Adventure of the precipice world and Professor Challenger
London reporter Malone seeks a dangerous assignment to prove himself and interviews Professor Challenger who returns from South America with a sensational but doubted tale. Sketches of cliffs and a stegosaurus like creature, a flying pterosaur wing, and blurred photos back his claims as Challenger stirs a lecture crowd.
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Matone
London
Professor Challenger
South America
Malone
Challenger
Summerlee
Tong
Jake Roxton
Lord John
Adventure Looms in South American Wilderness Quest
The narrator and companions plan a daring expedition into the Matto Grande region of South America guided by Professor Challenger. He envisions vast river systems and uncharted forests as potential sites for discovery, while the group secures covert communication and prepares for a perilous voyage aboard the Francisca with Summers, Roxton, and Challenger leading.
Wall Street Reactions Follow Chryslers Slide Into Losses
On August 26 traders showed pronounced reactionary tendencies as Chrysler extended its loss to nine points before buys steadied the market. Motors like Willys-Overland rose over one point amid expectations of a 29 percent back dividend. Studebaker moved higher in sizeable blocks while the money renewals rate was pushed to 4 percent as funds moved ahead of month end. Closing was irregular.
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New York
Chrysler
iWulys-Overland
Studebaker
Hay Price Readjustments Reported Across Markets
St Louis reports easier hay prices with No 2 timothy at 18.00 to 20.00, No 2 light clover mixed 17.00 to 19.00, No 2 heavy clover mixed 16.00 to 17.00, and alfalfa 26.00 to 27.00. Kansas City notes hay prices up by one dollar with No 1 timothy 17.50 to 18.00, No 1 clover mixed 15.50 to 16.50, and alfalfa at 22.00.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Hiay UN
Timothy
Clover
St Joseph Livestock Market Report Summary
Hogs receipts 6,000 with prices 25 to 40 cents higher. top 12.80 and bulk 12.25 to 12.75. Cattle receipts 5,000 steady to 25 cents lower. steers 7.00 to 11.50, cows and heifers 3.25 to 10.50, calves 4.00 to 12.00, stockers and feeders 5.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 2,500, strong to 25 cents higher. lambs 13.75 to 15.00, ewes 6.00 to 7.25.
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ST. Joseph
Liberty Bonds Close Mixed With Slight Gains
U S bonds closed with Liberty 3 percent at 100.28, First 4448 at 102.3, Second 414,100.21, Third 4 percent at 101.17, Fourth 44s 102.11, Government 4s 102.28, U S Government 4 percent 106.16.
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Liberty Bonds
New York
U. S
Liberty
U. S. Government
Horse and Mule Market Report East St. Louis
East St Louis market notes on August 26 show prices for horses and drafts at 150 to 180 dollars, eastern chunks 75 to 100 dollars, southern horses 45 to 75 dollars. Mules range 60 to 225 dollars by size with 14.3 to 17 hands priced 60 to 225 dollars.
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East St. Louis
St Louis Cash Grain Prices Aug 26 1920s
Cash grain figures for St Louis on August 26 show wheat No 2 red at 1.70 to 1.74, No 2 hard at 1.82, corn No 2 white at 95, No 2 yellow at 97, oats No 2 white at 41 42, No 4 white at 40 41.
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ST. Louis
Flour Prices and Shipments Reported in Minneapolis
Minneapolis reports a drop in flour prices by 10 to 35 cents with family patent flour at 8.65 to 8.70 and shipments totaling 39,700 barrels. Bran priced at 24.00.
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Minneapolis
Chicago Livestock Market Report Aug 25
U S Dept of Agriculture figures show hog receipts about 12 000 with mixed gains 10 to 25 cents. Prices range 12.75 to 15.00 for various hog weights and packing sows 10.50 to 11.00, with slaughter pigs 12.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 17 000 with fat natives steady to firm 14 25 14 50 and fat western lambs advancing. cull natives 11 50. early bids for fat natives and western ewes noted. Official tomorrow figures project hogs 18 000 cattle 9 000 and holdover hogs 11 000.
