Wall Street Stocks Mixed as High-Priced Industrials Lead
Wall Street steadied with little overall change after a small dip in American Can. Major gains emerged in Mack Trucks, Westinghouse Air Brake, General Electric, Dupont, and Havana Electric. Oils showed reduced selling pressure while equipment, electric, and motor shares led gains. Total volume near 500000 shares.
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New York
Mack Trucks
Westinghouse Air Brake
General Electric
Dupont
Havana
Wis
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Omaha stock yards report for August 15 shows hog receipts 7 500 with mixed moves across weight classes. Hogs mostly 12.90 to 13.50, top 13.50. cattle receipts 1 060 with feeders and fat cattle firm to mixed, top steer price about 14.85. sheep and lambs with fat lambs 14.50 to 15.00 and ewes 6.50 to 18.00.
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Omaha
U. S. Dept. of Agric
Chicago cash grain prices and futures quotations
Chicago cash grain summary lists wheat and corn bids by grade and class for August 15. Prices cover No 1 to No 6 hard wheat, corn varieties including No 2 and mixed, yellow and white classifications, oats values, rye absent, barley and Timothy and Clover seed bids, with lard ribs bells and other small commodities also noted.
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Chicago
Timothy
Omaha cash grain prices quoted for wheat corn and oats
Wheat prices range from No 3 hard 1 60 to No 1 hard 1 63 per bushel. No 2 yellow corn 1 01 and 97 for white. Oats No 2 white 49 4 and 38 2 gy per bushel.
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Omaha
Clearing houses show reduced reserves for week in Newark
Newark August 15 actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies reports an excess reserve of 5 067 270 dollars, a decrease of 14 690 150 dollars from the previous week. The report highlights tightening liquidity and weaker reserve levels across institutions in the area.
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Clearing Houses
Newark
Liberty Bonds Market Close Prices Report
U S bonds closed with Liberty 3 14s at 100 27 First 4 and Sev ound 4 45 at 100 27 Third 44s at 101 12 Fourth 44 44 at 102 5 U S Treasury 4s at 102 22 and 4145 at 106 8
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Liberty Bonds
New York
U. S
Liberty
Sevound
U. S. Treasury
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Hogs receipts 11 500 mostly unchanged from Friday with varied weights and prices from 12 00 to 14 00. Cattle receipts 1 000 with fair activity. heavies and yearlings mixed with top 16 10 on 1 192 lb heavies. Sheep receipts 8 000. fat lambs strong to 2 56 higher, native prices leading. Unofficial Monday totals: Hogs 33 000, cattle 21 000, sheep 17 000.
Market Notes on Butter Eggs Cheese and Poultry Prices
Chicago and New York reports show butter mostly steady to firm with mixed receipts. Eggs in New York steady to firm with higher creamery quotes. cheese steady with varied flat and fancy lots. Live and dressed poultry prices subdued with uneven demand, while Kansas City and St Louis show minor shifts in hens and springs.
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Chicago
Americas
United States
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New York
Hearby Hennery
Express
Horse and Mule Market Prices at East St. Louis
East St. Louis buyers see horse prices from 45 to 175 dollars for drafts and eastern and southern stock, with mules priced 60 to 225 dollars depending on size. Auction notes list draft quality, chunk quality, and mule heights as market indicators for Aug 15.
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East St. Louis
Toledo Seed Market Prices Report
Toledo Ohio August 15 market notes list wheat No 1 red cash 1.68 1.69. clover seed cash 17.20 Oct 15.75 Dec 14.70. alsike 13.60. timothy seed cash 3.85 Sept 4.10. Getr 4.99 remainder.
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Toledo
Mark
Clover
Cash
Alsike
Timothy
Getr
Wheat Market Slips on Canada Crop News and Export Woes
Board of Trade Chicago reports a sharp price setback in wheat despite an upturn in Liverpool quotes. Bearish Canadian crop reports and weak export demand weighed on prices, with December and September futures hitting new lows for the week. Corn and oats stayed firmer but closed weaker than wheat. hog provisions also eased.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Canada
Alsa
United States
Grain and hay price report from St Louis and Kansas City
Market letters show hay prices steady in St Louis with No 2 timothy at 21 to 22 dollars and No 2 heavy clover mixed around 19 to 20 dollars. Kansas City notes a 50 cent rise with Timothy No 1 at about 15.5 to 16 dollars and clover mixed No 1 near 15 dollars.
