Wall Street Advances Narrowly Amid Broad Market Strength
May 16 report shows speculative buying across sectors with gains led by public utilities American Water Works and Virginia Railway and Power. Industrials rose with electrical manufacturing and motors while copper and oils underperformed. 1925 highs tied to Underwood Typewriter and Easton Axle. Total volume around 700,000 shares.
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New York
Ofveral
pabie _ utilities
American Water Works
Common
Utah Securities and Virginia Railway and Power
Frisec Common
Vm Ik
Sires
Underwood Typewriter
Julius Kaiser
Eaton Axle
Virginia Railyway
Power
Midland Step
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts May 16
U S Department reports receipts 2 800 cattle and 2 800 sheep. Cattle offers mixed with yearlings and light steers mostly steady to down 25 50 cents. Best clipped lambs 13 00 slight declines for fed wooled and clipped lambs. heavy lambs firm to slightly higher. Wool lambs at 14 50 to 16 60, heavy 10 90 to 11 50, springers 15 20 to 16 60. Stockers and feeders steady to weak. cows mostly 25 cents lower.
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Omaha
U .S. Dept. of Oecee
Weicht
Joseph Livestock Market Report St Joseph May 16
Hogs receipts 7,000 higher to 11.80 with bulk 11.50 to 11.70. Cattle receipts 1,060 with week totals around 9,000 weight values top at 11.90 for steers, cows and heifers 3.50 to 10.26, natives 9.50, stockers 5.25 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 2,500 market steady with lambs 14.00 to 15.00 and ewes 7.50 to 9.50.
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Joseph
St. Joseph
Hog and cattle market report from Chicago auction
Receipts 4 000 hogs mostly 15 to 25 cents higher than Friday with top at 12 25 and bulk 140 to 225 pound hogs. Cattle receipts 500 with mixed trade. fed yearlings and steers uneven and lower, vealers 9.00 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 6 000 with fat lambs steady to 16 . Spring lambs 36 to 60 cents lower. Estimated outputs: hogs 36 000 cattle 20 000 sheep 19 000 for Monday and next week hogs 135 009.
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Chicago
May
California
Produce and Poultry Market Report Summary
Chicago May 16 report shows mixed poultry with high turkey and duck counts and sparse roosters. Butter prices rise with creamery and standard grades, while beef and pork receipts fall. overall market slow with barely steady tone and varied regional quotes.
Butter and egg prices across New York and Kansas City markets
May market report shows butter Creamery receipts and egg prices rising with fresh-gathered firsts and storage lots varying. Poultry and potatoes also noted with changes across regions and grades, including specific percentages and price ranges for multiple item categories.
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Kansas City
Red River Ohios
Grain Prices Reported in St Louis May 16
St Louis cash grain markets show Wheat No 2 red 1.89 to 1.93, No 2 hard 1.84 to 1.89, Corn No 2 mixed 1.14 to 1.16, No 2 white 1.15 to 1.16, No 4 white 1.12, No 2 yellow 1.17, No 3 yellow 1.15, Oats No 2 white 0.49 to 0.50, No 3 white 0.47 to 0.48.
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St. Louis
Wheat and corn futures rise on frost forecast and demand
Chicago wheat rallied despite an opening dip as frost forecasts and future world shipments supported prices. May closed around 1.70 and July near 1.58 after early declines, while corn and oats held gains as hog values rose, with oats barely firm and provisions steady.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Grain and livestock prices on Chicago market report
Chicago on May 16 reports prices for wheat corn oats barley and seeds with ranges for No 2 hard wheat at 1.71 and 1.7046, corn No 2 mixed 1.13, No 4 1.10, yellow and white variants, oats Nos 2 to 4 white, timothy seed and clover seed values, and lard ribs bellies and meat cut prices listed. The report shows commodity pricing across multiple grain and livestock categories.
Toledo Seed Market Report May 16
Wheat cash No 2 red priced at 1.87 1.8848. Clover seed cash 16.50 asked Oct 13.35 Nes 18.26. Alsike August 12.50. Timothy seed cash .05 September 8.50 id.
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Toledo
Alsike
Omaha Cash Grain Prices Snapshot
Omit May wheat. No 1 hard 1.61, No 2 hard 1.61. Com No 3 white 1.07, No 1 yellow 1.10. Oats No 2 white 46, No 3 white 45. Prices reflect observed grain market quotes with several grades listed.
