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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
2
Kansas City markets report from Oct 26 shows cattle and hog activity with rising sheep. Calves 7,000 and hogs 6,000 traded with tops of 11.49 for hogs and 15.05 for Western lambs. Cattle ranged from 3.85 to 11.50 for various grades, while sows and stock pigs traded near 9.59 to 11.75.
East St Louis reports hogs 13 000 yard top 11.90 to 12.50, sows 310 to 10.20, cattle 9 500 steady lower, steers 7.50, canners 2.50 to 23, hogs 11.85 top at Fort Worth, cattle with calves steady, hogs 11.50 to 11.65, sheep 1 700 steady, lambs 12 to 13, yearlings 10 to 10.50.
Wichita Kansas October 26 cattle 2 200 weak top fat yearlings 1 steer and heifers 6 50 to 8 cows 3 75 to 4 50 hogs 90 active top 11 25 bulk 11 to 11 20
Chicago market totals show hogs 36 000 strong top 11.85 per cwt with packing sows 8.50 to 9.80 and killing hogs 11.76 to 12. Heavy hogs 11 to 11.50, medium 11.15 to 11.40, light 11.90 to 12.10. Cattle 11 000 plus vealers 12 down, mature steers above 13. Sheep 16 900 higher native lambs 4.75 to 15, wethers 9, ewes 7 to 7.60, yearling wethers 10.50 to 11.50.
In Wichita on October 26, cattle and hog prices held steady with butcher cows $4 to $5.05, grass fat producers $4.50 to $7, calves $4 to $7, veal $10.50, hogs at 1,600 head with top $11,385 and bulk $11 to $11.45, sheep 709 head steady with native lambs around $13.50.
Kansas City grain prices for October 26 show No. 2 hard wheat 1.54 to 1.67, No. 2 red 1.65 to 1.68. Corn No. 3 white 83 to 84, No. 2 yellow 82 to 84, No. 3 yellow 89 to 89. Oats No. 3 white 39 to 40, No. 2 white 89 to 90 cents.
The bulletin lists prices for broilers eggs lard and butter with rates in cents per unit and notes on stock in transit. It also records Chicago grain quotations with Wheat No 1 hard at 1.49 and Corn No 2 mixed at 80 to 81 cents, along with Oats No 2 white at 39 to 40 cents.
Cotton futures in New Orleans closed steady with a net decline of 107 to 120 points. Leading contracts showed varied opening highs and lows with December and October futures trading around 19.25 to 20.70 in the session.
The Associated Press reports New York trading shows cotton futures closing with a net decline of 64 to 107 points. Prices quoted include May, July and December contracts with varied daily ranges and settlements around 20.xx dollars per unit.
New York October 26 cotton prices jumped 8.8 cents per pound to 88. a bale following the government crop estimate of 15,226,000 bales, up 167,000 from prior data.
League of Nations demands Greece and Bulgaria evacuate each other’s territory within 24 hours and report compliance within 60 hours. Reports from Athens say troops retreat behind frontiers, while Bulgarian forces fortify positions near Petrich. Bombardment of Pipernitza causes casualties as refugees suffer from heavy rain. Sofia denies any Bulgarian troops on Greek soil.
The Fort Worth case involves a man charged under the Harrison narcotic law. Judge Wilson criticized government agents for using the defendant’s wife, a drug addict, to obtain evidence and gave the accused another chance. The Amarillo beauty spot and business notes from Horace Anderson follow with market updates on cotton, price movements, and harvest data.
Paris reports the franc stoppage after government market intervention and a warning via criminal proceedings by the minister of justice against unnamed parties for illicit capital exportation. Finance Minister Caillaux allowed the franc to reach 25 to the dollar before invoking Morgan loan support amid rumors of French banks being short on francs on foreign exchanges.
The Claude First Christian church Missionary society and Ladie's Council elected officers. Council leaders are Gale McMurry president R A Campbell secretary treasurer F E Cayton reporter. Council meets first Wednesday in November. Missionary society officers are D C Dodge president H H Knight secretary treasurer E Cayton reporter. Regular meeting is third Wednesday in November.
