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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
3
Cincinnati August grain market shows sharp declines with wheat futures off 4 cents and nearby prices easing. Cash wheat weak while corn and oats drift lower. hay scarcity drives higher inquiries for timely shipments. no No. 2 wheat offerings on arrivals. Prices for various wheat, corn, oats, hay, rye and flour types listed with regional comparisons and year-ago values.
Journal notes homegrown produce prices for spinach beans sweet potatoes and tomatoes with car lot sales and market shifts. It also covers a large Cincinnati financial summary, bank clearings, loan rates, and stock exchange transactions with multiple company listings and commodity prices.
NYC August 14 The cotton market saw a covering rally after an early drop. December contracts rose from 28.29 to 28.77 cents and closed at 28.75 cents as the market steadied with net advances. Exports amounted to 6,662 bales for the day and 101,844 bales for the season. port receipts 7,876 bales. United States port stocks stood at 181,528 bales.
New York World News Service lists Chestnut Hill Railroad quarterly 75c payable Sept 4 to stock of record Aug 20. United States Cigars Stores of America quarterly 2 per cent in cash and 1% in common stock plus 1% preferred 1 to Sept 15. Standard Oil of Ohio quarterly $2.50 common payable Oct 1 to stock of record Aug 28. Maine Central Railroad $1.25 preferred payable Sept 1 to record Aug 15. Cumberland Pipe Line Company quarterly $3 payable Sept 15 to record Aug 31.
In Chicago the butter market showed steadiness as inquiries increased. Fresh 92 score butter traded around 41 4 cents per pound, centralized 90 score at about 41 cents, with prices holding through the afternoon.
Credit balance 3.55, runs 49 368 barrels, average runs 36 429 barrels, shipments 56 182 barrels, average shipments 60 363 barrels.
In Chicago on August 14 two youth tennis stars Cranston Holman of San Francisco and Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines reach the final for the national junior title after Holman beat Berkeley Bell 6-2 6-3 and Coggeshall upset second seed Henry L. Johnson Jr. 4-6 6-4 5-7, with doubles action also shaping the field.
In Montreal on August 14 the Australian pair Gerald L. Patterson and John B. Hawkes defeated Willard F. Crocker and Jack Wright 6-0 6-2 6-4 to win the doubles and eliminate Canada from the Davis Cup. Australia earns a spot against the Spain-Japan winner.
More than 100 players are expected for the annual Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club tennis tournament at East End Courts. First rounds for Class A and Class B singles and doubles start at 2 pm, with reporting to the Tournament Committee required to avoid defaults. Progression continues into the next day, with semifinals next Saturday and finals the following Sunday.
Wichita 4 Lincoln 6 Tulsa 5 Denver 6 St Joseph 0 Des Moines 9 Oklahoma City 8 Omaha 1.
Wheat prices fell amid fresh Canadian arrivals and improved European weather. September and December futures dipped from yesterday, while corn oats and provisions showed mixed moves. Quotations listed for No 2 red and hard wheat, No 3 mixed corn, and various feed and fat prices.
New York and London money markets show call money steady at 4 percent with bids and offers around 4 percent. Time money ease noted with mixed calls near 3 3/4 to 4 1/4 percent and four to six months around 4 percent. Silver price quoted at 69 1/2 cents per ounce in New York. London silver at 82 38 16 pence per ounce.
Minneapolis market notes August 14 record minor changes across commodities. Wheat No 2 Northern bids at about 1.58 to 1.57 per bushel with December and May contracts cited. Corn No 8 low around 1.08 to 1.09, oats White near 0.87 to 0.93, flax No 1 around 2.58 to 2.88 per unit.
Takeichi Harada and captain Zenzo Shimizu won a five set duel for Japan over Manuel and Alonso of Spain. Final scores 6-2 6-3 2-6 8-10 6-2. Japan needs one more win in the two singles tomorrow to reach the third round against Australia.
Great Britain leads two of three after day one as Helen Wills defeats Joan Fry 6 0 7 5 to keep America in contention. Kathleen McKane outlasts Molla Mallory 6 4 5 7 6 0 and Chambers with Harvey beat Sutton Bundy Mallory in doubles.
Covington boxing card features Jimmy Finley of Louisville facing New York’s Joe Saviola over ten rounds at Riverside Arena. Saviola recently boxed Willie Harmon ten rounds at Queensboro Stadium. Semi final pits Lou Bloom of Columbus against Dominick Petrone, 1924 Tex Rickard gold belt holder.
Officials of the Greater Cincinnati Amateur Baseball Association ready Hyde Park Grounds and Faessel's Field for tomorrow afternoon’s first round of the elimination series. At Hyde Park the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company defends its title against the Shevlin club, while at Faessel’s Field L. B. Harrison meets Christ Church in a storied rivalry.
