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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1904
Page
8
Missouri Pacific western division including Sedalia Warsaw Boonville Lexington and Versailles branches has gone three months with no wrecks of any consequence. Assistant Superintendent Simms credits luck and crew efficiency amid heavy rains floods and new fast World’s Fair trains.
Letters praise Peruna as a cure for female troubles and indigestion with Mrs. E. Von Stienau and Mrs. M. J. Danley credited. The region reports staff shifts on the Katy railway, resignations of A. C. Balch and transfers to Chicago and St. Louis, plus shop reopenings as the car shops resume full operation next week.
The Big Tent evangelist Manhall preached a moving sermon on heaven drawing a large crowd last night with hundreds turned away. He urged unconverted listeners to confess Christ as Savior promising a heavenly home prepared for the faithful, while stressing the transient nature of earthly life.
The Markets This Week notes moderate supplies lifting cattle prices. Steers top at 6.30, hogs steady around 5.15 to 5.20, sheep and lambs down 30 to 40 cents. Packers profit from hog purchases while shippers push light hogs near 200 pounds. Markets expect price support despite heavy future runs. Poultry prices listed for hens and spring chickens are included. J A Rickart, Live Stock Correspondent.
A brief market listing from the Logan Co operative at 214 South Lamene Street in Chicago notes prices, commodities, and trading activity for the day June 30.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing reports continuous production of new national bank notes. Machinery operates around the clock to meet demand as security features and designs are updated for circulation and public use.
Foggy and rainy conditions with light wind in New London set the scene for Yale to win the Freshman race by about thirty seconds. The four oared race was postponed due to heavy rain, leaving several events incomplete.
A Sedalia notice indicates copies of Dr. Clayton's Treatise on the Dog mailed to dog owners. Farris Pharmacy holds extra copies. owners who did not receive one should call. The piece also notes 300 million dollars in English investment in submarine cables.
Prices paid to local dealers for farm and dairy products across cereals and breadstuffs. Prairie hay and straw per ton list at 7 to 9 dollars, corn per bushel at 50 to 55 cents, wheat per bushel around 1.10 dollars, various flours per cwt from 2.10 to 3 dollars, and potatoes per bushel about 1 dollar. Corn meal per bushel is 60 cents, sorghum per gallon 40 cents.
Chicago hogs steady with wholesale figures from 5.00 to 5.30. Cattle weak around 4.00. Omaha and Kansas City show mixed hogs and weak cattle. East St. Louis reports top hogs at 5.40 and bulk 5.20 to 5.30. Estimated Chicago hogs for Friday at 18,000.
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