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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1918
Page
12
Chicago reports a record $3 million per hour in November 1918 for livestock sold for meat. Estimated by livestock experts at the International Livestock Exposition, producers in the Chicago market earned over $27.09 million for hogs and cattle, with prices above prewar levels due to government embargo effects and higher demand from wartime needs.
Missouri Pacific and Canadian Pacific display strength while United States Steel eases slightly. Loans rise by about 47 million and reserves gain near 6.5 million, but overall demand remains weak with Liberty bonds sliding to record lows. Total weekly sales reach 4.875 million par value. old United States bonds unchanged.
Chicago markets show weak outlines in grain led by expected big receipts Monday and eased wartime trading rules. Corn and oats fall with May deliveries pressured, while hogs and butter and eggs reflect a broad market dip amid liquidation and bear pressure.
Chicago hog market slows with steady demand and lower values. Omaha and Portland reports show mixed cattle and sheep prices, steady or higher on select classes, with receipts ranging from 400 to 6,100 head.
Postmaster General Burleson rebukes Capt. Benjamin Lipsner for alleged misstatements as Lipsner resigns over plans to shift air mail leadership. Burleson denies ordering new planes and cites two new air mail offices led by Lieut. J. Clark Edgerton and Dr. L. T. Hussler, with Lipsner delivering duties to Elizabeth, New Jersey.
In Santiago on December 7 Joseph TH Shea the American ambassador relayed a message from President Wilson offering mediation in the Tacna and Arica provinces dispute. The aim is a friendly settlement in line with the Treaty of Ancon, with both Chile and Peru avoiding war. Argentina will join the U S effort to reach a settlement between Chile and Peru.
An early 20th century advertisement style page sells a carbus claiming double mileage for Ford cars with a free trial and guaranteed claims. It also lists multiple job openings, hotel for sale, and numerous money lending offers with local offices in Chicago Anaconda Butte and Helena, showing fragmented classified copy.
Samuel Untermyer issued a denial that he ever served as agent or in any capacity for the German government. He recalled a 1916 suggestion to German embassy official Dr Heinrich Albert about acquiring an interest in a New York newspaper as a personal negotiation. He also said he and friends considered a metropolitan journal in 1911 and offered a minority stake when an opportunity arose. Dr William Bayard Willcox confirmed denying receiving German funds while he was Berlin-based special correspondent for the New York American.
London reports the Berlin government may permit armed troops returning from origin to resume arms after revoking a prior disarmament decision per a Central News Amsterdam dispatch. The note cites official clarification and ongoing security concerns.
Minneapolis grain receipts reach 610 cars this year against 183 last year with prices for No 1 northern flour and related goods at specific state values. New York markets show mercantile activity, currency rates, and Liberty bond prices with summaries of clearing house conditions and metal assay services in Butte and Seattle dispatches.
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