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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth reports cattle and hog prices with steady ranges across categories including beeves calves cows and bulls while Oklahoma City and Chicago show mixed results. Chicago hogs slip to 9.60 top with heavy receipts and weekly totals near 370 000. Sheep and lambs rise in Chicago with fat native and western lambs at 15 to 15.25.
Cattle 1 000, calves 500 dull demand. Grasser steers 6.05, short feds 7.00 to 7.60, butcher cows and heifers 3.40 to 6.29, canners 2.25 to 3.25, veals 8 to 9, mediums and heavies 3.40 to 7. Hogs 13 000 higher, top 9.25, most 8.80 to 9.15, sows 3.35 to 8.60, stock pigs 4 to 6.50. Sheep 1 500 higher, fed lambs 14.50, others 14.25, clippers 11.90, fat ewes 5.
Hog receipts rose 10 cents to top 9.20 with bulk trade from 8.95 to 9.15 in a light day. Top hogs at 9.20. cut outs 8.26. Cattle receipts 700 including 200 calves. market steady with light supply and not enough stock to test much.
Amarillo Cotton and Grain Exchange announces grain and cotton market listings led by manager F Higgins with Alex Hyman & Co of New Orleans providing support. Offers contact via phone 3004 for market data and trading details.
Market list shows prices for hens and tom turkeys by weight, including 4 lb thresholds and small quantities. Entries cover leghorn hens, springs broilers, assorted roosters, turkey hens and toms, and notes on butter mold-free and other items.
The page lists prices for maize and Kaffir per 100 pounds and notes market quotes for oats, barley, and wheat. It shows futures for Wheat May July and December with high, low and closing figures such as May 1.59 1.61, July 1.41 1.42, December 1.54 1.56 and 1.55.
A Friday column tracks where ducks geese quail and other game are found based on hunter reports. Anderson and Burke bagged geese south of Wildorado Eli Johnson and Earl Bennett shot three geese south of Amarillo Walter Crossett and Collins capped their quail limit two hours from yesterday Charles Bridges shot a deer a buck dressed 265 pounds indicating plentiful quail and larger game.
The Hanover trial of a German man accused of murdering a young man and cutting up bodies to sell flesh as animal meal dominates headlines. The suspect reportedly confessed and showed signs of severe mental distress, claiming fiercer guilt as authorities question the extent of his actions.
Ray C. Johnson recalls two week visit to Tennessee and Washington DC with family. He witnessed Sewanee’s 16 to 0 victory over Vanderbilt in the Thirty-fifth Thanksgiving anniversary game, the first Sewanee win in ten years. Johnson, a local attorney, is with the firm Underwood Jackson and Johnson.
Mrs. Nora Hamilton 61 died at 9 45 last night at 1407 West Eighth Street. Funeral services set for 3 30 this afternoon at the home with Rev. Cal C Wright of St Pauls Methodist church officiating. Burial in Llano cemetery. northwest Cotton company reports market prices with ginned spot at 22.00 snapped spot at 19.00 and total bales bought to date 150 amid fair demand.
The A B C club held its luncheon at the Amarillo hotel with snappy music and fellowship. Officers elected earlier were installed, five committees appointed, and E O Northcutt received a chair as thanks. Charles H Keffer was installed as new president and spoke of doing his best. Clergy member Rev Gaston Foote joined the club. Night Owls provided music.
Mrs. Lon Mervell a 55 year old registered nurse from Memphis Texas died this morning in a local hospital. The body will be sent to Memphis at 6 PM by Griggs Undertaking with her husband and Max King to accompany it. Funeral services set for Sunday in Memphis. Vernon Texas December 5 P E Holland 24 killed in a wreck on the paved highway east of Vernon Joe Collins 43 fatally injured and unconscious in hospital.
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