Wall Street Stocks Show Strength Amid Trade Volume
New York June 19 Bullish stock activity led by Gulf Mobile and Northern Preferred and Colorado Fuel. Several issues rose on light buying while some large blocks pressured prices. Early declines in Atlantic Refining and United States Rubber offsets due to selling. call money opened at 2 percent.
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New York
Gulf, Mobile and
Northern Preferred
Colorado
Davison Chemical
Tobacco Products
General Electrc
Atlantic Refining
Stewart
United States
Fleischmann
Philadelphia
Reading
Otis Elevator
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Dated June 1
Cattle receipts 3 000 calves 800 slow with few early sales. Heavyweights at 10 25 bid. feeders 775 950. cows 3 75 6 00. vealers 750 850. Receipts 8 600 mostly steady. packer top 7 10. Sheep receipts 4 000 killing steady. native lambs 1435 1450. Texan wethers 650.
Poultry and Produce Market Report from Chicago and Kansas
Chicago market notes June 19 show potatoes dull but steady with Ben shipments and assorted regional varieties priced by quality. Poultry and eggs move with higher butter and egg values, while some grain and dairy items reflect modest gains and varied condition across regions.
Cotton futures open barely steady in New York
Cotton futures in New York opened barely steady with July at 28.83 and October at 26.12. Spot cotton middling grade stood at 29.65. Futures closed tight with July at 28.66 and October at 25.93 to 26.95. December 25.22 to 26.24, January 24.95, March 26.15.
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New York
Midd Jay
Coffee futures firm in New York on June 19
Rio No. 7 leads gains at 14 percent with Santos No. 4 up 19 as futures firm. July 14.95 and December 13.95 price levels noted amid steady activity in mid June trading.
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New York
Rio No
Santos
Sugar Market Steady as Refined Grains Hold Firm
Raw sugar remains unchanged in New York trading on June 19 while refined sugar holds steady at 676 and 690. The market shows flat pricing for the day, with granu lated sugar narrowly steady amid steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minenapolle June 19 Patrol Update
Fragmentary note reports officer change and mentions families and patents with a figure 7.100740, unclear context. May indicate a local police or civic memorandum from Minenapolle dated June 19. Further readable details are unavailable.
Cash Market Report June 19 Noon
Market summary lists various poultry items with prices and weights. Entries include heavy hens crosssters ere 296 light hens cocks 07e and Morse hides at 2 dollars 50 cents. The OCR text is fragmented but indicates cattle and poultry price markers and a noon reporting time.
Chicago Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Hogs Cattle Sheep
Chicago hog receipts 35 000 with uneven price moves heavy weights down slightly lighter weights up to 10c. Good to choice 160 225 lb hogs 7 10 7 35, top 7 55. Cattle receipts 10 000 dull activity with some weak beef and fed steers near 11.00. Sheep receipts 13 000 slow early trading with fat lamb bids 60c lower. feeding lambs 12.00. USDA forecast next day hog 30 000 cattle 40 000 sheep 9 000.
Omaha Livestock Market Report June 19 1920
Hogs receipts 26 000 mostly lower with 220 to 300 pound butchers 6 30 to 7 00 top 7 00 desirable 160 to 220 pound 6 40 to 6 80 packers 6 10 to 6 40 bulk outs 6 40 6 95 average 6 55 cattle receipts 4 700 slow better beef steers 10 to 15 lower others yearlings 15 to 26 lower top steers 30 00 shipping cows and heifers scarce steady other dull vealers 50 to 1 00 higher stockers and feeders steady butcher cows 4 00 7 50 canners 2 35 3 50 vealers to packers 6 75 9 50 sheep receipts 6 000 lambs yearlings 15 to 25 lower western lambs 14 26 14 35 natives 14 00 few loads good yearlings 12 00 early sales 12 00
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S. Dept. of Agric
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Economics
Morrow
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
U.S. Dept of Augtic
Livestock prices drift as hogs and cattle hold gains
At St Joseph on June 19 hogs show arrivals of 9 500 with steady opening, top 7 15 and most sales 6 70 to 7 10. Cattle receipts reach 1 500 with slow, weak tone. best steers 9 66 to 9 50. cows and heifers 3 60 to 9 00. stockers 4 25 to 8 00. Sheep arrivals 3 500 steady to 25 lower. lambs 13 60 to 14 50.
