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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
2
South Omaha Nebraska August 31 cattle trading at 17006 head with most lots 15 to 9 cents lower as oil markets influence prices. Strong demand for certain breeds balanced by overall softness in the cattle section. Packers and buyers expressed cautious sentiment amid mixed futures and local weather impacts.
Associated Press reports Fort Worth market on August 31 shows cattle offerings of 8 300 with 3 000 calves steady. Hogs 1 000 higher top 13.00, lambs 2 000 steady with varied prices across categories.
Kansas City market reports August 31 show cattle at 28 000 and calves 6 990 with demand nearly at a standstill. Grass fat heifers fetch 4.50 to 6.59, cows 3.75 to 5.25, canners and cutters 2.75 to 3.50, hogs 7 000 and top 12.50 with bulk 11.85 to 12.40, packing sows 10.35 to 10.75, stock pigs 12 to 12.50. Sheep 12 000 remain strong with Colorado range lambs 15.15, El Paso range feds 14.85 to 15.10, natives 14.50 to 14.75, Texas welders 7.75 to 8.25.
Wichita livestock market shows hogs at 23 000 head, steady range with 80Ws at 10.25 and 11.75 down. Cattle total 5 200 including 1 000 calves, slow trading. light yearlings 6.50 to 8.25, Oklahoma gassers 6, cows and heifers 8.25 to 6.50, bologna bulls 3.50 to 3.75, yearlings 10. Sheep 600 steady with medium lambs 12 and choice natives 13.50.
The list shows No 1 hard wheat at 1 6 per bushel Maize per 100 pounds 1 85 Kafir per 109 pounds 1 70 and oats at 48 per bushel. Prices are given in a condensed market column with no additional context.
Chicago market prices August 31 show Wheat No 3 red at 1.64 and No 1 hard from 1.58 to 1.61. Corn No 2 mixed 93.5 to 94 cents, No 2 yellow 93.5 to 94 cents. Oats No 2 white 39 to 40 cents, No 3 38 to 39 cents.
Amarillo's American Legion Reserve team edged a strong Panhandle nine by 2 to 1 on Sunday. A wild ninth inning throw with three on produced the deciding run as the snappy pitchers and defense turned six double plays. Bivins, Allen, and Woodward combined for brilliant work with four, five, and nine hits allowed, drawing a large crowd.
Walter Sikes and Mrs Frank Wolflin defeated Miss Lee Wolflin and Roy Greenhill in the mixed foursome at Amarillo Country Club yesterday afternoon. Several couples still to play before honors are decided.
Dunlap of Waxahachie Texas, brother-in-law of E I Pittman a local jeweler, died yesterday morning in Colorado Springs. The body, en route to Waxahachie, passed Amarillo today with the widow and their only daughter Estelle Dunlap. Funeral arrangements not yet definite. Mrs Pittman and Mrs Dunlap are sisters.
New York reports say Mrs Ruth denied rumors of a breach with Babe Ruth amid stories of an affair with a New York widow. In Yale Oklahoma masked men robbed the Farmers National Bank of 6000 dollars in cash and several registered bonds.
Robert Ricks says he will leave tonight for Canada and hopes to see a nice bunch of chickens at sunrise tomorrow. The remark reflects a casual, humorous tone typical of brief interviews in the era.
Texas rivals Standard Oil and Cal Standard Oil engage with N Studebaker and Texas Co in a tense dispute over pipeline routes via Transcontinental lines. Texas & Pacific connections loom as key factors in a shifting oil market.
Miss Mary White of Victoria Texas is in critical condition with a broken neck after a wreck involving Colorado and Southern Texas fast mail No 8 at Mayne Colorado. An operation was performed as doctors battle to save her life while twelve others from the same Pullman car remain injured.
New York August 31 Charlie Rose manager of Bartley Madden and eastern rep of Floyd Fitzsimmons Michigan City Ind promoter wired Jack Kearns offering 150000 for Jack Dempseys contract.
Paris reports France will send Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux to Washington to head the debt negotiations, with an expected departure aboard the Paris on September 1. The foreign office confirmed the trip and outlined his Washington mission.
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