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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1909

Page

3

Wheat and corn rally after bullish government report

Chicago market notes a strong bullish week with wheat surging on a bullish government report showing spring wheat condition down about 3 points. Corn and oats rise as short covering dominates. oats profit-taking noted. Provisions push hogs to multi-year highs, with live hog prices near top levels and pork at peak values. Sheep stay steady to firm with good demand for lambs.

Chicago Bears Northern Minneapolis Duluth Ocean Passage

Chicago Grain and Feed Prices on Sept 18

Chicago market prices list for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with bid and ask ranges. Markets show No 2 red wheat 1.07 to 1.15, corn No 2 68% to 69 cents, oats 37 to 40 cents, rye cash 70 to 72 cents, timothy and clover seed prices noted for cash and future months.

Chicago Board of Trade Chicago

Western cattle market ends week strong with top prices

Receipts of western cattle were heavier last week and the market showed strength, especially for top grades. Choice cornfed and western steers sold at the highest prices of the year. Texas steers around 5.40. western steers 4.15 to 6.00. cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.00. calves 6.70 to 9.00, with a slight dip at week’s end.

Chicago Texas

Livestock Prices Reported from Des Moines Market

Des Moines market shows hogs in good demand with yards quoting 7.00 to 7.50 for good to choice, 4.50 to 6.00 for grassers and rough, and 5.50 to 6.50 for pigs. Cattle steady with good demand. choice steers 5.50 to 6.25, medium to good 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 2.90 to 3.90, veal calves 3.50 to 5.60. Bulls 2.50 to 3.50.

Des Moines

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices From South Omaha Sale

South Omaha market summary dated Sept 13 shows cattle steady to higher with native steers 4.75 to 7.75, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, western steers 3.75 to 6.00, Texas steers 3.00 to 5.25, range cattle 2.75 to 4.50, stockers and calves 3.25 to 6.50, bulls 2.50 to 4.75. Hogs steady to higher with heavy 7.75 to 8.05, mixed 7.85 to 7.95, light 8.00 to 8.25, pigs 5.46 to 7.50, bulk 7.80 to 8.00. Sheep steady with yearlings 5.00 to 5.50, wethers 4.25 to 5.15, ewes 4.00 to 4.45, lambs 6.75 to 7.50.

South Omaha Texas

Market Report St Joseph September cattle and hog prices

St Joseph market notes on September 12 show cattle steady to 10 cents lower with steers from 4.00 to 8.00, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.00, calves 3.50 to 8.00. Hogs steady to 5 cents higher with tops at 8.25 and bulk at 8.00 to 8.15. Sheep steady with lambs from 4.00 to 7.50.

St. Joseph South St. Joseph

Des Moines Markets Open Market Quotes and Pricing

Des Moines markets report prices paid for goods in open market lots. Buyers incur an advance over jobbers' prices to secure quality goods for shipment and cover handling costs.

Butter Best Creamery Prices and Poultry Rates

Butter Best creamery shows prices for packing stock at 21c and 27c with 3lc reno vated. Poultry lists hens at 12'4yc, old cocks and stags at 6'4c, spring chickens 14c, ducks 10c. Eggs No 1 candled 24c No 2 20c checks 18c.

Produce Prices Listing From Local Market

A price rundown shows Apples at 3.50 per bushel? unit unspecified. Bananas 0.80 per pound, Cantaloupes Rocky Ford at 2.75. Cranberries Cape Cod 8.00 per barrel. Dates 5 4 per pound. Grapefruit 5.50. Grapes California Tokay 1.75 per crate. Moore's Early Concords 0.25 per basket. Lemons 6.50 to 7.00. Limes Domenico 1.10 per basket. Oranges Valencia 4.00. Pears Bartlett 2.75 per box Bartlett Michigan 2.75 per bushel New York Keifers 4.50 per barrel. Plums California 1.75 per case. Peaches Colorado Elberta 1.35 per crate. Watermelons 0.15 to 0.30 each.

Cape Cod California Tokey Valencia Michigan Bartlett New York Keifers Colorado Elberts

Local Produce Prices Listed for Market Basket

The notice lists prices for cabbage at 2 cents a pound, celery 30 cents per bunch, coconuts four cents each, cauliflower 1.25 dollars per hamper, eggplant 1.25 dollars per dot, New York head lettuce 3 dollars per hamper, onions 2 cents per dry, Spanish onions 2 dollars per crate, potatoes new at ten cents per bushel, and sweet potatoes 4 dollars per barrel.

New York

Commodity Prices From Local Market Ledger

Way-Timothy and new car lots priced at 11 and 9 to 9.50 dollars. Straw oats and wheat straw listed, plus feed items with prices for chopped, cracked corn, meal, shorts, bran, middlings. Cereals include bolied meal flour and graham varieties with per hundredweight rates. Linseed cake and various ton and hundredweight lots priced.

Timothy Graham Falcon Graham Falcon

Classified Hides and Pelts Prices Shown in List

A dated price list shows hides and pelts with unit grades and rates. Horse hides and sheep pelts are listed with varying prices per lot, alongside raw tallow and beeswax figures. The entry uses abbreviations such as No. 1 and No. 2 with cents and dollar amounts for each category.

Yesterday's Ball Games National League

National League results from Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis New York and Boston games. Highlights include Brooklyn and Chicago upsets and pitcher combinations Pulphia Roth and Bresnahan Leever. American League and Western League scores show varied outcomes amid night games and darkness delays.