Chicago Closing Grain and Provisions
Chicago closes with mixed grain and provisions prices. Wheat gains July at 117 percent and September at 1.15 percent, December 1.18 percent. Corn steady July and September at 85 percent. Oats July 47, September 43. Lard July 10.72, September 11.00. Ribs July 9.95, September 10.00.
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Chicago
U S Bond Prices Listed in New York Markets
New York on June 19 reports closing U S bonds with Liberty 34s at 101.1 and First 4s at 102.0. Second fours trade around 1012, Third 4s at 101.31, Fourth 4s at 102.4, and U S Government 4 3s at 104.27.
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New York
U. S
Liberty
U.S. Government
Horse and Mule Market Report East St. Louis
East St. Louis notes on June 19 show horses and mules unchanged in price and demand with stable bids and steady supplies across all grades and categories. The market remains quiet as buyers and sellers hold firm on terms and inventory levels hold.
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East St. Louis
Wheat and Corn Markets Slip After Early Gains
Chicago Board of Trade reports show wheat prices rising on heat waves in Kansas then reversing as profit taking and bearish technicals pull values down. July wheat falls from 1 17 to 1 14 with Sept at 1 16, corn weak on good weather and feeding demand, oats ease, hogs pressured by lower grain. overall unsettled close.
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Chicago
Kansas
Madison County Clubs Learn Sewing and Bread Making
County agents report a leaders training at Mrs R T Schoenenberger home with 10 clubs represented learning machine finishes and attachments. Douglas township girls studied bread making with Florence Inlay, while June 25 meeting is planned at Doris Binns home. An alfalfa soil tour on June 11 visited six farms, showing lime and manure effects on yields and acidity across Will Beeler, Pace, Walter, Clausen, Wetrick, and Taylor farms. Beeler’s limed plot yielded 75 percent more hay.
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R. T. Schoenenberger
Ames
Douglas Township
Bertha Boyce
Florence Inlay
Extension Service
Doris Binns
Madison County Farm Bureau
Will Beeler
Walnut Township
L. D. Pace
Eric Walter
Crawford Township
F. D. Clausen
R. O. Wetrick
Ben Taylor
Madison Township
Beeler
Wetrick Farm
Taylor Farm
Paris Bank Bandit Found Hiding Under Bath Tub
Police captured Andre Coquin after a four day manhunt near Paris. He was found hiding beneath an overturned bath tub and, upon arrest, requested a bath before going to jail.
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Paris
Andre Coquin
Coquin
Few Antiques Left In Victoria Tourists Stripping China Relics
Tourists and collectors in Victoria British Columbia have stripped China antiques and curios of every kind, according to dealers. Most relics of Chinese history now reside in American and European museums.
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Victoria
B. C
China
DeMolays to Attend State Convention in Ames
Creston chapter of the Order of DeMolay announces its young Masons will represent at the first state convention in Ames on Friday and Saturday. The advisory council led by James Leach, Walter Larson and Jake Pinkua will oversee activities as delegates travel mainly by train to the event.
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Creston
DeMolay
Ames
James Leach
Walter Larson
Jake Pinkua
William Lewis
Albert Alderson
Hubert Burgan
Harry Blaze
John Elftman
Kenneth Crandall
Ralph Coan
Thad Critchfield
Wallace Lines
Stanley Strance
Joe Strance
Mike Burt
Bill Robbins
Leo Meredith
Clyde Swanker
Maurice Kenworthy
Cleo Roberts
Bill Landers
Ormond Carter
Howard Beatty
Harry Yant
Ralph Martin
Eldon Garrett
Harold Good
Glenn Robinson
Lawrence Russell
Fred Boden
Fluckey Wallace Tie The Knot In Afton Ceremony
Miss Georgia Fluckey of Afton and Elmer Wallace of Elliott wed Wednesday at 4 PM in the Methodist parsonage with Rev Homer Baumgardner officiating. They were joined by Mr and Mrs C E Grable of Creston and plan to reside in Elliott.
