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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
6
Chicago August 25 Associated Press reports hogs active at 18 000 head with top 13.10 and carcass prices from 10.40 to 12.80. Cattle 7 000 head higher with yearlings around 15.75 for choice and grain fed cattle 11 to 14. Sheep 21 900 steady with native lambs 14 to 14.25 and feeding lambs 14.24 to 14.35.
Cattle trading at Kansas City stockyards shows 14 000 head active with steady to strong demand. Hoge sells around 6 500 with prices up to 95e and top cattle at 12 60.
South Omaha reports a busy cattle market on August 25 with about six thousand head described as active and steady across all kinds including grass cattle.
AP Kansas City market brief notes cattle totals of 14 000 calves 3000 with prices for various classes. Top long yearlings 13 dollars best steers 11 50 grass fat cows 3 75 to 5 50 heifers 24 50 to 7 veals 11 packing sows 21050 to 10 65 stock pigs 12 29 to 12 75 sheep 6000 higher western lambs 14 78 natives 14 to 14 25 California and Texas lamb prices listed.
East St Louis AP reports hogs 13 000 mostly slow with price ranges 10 to 13 30 for light, 12 60 to 12 75 for medium, pigs 143, packer sows 10 50 to 10 75. Cattle 5 000 higher with yearlings 10 50 to 12, western steers 6 80 to 8 40, cows 4 25 to 5 50, canners 2 75 to 3 25, meritorious vealers 12 75 to 13. Sheep 2 500 with light ewes 4 50 and heavy 5.
Wichita market notes dated August 25 show hogs at 1 000 head traded steady with best at 12.15 per cwt and smooth sows at 14 - 50. Cattle 900 including 290 calves steady with best beef cows around 5.75. Fat heifers and cutters quoted 3.75 to 4.00 with bologna bulls at 23.00 to 4.00. Sheep 100 steady best native lambs at 18.00.
Oklahoma City market report lists cattle prices with steers around 525 dollars and heifers near 8.00, cows at 6.00, canners and cutters 2.25, calves up to 12.00, and top figures fluctuating as of August 25. The ledger notes varied bids for 1,500 head including slow sales and range highs, reflecting typical midweek activity.
Port Worth livestock market report from AP shows 4,500 cattle including 1,000 calves with steady tone. Prices span beef cattle from $3 to $5 for fat cows, $3.50 to $7.50 for heifers, and calves $2 to $8.50. hogs and sheep also quoted with ranges for sows, pigs, lambs, and yearlings.
The Associated Press reports Chicago grain prices with No 1 hard wheat at 1.621 to 1.64, No 2 at about 1.511 to 1.62. Corn shows gains with No 1 at 28e and No 2 yellow near 1.00 to 1-2, while No 2 white oats listed around 3b ts 1 4005.
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered letters and broken phrases about Kansas City grain, with unclear dates, prices, and entities, offering no concrete figures or events. The readable bits hint at a market note but lack essential details to identify specific grains, prices, or actions.
Wheat per hundred pounds and Milo Maize per hundred pounds listed with prices. Oats priced per bushel. Figures show small variations across grain types.
Ample listings show poultry and livestock prices with hens, broilers, ducks, geese, turkeys and packing stock. Egg and dairy prices recorded with grade distinctions, corn and oats price ranges, plus a note on Golden Gate Girls Revue starting Monday and an old settlers reunion and barbecue at Wayside on August 28.
A 1925 forecast warns the American public will lose about 1 billion dollars to stock swindles, shady oil ventures, and Ponzi schemes. The Better Business Bureau notes some progress but predicts continued fraud despite blue sky laws and the Martin act deterring bucket shops. Bureaus are expanding in 40 cities, while real estate and Florida schemes attract swindlers.
About fifty residents attended a noon luncheon at the Amarillo hotel where Vance I Shields urged civic forest policy. He recommended ash elm and hackberry for Amarillo and warned against surface watering and improper planting. Shields urged city supervision, restrictions on stock, a city forester, and a tree association led by U N Olver as chairman. He called trees a civic asset and criticized local park stock as inferior.
In Santa Ana California on August 25, bandits looted the Sunstage train number 75 between San Diego and Santa Ana after fatally wounding 62 year old express messenger Elmer Campbell. They escaped with three mail pouches and loot. Investigators suspect careful planning and an awaiting getaway car.
Virtually three quarters of the late Victor F Lawson estate is left to benevolent uses. The Illinois Merchants Trust Company is named executor and trustee, with the Daily News to be managed under its policies. Melville E Stone receives a 200000 bequest. total specific bequests amount to 4775000.
Mrs. Robert Garcia McCauley, fearing reprisals by her separated husband, is staying at a brothel in another city pending legal action to stop him from gaining possession of the children. Her whereabouts are unknown to her Tennessee-based aunt, who declines to reveal the location. The two boys, Lewis age 3 and Robert Jr. 7, were taken from the McCauley home in Tennessee after the father abducted them on July 22 amid ongoing divorce proceedings in local courts.
At Gelsenkirchen during the flag day ceremonies clashes occurred between communists and Werwolf members. Seven nationalists were seriously wounded and thirty communists were arrested amid the unrest.
Swampscott Mass August 25 The Belgian debt settlement in President Coolidge s opinion does not set a precedent for refunding agreements still to be worked out with France and Italy.
Miss Mercedes Gleitzer, a London entrant, started from Folkestone aiming to swim the English channel but gave up seven miles from shore due to a cramp. The attempt occurred on August 25 with a British shore start.
President Coolidge plans to return to Washington around Labor Day from his vacation. He will resume duties and signaled a full work agenda upon his arrival in the capital.
Contestants may submit slogans until Thursday night as judges review a flood of entries. The Globe will print twenty top entries on Friday and announce winners in the following Sunday issue.
Swampscott Mass August 25 The summer White House reports further signs that the federal government will not act to prevent the suspension of anthracite operations next Tuesday. President Coolidge has been assured fuel will suffice for public needs even if mines close and the government will limit its role to aiding in securing an adequate supply.
Buckeye Lake Ohio August 25 Ku Klux Klan leaders convened in a small church for a national council to discuss forming an international organization. Grand dragons and titans attended the exclusive sessions addressing organizational issues.
Mount Vesuvius resumes extraordinary activity with heavy ash eruptions and bright nights over the countryside. Officials at the volcanic observatory say no immediate great danger is anticipated.
Dallas residents Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Whittington visited Dr. H. D. Whittington at 1103 West Tenth Street during his serious illness. The trip was made in a private car while he receives care locally.
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