Weather and harvest news lift Chicago wheat markets
Uneasy weather in the southwest and northwest lifted wheat prices as forecasts called for showers across much of the corn belt. The general corn crop news remained bullish except in Texas. A period of heat is seen as necessary to push the corn crop along. Wheat closed firmer, up about fractions, corn advanced roughly 7 to 8 cents, oats up small, and provisions unchanged to slightly lower.
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Chicago
Southwest
Northwest
Texas
Chicago Grain and Feed Prices Reported for June 18
Wheat no sales reported. Corn prices listed with No 2 mixed at 1.90 and No 6 yellow at 88 89. Oats with No 2 white at 51 44, No 3 white 48 49, No 4 white 45 49, sample grade 42 45. Rye not quoted. Barley 80 95. Timothy seed 4.75 5.00. Clover seed 26.00 35.00. Lard 12.65. Ribs 12.12. Jellies 14.00.
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Chicago
Grain prices in Omaha cash markets June 18
Wheat prices show No 1 hard at 1.43 and No 2 hard at 1.42 with durum at 1.30 to 1.56. Corn lists No 2 white around 0.9149 and No 4 white near 0.87 while No 2 yellow stands about 1.07. Oats report No 2 white around 0.494 and No 3 white near 0.484.
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Omaha
Seed Price Report From Toledo Market
Clover bids in with cash and futures quotes showing 13.50 bid for cash offered and 16.80 bid for Oct. 16, 1.65 bid for domestic Dec. Timothy prices listed as cash 2.45 and new 2.55 with December at 2.75.
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Toledo
Timothy
Flour Prices for Carload Shipments in Minneapolis
Flour unchanged in carload lots with family patrons quoted at 8.55 to 8.45 a barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 33 256 barrels with Bran at 27.00 to 27.50 per barrel.
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Minneapolis
Liberty Bond Market Summary From New York
U S bonds closed with Liberty 3348 at 100.28 Flat 4448 at 102.30 Second 4s at 100.13 Third 41448 at 100.28 Fourth q15 at 103.23 Treasury 4s at 108 Treasury 4348 at 112.28 stemming from June 18 reporting.
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New York
U. S
Liberty
Fliat
Treasury
Clearing houses show small reserve deficit for New York banks
New York reports for the week ending June 18 show clearing house banks and trust companies with a reserve deficit of 1 percent totaling 887 140 dollars. This compares to a deficit of 26 419 520 dollars the prior week.
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New York
Weather Summary for Creston Week of June 13 19
Daily readings from the government thermometer in Creston show highs around the mid 60s to mid 70s and nightly lows in the 40s to mid 50s. Precipitation is listed as None for each weekday from June 13 to June 18.
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Creston
Observer
Chicago Livestock Prices Hold Steady as Hogs Lead Market
Chicago stockyards report hogs steady with strong demand and top prices around 9.20 while 160 to 200 pound hogs bring 8.90 to 9.15. Cattle trade nearly nominal with no good cattle arriving and total weekly cattle at about 51,000. sheep and lambs show declines with fat lambs down 2.00 to 2.59 for the week and range lambs largely offered between 16.75 and 17.50.
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Chicago
Choice
Geo
Silfers
Dept of Agric
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Omaha market report shows hog receipts 5,500 with generally steady prices. 160 190 lb lights at 8.75, 190 220 lb butchers around 8.85, packing sows 7.50 to 10. Sheep and cattle data indicate mixed movements with fed steers and yearlings up 25 to 40 cents, heifers higher, stockers steady. slaughter steers 9.75 to 12.00, fat lambs 15.25 to 15.50, feeding lambs 12.60 to 12.75. overall market trends mixed with limited sheep receipts.
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Omaha
U. S. Dept. of Agric
St Joseph Livestock Market Report Creamed Prices
St Joseph on June 18 showed hog receipts 2,600 with market steady to 10 cents higher and top at 9.00. Cattle receipts 100 with steady week trend. steers 9.75 to 12.00, top 13.25, cows and heifers 6.00 to 10.35, calves 6.09 to 11.50, stockers 7.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 1,700 with steady market. spring lambs 14.00 to 15.50, clipped ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
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St. Joseph
Hay Market Report From Kansas City Auction
Kansas City June 18 market notes show hay steady to higher receipts total 3 cars prairie No 1 selling with prices 11.00 and 138.00 observed in the yard.
