Market Notes From Fort Worth and Kansas City Livestock Reports
Fort Worth market Brent receipts: cattle 1800 calves 700 market steady with Reeves 3.50 to 8.25 cows 3 to 6 heifers 3.50 to 8 stockers 3 to 7 canners 1.75 to 2 bulls 2.25 to 4 calves 2.50 to 8.50 yearlings 8.50 to 9. Hog receipts 1200 market steady medium 7.50 to 7.55 mixed 7.25 to 7.50 light 7 to 7.25 common 3.50 to 5.25 pigs noted. Sheep 1500 receipts mart steady lambs 12.50 to 16 yearlings 10 to 12 ewes 8 to 19 culls 2 to 3 goats 2 to 4.50 wethers 8.50 to 10.50 stocker 6 to 8 feeder lambs 10 to 13. Kansas City market April 16 cattle receipts 10000 calves 2000 market slow undertone weak on killing steers top for matured steer 11.25 beef cows 4.50 to 6.50 bulls steady calves steady to weak stockers and feeders slow. Hog receipts 12000 market 5 to 10 cents lower mostly 5 lower to shippers. desirable 190 to 2380 round averages 7.10 to 7.20 while packers bid up to 7.20 on mediums. Bulk packing sows 6.55 to 6.60.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas City
Ackers
Chicago
New York
Dee
New Orleans
Waco Opteres Bee
Bene Heene
Dallas
Seeerepeeeg Cans
Houston
Galveston
Paws
Eset Amenewes
Epee
Atchison Sembee Setae
Eee
Wee Beee
Ldwin Locomotive
Ntrai
Motors
Seto Aiey Sah
Wichita Cattle and Hogs Market Steady Receipts 400 Cattle
Cattle receipts today totaled 400 with a steady market. Stockers and feeders topped at 7.25, cows 6 to 6.50, and butchers and heifers 6 to 8. Hogs receipts reached 1490 with best killers at 7.20, pigs 5.50, and sows 6.25.
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Wichita
Kan
Amarlio Produce Prices for Poultry Items
Amarillo prices list various poultry items including hens over four pounds hens under four pounds springs browers broilers leghorns and blacks roosters old per pound. The OCR text is garbled but indicates commodity, weight categories, and unit pricing.
Grain Prices Paid by Great West Mill and Elevator
Amarillo grain prices show Great West Mill and Elevator paying for local crops. Wheat basis No 1 hard Milo maize per 100 lbs Kaffir corn per 100 lbs Data per bushel price appears as 6 (units unclear) in this listing.
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Great West Mill & Elevator Company
Electricity leads in reducing manual labor
Charles W. Davis of Dallas Power and Light delivered a SMU School of Commerce address praising electricity as the key to reducing human labor. He argued electrification cuts labor content, raises production, improves illumination and process control, and lowers unit costs while boosting worker welfare and long term prosperity.
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Charles W. Davis
Dallas Power and Light Company
School of Commerce
Southern Methodist University
Polk Declines North Carolina Judgeship
Tasker Polk, relative of President Polk, has declined a superior court judgeship offered by the North Carolina governor. He is noted as a prominent figure in legal circles.
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Polk
Warrenton
N. C
United Press
Tasker Polk
President Polk
North Carolina
Notable Lawyer Urged for Juvenile Court Judge Post
Miss Cora Larimore Feeley a prominent Washington attorney is urged for appointment to the Juvenile Court. Coincidentally she was a law pupil in the office of Judge Kathryn Sellers who now presides in that court.
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Cora Larimore Feeley
Washington, D. C
Kathryn Sellers
Bown
Amarillo National Guard seeks 50 new recruits for five units
Five National Guard units in Amarillo face recruitment shortfalls after spring discharges. Col Ernest Thompson notes government payroll impact from maintenance of artillery horses and urges local business and civic leaders to back a recruitment drive to fill 50 needed personnel across Regimental Headquarters 131st Field Artillery, 142nd Infantry units, Battery B 131st FA, Medical Detachment 131st FA, and Regimental Headquarters 142nd Infantry.
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National Guard
Amarillo
Uncle Sam
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
United States
Guard
Jack Golding
Col. Golding
Board of City Development
131St F. A
142Nd Infantry
131St
F. A
Telephone Bell Rings Twenty Five Billion Times
In 1923 there were more than 25 billion telephone conversations in the United States according to the Texas public service information bureau. The article notes about 26 calls per minute since the birth of Christ and highlights Americans as owners of the system through stock investments, with AT&T stockholders rising from 7,560 in 1900 to 181,100 by end of 1923.
