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Newspaper
Logansport Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
8
Logansport Indiana reports a weak hog market with slow buyers due to mild weather and a holiday week. Openings were down about 5 to 15 cents from yesterday as the session waned with mixed sales and lower quotes for hogs and sheep, including calves and lambs, across standard weight ranges and classifications.
New York trading closed with broad gains as investors pursued late year window dressing. Strength led by Southern railway and coal issues with Reading boosted on anticipated November results. Bond activity was uneven, Norfolk and Western convertibles rising while U S government bonds held steady.
The New York market opened with a 2 1/10 point drop amid lower European cables. Roasting interests and Brazilian advices were bullish, but prices fluctuated midday and ended near unchanged to about 1 1/2 points higher. Sales totaled 41,000 bags with December at 11.10 and November at 10.69.
The document lists totals for sheep with figures 15 000 2 000 7 900 4 000 1 500 300 1 000 7 000 and references a likely organizational or regional dataset. Names and clear context are limited. the item appears to be a ledger entry or financial tallies.
Indianapolis hogs total 5,000 and cattle 1,000 with 400 sheep as year end runs lag. Prices slip 5 cents on hogs while steers and calves show mixed gains and demand for sheep and lambs remains firm. Lambs peak at 6.25, yearlings to 5.00, sheep to 4.00 with prices varying by weight and class.
Chicago markets closed with wheat and corn prices rising as bulls led buying on concerns over a cold wave and Manitoba export rumors. May options fluctuated with gains in May futures. cash corn and oats showed mixed strength while provisions remained active and uneven.
Quotations at the Tribune show merchants defending the prices they quote. The piece highlights tensions between sellers and buyers over listed costs and market expectations.
Oats listed at 60 cents per bushel with bestenaege rye and clover seed noted. Wheat and corn prices show figures around 90 and 48 cents per cwt respectively. Rye 60 cents and clover seed 7.25.
Chicago cash quotations show flour quiet and various grain and seed prices. No. 2 rye at 84 to 84 1 2 cents, flax seed No. 1 southwestern 2 20, No. 1 northwestern 2 43, timothy seed 10.00, clover 15.00, lard ends 9.15 to 10.23, short clear sides 10.62 to 10.75.
Local stalls list dairy and produce prices including butter and eggs from J. H. Foley & Co and Stuart & Bury. Prices show butter at various per pound and eggs per dozen with potatoes also quoted. Names indicate shop sellers and pricing lines interlaced with abbreviations and garbled text.
Total clearances of wheat and flour reached 180000 bushels. Primary receipts stood at 431000 bushels, down from 632000 the year before. Estimated tomorrow’s receipts forecast 28 cars of wheat 380 cars of corn 289 cars of oats and 27000 hogs.
New Orleans reports the former U. S. cruiser Detroit, sold by the government to a New York broker for 20000 dollars, will form the nucleus of a filibustering fleet to be sent against the gulf coast of Mexico by insurrectos, according to information leaked from the Mexican junta.
A fragmentary ad text mentions Blood Bitters claimed to conquer dyspepsia and digestive discomfort, reflecting vintage medicine marketing. No clear dates or names available from the readable portion.
In Toledo Ohio on December 29 prices listed for Clover seed cash December January February and March nine dollars five cents per unit April eight eighty May eight seventy. Alsike prime and December nine dollars twenty five cents. Timothy prime and December four dollars sixty five cents.
Buffalo cattle and calves mixed receipts with lower prices. Prime steers 6.50 to 6.75, calves 5.75 to 10.50, sheep weak with lambs 6.40 to 6.50 and yearlings 4.75 to 5.00. Hogs mostly 8.00 to 8.05 with varieties 8.05 to 8.30. Cincinnati cattle 5.60 to 5.74, hogs 7.90 to 7.95, sheep 2.00 to 3.75, lambs 4.00 to 5.85. Pittsburg cattle steady veal 9.00 to 10.00, hogs 8.00 to 8.30, lightYorkers 8.25 to 8.30.
Chicago dealers report a surprise upturn in cattle prices with packers buying heavily at 10c above prior costs as shipper orders grow. Hogs fall short of gains with late trading seen at 7.70 for prime hogs and packers buying near 7.60 to 7.65. Lambs weaken while mutton holds firm as buyers show reluctance to clear lighter offerings.
The report lists per hundredweight prices for livestock across grades and weights. Beeves range from inferior at 4.00 to prime at 7.00, cows from 4.00 to 5.25, calves up to 8.00, feeding steers around 4.50 to 5.50, and hogs from 7.00 to 8.25. Sheep show ewes at 3.00 to 3.50 and lambs 5.00 to 6.60, with range weights and fed lot distinctions.
Cincinnati Ohio December 29 Flour quiet Wheat steady No 2 red winter 96 99c Corn firmer No 3 mixed 45 44 46c Oats steady No 2 mixed 33 34c Rye firm No 2 86 87c Prime steam yard Hasier 10.20 10.30 Bulk meats steady short ribs sides 10.75 Bacon firmer short ribs sides 11.75
In St Louis on December 29 Wool prices held steady across all categories. Medial grades, combings and clothing wool measured 22 28 0 ight fine 20 with minor variations noted.
The snippet shows clubbing rates for several newspapers including Tribune and Indiana Farmer at 3.85 dollars per year, Tribune and Farmers' Guide at 4.00, Tribune and Inter Ocean and Farmer at 3.80, Globe Democrat at 4.15, and Tribune with Weekly Toledo Blade at 3.80 per year.
A celebrated musical critic, married years ago in a church, interrupts a wedding march to critique the Lohengrin score. He cites baroque flubs and instructs the organist to retry the passage, prompting the organist to perform creditably and satisfy the critic.
Pine forest pollen travels up to 200 miles from shore forming yellow coatings on lakes and seas. The grains are hollow with vesicles, allowing them to float in the air like kites, leading to misidentification as sulphur showers by peasants.
A brief dialogue references gambling and luck with playful lines about chance and deception. The exchange hints at poker and game of chance themes, noting that a wife may or may not discover the gambling.
A Boston couple sought marriage during an afternoon service. The minister postponed until after the hymn 415 titled Mistaken Souls That Dream of Heaven. The couple waited in the rear and were invited to the chancel after the hymn.
A Chicago Record Herald note reprints a rhyming will from England dated July 17 1789. The document bequeaths the entire estate to two loving sisters, declares no one may thwart the intent, and seals it as the true act of Will Jacket amid playful legal phrasing.
Fragmented local itemization notes visitors travels illnesses visits oncoming events and a planned program for January 27 1917 including songs instruments and humorous sketches plus reserved seats and attendance at a party at C C Bishop home in Logansport.
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