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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1954
Page
6
The market slid from highs as stocks fell broadly led by industrials and rails while utilities and metals dropped. Bond prices mostly retreated with some governments and corporates showing modest gains as volume topped $3.3 million.
New York reporters say the cotton textile market showed a spotty pattern with about 300000 yards of sheetings sold for first quarter next year. Osnaburgs moved small amounts in spot, the print cloth division stayed quiet, and bids for 18 1 2 cents a yard for a fourth quarter shipment were rejected. Wool goods interest grew ahead of Australian wool auctions opening August 30 with prices expected lower. Rayon goads prices rose by half to one cent per yard. Fire fleet note: Baltimore coast guard operates the largest fire boat fleet in the world.
Hog prices slipped 25 cents with most choice 19 to 27 pound butchers at 22.28 to 22.75 while early sales topped at 23.10. Steers sold to 28.75 and 27.00. cattle receipts 15 000. Sheep and lamb classes steady with Good to prime natives 18.50 to 21.25. Grain bids: No 2 wheat 1.89 No 2 soybeans 2.37 No 2 oats 0.68.
A London firm promotes a new nonslip floor polish for rubber, asphalt, or composition surfaces and offers an accident guarantee with each can sold. The feature appears amid a late 1950s paper page containing market snippets and Madison County 4-H fair notes.
National wheat futures rose as buying against a looming supply tie up kept prices supported. September soybeans bounced back from recent losses though closed modestly higher, while corn and rye posted gains and traders awaited rainfall impact on maturities.
Wholesale eggs show stability with firm tone for large sizes and softness for standards and undergrades. Receipts reach 24 717 with New York spot quotations noted.
A mixed docket shows affidavits for burglary in Indiana cases involving Byer Littell and others, plus notices and complaints for foreclosures, divorces, and damages. A report notes Roy Moore’s return from Montreal after attending the Sheet Metal Workers convention as a union official. An unrelated line mentions evaporation rates comparing sea water to fresh water.
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