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United States
Texas Public Service Information Bureau
America
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Clarendon Man Joins Amarillo Trade Trip
Sam Braswell, owner and former editor of the Clarendon News, has informed O. W. Vernon, secretary of the Board of City Development, that he will accompany the Amarillo trade trip this year. His home is now in Dallas.
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Sam Braswell
The
Clarendon News
O. W. Vernon
Board of City Development
Amarillo
Braswell
Dallas
Another Driver Arrested in Taxi Bonding Battle
Charles Brannon of Red Top Taxi faced a speeding fine of 5 dollars and a 50 dollar charge for carrying a passenger without bond, with an appeal to the county court.
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Charles Brannon
Red Top Taxi Company
Sheriffs Sale in Potter County Texas 1924
By order of sale dated April 12 1924 in Hume versus Green et al case No 4062 the Potter County Sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in May 1924 before the Amarillo court house the described Mirror Addition blocks in Amarillo Texas including lots 14 to 22 and 1 to 8 10 to 46 in blocks 321 and 437. The levy dated April 16 1924 notes judgment for 123 74 with costs. Deputy Gladys McDowell signs. Sheriff Less Whitaker.
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Texas
Potter
District Court
Potter County
A. D
H. E. Hume
J. N. Green
W. M. Moore
M. T. O’neil
E. Newson
Court House
Amarillo
Tex
Less Whitaker
Gladys McDowell
Why Cost of Living Is Higher Than It Should Be
A columnist argues that nearly one eighth of national wealth supports government. He cites 58 billion in annual earnings with seven billion for government, up 200 to 300 percent since 1913, due to more government workers, private-enterprise expansion, and tax exempt securities. Renters share the tax via higher rents.
Stamps for Charity Aid German Relief Effort
Berlin United Press reports a series of charity stamps in 5 10 20 and 50 pfennigs issued to aid German relief. Each stamp features a Biblical image and the motto Feed the hungering clothe the naked and care for the ill. Proceeds go directly to the relief organization.
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Berlin
United Press
How Natural Gas Users Can Save Money on Bills
Natural gas users can cut costs by ensuring proper oxygen mix and addressing common issues. Problems include small pipes, clogged burners, dirty openings, undersized burners, insufficient drafts, poor installation, and aging equipment. Each boiler or furnace varies, so select and apply gas burners to fit the specific case.
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Texas Public Service Information Bureau
Baptists Plan Evening Prayer Service Tonight
The First Baptist church holds a Wednesday evening prayer service at 7 45 with the theme What Baptists Believe. The Sunday School Normal Course class, led by teacher A E Meyer, will lead the service after completing the book.
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First Baptist Church
A. E. Meyer
Flo Leeds Sails for Europe Amid Stillman Divorce Case
Flo Leeds, wife of James A. Stillman once president of National City Bank, sails for Europe with her son Master Jay A. Stillman. She traveled under the name Mrs. Florence Lincoln, on the Olympic passenger list for the voyage.
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Flo Leeds
James A. Stillman
New York
National City Bank
America
Europe
Florence Lincoln
Jay A. Stillman
Judge Underwood to Lead Wednesday Prayer Meeting
Judge Porter Underwood will lead the Wednesday evening prayer meeting at San Jacinto Chapel. The event begins promptly at 7 45 o clock and all are invited. The Daily Globe want ads get results.
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Porter Underwood
San Jacinto Chapel
The
Daily Globe
Dr Hardy Speaks Tonight at Second Baptist Church
Dr J H Hardy president of Baylor Belton Girls College will speak at Second Baptist Church this evening at 7 45 for Christian education. Church members are asked to attend a called business meeting at 7 30 prior to the address.
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DR. Hardy
Second Baptist Church
J. H. Hardy
Baylor Belton Girls’ College
Randall returns from South Plains business trip
Mr. A. G. Randall arrived last night after an overland trip on the South Plains.
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A. G. Randall
South Plains
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Amarillo Grain
Dr. Keeley
Hotton
Amarillo Cotton & Grain Exchange
Clarendon
the Financial Talk
Public Utilities Corporation
Stamps For
Flo
Leeds
Son
Jay Stillman
EO LE LE Eds
Underwood
Biggs Investment CO
West 6Th Street
Amariilo, Texas
E. F. Rittenberry
Sleckburn Bldg
J. R. Greening
Nunn
E. I. Pittman
Colorado
Harmon Benton
C.B
American Warehouse & Storage Co
Vhone
Grant Street
Seeaed Cane
Panhandle
City Drug CO
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