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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
6
Hog receipts about 12 000 with prices 25 percent higher for strong weights and good grades up to 6 35. Light hogs 5 00 to 6 0, cattle steady, calves strong. Sheep and lambs active with top lambs around 5 50 and typical sales 3 60 to 5 25. sheep to 4 00 and culls to 2 50.
Indianapolis market quotes list live stock prices by weight for steers heifers cows bulls calves hogs and sheep. entries specify good to choice medium and comn to fair categories with weights from 60 to 2100 pounds and prices per hundredweight across categories.
Buffalo stockyard receipts show cattle light and market steady while hogs total about 6 000 with prices low. The report notes modest demand and slow trading across classes in the Buffalo market on Oct 29.
Yesterday's figures show disparate results across Chicago Omaha Kansas City and other western markets with totals around 34 000 in one metric and losses of 12 000 in another. The data lists cities such as Sioux City St. Joseph Indianapolis Cincinnati St. Louis and totals totaling 8 200 dollars in value.
Chicago leads a sluggish session with hogs easing five to ten cents from prior levels as buyers show indifference. Cattle and sheep follow the soft trend with limited interests and modest declines. Wheat and corn trade mixed with gains early, then easing into late session weakness as supplies stay ample.
The list shows bids for steers cows heifers bulls and pigs with weights ranges from 160 to 260 pounds and prices from 3 45 to 6 75 per hundredweight plus notes on prime heavy butchers and packing stock. Several line items mention native lambs feeding lambs and yearlings with price spans and quality notes.
Chicago traders noted a brief bulge in wheat futures but gains quickly reversed. Cash corn stayed firm as light receipts and healthy demand supported prices. Market activity remained cautious amid mixed demand signals and nearby supply concerns.
Tribune announces daily market report for subscribers with current prices. Best timothy hay nine dollars per ton, mixed hay eight ninety two. Loganport grain market corrected daily lists wheat ninety five cents, new yellow corn seventy seven cents, new yellow and mixed seventy five cents, new oats forty four cents, rye sixty five cents, clover seed three dollars and seventy five cents.
Estimated receipts of cattle and sheep at major markets include Kansas City 10,000 head, Omaha 4,200, St Louis 4,500, St Joseph 3,000, Sioux City 4,300, South Saint Paul 1,000, Pittsburg 800, Buffalo 1,400, and Sioux City listings totaling 2,000.
Dr Brose Horne of Gas City, district representative for the Hearst Independence party, backs endorsing Dr Good for Congress amid party indecision after nominating time closed. Other factions accuse Horne of traitorous attempts to stamp out opposition to Warren.
Georgetown residents hosted dinners and visits with Mr and Mrs William Grant and Miss Bertha Gordon. Democratic and Republican meetings were held at the schoolhouse and at George Klepinger’s home, with speakers from Logansport and other areas. A Smith family reunion occurred at Charles Sayers home. Joseph Smith remains ill and a sister arrived from Iowa City.
News from Flora notes James Myers ill after a long illness, Edna Snyder back in charge of school, William Fisher in Frankfort on business, George Sink sprained husking, and Mary Dudley receiving eighty seven cards from son Raymond with Evan's fleet. Several residents attended a Delphi speaking event while J M Dudley tours for Birdsell Manufacturing and Mort Eaton plans to move to Rossville after the election.
A local resident near Bringhurst is remodeling his house and Riley Sink northwest of town. The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church met at Rev. Davis's home on Wednesday.
John T. Stewart, a Philadelphia union printer, writes to the president praising his reply to Mr Gompers then criticizes Gompers for trying to turn organized labor against Taft. Stewart says two thirds of organized labor support Taft and warns defeating the Republican ticket would be a serious blow to organized labor.
Judge Nelson spoke to a large crowd at the courthouse last night addressing laboring men. He highlighted a statute he said a democratic legislature placed on Indiana’s books requiring labor claims to be paid first from bankrupt property. He criticized Judge Taft’s labor record and read related Taft decisions, as B F Long planned to respond tonight and recount Republican actions for labor.
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