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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market reports list cattle and hog prices with totals for 1 100 head cattle, 1090 hogs and 806 sheep. Kansas City and St Louis feeds, hogs and cattle values show mixed gains and steady to lower trades across regions in mid July.
Readable fragments show pricing for hens under and over four pounds, leghorn hens, broilers, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, and toms. Butter price noted as 14 cents, with mention of fresh cases and loss adjustments.
Local growers were offered prices by the Great West Mill and Elevator Co for Wheat No. 1 hoard at 1.00, Kaffir at 1.26 per 10 0 hs, Mile maize at 1.30 per 100 tbs, and Barley at 0. bd. The Amarillo Cotton and Grain Exchange lists stocks and provisions with managers and correspondents in Amarillo Texas and New Orleans connections.
Chicago buyers report mixed livestock: hogs 3,000 head at top $8.10 bulk $7.80 to $8.05 packing sows $6.90 to $7.20 slaughter pigs $6.35 to $6.75. Cattle 4,000 head with steers $7 to $8.50 cows weak. vealers $9 to $10. Sheep 14,000 head active fat native hogs $14 to $14.25 calls $9 to $9.50 fat ewes $5 to $6. Choice feeding lambs $12.25.
Green Bros manager Charles R. McAfee returns from Chicago and Grand Rapids with the largest purchase in the store’s history. He predicts the furniture market has hit bottom and will rise this fall, noting strong rains in Missouri and Kansas and dry conditions hurting Mississippi crops. McAfee says Texans and Californians share upbeat business sentiment.
Local attorney Miller is held in the Hobart homicide inquiry. A sequence of circumstantial letters from Childress and Clarendon are tied to the case. District Attorney Fletcher notes new statements and a Klansman conference hint at important disclosures as Amarillo residents seek justice. Mrs. Hobart provides interview at county jail.
The column notes Labor Day on September 1 and promotes Jack Hall's ranch as a family outing spot on the plains. It also reports social visits, local personalities, and brief community happenings across Amarillo, Hereford, Slaton, Bronte, and Dallas during recent days.
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