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Omaha
Coffee futures rise in New York trade
Coffee prices in New York May 16 show gains for Rio No. 7 Santos No. 4 and related futures. July futures at 14.65 and December at 135.
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New York
Rio
Santos No
Clearing houses show excess reserves rise this week
The week reports actual conditions of clearing house banks and trust companies with an excess reserve of 65,076,640 dollars, up 42,475,759 from last week.
Liberty Bonds Update From New York Market
U S bonds closed with Liberty 3448 at 101.3 percent, Second 4 at 101.11, Third 4 4 8 at 101.27, Fourth 4 4 8 at 102.14, Treasury 43 at 62.3, Treasury 48 at 106.3.
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Liberty Bonds
New York
U. S
Liberty
Treasury
Sugar Prices Steady in New York Trade May 16
Raw sugar remains unloved with no sales reported as spot Ca ban stays at 4.3. Refined sugar holds at 5.60 to 5.70 for tine gravulated with duty paid in New York markets.
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New York
Four unchanged in car load shipments at market prices
In Minneapolis on May 16 four items remained unchanged as shipments quoted at 9.10 to 9.15 a barrel for 98 pound cotton sacks. Barrels total 32.06 and bran 27.00.
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Minneapollis
Local Notes on Residents Travel and Health
Roy E Benen returns home after a week of business in Chicago and Milwaukee. Mrs J A Olson leaves for Nortonville Kansas to visit her brothers S F and J L Lewis and their families. John Hartman recovering from recent operation at Greater Community Hospital and able to sit up briefly today.
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Roy E. Benen
Chicago
Milwankee
J. A. Olson
Nortonville
Kans
S. F
J. L. Lewis
John Hartman
Greater Community Hospital
Tuition hikes approved for three Iowa state colleges
The Iowa Board of Education approved tuition and fee increases for the University of Iowa, Iowa State College, and State Teachers College effective next academic year. Resident rates rise across colleges from liberal arts to education and graduate programs, with nonresident increases also announced and summer rates set at about one third of year rates for 1926 terms.
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Des Moines
Board of Education
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
State Teachers’ College
Thes Board
University and State College
W. H. Gemmil
College of Liberal Arts
Applied Science
College of Commerce
Laws
Iowa
Crowds Pack Churchill Downs for Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs with 89,000-plus fans witnessed a record Derby crowd for the $50,000 race as 21 runners remained after early withdrawals. Mutual money topped $1.5 million with 194 cashiers handling wagers at the track amid changing weather and a fast track hoped to favor Quatrain.
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Associated Press
Churehill Downs
Louisville
Club House
Churchill Downs
Amfries
Atlock
Chantey
Reminder
Reputation
Elgasa
German Singers Invade London With Grand Opera
Dresden reports sixteen German opera stars will tour London for a two month Covent Garden season under Bruno Walter. The lineup includes Metropolitan Opera veterans Barbara Kemp Delia Reinhardt Friedrich Schorr and others from Berlin Munich Hamburg Amsterdam Vienna and Dresden. Repertoire spans Wagner operas including Flying Dutchman Lohengrin Meister singer Valkyrie Goetterdaemmerung Tristan and Isolde and Strauss Electra and Rosenkavalier.
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Dresden
Germany
London
Covent Garden
Munich
Bruno Walter
Metropolitan Opera of
New York
Barbara Kemp
Delia Reinhardt
Friedrich Schorr
Berlin State Opera
Paul Bender
Munich Opera
Jack Urlus
Amsterdam Opera
Otto Higers
Helene Lidbrunn
Berlin
Fritz Schubert
Hamburg
Lauritz Meichoir
Bayreuth
Eduard Habich
Paul Rhode
Lotte Lehmann
Richard Mayr
Maria Olezewska
Emil Schipper
Betty Schumann
Vienna
Neta Seinmeyer
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
Meistersinger
Valkyrie
Mystery Girl Found Identified in Des Moines
Geneva Martin of St. Joseph Missouri was identified as the mystery girl held at police headquarters for two weeks seeking a home with butterflies and flowers. She is to return to her parents today. Edward La Durrie, an Indian guide who claimed love for her, was released after police questioned him and said he would seek permission to marry her from Missouri parents.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Geneva Martin
St. Joseph
Frank Martin
Edward la Durrie
Utah
Missouri
Trial resumes for Davis on conspiracy to solicit bribe
Topeka Kansas May 16 The trial of Jonathan M Davis on a charge of conspiracy to solicit a bribe while governor of Kansas will be resumed Monday with the defendant again on the witness stand No court session was held today Waterloo May 15 Overruling a defense motion for a directed verdict Judge G W Wood this morning held there are questions in the case against Harry Bell for murder of Elsworth Kern in a drunken quarrel last November which the jury must decide Defense testimony started about 10 30
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Topeka
Kan
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Waterloo
G. W. Wood
Harry Bell
Elsworth Kern
Laird Wins Iowa State Peace Contest Oration
Iowa City report states Charlton G. Laird from the University of Iowa won the peace contest with the oration Someday the Prince Shall Come. Ray Simpson of Simpson College Fairfield finished second. Four other schools participated including Chicago. In a separate note from Chicago May 16, rain today led to the cancellation of the scheduled Iowa Ohio Western conference baseball game.
