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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
6
The notice invites readers to request a full booklet containing complete fish and game laws and coast line details from Mackinac area. It promises descriptions of abundant northern lakes and forests with various game, and asks readers to write for particulars and send two stamps.
Receipts of hogs at principal western markets yesterday show totals in Sioux City St Joseph Indianapolis Cincinnati St Louis and others with a combined drop year over year. Figures indicate a nationwide trend with a large decline from the previous period and varied per city.
Indianapolis August 31 hogs rose on light receipts with 4000 hogs 500 cattle and 150 sheep as against 2763 hogs 782 cattle and 189 sheep a week ago. Buyers showed less enthusiasm after shipping orders, prices steady to firm for quality hogs, while cattle and sheep markets held mixed with lambs at 4.00 to 5.15 and sheep 4.00 down.
A scanned market list provides price ranges for various stock categories. Steers good to choice at different weight bands, heifers and cows by quality, bulls and calves, hogs by weight class, and sheep with yearling and lamb values. The figures show bid ranges with units per 100 pounds and include several quality brackets.
The report lists mixed cattle prices with ranges for hogs pigs sheep and lambs. Notable figures include hogs at 7.00 to 7.20 dollars and lambs top at 6.25 dollars, yearlings at 4.75 to 5.00, and sheep at 2.00 to 4.50 dollars. Receipts total 7 000 head.
Chicago market notes receipts of cattle near 12 000 range cattle and 26 000 total cattle with a steady trend despite slow opening demand. Hogs opened active under 25 000 run but failed to sustain early gains with top around 7.10, later market drifting. Sheep and lambs showed large range lamb supply with lower prices while natives stayed steady to finish.
Buffalo stock market notes indicate cattle receipts around 4,500 with prices about 25 cents lower. Export steers appear in the mix as traders adjust values.
Market prices listed for cattle pigs sheep and lambs with ranges for grades from good to inferior and numbers for weights. Includes steers cows yearlings heifers bulls boars calves and feeder stock, with price per hundredweight and specific groupings such as heavy shipping barrows sows and feeding lambs.
Market notes display wheat futures for No 2 and No 3a grades with varying bids and cents per bushel. Prices range around 94 to 96 for No 2 and 2 78 or 1 04 for other grades, reflecting a fluctuating spring market.
Daily market notes show best timothy hay at 8 to 9 dollars per hundredweight and Loganport Grain Market lists Wheat at 87 cents, yellow corn 1.03, white and mixed 1.01, oats 0.45, rye 0.65, and clover seed 5 dollars per unit. Logansport Stock Market is updated daily by W. C. Routh & Co.
Chicago market shows gains on September wheat with elevator buying and strong cash premiums. Northwest receipts rise but mills and elevators absorb grain at premium levels. Corn and oats trade firm amid mixed weather signals and frost forecasts. hogs and cattle varied with feeder prices.
Indianapolis August 31. Political activity starts in earnest in Marion county next Wednesday when the Republican County organization will take the sixty day poll. The Democratic…
The Ontario inspectors report a Paris hospital discovery claiming picric acid can instantly relieve burn pain and speed healing in four to five days. Dr Thierry used saturated picric acid, noting skin yellowing but rapid relief and quick recovery with boric acid wash to remove stains.
The article warns of blister beetles Lytta spp that swarm in spring and feed on clematis and Japanese anemones. It urges prompt, vigorous control with multiple people to crush beetles before they scatter and also offers using insect powder dust to kill them.
A physician advises raising the left arm high to relieve choking faster than back slaps. He warns many chocking incidents occur at meals or play when no one is nearby to thump the back. The text notes that slapping the back is common but praises the arm lift as effective.
A historical housekeeping note explains hat cleaning techniques for different hat types. White milan or split straw hats are scrubbed with a weak oxalic acid solution and sun dried after applying sulfur precipitate. Black milan or horsehair hats are cleaned with velvet nap and alcohol, with shoe polish for chips. Colored hats use gasoline with velvet, faded hats may be tinted with oil and gasoline dye, and lace hats are dipped in gasoline and dried outside.
George A. Custer trustee of Trick-Burgman-Syfert Co bankrupt estate will sell at public sale at 424 426 Third Street Logansport Indiana starting 10 a m offering stock of merchandise wholesale nations and office furniture and fixtures. Sealed bids due before sale with 20 percent earnest in separate envelopes. bids opened the sale day and may be increased. Sale subject to bankruptcy referee approval and estate conditions.
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