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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
2
Omaha market data shows cattle around 6,000 head with slow demand. beef steers steady, stockers and feeders strong, cows mixed. Fort Worth reports 5,500 cattle including 2,000 calves with steady to mixed prices. hogs down with top at 13.50, sheep steady with lambs at 12 to 13 and feeders around 13 to 19, yearlings 10 to 12.
Cattle numbers around 600 with steady trend. Cows and heifers brought 3.75 to 5.00. cannery and cutters 2.75 to 3.50. top veals at 12. Hogs 1,200 head with decline. top 13, bulk 12.50 to 13. packing sows 10.75 to 11. Sheep 190 head, steady.
Chicago sales summary shows hogs 25 900 with top 13 40 and varied classes from lights to heavy. Cattle 11 000 higher with prime yearlings at 14 and vealers 12 50 to 14, sheep 2 006 active with fat lambs 15 to 15 25 and ewes 9 50 to 10 55.
Cattle 5,000 head active with steers and yearlings 39 to 10 dollars. grassers 6 to 7.59. grass fat cows 4 to 4. heifers 5 to 7. canners 3.25 to 3.85. heavy Bologna bails 24.75. Hogs 6,000 steady top 13.25. bulk wales 12.25 to 13.20. pack ing sows 11.25 to 11.75. stock Digs 12.25 to 15. Sheep 11,009 slow. lambs 15.25 to 315.40. owes 7.50 to 37.65.
Cattle 1 600 steady with grass cows at 5 dollars, heifers 8 to 4.50, calves up to 10. Hogs 500, down, top 13 dollars.
East St Louis market notes hogs steady with top at 15.85 and bulk around 13.65 to 13.75 plus 13.50 to 15.25 for certain lots. Cattle around 2,500 head unchanged with bulls 4.25 to 5, vealers 14.76, steers 4.50 to 7.75, cows 4.50 to 5.50, canners 3.25 to 3.60. Sheep 1,500 head steady with fat lambs 15.75, cull lambs 10, fat light ewes 7.50.
Wheat none. Corn mixed No 2 80 to 82 cents No 2 yellow 81 to 83 cents. Oats No 2 white 38 to 40 cents No 3 white 38 to 40 cents.
Wheat prices ranged from 1.45 to 1.60 for No 1 hard and No 2 red at 1.58 to 1.60. Corn No 3 white traded from 80 to 81 cents.
Wheat per bushel and maize oats kafir prices listed with per hundred pounds figures. Grain rates include wheat kafir maize and oats with per unit costs.
Prices for Leghorn hens and blacks, broilers, springs, and leg horns with specific per pound quotes. Includes old tom turkeys, packing stock butter, and egg cases with losses charged back. Oats price ranges also listed.
Wheat opened lower as European demand flags and new Argentina and Australian shipments loom. Prices fell below prior lows before a modest rally, with December and May wheat at about 1.36 to 1.40. Corn and oats held firmer on estimates of September crop shrinkage, while lard noted commission buying despite weak hog values.
New Orleans trading sees cotton futures finish steady with a net advance of 21 to 23 points. Prices show gains across the front months led by January with quotes around 22.43 to 22.83 cents per pound.
A blue denim clad bandit masked with a white handkerchief robbed the Missouri Pacific day coach near Omaha, taking less than 100 dollars from 25 passengers after forcing the porter to assist. A railroad detective fired on the bandit as he escaped. no injuries reported and no trace of the thief.
Mrs. Mary A. Anderson aged eight died at 3:30 this morning at her son J D Andersons home 308 Kentucky street She was born in North Carolina moved to Texas in 1853 lived in Dangerfield Morris county before Amarillo She joined Cumberland Presbyterian church survived by three sons and several grandchildren Funeral at Blackburn Funeral Home with Rev E B Muncher then burial at Dangerfield.
The article lists numerous winners across painting, drawing, and craft categories. Notable names include Beverly McCully, Clayton Powell, Rosalee Mogg, Elizabeth Griffin, J. W. Veale, and Florence Prentice, with entries from St Marys Academy Panhandle and San Angelo Texas among others.
The Fleet Corporation accepts Root-Carter Company of New York as the highest bidder at 3,500,000 for Hog Island, Philadelphia. Jim Gober is noted as Potter county's first sheriff.
Mrs. Phebe K. Warner of Claude urged strict honesty in families, calling for a Golden Rule approach to home life. She warned that deceit breeds discord and noted high rates of divorce and troubled homes, while stressing shared mental development and businesslike family roles. Ed Roberts spoke on Rotary spirit and A. N. Olver urged strong fair attendance.
Washington reports President Coolidge and Postmaster General New back a movement to honor the late President Wilson by placing his portrait on a postage stamp. The Post Office statement says critics misrepresented their position and that a Wilson portrait stamp will be issued in due time.
Mineral Wells report: a jewelry thief believed to have used chloroform took $2,000 worth of diamonds from Mrs. O. R. Rochell as she slept with her hand in the window. Tracks from the yard gate to the window were the only evidence found.
Three women compete for 25 dollars in a weeklong cut flower display contest at Amarillo's Tri State fair. Judges rate daily averages to crown the winner among Mrs. Chansler Weymouth Mrs. J. A. Duniven and Mrs. B. M. Loser. Displays feature dahlias nasturtiums cal ndulas and more attracting steady visitor admiration.
The Panhandle Plains historical society value reaches 15000 dollars as Randlhi County tops county agricultural contests with 193 points in wheat and cotton. West Texas State Teachers College motion pictures draw crowds at fairgrounds. Several locals appear in social notices including Mrs Fomby and Mrs Harrison visiting, while street concerts by Dave Derden's band lift fair mood. A Florida man patents a hair straightener.
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