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Georgia Fluckey
Afton
Elmer Wallace
Elliott
Methodist Parsonage
Homer Baumegardner
C. E. Grable
Creston
Wallace
Frank Lane
Ray Everthing
Nevinville
G. ©. Haseall
Verna
Los Angeles
Calif
R. K. Meadows
O. P. Tillman
Catherine Hood
Quincy
Frank Hood
North Sycamore Street
Rollie Walters
Harry Walters
Ethel Walters
Leonard Wainwright
Bernice’ Richards
Lenox
Dolly Kingrey
Fred Kingrey
Near
Greater Community Hospital
Don Foster
Leta Fenton
Canada
South Dakota
Orient
Hog weighed 1240 pounds ship from Wessels farm
A prize Poland China hog weighing 1240 pounds was shipped Wednesday by H. A. Wessels & Son from their farm south of Creeton. The massive animal was noted for its quality, arched back, and smooth sides.
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H. A. Wessels & Son
Creeton
Poland
Gotham Up and Down Elevators Carry Vast Daily Traffic
New York elevators move about 9,900,000 persons daily, a figure higher than weekly totals for street railways subways and elevated lines combined. The data comes from Charles Brady, superintendent of buildings for Manhattan.
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Gotham
New York
Charles Brady
Borough of
Manhattan
Liechtenstein Plans to Annex to Swiss Republic
Liechtenstein, the small principality between Austria and Switzerland, is reported to plan joining the Swiss republic. The country measures about 15 miles by 5 miles and would become part of Switzerland.
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Berlin
Liechtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Liechhtenstein
Europe
Rod Course Ends With Humorous Trout Rescue
In a light feature from a Dry Goods Economist column a novice angler hooks a tiny trout and, after it becomes jammed at the rod tip, asks for guidance. The instructor grimly advises to climb the rod and stab the fish, delivering a comic note on fishing mishaps.
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Dry Goods
Berlin burglars union members arrested at supper party
Berlin police arrested members of a carpet thieves union at a restaurant supper party. The event was hosted by the organizer to celebrate a successful carpet stealing season.
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Berlin
Pawning Popular Among London Society Women
London society women habitually pawn jewelry and other valuables when traveling. They avoid leaving their homes unattended and rely on pawnshops for safe care during trips.
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London
Pure Bred Stock Worth More in Calves’ First Year
Pure bred stock yields higher returns as calves sired by pure bred bulls outpace those from scrub bulls. Studies show calves reach about 125 pounds more by the end of the first year, indicating greater profitability for breeders investing in quality sires.
Criminal trials are costly in Union county district court
Witnesses for trials in Union county district court during the year ending July 1 1924 cost 806.78 dollars. Ten criminal and grand jury sessions ran 218.40 dollars. These figures likely cover about half of total yearly criminal costs, excluding county attorney salaries, bailiffs, and court reporters.
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Union County
Union County District Court
George Figgins
Interurban crash near Genoa claims six lives
Six persons were killed when an interurban car hit a automobile near Genoa. Victims included two men two women and two children, all unidentified, as the crash wrecked the car.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Genoa
Weather Divides Majestic Passengers In Transit
On the Majestic, passengers on one side enjoyed sunshine and waved from dry quayside amid puddles while others aboard endured a heavy downpour. The ship had recently left Southampton and is tied to a quay with umbrellas visible.