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Kansas City
Prairie
Wall Street Upbeat as Merger Rites Lead Market Climb
Major speculative activity pushed stocks higher with merger talks driving gains in Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Lehigh Valley eased after early gains while White Motors slumped to new 1927 lows, weighing on other motors despite a firm close and about 1,000,000 shares traded.
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New York
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Coal
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal
Southwestern
Lehigh Valley
White Motors
Motors
General Motors
Produce and Poultry Market Report from Chicago and New York
Chicago and New York market notes show mixed dairy and poultry activity with varied receipts. Prices for butter and eggs edge higher in places, while fowls and turkeys move modestly with limited sales and scattered quotes across regions.
Iowa Cropland in Crops Declines Despite Adversities
Des Moines June 18 AP two thirds of Iowa farm land is in cultivated crops. In 1926 there were 21,4600 acres in crops, up 18,515 from 1925 despite drought floods and other calamities. About 27,608 more acres idle in 1926, hail damage $2,842,187.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
the Bureau
Northwest
Plane Searches For Lost Flyers
A Fairchild Air Service aircraft arrived in Chicoutimi to patrol the district for missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli. Tests discredited the claimed flares from the Great Power plant at Chute aux Galets east of Chicoutimi as the source of signals.
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Quebec
Que
Fairchild Air Service
Chicoutimi
Nungesser
Coli
Chute Aux Galets
Beverly Hills Mayor Will Rogers Recovers After Gall Stone Operation
Los Angeles June 18 Mayor Will Rogers of Beverly Hills film cowboy humorist spent a fairly good night after a major operation for gall stones. Nurses said his condition appeared favorable and he was resting comfortably this morning.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
May Labor Occupied In May Report Des Moines Area
A May report from the St. Paul district of the department of labor employment service notes a slight overall improvement in employment. Wet weather slowed building and mining, while farm labor demand rose in Des Moines Sioux City Burlington and Dubuque. Des Moines shows reduced surplus of common labor and Cedar Rapids Des Moines Burlington Mason City and Davenport report varied gains and normal operations across major lines.
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Des Mones
St. Paul
Department of Labor Employment Service
Des Moines
Siousity
Burlington
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Davenport
Mason City
Britain signals possible cruiser size talks at naval conference
In Geneva W. C. Bridgeman announces Britain may reopen cruiser size questions at the three power naval talks with the United States and Japan. He says all warship limitation topics are open at the conference opening Monday and will present definite proposals. The plan aims to ease adhesion by nonparticipants, with reference to France and Italy.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Great Britain
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Grain Contract Held Legal by Federal Judge
A Federal Judge ruled that grain delivery transactions are legal under the grain futures act. In Fort Dodge on June 18, Judge George C. Scott directed verdict in favor of H. H. Wickham of Beach-Wickham Grain Chicago against M. A. Hoyt Jr. of Carroll Iowa. Wickham sought $4 712 on commissions for grain sales and purchases. Hoyt claimed the deals were camming contracts and void. The verdict confirms such transactions are authorized by law.
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Fort Dodge
George C. Scott
H. H. Wickham
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
M. A. Hoyt, Jr
Carroll, Ta
Wickham
Hoyt
Grain Future
Board of Trade
Move to Save Sniper Carter Filed in Federal Court
Omaha Nebraska June 18 Habeas corpus proceedings began in federal court led by John N. Baldwin public defender to save Frank Carter known as sniper bandit under death sentence at Nebraska Penitentiary June 24 Carter claims insanity Baldwin disclosed a letter revealing his real name Manley and family details including four brothers at Sioux Falls South Dakota
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Omaha
Neb
John N. Baldwin
Frank Carter
Nebraska Penitentiary
Baldwin
Carter
Manley
J. J. Manley
A. C
P. J
Matt
Hillary
Sioux Fails
S. D
Creston Couple Receives District Court Marriage License
James Embert and Lillian Henry both of Creston were issued marriage licenses yesterday by the district court clerk. They gave their ages as legal under the relevant requirements.
