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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
7
Livestock prices fall across hogs and cattle with receipts around 8 000 head and cattle including steers cows and heifers. Market shows reduced prices across fat cattle and hogs with various classes affected.
The data presents weekly hog price ranges and averages across multiple days and markets. It lists bulk price figures, day-by-day shifts, and weekly totals, noting variations between days such as Monday through Saturday and the prior week.
The market notes list buyers and shippers across regions including LeMius, Oyens, Bainbridge, and Kirkpatrick with cattle and other livestock. Arrivals on Milwaukee Road include Nicholson and Holley among others, while Omaha Road shipments feature J Pruesdale and several others. The fragmentary list captures buyers, arrivals, and shippers in a connected regional market report.
A vintage health column touts a morning internal bath with warm water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion appetite and overall vitality benefiting those with constipation bilious spells and various ailments.
A May 1918 dispatch from Mitchell, South Dakota notes a state council of defense order to register idle and unemployed citizens ages sixteen to twenty one and over thirty one. The plan aims to mobilize labor for food production and conservation with enforcement by county councils and the state council. Evidence cited includes affidavits and local testimonies supporting the move.
Fragmented OCR lists names and places from a regional sports page. Mentions Wynot, Newcastles, Seney, Bloomfield, Laurel, and others with scattered player names, likely team rosters or score references. The legible items hint at a community athletics summary and lineups.
Chicago May 20 hogs weaken on Chicago market as supply remains large and demand unsettled. Cattle and sheep trades steady to firmer with prices mixed. Also notes annual stockholders meeting of Pullerton Lumber Co set for June 1 1918 in Mitchell Doon with Jas Go Pullerton president.
In Chicago on May 29 the corn futures market reached new seasonal lows as higher temperatures and favorable crop weather indicator signs appeared. Opening prices fell 1 8 to 1 1-8 cents, with July at 4.96 1-4 and other futures slipping, then rebounding briefly before ending 1 1-43 to 15-8 cents lower. June and July quoted near 1.33 1-2 and 1.85 1-4 respectively amid persistent market weakness and short-covering rallies.
Minneapolis Minn May 29 Corn No 3 yellow four fifty five and a half cents per bushel. No 8 white oats seventy two point four two cents. Rye one eighty eight and one dollar. Grain market figures include bids and closes for corn oats and rye with ranges and daily changes.
Ny 29 notes prices for corn yellow varieties No 2 No 3 and No 4 yellow plus SLT oats and rye with cents per bushel. Barley Timothy clover and lard and pork prices listed with various bid figures.
Hess receipts 9 600 dominated by cattle with calves and killers steady to higher. Steers 100 to 17.00, cows and heifers 14.00 to 15.00, calves 7.00 to 9.50. Sheep and lambs 50 steady. lambs 10.00 to 15.00, wethers 7.00 to 13.50, ewes 10.00 to 13.00. Feeders slow and weak, 6.50 to 11.00.
Dr E V Bobb specializes in eye ear nose and throat care in Mitchell South Dakota. He is associated with Drs Bobb and Bobb and operates from the First National Bank Building location.
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