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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1909
Page
3
Chicago brokers report a firm undertone for wheat and mixed results for corn oats and provisions. Wheat prices rose early then steadied amid strong cash demand and rising visible supplies. corn and oats posted modest gains with ongoing supply concerns. hogs and lambs saw varied movement as prices held near recent highs while seeking further gains.
Chicago market notes list grain futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and forages including clover and timothy with current cash and contract month figures. Prices shown by grade month and contract reflect trading activity across wheat corn and rye markets.
In the week of trading, choice steers held firm while medium and poor grades weakened by 25 to 75 cents due to weak demand. Choice natives and heavy western cattle closed near year highs with today’s reported prices Reeves 4.10 840 Texas steers 4.00 to 6.20 western steers 3.90.
Des Moines markets show hogs steady with good demand at 7.00 to 7.50 for good to choice, lower grades 4.50 to 6.00, pigs 5.0 to 6.5, sows and dockage noted. Cattle steady to weak with demand for best grades strongest. choice steers 5.56 to 6.25, medium to good 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 2.40 to 3.90, canners 1.50 to 2.50, bulls 2.50 to 3.50, calves 3.50 to 5.50.
South Omaha cattle prices show steady native steers at 4.73 to 8.00, western and Texas steers around 3.75 to 6.10, cows and heifers 2.85 to 4.65, canners 2.25 to 3.00, calves 3.50 to 6.15, bulls and stags 2.75 to 3.50. Hogs rise with heavy 7.95 to 8.20, mixed 8.10 to 8.16, lights 8.15 to 8.30, pigs 6.50 to 7.50, bulk 8.10 to 8.20. Sheep steady, lambs softer, mittens 5.00 to 5.40, wethers 4.25 to 4.80, ewes 3.75 to 4.50, lambs 6.75 to 7.35.
Cattle steady to lower with steers at 4.50 to 7.50, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.00, calves 3.00 to 7.50. Hogs steady to higher topped at 8.40, bulk 8.10 to 8.25. Sheep lower with lambs 4.00 to 7.50.
Market notes describe goods changing hands in open market lots with prices set above jobber levels to secure best goods for shipment and cover incurred costs.
Prices for Butter Best creamery and poultry items shown. Listing includes 3lc reno vated stock at 27c packing stock 22c. Poultry prices feature hens 12¢ roosters and stags sic spring chickens 13c ducks iewe Eyes No 1 candled 24c No 2 20¢ checks 18c.
A catalog of fruits and produce with prices per unit or container. Items include apples at 3.50 per basket, bananas 4c per lb, cantaloupes from Rocky Ford at 2.50, cranberries Cape Cod at 8.00 per bbl, dates 5.14c per lb, grapes California 1.75 per crate, Valencia oranges 4.00, lemons 6.50 to 7.00, limes Domenico 1.10 per basket, pears Secker 3.25 per bu, Keifers New York 4.59 per barrel, plums 1.75 per case, peaches from Colorado Elberta 1.25 per crate, Michigan 2.50 per bu, watermelons 15 to 30 cents each, honey Colorado 3.25 per crate.
Cabbage Holland 2e per head. Celery 30c a bunch. Cocoanuts 1c each. Cauliflower 1.25 per hamper. Eggplant 1.25 per dot. Lettuce New York head 23.00 per hamper. Onions Dry 2c per pound. Spanish 2.00 per crate. Potatoes New 1.00 per bushel. Sweet potatoes 3.25 per barrel.
Hay Timothy new car lots priced at 11 dollars per unit. Straw and wheat straw listed with various prices. Feed items include chop cracked corn coarse meal and dogeared shorts with prices. Cereals include bolted meal pure rye flour graham and Falcon products with per hundredweight and barrel prices. Linseed cake offered in ton and smaller lot prices. Wheat oats and corn quotes shown with cents per unit.
The listing details prices for horse hides and sheep pelts in various grades. It includes No 1 and No 2 horse hides with prices per unit, and small and large pelts with per-unit amounts. Tallow prices show raw No 1 and rendered grades with unit values.
Market mixed as receipts rise in Minneapolis and Duluth. Wheat closes near 1.02 to 1.04 in Sept and Dec futures. Corn and oats drift lower while provisions stay steady with pork lard rib prices noted in Chicago cash quotes.
South Omaha reports cattle receipts at 7 200 with steers 4 75 to 8 00 cows 3 00 to 5 00 westerns 3 75 to 6 10 calves 3 59 to 6 15 bulls 2 75 to 3 50. Slags receipts 17 900 firm to higher heavy 7 95 to 8 20 mixed 8 10 to 8 15 light 8 17 to 4 30 pigs 6 50 to 7 50 bulk 8 10 to 8 20. Sheep receipts 26 000 lambs steady muttons 5 00 to 5 40 wethers 4 25 to 4 80 ewes 3 75 to 4 50 lambs 6 75 to 7 35.
Chicago on Sept 20 reports cattle receipts at 27 000 with mixt of price ranges for beeves Texas steers western steers stockers and feeders cows and calves. Hog receipts 23 000 with price bands across night mixed heavy and good to choice heavy. Sheep receipts 40 000 with natives westerns yearlings lambs and ranges listed.
Mr. Slowgo Tortoise laments motor traffic as snails flee. He warns the noisy machines will ruin some of them, noting they lack patience for pedestrians crossing roads.
Detroit Free Press reports a killing linked to a dispute over heat. A man allegedly told another to feel the heat before the fatal action, raising questions about justice and motive.
A humor caption shows a housewife questioning a tramp about work. The tramp replies he is an honest man unable to find legitimate business amid graft.
A quotation from the St. Louis Republic contrasts a moralist and a demoralizer arguing about belief and influence in a terse exchange. The lines probe credibility and persuasion between two voices on gender perception.
A fragment from Kansas City Times notes the awning’s iron jaws widening soon after dawn and mocks imitators who are “imitation large” as the structure yawns.
New York wakes to a carnival in red white blue as the Dutch guests arrive aboard the New Amsterdam and three French battleships glide into harbor to join the Hudson Fulton festivities. A vice admiral leads the French fleet while crowds pour into the city from trains ships and cars. The mood shifts from quiet to festive as Manhattan and the boroughs glow with flags and fairground atmosphere.
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