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Chicago
Dept. of Agric
Poultry and Dairy Market Brief from Chicago and New York
Chicago reports higher poultry receipts with varied prices for fowls, broilers, turkeys, ducks, and geese alongside steady to slightly easier potato markets and rising butter prices. New York market shows mixed butter, eggs, peg stocks, and cheese receipts with stable to firm tendencies in live and dressed poultry.
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New York
Hennery
Avenage
Freight
Express
Market Summary From Kansas City Aug 26
Eggs unchanged firsts 28 selected 36. Butter unchanged creamery 4 46 packing 26. Poultry hens 21 roosters 2 broilers 28 springs to higher 23. Potatoes now home grown 1.60 1.75 a bushel.
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Kansas City
Chicago Grain Prices and Barley Values on Aug 26
Chicago market report lists Wheat varieties with bids from 1.59 to 1.681% and Corn mixed grades ranging 90 to 97% from No 1 to No 8. Oats and Rye show various No 2 and No 3 prices, Barley quoted at 65 to 73, Timothy seed 7.75 to 8.25, Clover seed 20 to 27.75, with Lard at 16.87, K ribs at 18.25 and Bellies at 21.37.
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Chicago Grain & Provisions
Chidgo
Dee
Chicago
Toledo Seed Market Prices Update
Toledo Ohio August 26 Clover seed cash 17.00 asked with dates Oct 15.75 Dec 15.10 Timothy seed cash 3.6h with bids Sept 3.75 Oct 3.65 and Dec 3.75.
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Toledo
Clover
Timothy
Omaha Cash Grain Prices Broadcast
Wheat markets show No 1 hard at 1.60 to 1.62, No 2 hard at 1.59, No 2 mixed 1.52 to 1.60. Corn No 2 yellow at 90.14 to 90. Oats No 2 white at 37.5 to 38.
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Oma
Wheat and corn trend lower amid slow trading in Chicago
Chicago board of trade notes a lack of influential news as local operators dump offerings. Wheat falls to near session lows with September around 1.56 and December about 1.55, while corn slips to 93-94 cents and oats dip to 37 cents with provisions steady.
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Chicago
Illinois
Omaha Livestock Market Report for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
U S Dept of Agriculture market update from Omaha on August 26 shows hog receipts at 7 500 with prices mostly higher and top at 12 85 for 200 lb hogs. cattle receipts 4 300 with bid ranges up to 13 50 and heavy cattle around 14 75. sheep receipts 15 000 with fat lambs 14 75 to 15 00 and ewes 7 35 to 8 75.
Sugar prices hold steady in New York market
Raw sugar unchanged at 4.40 for Cuban duty paid and refined steady at 5.50 to 5.64 for fine granulated as of early trading in New York on August 26.
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New York
Coffee futures firm as Sept and Dec contracts advance
New York prices show futures for September at 20.40 and December at 18.44. References to Santos No. 4 and Rio No. 7 indicate quality markers and origin names in the market report.
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New York
Rio
Santos
American Bank Sets Palestine Construction Speed Record
In Tel Aviv a bank organized by American residents rapidly erects a three story building to replace expiring quarters. Electric arc lights and three work shifts ensure quick completion. The tallest structure in the city will house banking offices, clubrooms, a roof garden, and views of the Mediterranean and Judean hills.
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Jerusalem
Tel -Aviv
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Mediterranean Sea
Judea
Mrs Watson of Dallas Visits S E Taylor Street
Mrs M C Watson of Dallas Texas formerly Miss Bessie Gash of this city visited her brother C A Gash and her mother Mrs M A Gash at 706 Southeast Taylor street. After a short visit she will travel to Kansas City to meet Mr Watson and then proceed to Denver for a few months.
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M. C. Watson
Dallas
Texas
Bessie Gash
City
C. A. Gash
M. &. Gash
Southeast
Taylor Street
Dubuque to Host Klan Gathering This Weekend
The Ku Klux Klan prepares for a large Klansmen’s conclave on August 29 north of Dubuque despite the city council denying a parade permit. Organizers expect 50 000 attendees with booths food depots and programs throughout the day featuring national figures.
