Markets and grain prices fall after advances in Chicago
Commodity markets end the year with sharp declines as corn prices slide after an uptick, driven by tighter call loan rates. Oats show limited gains, while December contracts pull back on expectations of delivery pressure. Rumors of June and May deliveries weigh on prices. short covering lifts December briefly. Wheat and rye show mixed activity as Minneapolis grain receipts rise and cash No. 1 North wheat trades near 1.43 to 1.45.
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Chicago
Hanon
Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Sta
Tonas Co
Market News and Year-End Stock Movements
New York stock market closes year 1919 with strong gains led by steel and oils. Reports cite heavy cash selling to meet tax returns, high call money, and rising discount rates. Bond turnover large. United States Steel adheres to wartime price schedule amid optimism in steel and copper sectors.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank
United States Steel Corporation
War Industries Board
United” States
Heilbronner Company
United States
Baldwin, Crucible
Lackawanna
Republic
NEW York Stock Exchange
Tobiaces
Amis-Chatmers Ik
Woolen’ SB Sons
Balawin Teo
Beth” Reet
Bosch Siaaneia
Brooklyn i. T. Ion
Butte & Superior
Butte
He Motor
Colorado
Calif
Pasco
Gene Motors
Keott Cokier
Sprinetia
Pacife
Scotia
Pan-Am
Pennsylvania
Pierce- Arronie
Pittsbore
Soy To Steel Oh
Pawrltae
Shattuck Arud
Sinclair
Ihetela
Southern Pacific
Mallway
Union Ou
Union Pacific
United Alloy
United
On & Steel
Néd
Utah Copper
New York Conn
Prom
Lausier-Wolcott Co
Air Ream i Chevroter Aetna
Curtis Aero
Lake "Torpedo Submarine Boat
Ub United Motors
I Wriant
Livestock prices and market receipts report
Chicago cattle and hog market notes show receipts and price ranges for heavy packing sows both smooth and rough, with cull and steer listings. Lambs and sheep receipts cited, with steady market. New York and London metal quotes provided alongside futures and currency figures for copper silver and bonds.
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Chicago
A Decisive Moment Opens a Savings Account
A man faces the bank teller as he makes the initial deposit that starts an account. Savings Accounts are welcomed here.
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Pitt
Chinese Expulsion Taboo Shocks Sonora Officials
A January 1 report from the Chinese legation and Mexican foreign ministry says Sonora faces an expulsion issue under state labor law. The federal government plans to deploy military forces to stop deportations if needed. The notice signals heightened tensions over Chinese residents amid legal warnings and potential enforcement actions.
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Sonora
Legation
Govnt
Survivors Rescued After Anton Van Driel Wreck
In St John Newfoundland three survivors were rescued by sailors from the steamer Ingraham after clinging to the wreck of the Belgian steamer Anton Van Driel for over 36 hours. The men, frostbitten and gravely ill, were taken to St. Mary’s Bay and then brought here in serious condition, with 26 shipmates lost.
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ST. John
N. F
Ingraham
Anton van Driel Yeserday
St. Mary's Bay
Samia
Remains of headless man found in Shepherd Canyon
Oakland notices a headless body found in Shepherd canyon is not that of J B Beritzhoff, a Palo Alto mining man. Relatives deny identity. they believe the brother is elsewhere and dead. Meanwhile minister Pleasant A Browall arrived in New York with his wife.
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Oakland
Cal
Shepherd Canyon
J.B. Beritzhoff
Palo Alto
M. Tt. Beritzhoff
Alameda
Montana
Idaho
New York
Pleasant A. Browall
United States
Switzerland
School of Bolshevism Conducted in Seattle
Seattle police report arresting ten alleged radicals linked to a "school of bolshevism" held by a man named Dr. Michael B. Schoalman. Officers found him lecturing nine Russians with a Bolshevik wall image and literature stamped soviet communist party. Dental certificates bore New York names, suggesting Schoalman traveled from New York where he used other aliases.
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Seattle
Wash
Seatte Police Department
Michael 8
Schoalman
Poli Ih
Leon Trotzky
Soviet Communist Party
Schoolman
John G. Colton
Benjamin Frank Alder
New York
Sugar-Lump Boy Finds Freedom in the Sunlit World
Three restless Sugar-lump Boys escape the dark tin box in the cupboard and explore the bright world beyond the door. They wish their brothers could join them yet reveal a wiser view of contentment as they ponder life outside. The tale sketches longing, courage, and a gentle moral.
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Neva Marrasy
Mrs. Bread
Mr. Butter
Uem Mcried
Noor
Ules
Weing
Moppie
Bulgaria Under Martial Law Amid Riots in Sofia
Dispatches report Bulgaria declared under martial law due to widespread riots over rising living costs. The Associated Press notes turmoil and government actions as Sofia experiences extraordinary measures.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Berlin Serialists Rally for General Strike
Independent circles in Berlin push for a general strike in protest against the rising cost of living. The appeal follows a new price hike on foodstuffs, reported by the Frankfurter Gazette.
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Parin
Berlin
Frankfort Gazette
Daylight bank robbery nets $115000 in Benson Nebraska
Four masked men robbed the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Benson, a suburb of Omaha, shortly before noon. They secured about $15,000 in cash and the rest in Liberty bonds and negotiable securities, then locked bank staff and customers in the vault before escape. An improvised screwdriver hid in the vault aided the guards’ jailbreak.
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Omaha
Neb
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Benson
Horoscope for the New Year 1920 Foretells Change and Upset
The January 1 1920 horoscope warns of social and economic upheavals worldwide with possible hard times ahead. It predicts Britain will see class leveling and wealth division through taxes and profits while the United States faces similar trends. It foresees activism by women in competition with men, scandals, and changes in publishing and theater, plus a noted manager dying unexpectedly.
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Jupiter
Great Britain
the McClure
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Valiey
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Lausler-Wolcott Co
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East Butte
Farrell
Seletk
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School OF Bolshevism
Anti-Red Squad
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the Heilbronner Company Brokers
East Broadway
Cotion
F. Hutton & Co
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Quartz
Nebraska Bank
Lauzier-Wolcott Company
Batte, Mont
Silver Bow National Bank
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General Banking Busines
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