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Hay
St. Louis
Kansas City
St Joseph Livestock Market Report
St Joseph stockyards report for August 15 shows hog receipts at 1,500 with steady prices and top 13.60 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts at 50 include steers to 15.00, cows and heifers to 12.25, calves to 12.00, stockers and feeders to 9.00. Sheep receipts 700 with lambs 13.25 to 15.00 and ewes around 6.00.
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ST. Joseph
St. Louis Cash Grain Prices Report
St Louis cash grain prices list wheat corn and oats with bids for No 2 red 1.73 1.74 No 2 hard 1.60 1.61 No 2 mixed 1.05% No 2 White 1.05 1.06 No 3 white 1.05 No 2 yellow 1.07 No 3 yellow 1.06% oats No 2 white 40% 41 No 3 white 40 41.
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St. Louis
Flour Prices Snapshot From Minneapolis Market
Minneapolis market report shows flour prices at 10 to the lower, family patents at 8.75 to 9.10, bran around 25.00 as of August 15. The terse note reflects commodity quotes and packaging lines in a single city bulletin.
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Minneapolis
Gas Companies Battle Over Price In Omaha
In Omaha a gasoline price war unfolds as independent firms and the Standard Oil Co of Nebraska resume cuts. Standard Oil reduces to 18 1/2 cents plus tax while independent firms counter with 27 1/2 cents plus tax.
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Omaha
Associated Press
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Stelk Oil Company
Promoter Fitzsimmons Advances Dempsey Wills Talks
Lloyd Fitzsimmons, promoter from Michigan City Indiana, travels to Chicago with two signed preliminary agreements for a potential heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills. He plans financial backing to expand to 125000 and target final contract signing around September 20 in Chicago.
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New York
Lloyd Fitzsimmons
Michigan City
Ind
Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Fitzsimmons
Teen rides on airplane wing escapes crash in California
The 17 year old Milwaukee youth Jack Richman clung to the wing as Major C. C. Moseley guided the plane from Las Vegas to Griffith Park Airport. The intruder’s weight shift nearly caused a slip but the pilot kept control and landed safely. Richman then rode in and received an army shirt.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Jack Richman
Las Vegas
Nevada
C. C. Moseley
California National Guard Air Force
Moseley
Ger-geant Chestnut Wood
Jack
Griffith Park Air Port
Milwaukee
Denial of Carlson Discharge Over Political Views
Iowa Falls August 15 the Ellsworth college board of trustees denied a report that Miss Aldena Carlson was discharged for political views. They say her contract was not renewed for lack of cooperation with the board after four years as head of the English department.
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Associated Press
Iowa Falls
Aldena Carlson
Ellsworth College
Miss Carlson
Brookhart
LaFollette
Deputy Sheriff Missing in Land Argument Over 3000 Acres
Tampa reports a deputy sheriff has vanished during a land dispute on Florida’s west coast Everglades. Tension rises between eastern capitalist representatives and longtime homesteaders over 3000 acres of allegedly lost land. Marco Island homesteaders seek state or federal intervention and plan to petition Governor Martin in Tallahassee.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Everglades
Martin
Marco Island
Collier County
Barron G. Collier
Tallahassee
W. R. Maynard
Battle Over Mareo Island Lands Draws Florida Groups
Two land claimant factions battle for Mareo Island lands as W G Williams appeals to the governor after County Judge Storer says he lacks authority. Interior in Washington orders a full investigation after receiving communications from both sides.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of the Interior
Florida
Mareo Island
Work
Steck Gain In Iowa Senate Recount In Monona County
In Monona county the official recount in the Iowa senate race shows Daniel F. Steck 211286 and Brookhart 199113 with 1117 Steck and 3648 Brookhart ballots protested. The recount adds 1895 ballots across game counties, 1350 for Steck and 545 for Brookhart, giving Steck a net gain of 805. Recounts in OBrien and Osceola began. Page county to be taken up Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Monona
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Viet
O’brien
Osceola
Page County
Former Newspaper Man Ends Life By Hanging
Claude Dickinson a 33 year old former publisher of the Sherburn Advance Standard ended his life by hanging on a farm near Storm Lake Iowa last night. Ill health was blamed. He hanged himself in a corn crib on Henry Langhoff's farm where he had been working after a nervous breakdown. His wife Mrs Marie Johnson Dickinson who is ill from shock found the body. Dickinson was a well known Northwestern Iowa newspaperman and former foreman.
