Market Report Chicago May 7 LivestockPrices Mixed
Daily market report from Chicago outlines cattle and hog prices with rounds of strength and weakness. Beef steers and cows edge lower while calves and feeders hold. hogs see strong packer demand and shifts in light weights. Sheep market slow with limited sales and lambs trading around steady to higher levels. Receipts hover near 8,000 cattle and 16,000 sheep with varied demand across categories.
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Grain Market Report Shows Sharp Downturn Amid Bearish Tone
The corn market fell heavily by 3.495 cents as selling by commission houses pressed prices. Hog prices surged to a new high, top at 21.55, while oats rye and local sentiment stayed weak. Broad trading persisted with nervous undertone and a looming downturn risk as short interest contracts and oil shares rise regardless of fundamentals.
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Thase
Veterans of World War to Organize in St Louis Meeting
Delegates arrive in St Louis for a major gathering to found a new American veterans of the World War organization. The group aims to rival the Grand Army of the Republic in scope with membership open to all officers and enlisted men who served from the American entry to the war through its end. Preliminary plans will be adopted with final details left to a later convention. It notes a brief aside about Italy’s limited history of higher education for women.
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Grand Army of the Republic
United States
America
Government Railroads Deficit Near Half Billion Dollars
Director General Hines reported that federal railroad operation showed a deficit of about 192 million dollars for the first quarter of this year, with total 1918 losses at 226 million and fifteen months at 418 million. He said freight declines drive the weak showing and that no general rate increase is planned until business conditions improve. The American Railway Express also lost about 14.54 million in eight months through March 4, 1919.
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Washington
Hines
American Railway Express Company
Consolidated Express Corporation
Uere
Weather and schedule notes from multiple league games
The report lists postponed games due to rain including New York versus Philadelphia and Boston versus Washington. It also mentions results and players such as Batteries Erickson and Ainsmith, with various cities and teams referenced in a fragmented schedule roundup.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Foley Honey and Kidney Pills Trial Offer Notice
A garbled ad invites readers to mail a slip to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley Honey and Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic for coughs colds rheumatism backache and kidney bladder ailments. The text is unreadable in parts but mentions payment and response by mail.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicup
Highways Weather Report South Hood to Rock River
Fragmentary weather note describes routes from East Gvood toward Rock River with uncertain segments and a commander noted as 6 Wamsuller.
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Chugwater
Rock River
Weather Report Temperature and Wind Details
The report shows a date specific mean temperature of 48 degrees with a last 24 hour rise of 6 degrees. It lists a high of 86 and a low of 36 with wind up to 25 mph from the northwest. Precipitation since January 1 is 3.12 inches versus a normal 4.27 inches.
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Issee
Food for Thought Victory Bond excuses guide
A wartime piece lists common excuses for not buying Victory Bonds and counters each with a reply. It cites soldiers, wage earners, banks, Bolshevik fears, Wilson, Marines at Belleau Wood, and profiteers to urge immediate bond purchase.
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Chateau-Thierry
Uncle Sam
Wilsom
Belleau Wood
United States
Fifty Million Barrels of Oil In Big Muddy
Geologist C A Pisher revises the Big Muddy structure estimate, confirming 45 to 50.6 million recoverable barrels in the Wall Creek sand. Merritt Co. drills at the apex toward the second Wall Creek sand, expects about 150 barrels daily with a water-filled pipe to restrain oil, while the depth reaches 265 feet and the oil shows as air in the hole.
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C. A. Pisher
Merritt Company
Phrattel
President Wilson Calls Congress to Special Extra Session
President Wilson issued a proclamation for a special session of Congress to meet Monday May 9. Secretary Tumulty said the president will be absent on opening day, with the session aimed at passing annual appropriation measures. Republicans prepare to organize in the House as the session begins.
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Wilson
Congress
Tumulty
Whitehouse
Glass
White House
Senator Lodge
Lusk Royalty Boom And Casper Short Sale Strain
Reports from Casper indicate brokers are short on Lusk Royalty and cannot deliver. Some sold at 65 cents and faced deliveries near 82 cents. A leading Wyoming oil broker is reportedly wiped out by public demand for the issue.
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Casper
Wyoming Oil Center
Wyoming to receive possible telephone rate refunds
A Denver dispatch reports Wyoming and Colorado telephone patrons may get refunds if the US Supreme Court rules that May 1 rate increases were unauthorized. The Colorado and Wyoming publics utilities commissions urged patrons to preserve receipts, awaiting the court decision expected shortly.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Montain
Colorado
United States Supreme Court
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City of Seas
Hilledale Plans New Public School at $26,000 Cost
Hilledale, eighteen miles east of Chevenna, will build a new public school costing $26,000. Voters approved bonds for the building at an election held last Monday.
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Chevenna
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