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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1949

Page

7

Livestock Trade Steady in Slow Bexar and Fort Worth Markets

Across Bexar and Fort Worth markets on Sept 22 AP reports cattle and calves steady to mixed as hogs and sheep show variable demand. Bexar and Fort Worth cattle prices range from 14 to 24 dollars with calves, cows, bulls and stockers quoted. hogs mostly steady with top weights near 20.50 to 21.00. sheep and goats scarce with moderate wholesale demand. Chicago figures show hogs slower with weights and sows near steady, cattle mostly lower in margins, and beef cows weak to lower.

San Antonio Fort Worth Chicago

Good Samaritan Act By Dallasite Backfires

A. S. Bradley of Dallas recounts a failed good Samaritan gesture after two men stranded his car, asked for a push, and after he assisted their stalled vehicle both cars broke down. He left to fetch another car, returning to find the men and the battery missing.

Dallas A. S Bradley

Reaps Wallet as Farmer Finds Missing Cash

Oswego Kansas farmer Clarence Schmidt discovered a wallet he dropped and plowed under last autumn. The contents rotted but he sent it to the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City which returned the former 82 dollars in new currency.

Oswego Kas Clarence Schmidt Schmidt Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City

Young Galveston Boys Charged in Mann Act Case

Two 17 year olds from Galveston faced federal Mann Act charges in Houston for transporting a 12 year old girl to New Orleans for immoral purposes. They allegedly bought the ticket, met her there, and returned with her to Galveston in August, the youngest in the area to face such charges.

Houston INS Galveston New Orleans T. M. Kennerly

September grain futures stumble amid harvest mood

Chicago and Fort Worth grain markets show mixed movement as September contracts near delivery, with wheat and oats firm while soybeans slide. News from Minneapolis and Kansas City supports some buying, but government purchases remain small. cash demand steady at Fort Worth with wheat and corn mixed.

Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City

Damage in Oil Plant Blast at Magnolia Refinery

A $100,000 damage estimate was set for Magnolia Petroleum Company Hodge Station refinery after Tuesday fire and explosion in Fort Worth. John W. Newton said the plant should reach 60 percent normal operation within ten days. Two men were killed and ten injured in the blast.

Fort Worth Hodge Station Magnolia Petroleum Company John W. Newton Beaumont Newton

Texas Weather Returns to Dakotas Confuse Black Hills

Rapid City dispatch notes unseasonable warmth and springlike bloom in the Black Hills. Cherry and plum blossoms perfume the air as lilacs and spirea flower out of season. A rancher reports geese laying eggs ahead of schedule amid the strange weather.

Rapid City S. D Black Hills Norbert Dekerch

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