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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
2
Market letter notes reduced cattle supplies early in the week led to higher prices through Wednesday. After Tuesday the run grew beyond expectations, creating discouragement and price softening in subsequent days. Major entities include Kansas City stock market and regional buyers.
The market ends the week with beef steers 15 to 80 lower and cattle down 10 to 15, stockers weak to 26 lower as packers hold back. Demand shifts with 17,000 head run, prices for fed steers around 6.25 to 7.50, cows at 2.85 to 5.00, hogs 5 to 10 lower, lambs 10 to 16 lower. buyers anticipate tighter supplies as winter approaches. The market miv es toward a pivot once feedstuff rises, and packers hold light inventories while feeders absorb the bulk.
A reader recalls a Pullman car water ban amid strict temperance enforcement, noting the split between corporate elites and slum dwellers. The piece argues private drinking cups as essential travel provisions, comparing water access to basic toiletries in safeguarding public health.
A Commoner column urges towns to allocate funds for a public rest room for women and children, citing lack of seating and shelter. It highlights the Missouri state fair’s $35,000 women’s building and a three year tent on grounds providing seats, cots, and a lunch room as a model for practical, humane support. It argues winter and summer needs, and calls for municipal action to offer a waiting space separate from stock areas, promoting treatment of women as well as livestock.
Miss Julia Holzer of Waterloo is found dead after a curling row is discovered hanging from a gas jet in her room. Authorities say she accidentally turned the jet on while placing it. She was engaged to marry Dr. Frank Leytze of Sioux City. the wedding was planned for this winter.
A historical note describes a new heat resistant material named Collozied Steel. Claimed to be denser than cast or malleable iron, it purportedly binds carbon with iron and resists sulfur gas penetration. Tests reportedly show Collozied Steel outwearing iron four to five times.
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