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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
2
Hogs 20,000 described with top at 13.20 and various hog categories from 10.65 to 13.25. Cattle 9,000, higher with best steers at 14.75 and yearlings 14.50. Sheep 24,000 with Western lambs 15.00 to 15.50 and fat native ewes 4.50 to 7.75.
South Omaha Neb Sept 3 cattle 2500 all grass cattle generally ready for shipment and sale with buyers noted in market report
East St Louis reports cattle around 4 000 head and calves 1 00 with varied bids. Hogs total 6 500 showing uneven demand with top at 10.7 and bulk at 11.50 to 12.59. Sheep 6 000 firming with western lambs 15.25 to 15.40 and natives 14.60.
Chicago dispatch shows hogs at 9 000 lower with light hogs 13.35 medium 13 to 13.10 heavy 12.65 to 12.90 packer sows 10.75 and down. Cattle 2 500 slow cows 2.75 to 65.90 canners 2.35 to 2.75 Bologna bulls 3.75 to 4 light weightiers 12.50 to 12.75 Sheep 1500 steady fat lambs 14.50 culls 9 fat light ewes 7.50 heavies 5 to 6.
Cattle 1 050 steady good heifers 4.50 to 6 cows 4 to 4.650 canners and cutters 2.25 to 2.75 calves top 8 Hogs 600 higher top 12.40 bulk 12.40 up.
Hogs 1200, steady prices with smooth sows 10 to 10.25 and feeder pigs 11 to 11.56. Cattle 600 head including 200 calves, steady with butcher cows 3.75 to 5.56 and steers 5 to 6.50. Stock cows and heifers 2.75 to 5.50. Sheep 100 steady with native lambs around 33.75.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.57 to 1.68 dollars and No 2 red 1.69 to 1.72. Corn No 3 white 91 to 92 cents and No 2 yellow 1.00 to 1.01 dollars. Oats No 2 white 41 to 42 cents and No 6 40 to 41 cents.
Market brief lists prices for wheat, maize, kafir and oats in Amarillo with per unit basis figures. No further detail on price amounts or dates is provided in the readable text.
The Shenandoah, inflated with helium, carries ten machine guns for air defense as plans emerge for a Arctic naval expedition with moored vessels at Nome and Spitzbergen. Other nations experiment with airships, including the French Dixmude and US Roma disasters, with casualties and lessons from postwar airship ventures.
A mixed market report lists poultry items including Leghorn hens and ducks, butter, eggs, and turkey prices in the Amarillo area. Wheat futures show No. 1 hard at 1.56 to 1.58, No. 2 mixed at 0.98 to 1.01, with oats at 0.39 to 0.40 and various commodities from Standard Oil and General Electric appearing in the broader market roundup.
Amarillo high school pupils enrolling this week show strong interest in public speaking. Miss Marcella Walker, teacher of the subject, says training helps students express themselves better and be more efficient in their classes.
D Crittenden aged 78 dies at 3 15 PM at the family home 910 Pierce street. Survived by widow three children and a sister. Funeral services will be Friday at 3 PM from the home with Rev B R Wincher officiating.
The Chicago Board of Trade voted 281 to 01 for a new system of clearing trades in Grain futures. The move aligns with a pledge to Secretary of Agriculture William Jardine to adopt constructive measures to prevent wide price owings.
In Chicago on September 3 the Cincinnati team edged the Chicago squad 2 to 1 after extra innings. Pitchers Wingo and Cooper matched strong outings as Gonzales and Hargraces contributed for the losing side.
Immigrant gentlemen in Salvador embrace American style with collars cuffs and shirts as a marker of modern taste. Merchants report rising demand for imported menswear reflecting cultural exchange and global fashion trends.
Walter Maranville resigns as Chicago Cubs manager today. George Gibson is named acting manager for the remainder of the season.
Chicago reports over a five cent per bushel jump as September delivery corn bids reach 97% versus 94% yesterday. Crop deterioration from heat and drought spreads across a wide area. Austria unemployment remains near double last year. Puerto Rico enacts a two cent gasoline tax.
All seniors juniors and sophomores must classify Thursday morning and all high freshmen Friday morning at 9 oclock. New or unclassified pupils should Friday afternoon at 1:00 arrange their placement so classes begin Monday. By Thursday noon the junior high totals reach 466 with many pupils still unreported.
The market features a wide ticket list of 999 stock types offering chances to earn profits, while a cautionary note recalls that about 999 of a thousand stock gamblers lose money. The wartime oil price war pushes Standard Oil to cut in the Midwest by one more cent a gallon to 18 cents, with small savers paying later through higher costs.
Arlie L. Grigsby and Miss Vivian Elizabeth Landers were married at the bride’s home in McLean with Rev. W. C. Garrett officiating. The groom is a well known local grocer. The couple left for a motor tour of Arizona and Colorado.
Mary Elizabeth Ledford returns from Tulsa visit. Ed and Miss Laura Hamner lecturing at Can yon City institute. Ruby Lea Pennett visits Clarendon. Harold W. Rice in city on business from Dal las. W N Martin and family travel to Clarendon for business and relatives. Frank Hayes leaves for Childress. Will O'Brien party returns from O’Brien ranch hunting prairie chickens. Dorothy Stowell has tonsillectomy. Plants sleep ten to eighteen hours daily per experiments.
Miss Crystal Ross of Lockhart guest of the Misses Lee and Virginia Wolflin at 1807 Polk Street is noted for advanced degrees. She earned an A B from the University of Texas Phi Beta Kappa, an M A from Columbia as its youngest recipient, and a Docteur Es Lettres in comparative literature in Strasbourg. She returned to the United States in June and taught in UT summer school. next year plans undecided, not expecting to teach.
Kappa Sigma members gathered for their annual banquet at the Harvey house Wednesday night at 8. Rev McCal lum led the principal talk on fraternity ideals and each man gave impromptu remarks. A motion passed to organize a permanent alumni chapter in Amarillo. Attendees included Messerga, Dooley Otis Truelove, F P Works, Jessie Dickie, Ralph Trollinger, Cornelius Gooch, Ralph Hood, Charles Bowden, Elbert Lamb and Rev R M McCallum. Evangelist E W McMillan of Abilene will preach at the Church of Christ Sunday at 11 am and 8 pm.
Soprano and model Alice Meville wed band master Earl Strout. They will travel together and have designed a portable theater for the Tri State fair autumn exposition. An icebox with filing cabinet drawers has appeared as part of the display.
Amarillo Tri-State Exposition in Amarillo Texas offers 1000 ticket books with five tickets priced at $2 and ten tickets at $4. A 20 percent discount applies for the first twenty days of the month and tickets may be ordered in person or by mail from the exposition secretary.
At noon the Amarillo Rotary Club heard W. A. McIntosh discuss placing the right teacher in the right place for children and Hill urge high school and college teachers to stay engaged with social business and religious activities. The club's educational committee plans gymnasium funding work after polling civic clubs.
Denton September 3 Herman Shifflett Jr was arrested on complaints charging accessory to the slaying of Denuny Sheriff R B Parsons on August 6 He is the fifth man arrested in Parsons death and W A Martin is under indictment for murder Martin was taken to Fort Worth for further bank robbery probe connected to the Story ranch raid He is implicated in a Denton county robbery as well
In Abilene on September 3 a boiler explosion hurled red hot bricks during an oil test. A large crowd watched. no injuries were reported. Also noted is news that England's latest battleship will measure 700 feet in length.
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