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Storm Lake
Claude Dickinson
Sherburn
Iowa newspaper publisher known for multiple Iowa papers
The article notes a publisher who led the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune until spring, then bought the Sherburn paper. Poor health forced him to leave Sherburn as publisher. He had also worked on newspapers at Cherokee and Alta, Iowa.
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Storm Lake
Pilot -Tribune
Sherburn
Cherokee
Alta
Iowa
In Memoriam Walter Wickham Died in Des Moines
Walter Wickham died at his Des Moines home on August 4 1925. Born 1871 in Union County Iowa he studied at Drake University graduating in 1900 and taught physics there. He married Margaret Dunmire in 1923 and is survived by his wife three children two brothers one sister. Funeral services were August 7 at Urbandale Federated Church Des Moines.
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Walter Wickham
Des Moines
Union County
Iowa
Drake University
Margaret Dunmire
Scotland
S. D
Wickham
William
Jacob
Margaret
Jasper Wickham
Los Angeles
W. G. Wickham
Creston
Casper Paulus
Afton
Urbandale Federated Church
Senator Norbeck to Seek Re election in northwest farmer relief bid
Mitchell South Dakota Aug 15 Senator Peter Norbeck announces he will seek re election when his term ends on a platform calling for relief for farmers of the northwest He favors parity for farmers and manufacturers and opposes income tax cuts that benefit big taxpayers only He says the main Washington issue is to reduce government expenses
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Associated Press
Mitchell
S. D
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Northwest
Norbeck
Sheriff Holds Suspects in Gas Station Robbery Case
Sheriff Charles Denison detains two Chicago men named John A. Reed and G W Quillan on suspicion linked to a gas station robbery in Iowa City and auto thefts at Hills and Riverside. They were removed from a freight train at Eldon and brought to Washington by local officers.
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Washington, Ia
Charles Denison
Iowa City
Hills and
Riverside
John A. Reed
G. W. Quillan
Chicago
Eldon
Washington
Oh Doctor Universal Jewel at Strand Sunday
Universal Pictures chooses a stellar cast to support Reginald Denny in Oh Doctor a screen version of Harry Leon Wilson s Saturday Evening Post serial. Directed by Harry Pollard the film follows a pampered young man who must overcome fears to avoid losing a fortune. Mary Astor Otis Harlan William Mong Tom Ricketts and Mike Donlin star in the ensemble lineup.
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Universal Pictures Corporation
Reginald Denny
Universal Jewel
Strand Theatre
Saturday Evening Post
Harry Leon Wilson
Harry Pollard
Denny
Mary Astor
Otis Harlan
William Mong
Tom Ricketts
Mike Donlin
Dangerous Innocence at Willard Stars Laura La Plante
Universal Jewel presents Dangerous Innocence at the Willard Sunday with Laura La Plante and Owen O’Brien as leads. Hedda Hopper Milla Davenport Martha Mattox head the female support with Jean Hersholt Alfred Allen and William Humphrey in secondary roles. Adapted from Pamela Wynne’s Ann’s An Idiot, directed by A. Seiter.
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Universal-Jewel
Willard Theatre
Laura la Plante
O’brien
Filmland
Miss la Plante
Mr. O’brien
Hedda Hopper
Milla Davenport
Martha ‘Mattox
Jean Hersholt
Afred Allen
William Humphrey
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Chicago Livestock
Chiono
CU. S. Dept. of Agric
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Dee
Sioux City
Arthur Henegsey
Carroll Nebr
Hoskins
Nebr
Hylan
City Hall
Sac City
Hown
T. J. Peacock
Custer
Hudson
Hudson-Essex Word
Matt Conway
Pine Street
Monona County
Memoriam
Washington Administration
Laplante
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