Betting money scattered across Erlanger Park greyhound races last night with several winners paying short prices yet thrilling crowds. Steam Ridge showed notable speed and wit, Oakland Russell led early but Steam Ridge surged late, and Oakland Low escaped a pocket to win by several lengths earning $18.60.
The Erlanger meet lists multiple races with winners and payouts. Gay Hawke paid 12.40 to win, Cecil 3.60 for second, and 3.20 for third. Dog suited Oakland Russell paid 4.80 3.40 2.60. Futurity course saw Jimmy at 14.60 7.40 5.80. additional horses and payouts are shown for six more races including hurdles and additional entries. Added starters and ran-overs are noted alongside times such as 0.29 1-5 and 0.30 3-5.
Entries for Erlanger Park races include multiple dogs in six events with distances from 3 sixteenth to five eighths of a mile and names such as Spotted Hawke Fremont Jerome Panjola Freedom's Call Lulu's Steam Stop and Fix It The Only One Judgement Miami Life Kid Shannon Dock Dun Oakland Cannon Dove Trawler Glendora Cincy Tecumseh Mac Bill's Findings Koon Kan Mill Maid Oakland Heir June's Gift Gold Medal Half Back Minstrel Coon Oakland Heart Judas NT Master Mason Blue Malt Man o War Lester Racing Lene White Buck Jadda Victorious Red Buckshot Wampatuck Royal Model Mike's Hare Farmer Pete Racing Ramp Red Charter Sunny Concern Desperate Chance Macroom Hoplark Sun Lover Sal King Shuffler Irish Lad LaVerne Jack Autumn Uncertain Lord Wellington John D Silver Fox Beacon Flight and a note of the Three Eye League with Peorart Bloomington listed.
President Coolidge travels eight hours through rain from Swampscott to Plymouth Vermont for a family visit. He stops at Rockingham Meeting House Cemetery to view his great great grandfather Nathaniel Davis’s grave, greets relatives, and rests with his father Colonel Coolidge.
Gertrude Ederle, aiming to swim the English Channel from Cape Gris-Nez to Dover next week, found ideal weather but tides unfavorable for an immediate start. She swam lightly with Helmy, the Egyptian aspirant, for an hour. Lillian Harrison, the Argentine four-time claimant, was welcomed aboard the President Sarmiento and recalled her River Plate crossing in 1923.
Mike McTigue former light heavy champ is matched with Young Marullo of New Orleans in a twelve round feature at Coney Island Stadium on August 21. Other bouts include Bob Lawson vs Jack Demare in twelve rounds and Jimmy Slattery versus Maxey Rosenblum in six rounds.
Jimmy Goodrich, world lightweight champion, battled Pep O'Brien to a ten round draw in Scranton. Referee Grimshaw's vote decided the outcome after judges disagreed. The bout was listless with no knockdowns.
Mike Ballerino of Bayonne, junior lightweight champion, defeats Billy Henry of Chicago after ten rounds in Bayonne New Jersey. Ballerino weighed 127 pounds while Henry weighed 131.
Pinkey Mitchell junior welterweight champion and Willie Harmon of New York battled to a ten round draw at the Wisconsin state fair park in Milwaukee on August 14.
Albany N Y Aug 4 Walter Smith youngest son of Governor Al Smith is said to have become involved in a minor clash with police Wednesday night Though no blotter record exists Patrolmen Roehl and Grube admitted they took the twelve year old and friends to a police station in a patrol car after they were caught playing baseball in the street At the station the officers asked Walter to use his influence to keep his companions from playing ball and he agreed
Government agents seized two jewelry pieces valued at $50,000 from a safety deposit box leased by Kitty Gilhooley. The raid followed the arrest of a narcotics suspect and an inquiry into Colonel Will Gray Beach, former narcotic chief, who faced conspiracy and anti narcotic act charges. Gilhooley was released on bond set at $50,000.
The Fischer factory at 2076 and 208 Reading road sold for about 40000 to the Samuel C Tatum Company manufacturers and loose leaf systems. The 20000 square foot building fronts Reading road with 50 foot frontage and 200 foot depth, now slated for storage use to relieve congestion at 200 Reading road. The Six Mile House tavern near Boudinot will be razed and the lot split into a subdivision by Edward Kenker after a sheriff sale at 23000 dollars. The Reading road parcel was among the first factory buildings erected there.
Alumni from the University of Cincinnati organize activities to boost interest among graduates and city residents. Chester R. Shook leads a tour of Eastern cities to form Cincinnati clubs with local graduates as nuclei. Howard Stapleton targets the Middle West to establish similar groups and a new graduate directory is planned.
Mrs Katherine Atkinson, facing a bigamy charge from Albert Atkinson, testified her second husband supplied proof of her first husband Fred Slosser's death. She cited prior separation from Slosser, a destroyed clipping, and said moonshine sprees led to a police arrest and a $200 assault charge.
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