed include good to choice steers six forty to seven fifty, medium to fair seven fifty to six forty, and various scores of cows heifers and stockers. Calves calves and hogs show range prices from two to six dollars per hundredweight, with hogs at prime heavy and choice weights and sheep noted at market values.
Ancient belief held lettuce as the food of the dead after Adonis the beloved of Venus was mortally wounded. The goddess laid him on lettuce with milky juice said to soothe and narcotize. Lettuce supposedly cooled diners after feasts and countered wine’s heating effects. Bitter herbs and wild lettuce, succory, and tansy were noted for Passover meals.
Packers dominate prices as hog arrivals pale and shippers’ competition wanes. Chicago weekly intake remains below last year's peak, with September slaughter light and average hog weight at 219 pounds signaling feeder economy and potential lard hog shortages in coming weeks.
Local residents and relatives visit across communities including DeLanter Bowyer Phillips Kesling and Gore households. The Pipe Creek singing class shifts meeting night to Thursday for Prof Fisher. Rev Harrington to present illustrated sermons October 5 and 6. Miss Katherine Bowyer hosts Sunday school cases. Pipe Creek Ladies Aid quilts with Mary Berry hosting. J M McKinsey advertises 5 percent loans near City National Bank.
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