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James Embert
Lillian Henry
Creston
Marriages Amid Immaculate Conception Church
Miss Lillian Henry daughter of Mrs Wesley Henry of Spauiding married James Emhoff son of Mrs M Emhoff northwest of Creston at 8 30 this morning in Immaculate Conception church Rev H V Malone officiated John Emhoff brother of the groom was best man Vivian Anesty bridesmaid The bride wore white carried roses and lilies of the valley bridesmaid pale pink dress with picture hat bouquets were roses After the ceremony a wedding breakfast at the Anesty home for about forty guests The couple will live on a farm northeast of Creston.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Lillian Henry
Wesley Henry
Spauiding
James Embhoff
M. Emhoff
Creston
H. V. Malone
John Emhoff
Vivian Anesty
Camera to Make Record of Flight Over Atlantic
Roosevelt Field New York June 18 The first motion picture record of a trans Atlantic flight will be made from Commander Byrds monoplane America Lieutenant George O Neville radio expert will operate two automatic cameras to photograph Byrd and Acosta guiding the plane and the approach to land on the other side Messages will be sent hourly across the Atlantic to the hangar A radio set aboard can be heard up to 500 miles by day and 1900 to 2000 miles by night NX206 was issued as its official designation Predictions of bad flying weather kept Byrds America grounded delaying takeoff for Paris likely until tomorrow night
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Byrd
America
George O. Neville
Bert. Acosta
Atlantic
Department of Commerce
Washington
Tony
Tomorcar
Richard Byrd
Paris
Brotherhood Plans Merger With Mitten Management Inc
Cleveland reports negotiations for a merger of nearly all Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers banks with Mitten Management Inc of Philadelphia. The deal would inject over 89 million dollars in new capital and place active direction of Brotherhood banks and related ventures under Mitten. If completed, new banks would be opened in regions not currently served by Brotherhood institutions.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood
Author Sues Mary Pickford Over Sparrows Film
In Los Angeles a $100,000 damage suit seeks an accounting of profits from the film Sparrows. Plaintiffs Phillip Edgerton Hubbard and James M. Sheridan claim the movie infringes Hubbard’s story The Cry of the Children. Hubbard and Flanagan’s estate allege a 1919 scenario about baby farm problems. Pickford rejected the original story.
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Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Phillip Edgerton Hubbard
James M. Sheridan
Hubbard
Harry Hyde Flanagan
Miss Pickford
Flm
Winifred Dunn
Chang Named Dictator in North China
Marshal Change Teoolin was installed as dictator of northern China in Peking. He took the oath and spoke, military leaders bowed thrice, and a 108 gun salute marked the ceremony. A reception followed at the foreign office with diplomats present. He named Pan Fu premier in a later mandate.
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Peking
China
Berlin to Frisco Flight Plan by German Ace Koennecke
Berlin announces Otto Koennecke the German ace aims for a non stop Berlin to San Francisco flight in under 60 hours using a three motor aircraft with fuel for 70 hours. The trip would start July 25 reach San Francisco July 28 with a four day visit before the return leg accompanied by a relief pilot and two passengers including an industrialist financier. Koennecke 35, WWI ace with 46 victories, leads the expedition.
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Berlin
Otto Koennecke
San Francisco
Koennecke
Local residents take trips and visits across Midwest and beyond
A flurry of local movements includes Miss Ann Lafferty of Chicago visiting in Excelsior Springs Missouri. Miss Atenes Ide sailing from New York for two months in Europe. Mrs Carl Olson of Nevinville out of town to Creston. several families planning weekend travels to Des Moines Clarinda Omaha Lenox Ong and Lake Park Iowa and Illinois and Canada.
