Market Prices: Grains and Produce Quoted
A historical price list shows oats at 8.00 to 10.00 per bushel, shelled corn 0.60 to 0.26 per bushel, potatoes at 43 per 100 pounds, country butter 0.60 per pound, and eggs 1.00 per dozen as quoted figures.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1910
Page
2
A historical price list shows oats at 8.00 to 10.00 per bushel, shelled corn 0.60 to 0.26 per bushel, potatoes at 43 per 100 pounds, country butter 0.60 per pound, and eggs 1.00 per dozen as quoted figures.
From the Progressive Retailer viewpoint a call to merchants to raise standards for quality, pricing, advertising honesty and store appearance. The piece urges planning, dignified conduct, clear pricing, legible catalogs, proper signs, bright lighting, and spotless displays to win today and tomorrow.
A mock fable contrasts constant busyness with usefulness. A fleas-plagued dog and a relentlessly winding Waterbury watch smoker are cited to argue that being busy does not guarantee value or practical worth.
Rousing call to enterprising action urging readers to boost the local economy. The piece compares self-doubt to a stalled boat and emphasizes personal initiative as a catalyst for community progress and growth. It underscores the value of proactive effort over idle competition.
South Omaha dominates western market growth with cattle gains of 100000 head and sheep gains of 413000 head, while hog receipts drop 247931 at South Omaha amid nationwide livestock shifts. In Cass county Nebraska, the sheriff must answer why John Clarence remains jailed after bond issues and habeas corpus motions. Beaver City man Emmett Donahue survives a train attack when firing on a hobo intruder. others flee.
Washington officials report Professor E. Co. Emery, chairman of the new tariff commission, and member Alvah H Sanders arriving to prepare information for a scientific revision of the Payne Aldrich tariff law this winter.
Washington dispatch notes favorable corn weather with ample sunshine but insufficient rain for cotton. Fruit crops face chill on the Pacific coast, while the Great Plains see overall rainfall shortages.
Chicago and Omaha grain markets show wheat futures closing mixed with a slight decline while corn and oats fall more. Foreign traders are credited with heavy selling. cash prices hold steady for No. 2 hard wheat and various corn and oats grades amid broad livestock receipts and mixed hog and sheep trading in Chicago and South Omaha.
A widow tells a dressmaker she cannot pay yet, explaining they remain too sorrowful to discuss finances as they mourn. The exchange highlights delayed settlement of mourning attire costs.
The Telegraph Directory lists county and village officers from Nebraska towns such as Sidney and Alliance, including governors and state officials, land offices, postmaster, and various club, church, and fraternal group leaders. It notes schedules for meetings, church services, and monthly or biweekly assemblies across multiple organizations.
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