Philadelphia R.A Pulphia Brooklyn Corvilion-Doom Bell-Marshall Cincinnati Rale Chicago Ruelbach-Archer Fromme Roth St. Louis Ww. St. Lowis Pittsburg Raleigh-Bresnahan Leever Gibson New York Boston Wiltie-Myers Mattern-Graham Kel Ames Schlei Richie Shaw American League Chicago RHE Cleveland Walsh-Sullivan Joss Higgins RALE Washton Smith-Donohue Gray Street RILE Phil’phia Morgan and Livingstone Doyle Manning Sweeney Detroit Mullin-Stanage Rose-Killifer Sioux City Denver Hall-Haas Clark Shea Des Moines R.H.E. D Moines Topeka Biersdorfer-Lewis Abbott-Karnes

Wheat prices rise on Argentina crop damage report

Locust damage to Argentina wheat prompted a sharp price jump on the Chicago board of trade. Final quotes show gains across wheat contracts with scattered movement in corn oats and provisions.

Chicago Argentina Board of Trade

South Omaha Livestock Prices Sept 13

South Omaha reports cattle receipts 11 800 with natives at 4 75 to 7 75 cows and heifers 3 00 to 5 00 western steers 3 75 to 6 00 stockers 3 00 to 5 40 calves 3 25 to 6 50 bulls 2 50 to 4 75. Hog receipts 1 700 steady to higher heavy 7 75 to 8 05 mixed 7 85 to 7 95 light 8 00 to 8 20 pigs 6 50 to 7 50 bulk 7 80 to 8 00. Sheep receipts 21 000 steady yearlings 5 00 to 5 50 wethers 4 25 to 5 00 ewes 4 00 to 4 65 lambs 6 75 to 7 50.

South Omaha

Chicago Livestock Market Report September 13

Cattle receipts 24 000, gains 11 cents, prices for beeves 4 25 to 8 35, cows and heifers 2 30 to 6 25, stockers 3 10 to 5 00, westerns 4 19 to 6 50. Hogs receipts 24 000, trade slow and up 5 cents, top 8 55, mix and butcher 7 90 to 8 55, good to choice heavy 8 10 to 8 55, rough heavy 7 79 to 7 95, light 8 05 to 8 474, bulk 85 840. Sheep receipts 30 000, steady, sheep 3 00 to 5 00, lambs 4 49 to 47 70.

Chicago

Four Die In Pittsburg Wall Collapse At Fire Site

A wall collapse at the Blanck Transfer and Storage building in Pittsburg killed one worker and seriously injured three others. Several more suffered cuts as debris buried two adjoining structures after a fire destroyed the building. Police and firefighters spent hours rescuing victims from the rubble.

Pittsburg Blanck Transfer and Storage Company Tiege

Taft Off for Boston for Chamber Banquet

Beverly Massachusetts September 14 President Taft will motor into Boston this afternoon to attend the chamber of commerce banquet. He will spend the night in Boston and leave for Chicago at 10 am tomorrow. Mrs Taft will accompany him on the seventeen mile trip into Boston and plans to remain in Beverly until November 12 when the president will return to Washington.

Beverly Mass Taft Boston Chamber of Commerce Chicago

Mayor and Councilmen Indicted in Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau Missouri September 14. The grand jury returned indictments against Mayor M. Leminty and six city council members for irregularities in municipal affairs. Indicted councilmen include Joel T. Juden Joseph Alexander C Wasterling Herman Dr A Glenn and Thomas Gill.

Cape Girardeau, Mo M. &. Leminty Joel T. Juden Josephlexander C. Wasterling Herman Dr. A. Glenn Thomas Gill

Baldwin Promoted to Fourth VP of Burlington System

Burlington Iowa September 14 practically confirmed that W W Baldwin of Burlington will be made a vice president of the Burlington system. Baldwin has served as assistant to President Harris of the Arlington and his valued services led to the creation of the fourth vice president post. He is noted as one of the least posted railroad officials on mail contracts and other deep legal problems of railroading.

Burlington Read W. W. Baldwin Burlington System Baldwin Harris Aurlington

Exhumed Marine Lieutenant Sutton Dies in Arlington Autopsy

In Arlington National Cemetery the body of Lieutenant James N. Sutton Jr. was exhumed for an autopsy by Navy Department physicians and Sutton’s mother. The examination found no broken bones but a contusion over the right eye, indicating death from other causes after his Annapolis death about two years earlier.

Washington James N. Sutton Annapolis Arlington Cemetery Navy Department Young Sutton

Flying Omnibus Proposed for Paris by French Inventor

Paris in September 1944 reports Francis Laur, a French engineer and inventor, announcing a flying omnibus to transport merchandise and passengers and seeking a municipal franchise from Paris city authorities.

Paris Francis, Laur Paria

German Army Maneuvers Begin at Mergentheim

The imperial army starts its annual maneuvers in Mergentheim Württemberg with the red army tasked to defend the frontier while a main force assembles for a swift attack against the frontier.

Mergentheim Wurtemberg Red Army

Four Drowned in Alaska River Capsize

Four men drowned when a boat capsized on the Nagina River near Box Canyon in Cordova Alaska on September 14. A son of Congressman John E. B. Andrus of Yonkers was among the victims.

Alaska Cordova Nagina River Box Canyon John EB. Andrus Yonkers, N

Dallas police doubt arrest in Elsie Sigel slaying case

Dallas police announced they may have the alleged slayer Leon Ling in custody but the suspect proved not to be the wanted man and was released after his identity was checked.

Dallas Tex Elsie Sigel Leon Ling

Royal meat market offers fresh beef pork veal and more

The Royal market advertises fresh tender home dressed beef pork veal and lamb plus lard sausage fish oysters poultry pickles hams and bacon with a hickory smoked flavor. It claims lower prices than competitors and invites customers to visit south of the post office.

the Royal P.O

Call up bus line for orders at 589 Black Street

A prompt bus line response is requested by calling Phone No. 589 Black to leave orders. The message asks for street address and number to ensure prompt attention from Prank Rovers.

Crry

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