The Rev. Stanley W. Hayne, retiring pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church, preached his farewell sermon yesterday to packed services. He received a traveling bag as a parting gift, with remarks by George M. Waddill. Hayne praised the cooperation of the church during four years and noted plans for his move to Tyier Street Methodist in Dallas. A successor will be named at the Northwest Texas annual conference in Canyon on November 11, with Dr. A. L. Seales and Rev. Stuckey named as possible candidates.
The front window of Sewell drug store displays a strange creature described as a cross between a water dog and a catfish. It has gills fur covered tentacles and four legs. Judge Jim Wilson and others are mystified while Lige Moseley brought it from a water tank near Dumas. Sewell offers a $5 prize to identify its exact species.
The steamer GALE SWEEPS COAST was saved by the coast guard cutter Raritan in New York harbor less than 100 feet from rocks at Governors Island after both anchors broke. A coast guard patrol off Sandy Hook rescued two women and fifteen men after hours adrift on twelve empty barges. A shed fourty feet long tore from a Brooklyn elevated station and a five story office building roof peeled away, while a 24 inch smokestack toppled from a top floor without injuries as traffic was detoured. Injuries and damages were reported across New Jersey Philadelphia Pennsylvania towns and as far as Boston. The Fall River line steamer Commonwealth broke down off New London while en route from Fall River to New York.
The speaker notes Amarillo tire merchants profit from rising tire prices, mentioning many local men thriving, a favorable national magazine feature, and a photograph of his business and locomotive in a two page spread.
Rear Admiral Moffett, head of the navy bureau of aeronautics, told business leaders in Des Moines that naval aviation has not wasted funds. He argued the navy has produced aircraft equal to or better than any in the world and that the inventory lacks only in numbers due to federal economy measures.
Horace Russell of Russell & Cochrell urged Amarillo businessmen to fund and support the Tri State Fair at a noon meeting of the Amarillo Advertising and Salesmanship club. He called the fair Amarillo’s big advertising project and Panhandle showcase that promotes the region and encourages visitors to return.
Norman Freling aged 14 and William Rabb aged 16 ran away from Kansas City with camping gear in early month. Father M N Freling was in Amarillo seeking the youths in a Ford sedan. He says the boys planned ranch work Wild West experiences and trips toward Arizona and the Mexican border. Freling is five feet tall with a light complexion. Rabb is six feet two inches with a tight complexion. Report any information to the sheriff's department.
Local letters praise Sunday Globe coverage of the water plant sale to the city, urging homeowners and the poor to read the article for factual city affairs. Readers also note various local notes about oil, businesses, and recent incidents, including safes blown in Elk City and Shamrock.
Revival opens with Rev. J F Stanley of Forney Texas arriving to lead a two week meeting at the Missionary Baptist church in Twaddell addition Amarillo. The opening Sunday service had Rev W H Breeding in the pulPit with daily services at 10 am and 7 pm.
Captain John Stege announced a hard line against Chicago gangsters, ordering 60 squads to arrest all known felons and three elite units to hunt down and kill or capture the outlaws. He told officers to send gunmen to prison, drive them from the city, or execute them, vowing no parole or escape from the morgue.
Rev Virgil Fisher at San Jacinto Methodist quotes Amarillo churches needing a bold, fatherly pastor to oversee four suburban sections. He rejects pretenders and advocates ministers focused on growth, project completion, and active Christian life grounded in Acts rather than Numbers.
The writer laments lost diversions and religious rites under Kemal Pasha as he modernizes Turkey, notes falling newsprint prices and rayon futures aiding paper makers, and marks Congress approving merchant ships as warships on the navy’s 150th birthday, noting air power evolution.
Roy Hollingshead and H. K. Taylor harvested 17 canvasbacks and other ducks on a Sunday shoot. The report notes canvasbacks are scarce, describes long-distance shots, and mentions local gun shop stock updates for next Sunday.
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