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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
12
Markets report shows corn prices easing today with May at 1.66 and July at 1.60, reflecting weak demand and absence of buyer push. Oats and provisions decline modestly while rumors of export demand lift corn late. lard hits season lows and packers shift from seller to buyer. </s>
Chicago cattle and hog markets show varied receipts and steady to slightly higher prices with beef and butcher stock firming. Omaha and St Paul report light supplies due to embargo lifts, while New York notes firm raw sugar and stable copper with currency and bond movements.
The article notes a historical claim that Greeks originated mapmaking, but asserts that Egyptians and Phoenicians predated them in this art, revising the traditional view of cartography's origins.
The New York market showed uneven strength with food shares steel equipment and shipping leading gains while industrials were erratic. Bond weakness persisted in Liberty and Victory issues as total par value fell to 13 275 000 with notable activity in Pennsylvania Railroad bonds and copper demand influenced by foreign exchange shifts.
April 13 market report highlights gains in Replagle Steel and United States Steel with mixed sentiment across sectors. Vanadium holds 7 to 8 dollars while pools and profit taking influence prices. Oils show Pan-American strong, Mexican Petroleum steadies amid civil war talk. Sugar stocks rise 3 to 4 points. copper and malls show limited moves. strike news mixed as money conditions remain central.
Bozeman April 18. Montana Flour Mills officers report an exhaustive inquiry into crop damage across Gallatin county and the state. Ice damage to Winter wheat is limited to small patches while unusually favorable moisture and ground conditions prevail from the state’s southern to northern borders. Early growth delays and green shortages confused some observers, but seeds appear not killed and yields are expected to be high.
A slide of mining news reports Miami Copper gaining 20 percent in February output to 5,001,535 pounds and notes on Davis Daly earnings, ore grades, costs, and ventilation. German capital funds Idaho Dixie District projects, Neihart Gault mine activity, Premier mine ore shipments to Tacoma, and related development and mill upgrades. A Kokomo jail wedding sees William Buckland and Claudia Mae Stover marry through a cell door with Buckland jailed for stealing chickens.
The secretary of labor ordered import of Mexican labor to intermountain states for beet sugar fields due to farm labor shortages. Previous Mexican workers had been admitted to cover beet harvests as officials plan broader quotas to aid growers across the region. Also noted are Montana postmasters appointments and pensions awarded to two residents.
Minneapolis grain stocks facing a tight railroad network. United States Grain Corporation must move nearly 1,000,000 bushels of government wheat from Minneapolis elevators by May 31. Frank L. Carey says only about 250,000 bushels moved since November, with current pace delaying disposal to September.
London pastor Rev Vaughn denounces today’s fashion as immodest and unhealthy. He claims women undress for dinner and ruin souls and bodies, urging dresses to restore decency warmth and ornament. He decries the emotional gown as a craze against good taste.
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