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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
2
East St Louis market notes show hogs at top 11.65 with pigs around 12. Packer cows bring 9.75 to 9.96 and cattle trade slow at 5.50 to 10.50 for steers. Sheep show fat lambs around 14.85 and mutton ewes below 7.50.
Chicago market report shows 19 000 hogs with prices for packing sows 39.10 to 9.60 and slaughter pigs 11.69 to 11.90, heavy hogs 10.85 to 11.25, medium 10.95 to 11.25. Cattle 4 000 fed steers 11 downward, best yearlings 18, western grassers 7 to 5, vealers 12.50 to 13. Sheep 9 000 steady native lambs 14.65 to 15, feeding lambs 15 to 16.
Kansas City market notes cattle calves steers cows heifers canners cutters veal top hogs 3509 head lower top 11.15 bulk 10.60 11.09 packersows 9.50 9.75 stock pigs 11 11.60 sheep 2000 steady lambs 14.50 fat ewes 7 7.40.
Cattle numbers around 1,900 with steady prices. Steers bring 6 to 7 dollars, can siers and cutters 2.25 to 8.59 dollars. Top centers 1. Have 600, lower: top 11 dollars, bulk to Far West origin buyers.
Cattle 4 BOO cattle 1900 calves slow ranges include heifers yearlings and bulls with varied prices. Hogs $90 lower with top $11.60 and bulk $11.40 to $11.60. Sheep 500 steady with lambs $12 to $18, feeders $10 to $13, yearlings $1 to $10.50, wethers $7 to $8, ewes $5 to $6.
Cattle 400, steady. cows and heifers 4 to 6.50, canners 2.85 to 4.65, top veals 10.50. Horses 800, top 11, packing cows 9.25 to 9.50. Sheep 500, steady. lambs 13 to 13.50.
Wheat No 2 hard ranges from 1.49 to 1.62 dollars with No 2 red at 1.60 to 1.63. Corn No 3 white 81 to 83 cents and No 2 yellow 81 to 82 cents. Oats No 2 white 49 to 40 cents and No 3 white 38 to 49 cents.
Wheat No 1 hard 1.51 and a half cents per bushel. Corn No 2 mixed 81 cents. No 2 yellow 81 to 82 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 white 39 to 40 cents. No 2 white 29 to 39 1/2 cents.
Commodity figures show mixed activity in Chicago grain and provisions with Wheat and Corn futures fluctuating. Declines appear in some contracts while others post modest gains amid ongoing market volatility and demand considerations.
Grain and feed items listed with per bushel and per hundred pound rates including wheat No.1 hard and maize. The snippet shows basis pricing terms for futures or spot markets with standard commodity units. Entities include grain types and measurement units.
Prohibition officials accuse a large beer running syndicate of shipping nine million dollars worth of beer into Chicago from eastern breweries with railroad connivance. Five syndicates five railroads and numerous Chicago police and agents are named in a grand jury investigation. Names of individuals are suppressed.
Historic OCR fragment lists prices for Leghorn hens broilers eggs and turkeys with assorted rates. Mentions sale items such as Old Tom Turkeys packing stock butter eggs and cost figures like $11.20 and 16¢ per dozen. Observed garbled letters and incomplete lines.
New York Oct 25 reports hedge selling and weather impact on prices. Cotton market shows a shift with a crop estimate of 15 440 000 bales from Memphis and weak Liverpool advices pulling values down. Prices decline as hedging pressure spreads to New York and New Orleans.
Mrs. L A Wells of 1600 Taylor with Mrs. George MacLellan of 1866 Taylor will attend the twenty eighth annual convention of the Texas State Federation of Women in Austin from November 10 to 14. Wells serves on the executive board as chairman of special programs and MacLellan presides Potter County federation. The gathering will meet in the senate chambers with headquarters at the Driskill Hotel and feature a Southern dinner and a Pioneer dinner at Stephen F Austin Hotel.
The Potter County Ex-Students Association of West Texas State Teachers college will meet at Central Presbyterian church at 7 30 tonight. They will discuss Homecoming on October 31 and a drive to raise 1009 for the Mary E K Hudspeth hall fund along with a social hour. All ex-students and friends of the college are invited.
The United States battle fleet began its first major tactical maneuvers of the 1925-26 year off the southern California coast. The fighting division includes battleships submarine destroyers minesweepers and aircraft, and the exercise starts at Sar Pedro California.
The piece notes stagnant conditions with fears of a government report next Monday and hints of a depressing development. It describes widespread shifts from December to March or May deliveries, indicating liberal December buying while predicting crops may not meet optimism amid an awakening in the textile industry.
