General Local Market Prices Reviewed Weekly
Local market review compiles corrected weekly quotations for round lot First hens. Prices reflect standard wholesale levels and provide reference points for buyers and sellers in the market segment.
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1897
Page
6
Local market review compiles corrected weekly quotations for round lot First hens. Prices reflect standard wholesale levels and provide reference points for buyers and sellers in the market segment.
The listing shows cotton prices including Good Ordinary and Middling in Shreveport, with market notes on low middling, good middling, and various provisions. It details flour, sugar, coffee, tea, molasses, beans, corn, onions, potatoes, meat cuts, and other staple goods with quoted prices, unit sizes, and quality descriptors across the market page.
Fragmentary price notes for deer skins per pound and belts, nails, shovels, brass rods, skeins, and wagon gears. Includes per dozen and per pair costs, ranges for various lengths, and multiple vehicle axle options with wide price spread across the terse items.
An old advertisement notes a sole Kentucky Belle Whisky agent located on Louisian Street opposite Union Depot. It promotes single-source sales and brand availability through the listed location.
An exchange among John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Chauncey Depew, and Cornelius Vanderbilt reveals a plan to form a single grand trust controlling railroads, oil, sugar, tobacco, and more to uplift the masses. The group debates the political risk of universal inclusion and cheers erupt as champagne flows.
In a terse exchange, Hold and Chauvin dispute affiliations with local papers. Algiers Chronicle notes the confusion, while Hicks asserts identity and allegiance, warning that the other party will face consequences. The row centers on which reporter belongs to which paper and who is misattributed.
A garbled OCR snippet quotes a York magistrate and references to various figures and places, including Professor, Times Street, and California prosperity figures. The text is severely distorted, mixing phrases about street behavior with political mentions and incomplete names, lacking coherent news context.
The notice highlights safety and liability concerns for constructing cotton gins at specialized facilities. Bodenheimer and Lancafen teams are cited in relation to compliance and risk management procedures.
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