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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1949
Page
2
San Antonio cattle sales showed higher prices across mature slaughter cattle bulls calves and stockers with several classes advancing up to 1.00. Hogs sheep and goats also traded actively with steady or higher quotes including good and choice weights and feeder pigs lighter demand.
A garbled AP wire report notes mixed activity in grain futures with some months showing minor gains and others steady or unchanged. Traders watch bids in dark periods, with occasional price shifts noted for May and July contracts amid light volume.
AP dispatch reports salable hogs at 16 000 head with market steady on all hogs. Butchers slow to close, prices down 15 25 percent in some quotes. Cattle: salable calves 500, two way market, steers and heifers improving to 1.00 higher, cows steady, bulls higher. Sheep: salable 3 000 with slaughter lambs up about 1.00, yearlings limited, lambs 24 60 to 25 00 top, ewes steady to higher.
Says Voice of Experience warns it can upset you easily. Jack-Draught is a friendly laxative with four generations offering prompt relief and stimulating sluggish intestines. Black-Draught costs a penny and helps relieve headache nausea dull feeling or bad breath when constipation is the cause. Buy it at your drug store today.
Stocks showed little net change amid cautious trading on Oct 24 as investors awaited dividend news and labor talks. Major swings were modest with coal and steel strikes watched. Heavily traded issues included U S Steel and Warner Bros while gold shares rose and the curb market stayed narrow.
Cotton futures closed steady with minor gains in New Orleans and nearby markets as old crop deliveries remained narrow. Spot sales reached 60 bales with middling prices around 30.25 cents, while a truck accident in Pa killed an 18 year old sailor and injured several, including bus occupants.
Les ter R. May, vice president and general manager of the Southwestern Drug Corporation, died at his home Sunday night after a long illness. A Whitewright native, he had been with the company for 38 years.
Chicago Oct 24 AP All oats contracts rise to new seasonal highs on the board of trade with a firm market and outside interest from commission houses. Wheat and corn advance modestly while soybeans ease. cash oats stay firm with No 2 white at 75 cents. Fort Worth cash grain shows fair demand and mixed grain prices across varieties.
Amarillo dispatch reports John F. Fuller aged 55 of Lufkin was found dead at 7 30 am Monday along Highway 66 about six miles east of Amarillo. Officers say he was the victim of a hit and run driver. The body was found by Raymond Shaw and Loyd Borden while driving on the highway. Fuller had been dead at least four hours. He had worked recently for the Santa Fe Railroad in this area.
A reader testimonial promotes Barcentrate as a grapefruit juice based weight loss prep. It instructs buying four ounces, mixing with grapefruit juice, and taking two table spoons twice daily. Mrs L J Bryant credits the product with dropping weight and dress size.
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