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London
Majestic
Southampton
Mars Nears Earth for a Rare Close Approach
London reports Mars will be exceptionally close on August 22, reaching about 34 500 000 miles from Earth. This proximity marks the planet's nearest approach in a century, offering a striking sight for stargazers.
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Mars
London
Heavy Traffic Strain Tests Westminster Bridge
London reports heavy motor traffic stressing Westminster bridge with future routes to shift tramways and omnibuses to Vauxhall bridge built for modern conditions.
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London
Westminster Bridge
Vauxhall Bridge
Ideal dessert apple sought by national station near Bristol
Bristol area researchers at the National Fruit and Cider Research Station search for an ideal dessert apple that has not yet been grown. Experts say the best varieties lack keeping quality and only thrive under very favorable conditions.
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Bristol
England
National Fruit and Cider Research Station
Hartford to Take Drastic Steps Against Bad Drivers
Hartford authorities announce drastic steps to curb careless driving. Connecticut courts collected 27404 in fines and trial fees for motor vehicle law violations in the first three months of 1924, up 26200 from the same period in 1923.
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Hartford, Coun
Connecticut
King George Prefers Tennis at Buckingham Palace
King George favors tennis as outdoor sport and plays an hour daily at Buckingham Palace. He plans to invite American champion Helen Wills to a match at the palace in the near future.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Helen Wills
The
Palace
King Runs Train at Swindon spectacle
Thousands of railway workers saw the King of England operate a train while he played engineer and the Queen served as lookout during the event at Swindon England, drawing cheers and demonstrations of royal involvement in rail transport.
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Swindon
Eng
England
Crowded Creston Social Roundup Highlights Dance and Visits
Local Creston scene Wednesday features DeMolay attendees from Ames and Lenox visitors, plus residents from Ottumwa Orient and Lenox dropping in for dances, visits, and business. Shoppers from Orient, Yellowstone Park trip plans, and university students studying in Chicago also noted. A sidewalk wrecking crew prepares new closer work by Iowana hotel, while multiple residents return home after summer travel or medical procedures.
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Ralph Coan
Ames
Mary Larson
Corning
Wanda Sidney
Greenfield
Creston
Verle Smith
Ottumwa
Joe Killingsworth
Des Moines
William Jackson
Orient
Iowana Hotel
Montgomery Street
Ernest Bartle
Chicago
Chicago University
George Bartle
North Sooner Avenue
Dagnan Reynolds
J. W. Reynolds
West Montgomery Street
Woman claims relief from suffering with Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Samuel Murphy of 219 Cecil St Rover Delaware describes cramps faint spells and severe pain before using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. After one dose she felt enormous improvement and gained energy able to work longer. She recommends the remedy to friends noting three others found it essential.
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Del
Lydia E. Pinkham
Samuel Murphy
Cecil §H
Rover
Delaware
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Bune
Vun Dept. of Agric
Ateady
Ben
U. B
Woonsin
Creimery
Kansas Ty
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Everreee
Allied Chemical & Dye
Aerican Can
American Car & Foundry
American International
U American Locomotive
American Smelting & Ref
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
American Woolen
Atchison
Bethlehem Steel
Chandler Motors
Icorn Products New
Maxwell Motors A
Chicago Board: OF Trade
Madison County Bureau
Wessels
Marshalltown
Edwin Cobb
Elmwood Country Club
Central Iowa Golf Association
A. H. E. Matthews
Dayton
John A. Macready
Here
King
Donald Williams
C.S Rhode
Elwyn Folkers
L. O. Wise
Harold Gaulrapp
Maple
Black Hawk
Cord
George Garrett
Corner Pine
Montgomery
Grace Sullivan
Will Jenkins
Donald Dale
Hazel
Floyd Strong
Dorothy Strong
Gertrude Mitchell
J. W. Woods
Roy Sandeman
Idella Youngberg
Yellowstone Park
Alfred Stutt
Little Son
Charles Fillmer
Josephine McMahan
T. C. MacCallon
Rev. McCallon
Christian Church
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