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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market report shows cattle with 900 head plus 2000 calves selling lower to mixed, hogs higher with top near 7.90, sheep steady with lambs and feeders priced, goats noted. Detailed ranges include cows 2.50 to 4.25, calves 2 to 6, sows 5.25 to 6.25, lambs 8 to 12, feeders 7 to 8, ewes 5.50 to 6, stockers 3 to 5, goats 2 to 3.3.
Kansas City cattle sales reach about 5 500 calves 1 000 fall in range with top gearings around 9.60 and beets 3.50 to 5.75. Hogs total around 7 000 on higher footing with top at 7.75 and bulk 7.30 to 7.60. Sheep 4 000 steady with native lambs 18.35 to 14.00 and fat ewes 5.50 to 5.75.
Chicago July 17 hogs 22 000 higher top 8 15 bulk 7 75 to 8 05 packing sows 6 95 to 7 30 slaughter pigs 6 25 to 6 60 cattle 13 000 few early sales long fed steers 11 00 bologna bulls 4 50 to 4 75 dealers 8 50 to 9 50 sheep 12 000 steady fat native lambs 14 00 to 14 25 calls 9 00 to 10 00 fed yearlings 12 50 fat 5 50 to 5 75
East St. Louis market notes hogs totaling about 10 000 with higher prices to 8.10 for best and bulk at 7.85 to 7.95. Cattle around 2 700 mostly steady with Texas steers at 6.60 and beef cows 3.75 to 4.75. Sheep 2 000 down with lambs at 13.76 and fat ewes 3.50 to 5.00.
Hog receipts 400 market lower packer top 7.45 shippers up to 7.70 bulk 7.20 to 7.40 top cut outs 6. Cattle receipts 00 including 160 calves market steady beef steers 5 to 7.50 beef heifers 5.50 to 6.25 beef cows 3.35 to 5.25 bulls 2.75 to 4.75 canners and cutters 2.50 to 3 veal calves 3 to 4.50 stockers and feeders 3 to 6.25 stock cows and heifers 32.50 to 4.
A historical OCR fragment lists produce prices including hens 4 lbs and over at 18¢ per lb, hens under 4 at 25.5¢, broilers and leghorns at 20¢, roosters 5¢, turkeys 8 hens 10¢ and toms 12 lbs and over 10¢ per lb, butter mold-free, eggs with loss charges and new cases included, delivered at 6.00.
Local growers receive bids from the Great West Mill and Elevator Co. Wheat No. 1 Ward basis at 1.00 dollars per bushel. Kaffir at 6.45 dollars per 100 pounds and 1.25 dollars per 100 pounds for another grade. Maize at 1.30 dollars per 100 pounds. Oats at 50.65 cents per bushel. Barley at 55 cents per bushel.
The Association of Railway Accountants will meet in a semiannual session on August 8 in Amarillo. President A. K. Meyer says letters have been sent to count members and their families, with about forty people expected. Local hosts include the Board of City Development and area railway accountants.
The accused woman waived reading of the complaint and entered a not guilty plea. Judge Airheart remanded her to the county jail as habeas corpus proceedings were discussed. Local Ku Klux Klan officers reportedly met with District Attorney Fletcher in his office.
Amarillo attorney Ernest T. Miller testified for about three hours at a coroner’s inquest detailing his acquaintance with Er Hobart and his wife. He described meetings at his office, a confrontation when Hobart allegedly tried to “fix” him, calls to the police, and his close dealings with Mrs Hobart over custody cases. He also outlined his movements from Monday 11 am to Tuesday 2:30 am, including a courthouse stop.
The speaker details a night around the county courthouse visiting Tex Ratcliff and others, meeting J. W. Culwell, and stopping at the Elk hotel and a police station. He describes driving with Pottinger’s inquiry about an illicit talk, then visiting a dance and a nigger dance, ending at home around 2:30 a.m. He asserts no known enemies or motives against Hobart.
H Hobart, brother of a slain traveling man, arrived in Amarillo from Tola Kansas to arrange the body. The burial is set for Iola. He recalls little about the brother’s marriage and notes the family of four girls and three boys. The deceased was a successful traveling salesman and once served as Allen County sheriff. He carried a $7500 life policy for a sister, uncertain if still in force or transferred to his wife.
W F Meadow and S J Whitaker of Plainview were in Amarillo yesterday. Mr and Mrs R R Maddon of Bushland welcomed a baby girl Tuesday night. Ellen Harper, assistant secretary of the Business Men's association, returned from a Colorado vacation. Rippley, ex-R G Dunn staffer, is back in Plainview. J O Jenkins, Toney Chisum’s sales manager, heads to Colorado Springs for a ten day break. J C Penney store north side wind window damaged weeks ago and replaced with a large glass from St Louis after a tourist vehicle collision.
Benny Leonard the world lightweight champion and Mickey Walker the world welterweight title holder signed to meet at 147 pounds at Boyles Thirty Acres Jersey City on the evening of August 21 Walker’s title at stake Both champions signed in Madison Square Garden offices of Tex Rickard He said the New Jersey boxing commission had sanctioned the bout.
W F Craddock sales manager and other Grain Sorghum Growers reps from Amarillo joined six Texas city firms in the Texas Industrial Traffic League to form the Transportation Instrumentalities committee in Galveston during the annual meeting. The group was chosen for extraordinary merit in transportation work.
Charles H. Keffer local attorney will be principal speaker at a Lynch Davidson rally in Panhandle Tuesday night. Local supporters plan a trip from Amarillo leaving the hotel at 7 o clock. Lynch Davidson headquarters reports strong activity with inquiries from Panhandle communities. Five stenographers are kept busy at the offices.
Dallas reports that Lynch Davidson of Houston, the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, was bruised in the head and face when the car he rode in from Kaufman plunged into a rut. He continued speaking in Lewisville, with plans to tour Denton that evening.
The teenie pavilion on Harding's ranch near the Devil's kitchen hosts a Saturday night dance with the Night Owl orchestra. Admission is free and the event invites all to attend. Sunday features barbecue and other postponed July 4 festivities at the ranch.
French members of the inter allied conference committee on reparations said bankers must agree to a German loan before recognizing the Dawes plan as in effect. London report dated July 17.
An official Rio de Janeiro bulletin received by La Nacion says operations by federal forces on the front will complete soon. It notes federal troops hold a large part of Sao Paulo, with cavalry entering central thoroughfares.
Four hundred pounds of watermelon are on ice for the Amarillo Boy Scouts feast to be held at the Presbyterian hall tomorrow night at 7 30. Every Scout in the city is invited with the condition each boy pays a pro rata share not to exceed 20 cents.
Kountze Texas July 17 Bob Robinson 22 of Houston was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury here and given a five year suspended sentence. He was tried for the murder of Mollie Dudley in Houston a year ago.
New York on July 17 John Hays Hammond Jr described a device to eliminate radio interference. The system sends curved rays allowing only the intended receiver to read the message, ensuring sender and receiver isolation. Hammond says it could also flash pages of print across the Atlantic by radio.
Three American airliners arrived in Brough from Croydon at 1 08 this afternoon as part of the around the world flight. The event was reported by the Daily Globe with its usual wire service note indicating the time and origin.
Several 5 room houses listed with prices at S01 Lincoln street 35 dollars 4 room house 1009 West Sixth Street 20 dollars 5 room house 1606 Monroe street 40 dollars and a 5 room house at 900 Lincoln street with no price shown.
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