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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1925
Page
2
Hogs 14 000 head slow with top 1365, bulk 1340 12360, pigs 1325 1350, packer cows 1100 down. Cattle 6560 slow with western steers 725 825, cows 425 550, canners 265 360, top bologna bulls 450, light weight 1250. Sheep 2 000 steady with top lambs 1450, ewes 750.
The Chicago market shows hogs at top $13.50 with varied grades and prices for packers and killing pigs, plus cattle trading around $14 range for fed steers and yearlings. Sheep and calves listings include western lambs near $14.85, veal and feeding lambs around $14.25 to $14.75 amid slow demand.
In South Omaha on August 24 cattle trading closed with about 16 000 head all grass cattle 10 to 15 cents lower than last week's mean.
Cattle figures show 27 000 head with calves 7 000 and heavy steers around 12 dollars. Canners and cutters range 3 to 3 59, butcher cows 3 75 to 5 50, heifers 4 50 to 7 25, feeders 6 to 8 50, stockers 5 50 to 7 50. Hogs 6 500 with top 12 75 and bulk 12 to 12 70, packing sows 11, stock pigs 12 50 to 13. Sheep 10 000 lower with native lambs 14 50 to 14, Texas wethers 8 25.
August 24 market notes show cattle ranges with steers 550 to 750, cows 450 to 500, heifers 600 to 700, top calves 800. Hogs slow at 900 with top 1250, stockers 105 to 1100.
Fort Worth market data shows total cattle at 10 000 with 3 000 calves, hogs 200 head. cattle ranges include calves 2 to 8 1/2 dollars, yearlings 2 1/2 to 9 1/2, heifers 3 1/4 to 7 1/2, bulls 2 to 4 1/4, hogs top 12 2/3 dollars, sows 9 to 10 1/2, pigs 8 to 11 1/2. sheep and lambs at 2 210 head with lambs 10 1/2 to 12 1/2 and feeders 10 to 11.
Wishita market notes show hogs at 1600 over, bear hogs 1240, smooth sows 2100, stocker and feeder pigs 1200. Cattle perl includes 1200 calves active, grass steers 685 675, slaughter yearlings 875, slaughter heifers 600 700, canner 265 800, bologna bulls 300 400, light veals 1100, Sheep 200, best lambs 1270, ewes 600 down.
August 24 Chicago grain prices show wheat easing in the global mood with no major moves at the open. Wheat No 8 Red 170 percent, No 1 hard 166 percent. corn No 1 103 percent, No 2 yellow 102 to 104 percent. oats No 2 white 89 percent, No 3 white 39 to 40 percent. Early session little action as September and December futures hover near unchanged with slight rallies and pullbacks.
Wheat per pit No.1 Kafir 100 Ibs price not specified. Milo Maize per 100 Ibs 1.70 dollars. Oats per bushel hard 1.79 dollars. Figures suggest grain market quotes with a 50 cent basis noted.
Market glimpse shows mixed prices for poultry and eggs with leghorn hens and turkeys priced around low cents per unit. Butter and eggs enter trading with old stock notes and tax-like charges. Grain and meat provisions show little activity and a downstream dip in some lines.
A 25 year old University of Chicago medical student John Henry Klassin was beaten to death by gangsters after an alleged insult to three Italian sisters. Police recovered a paving block and a razor as evidence. Klassin died from a fractured skull and another student Mitcham was wounded but escaped.
A scrambled market page records various listed stocks with mixed percentages such as American Locomotive Bethlehem Steel and General Electric. The section also notes travel and education items, ending with social news of guests from Lubbock visiting Canyon at 704 Kentucky Avenue.
Shamrock announces the school opening for September 7 with about 900 pupils expected. The town prepares for a busy cotton season with two new gins boosting total to six and machinery overhaul underway at gins and the cotton oil mill. County Agent Broun says sandy land farms may yield more this year.
Brownsville August 24. Shijinio Mercado once accused and cleared in the 3 year old Guillermo Sayas murder was shot eleven times yesterday afternoon within a mile of Brownsville. Police hunt for the killer with no arrests yet.
The MacMillan Arctic expedition begins retreat southward from Utah and Greenland and reaches Igloo Handy Greenland. In a Navy message Lieut Commander Byrd reports Peary arrived Igloo Houry at 2 45 am with airplanes NA 2 and NA 3. NA1 was hoisted aboard with wings dismantled. MacMillan ends exploration in the region. Chief Boatswain back from illness. all naval personnel well. Igloo Houny is a trading station on Murchison Island about 100 miles south of Etah.
Vance I. Shields of St. Louis, representative of Davies Tree Expert, arrives in Amarillo at the Board of City Development's request to assess the city's tree problem. He has sent soil and water samples for analysis and may stay only a short time to provide recommendations.
Insurgent Republicans William M Bennett and John J Lyons attack Frank D Waterman as a millionaire backed by millionaires while Tammany Hall opposes Mayor Hylan for the Democratic nomination. County Judge Tiernan likens Hylan to Hearst and ties votes to the 1928 Democratic convention.
Westburg Park New Jersey August 24 three women including Beatrice Johnstone Rutherford and Countess Y By e R Brusky were held in connection with an alleged plot against millionaire J Phillips. Phillips said the trio tried to lure him onto a private yacht to trap him. Countess Y By e R Brusky also used names Anita Berg and Yvonne Rivowsky of Leningrad. Henry L Berg the countess husband was arrested then released on five thousand dollar bail on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Berg claimed he was a detective.
Clarendon Municipal band led by R. S. Riggs gave its first official concert on the courthouse lawn at 7:30 pm. The audience praised the performance, and the group plans to enter the Amarillo Tri-State exposition contest with high confidence.
The writer questions wealthy elites and urges replacing base competition with noble emulation to boost happiness. Citing Mellon, he notes tax cuts can raise revenue despite past cuts, arguing taxes could be set lower yet still fund government needs while praising higher revenue from reduced tax rates.
The August term of Porter County district court opened with grand jury impaneled and judge's charge. Trial dates to be set this afternoon as civil actions await grand jury action on criminal cases. The weekly petit jury is summoned to report at 9 tomorrow morning listing 28 named jurors.
Texas and neighboring states advance a colossal dam and irrigation plan. Delegates including Albert Calisch of New Mexico and Gorge Knapp of Kansas arrive to assess proposed sites along the Canadian River with General George Goethals expected soon. The group aims to curb floods and boost irrigation across Panhandle Texas and surrounding regions.
In a San Jacinto Booster note, W. E. Cazzell bought an old line policy from Charley Hoover. After four years of nonpayment, he believed it lapsed, but the Hoover policy carried a provision extending its value. Hoover presented Mrs. Cazzell with a $2,500 check after thorough verification.
Blanche Sexton aged 45 wife of J W Sexton died at 2 pm Sunday at 804 North Buchanan after weeks of illness. Survived by husband, son Paul 11 daughter Emma 7, parents Mr and Mrs John F Waters of Okmulgee, three brothers Lake Frank and Mason Waters. She was a Baptist. Body in state at Griggs chapel and to be sent to Elida New Mexico for burial.
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