The report shows the New York Federal Reserve keeping the rediscount rate at 3 1/4 percent. Industrial activity data show September output gains in motor trucks and passenger cars while Detroit employment rises for the eighth straight week.
The article notes lenders press for more funds with phrases like lend me and not going to fight more. National City Bank of New York reports deposits above 300 million while Chase National Bank shows over 456 million. It discusses plans to raise interent rates for stock loans and curb dangerous speculation, suggesting funds would flow to outside banks if rates rise, reflecting a global wealth imbalance.
Rail traffic remains strong with 1,120,645 cars loaded in the week ending September 26, near the 1925 peak. Investments yield rising returns from 2.92% in 1921 to 4.65% in 1925 as July Class 1 employment hits 1,795,669. Local notes cover Santa Fe operations, oil field histories, fair setbacks in Amarillo, and the growing impact of automobiles on city life.
The board approves five pairs of scales for Mexican, Eastward, San Jacinto Heights, Summit and Fred Douglas schools. A new walk from Junior to Senior high, plus a cross-link to Tyler street, will ease mud congestion. About 225 in automatic door releases ordered to improve safety. janitor J. B. Davis’s pay rises from 30 to 40 dollars monthly due to added staff and pupils.
Mary Thompson wowed the Amarillo American Business club at their luncheon as she whistled and sang, supported by Edith Sewall’s two vocal solos. Mrs MilIard Ward accompanied on piano. An invitation from Dr J A Hill of West Texas State Teachers College to hold the luncheon at the college was approved.
Three divorce suits filed in Potters County District Court allege cruel treatment. O. K. Lovejoy seeks a divorce from Eula Lovejoy. they wed in 1920. W. J. Wade sues Ida Mae Wade for abandonment and cruelty. married November 11, 1918. L. A. White sues Rosa Nell White, married December 25, 1912 at Atoka Oklahoma. abandonment alleged in 1922. They have three children aged 8 and 9.
East Newark police report fifty poolroom patrons tied up by robbers connected to boxers Johnny Dundee and Phil Krug. They escaped with $4500 in cash. $500 hidden behind a radiator was missed. The article mixes local crime with unrelated notes on rail accidents and odd quotes.
The piece notes several business solicitations in Texas and Oklahoma including Bert Marrs representing Poor Boy Cattle in Benos Dios Texas and Charley Hansen promoting the Oklahoma City Stockyards. It praises Amarillo for securing a Pearce Dental Supply branch and reports medical updates on O J Leveritt after appendicitis operation and pneumonia, and Edward Murphy recovering at home after surgery. Baum returns from Dallas with gallstone attacks. A C Wiser and Ernest Thompson fly to Memphis then Dallas. Cleburne resident C L Donaldson buys Bogard Furniture and showcases a prize lamp made from many woods inlaid artfully.
The Polk Street Methodist church board reports progress toward clearing about $2,500 of remaining debt after more than $1,000 was subscribed since the last quarterly conference. They expect full payment by the upcoming annual conference next month.
The motor ship Quitchawan believed loaded with illicit liquor sailed into San Francisco harbor at dawn, was captured by the rum chaser No. 255, and escorted back to sea with its crew under arrest as it violated the twelve mile limit.
'Cat-Eye Annie' was recaptured today after escaping from Erie county jail. A workman found her in the attic of a partially built house in Kenmore just outside the city. Also noted is Marie Kurenko, a soprano and lawyer, touring in the United States on her first American concert tour.
L. W. Newton known as Nut Sed returns to Amarillo from Wichita Falls and buys the Little Wonder store at 602 Polk street to reopen as Nut Sed. The shop opens tomorrow with a Sun Maid Raisin cake baking demo by Mrs. Seiles. W. C. Morehead plans a new EBD Market to carry EBD products.
Amarillo notes include Mrs. Roy Pool departing for Fort Worth to visit friends, deputy auditor Mrs. Irene Blake ill, and completion of Potter county district court’s special term. Local cattlemen host Dink Graham of Oklahoma City, and visits from George Draut of Lubbock. Also reported are hunting license sales, a duck hunting injury, a broken shoulder, a Halloween party planned by Mothers club, and remarks on box elder tree by D N Redburn. Federal deputy Douglas Campbell praised. P T A drives set a room contest with a half holiday prize. winner to be announced in Sundays Globe.
San Jacinto gears up for a Halloween frolic and parade on October 31 with a partial features list. Contestants will dress as Uncle Sam to Moon Mullins and other characters, plus a doll buggy parade supervised by Mrs. C. T. Davis. The cup prize from last year returns for the San Jacinto school.
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