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Atenes Ide
Frank Ide
Grant Township
New York
Europe
Carl Olson
Nevinville
Creston
Guy Ray
Lake’ Park
Iowa
R. M. Barnett
Des Moines
C. P. Turner
Hannah Welch
Ottumwa
T. P. Welch
Marshall Camp
Iowa City
L. J. Camp
Roy Youngren
Illinois
Niagara Falls
Canada
R. B. Cox
Mildred
Thelma
Omaha
T. D. Ross
Clarinda
Mrs. Ross
M. P. Bayles
J. A. Holmes
Violet
North Henderson
W B. Holmes
North Walnut
Ethel Vonasek
Chicago
Ill
Spaulding
Betty Trusty
H. J. Trusty
Jack Rodgers
Max Evans
Harvey
Harold
Lenox
Cora Hale
Glenn Flale
St. Louis
Ernest Leister
A. A. Smith
William Noonan
James Brady
Elmer Johnson
Betty
Eugene
Ong
Neb
London firm marks cen tenary with mustache policy recall
The head of a major London business house notes the firm’s hundredth anniversary and recalls it was the first to permit employees to wear mustaches, a policy started 55 years ago.
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London
For Sale Advertisements Summary
Classified ad items include cherries at 2.50 per bushel, a Reed baby buggy in good condition, a garage roof relocated, a purebred Spotted Poland China yearling boar, and a Herrick 14 refrigerator in perfect condition with contact phones 27R51 249-W and 405-W. Creston Cocoa Cola Bottling Co. is also listed.
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Creston Cocoa Cola Bottling ¢ Co
Poland
A. Weisshaar
For Rent Listing in Agnew Building and Local Streets
A varied set of rental notices: light housekeeping rooms in the Agnew building and several unfurnished or partly modern houses and apartments. Listings include calls to McGregor Bros. and Coens, McCann, and multiple phone contacts such as 1221-X 1497 840-W 607-W 605 West Mills and 9383-W. Many specify proximity to high school or downtown areas.
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McGregor Bros. & Coens
North Oak Street
West Mills
Call McCann
Wanted and lost notices from local classifieds
Wanted women tippers at Armours and general housework. Also a good Hereford bull sought by Art Herbel. Lost brown dog named Brownie, reward offered. contact Kent at phone 53 or 601-1 and SURG25 for the bull inquiry.
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Art Herbel
Prownie
Kent
Earn $100 Weekly Selling Groceries and More
An established million dollar institution seeks an energetic sober conscientious man for a local ownership opportunity. No experience needed as training provided. Monthly earnings claimed from $200 to $400 with money advanced. Write Dept. 619 John Co Pax HH Chicago. Free sample case. liberal credit.
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John Co
Pax HH
Chicago
Leverin & Browne
Local residents depart for short trips and visits
Miss Nome Walsh left this morning for Omaha for the weekend. Mrs. Hazel Nicholson went home to St. Louis after a week with the Wagoners. Nellie Younkin of Scotts Bluff travels to visit her ill father Steven Green of Orient. Fahrian of Cumberland heads to St. Joseph for a visit. W A Kinser leaves for Des Moines. Mrs. Harry Cass sails to Bedford. Maggie Anderson returns to Chariton after shopping and business locally.
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Nome Walsh
Omaha
Hazel Nicholson
St. Louis
A. E. Wagoner
Nellie Younkin
Scotts Bluff
Steven Green
Orient
Fahrian
Cumberland
St. Joseph
W. A. Kinser
Des Moines
Harry Cass
Bedford
Maggie Anderson
Chariton
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Liberty Bonds
Cash Market Report
Omaha Livestock
ST. Joseph Livestock
Wall Street
North Carolina
Oklahoma-Arkansas
Bliss
Rogers
Roper Brothers Jewelers
Henry Emhoff
Brotherhood Plans Merger
Sues Mary Pickford
Chang
North
Frisco
Locals
Rupbert Rowland
M. RR. McMahon
Excelsior Springs
Ann Lafferty
lHerrick
Agnew
W.N. Frazier
Fidelity Abstract & Loan Company
J. W. Richardson
H. Lichty
New Castle
Indiana
Home Business Service Bureau
Holland, Indiana
Thos.l.cheetham & Son
West Adams
I. O O. F. Hall
Azag Zuanna
Creston Cornice Works
T. U
W. H. Carsons
Woodman Hall
Lunt
Melody Seven
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