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Dubuque
Klapsmen
Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Young
Mitter
Dubuque Klan
Middle West
France demands security pact with Germany based on Versailles
Paris reports the French note to Berlin urges negotiations for a security pact linked to League of Nations membership and Versailles terms. Paris insists Versailles must be upheld and mutual guarantees require German entry into the league with compulsory arbitration to deter further war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Germany
League of Nations
Gas Asphyxiation Death of Sisters
Kirksville Missouri August 26 Misses Omma and Minta Minnick sisters about 60 years old were found dead of gas asphyxiation in their home. A physician said they had been dead several hours. A pot of coffee on a gas stove with one burner turned on but not burning led neighbors to believe the coffee had boiled over and extinguished the flames. They planned to leave September 1 for Seattle to live with their brother James Minnick.
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Associated Press
Kirksville
Omma
Minta Minnick
Seattle
James Minnick
Sue Seeks 38524 Defalcation Recovery In Iowa Suit
Des Moines Aug 26 suit to recover 38524 05 on defalcations by Isadore Lucchesi vice president of the former United States bank filed in district court against Southern Surety Co and Iowa Bond and Ca sualty Co by L A Andrews state banking commissioner Lucchesi was sentenced to five years at Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to appropriating money entrusted by fellow Italians for deposit.
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Des Moines
Isadore Luchessi
United States Bank
Southern ‘Surety Company
Iowa Bond and Casualty Company
L. A. Andrews
Lucchesi
Fort Madison
Car Fire Ditching News Flashes Near Kas lona
Seven passengers escaped a sedan fire after it ditched four miles north of Kas lona. The car was destroyed with no injuries reported to occupants. In Washington Illinois Joe Cummings 59 a prominent farmer died of apoplexy found in a stall with two mules. The MacMillan Arctic expedition resumed southward voyage after weather delay on Greenland’s northwestern coast.
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Washington
Hammer
Kaslona
Washington, Ila
Joe Cummings
Rivenside
Greenland
London cabinet session interrupted by brick-throwing incident
During the afternoon session at 10 Downing Street a well dressed man hurled two half bricks through a window opposite the house and was arrested. The debt situation was under discussion when the attack occurred.
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London
Downing Street
Real estate figure Matthew Kingman dies at 67 in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the death of Matthew Francis Kingman 67 a prominent real estate dealer and former disaster of the Iowa State Bank House. He was born in Tazewell County Illinois and spent his childhood in Peoria.
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Des Moines
Matthew Francis Kingman
Iowa State Bank
Heuse
Tazewell County
Ilinois
Peoria
Waterloo Switchman Recovers From Back Injuries
John Burgess of the Chicago Great Western railroad, a switchman in Waterloo, suffered a broken back when he fell from a bow ear in the yards Tuesday afternoon. Two lower vertebrae were fractured. he is expected to recover.
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Waterloo
John Burgess
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Men released in Carlisle straw stack murder case
Des Moines August 26 two men R C Campbell and Roy McNealy released by Sheriff Findley for lack of evidence in Carlisle straw stack murder case.
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Des Moines
Findley
Carlisle
Dickinson Addresses Illinois Farmers
Congressman L J Dickinson of Algona Iowa spoke to Sangamon county old settlers urging federal aid for farmers He pressed forming an organization to push farm problems and surplus use He cited opposition claims that farmers must solve issues themselves and questioned Jardines Ames Iowa address offering little hope for farmers to save their farms.
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Springfield
Ill
L. J. Dickinson
Algonala
Sangamon County
Jardine
Ames
Iowa
Governor Hammill offers reward in Sioux City double murder
Iowa Governor Hammill boosted the Sioux City police probe by offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of William Langerson and Harry Joes who were shot in the C. Larson hardware store. The move came at the request of Sheriff Pauti Beardsley and County Attorney O L Naglestad.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
Hammill
William Langerson
Harry Joes
C. Larson
Pauti T. Beardsley
O. L. Naglestad
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