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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1925
Page
11
Classified ad listing space for private rooms and furnished apartments with multiple addresses and contact numbers. Also mentions office space, store rooms, and general rental details, with scattered job and service notices and a late note about Midland Trail Transit Co transport alignment schedule.
A chaotic OCR notice outlines transportation schedules from Chesapeake & Ohio Railway routes to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with service details and a sealed contractors' bid invitation. It names several counties, towns, and project figures, including Canvassed costs and a public bid opening in Kanawha and nearby counties.
Fragmentary dialogue describes rural life and self-sufficiency with farming, homegrown food, and makeshift utilities. The speaker imagines a basic lake based lifestyle, growing tobacco, corn, and vegetables, and trading for money while living off the land.
The document reports on sweeping bull operations in New York markets with heavy trading, price surges, and volatile activity across major equities and petroleum shares. It notes executive actions and market reactions in a period of renewed confidence and subsequent uncertainty affecting investors and companies.
July 27 market summary shows wheat imports from South Africa arriving in Chicago area as prices drift lower. September and December futures dip while corn and oats trade firm. Clover seed and timothy seed show varied cash bids with December notes around 15.08 for Timothy.
Sugar market reports show July shipments offered at 27 duty paid with August demand softening. Prices eased by several points amid liquors trading, stronger overseas demand, and refined sugar price adjustments. Market watchers note lower futures and cautious activity across exchanges.
Fragmented text from a bonds and finance clipping shows broken names and numbers. The readable bits reference Murray Shem & Co New York Stock Exchange activity and a retirement note. Specifics on parties, dates, and sums are missing, leaving a partial, non-parserable record.
A fragmented July 2 currency and commodities note lists rates for several nations and items. It shows Greece, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, and others with various percentages and figures. The text includes duties, shipments, and averages for oil and related goods, plus scattered figures like 4.85 percent and 8.50.
Market notes from Pittsburgh and New York list dairy and produce items with varied prices. Maryland and Delaware stocks include Duchess and other brands. Chicago reports firmness in butter grain and cheese markets. milk and poultry prices show fluctuations with mixed demand and fractions of a cent adjustments.
Chicago live stock market shows steady to uneven pricing across steers hogs and sheep with high variability in quality. Best fed steers around 14.08 to 14.50 per cwt and heavy weights around 13.20 to 14.30 while hogs mostly 20 to 40 cents lower than Saturday with top near 14.30 for lighter cuts. Sheep receipts mixed with few natives and feeders, prices around 12.50 for feeders and mid 12s for ewes, overall market activity mixed and regionally varied.
Pittsburgh Livestock Market reports July receipts with steers good to choice trading around 12.06 to 14.75 for various classes. Hogs steady with prime heavies 14.65 to 14.75, sheep and lambs higher, calves steady with tops near 42.26.
New York July 27 renewed buying of railroad and other bonds steadies the market amid divergent moves. Katy, Pan American and Skelly issues rise or hold with some converts unsettled. Large underwritings planned inclduing Danish loan and Tokyo Electric and Trumbull Steel debentures. Dry goods and textiles edge higher on cotton costs while wool and burlaps shift, retailers liquidating inventories.
In Boston on July 27, activity in the wool market remains generally unchanged with quiet trading across most grades. Prices hold near quoted levels as demand from domestic buyers returns sporadically, with finer fibers showing limited shifts while coarser lots stay steady.
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