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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1923
Page
13
The June 23 Engineering and Mining Journal notes active metal markets with weak demand, a drop in purchases, and copper trading between 13 and 15 cents. Lead and zinc show softness, with scarce spot availability and cautious buyer sentiment amid financial–news jitters.
Four boys aged four to twelve left their homes to explore a river three miles wide. They sought a chance to view the water and its surroundings from a juvenile standpoint, with guardians unaware of their excursion.
Market observers say the failure of two exchange houses sent a dampening effect through sentiment on domestic and foreign markets. Bears reversed after early pressure while speculation and forward delivery interest remained cautious. Wheat and grain trading weakened with July deliveries down, and export demand for cotton receded amid favorable growing-area weather and high domestic consumption.
Washington reports via the Labor Department that building materials at wholesale run 102 percent above 1913 prices, far ahead of other goods at 58 percent. Clothing follows closely at 101 percent, while fuels, furniture, metals, foods, farm products and chemicals show smaller gains since 1913. Unemployment and wage trends may shift if the building boom slows, with construction costs becoming increasingly prohibitive.
A fragmented report compares farm product pricing between Bridgeport and New Haven centers. The readable text references whalasate mint and related prices, noting regional differences in wholesale markets and center listings as of a dated exchange.
The Saturday market bulletin notes a firmer strawberry tone with prices about 3 cents per quart higher. Reports show 16 to 20 cents per quart, some high figures for select berries, and rain-driven demand expected to lift prices next week. Other natives hold steady or rise marginally, with lettuce and peaches showing strength and potatoes easing.
Wholesale price declines marked traded stock in old markets this week. Factors included seasonal fruit and vegetable arrivals, with demand uneven between native and shipped goods. Strawberries and cantaloupes show varied prices. watermelons move from Florida and Georgia. poor quality cabbage persists. prices for eggs and other staples show moderation amid broader supply shifts.
The University of Chicago will send twelve professors on major research expeditions this summer. Professor Adolph C. Weede will search coal balls in Ulmess and Indiana coal fields. Professor Noe and Stuart Weller will hunt in Kentucky and Professor B S. Bastian will study ore in Northwestern Canada. Other projects include physiology, geology, and astronomy works across Cuba, California, Catalina Island, and Egypt, with aims to uncover fossils, plant evolution, and the speed of light.
The official compilation from Worcester & Davis lists issued June 19 1928 patents with inventors and locations. Notable items include boiler tube repair plug, clothesline item, internal combustion piston, hydro jack, compressed air engine control, retaining rings for receptacles, guard for oil engines, transmission mechanism, reinforced lantern tailway tire, and trademark entries for The Johns Pratt Company Tarr ford and Davis Pope Company Norwalk among others. The list covers Bridgeport New Haven New Canaan Stratford Glastonbury Torrington Danbury Windsor and other locales.
The piece describes Irving Fisher's Weekly Index showing week to week movements in wholesale prices of 21 commodities and in purchasing power of money relative to the prewar year 1913. It notes May 1920 price peaks, a dollar equaling 45.5 prewar cents, and details on its 209 price quotations with weights from War Industries Board reports and published via The Dan's Weekly Review.
Paris reports observation by Hugues Le Roux that a crab and a man both stagger and walk a straight line when exposed to alcohol. The study notes excessive drinking did not prevent the creatures from maintaining a chalk line gait, according to the French scientist.
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