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Iowa City
Charlton G. Laird
University of Iowa
Ray Simpson
Simipson College
Fairfield
Chicago
Iowa Ohio
French Morocco Outpost Relieved After two weeks siege
In Rouley Rabat May 16 officials report 50 French troops surrounded by Abd El Krim bandits were relieved today by General Colombat's forces after a two week siege.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Rouley
Abd-El-Krim
Colombat
Churchill Downs Track Condition and Derby Scratches
Louisville May 16 Churchill Downs track in excellent condition this morning. Intermittent showers were too light to wet the course. Derby candidate Reputation with J A Mooney was scratched. Elsass owned by W H Whitehouse marked a doubtful starter.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
William Bros. Derby
J. A. Mooney
Elsass
W. H. Whitehouse
Craver Farm Implement Pioneer Dies in Tulsa
Grinnell Iowa May 26 word arrives of the death in Tulsa Oklahoma of Charles F Craver 838 a former Grinnell farm implement manufacturer. Heart trouble caused his death.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Tulsa
Okla
Charles F. Craver
Omaha Plans to Welcome Disabled Veterans in June
The Disabled American Veterans World War meet in Omaha June 22 to 27 aims to push a liberalized Reed Johnson insurance bill. Expected attendance ranges 8000 to 10000 veterans with a speaker lineup including Generals Pershing Hines Harbord Dunn and Governor McMullen plus Myron Herrick James Crain and other leaders.
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Omaha
Neb
Reed-Johnson
John Pershing
Frank T. Hines
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
James C. Harbord
John Dunn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boston
Myron T. Herrick
France
James C. Crain
American Legion
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Derby Field Reduced as Two Horses Withdrawn
In Lewisville Kentucky on May 16 Chant ey owned by Harry Payne Whitney and Elsass owned by W H White House were withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby shortly after noon, leaving 22 starters. Ridin began fading at 8 30, rain ceased and sun appeared briefly afterward.
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Lewisville
Chantey
Harry Payne Whitney
Elsass
W. H. Whitehouse
Cromwell Residents Attend Social and Visits
Fred Sparr of Cromwell spent the day here handling business and visiting friends. Vincent Bradley Francis Moran and Roy Nesson drove to Corning Friday evening for a dance. Mrs Ira Taylor of Cromwell arrived for a short visit with her sister.
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Fred Sparr
Cromwell
Vincent Bradley
Francis Moran
Roy Nesson
Corning
Dan
Ira Taylor
Orville Matthews
Jane Lemnon
Lenox
Greater Community Hospital
M. H. Stephens
Stephens
Creston Youth Admits Forgery in Local Checks
A Cres ton youth confessed to forging two five dollar checks cashed at Carter grocery and Porter's drug store this week. He admitted the forgery to Chief W A McKee and was to plead guilty in district court. A second local youth, L T Hendrix, 19, of Kent, had confessed to five check forgeries totaling eighty dollars the day before.
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Creston
W. A McKee
Wynn
Hendrix
Kent
State Reformatory
Thomas JF. Healey
Carter Grocery
Porter Drug Store
Dai] Winn
Porter
Carter's
Man's Body Found Suspended From Bridge
The two weeks long search for W. H. Trainer, 60, of Farmington, a coal man, ended when his body was found suspended from a rope attached to a railroad bridge near Vidle, Fort Madison, Iowa. The coroner ruled death by his own action, with financieral worry given as the motive. a wife survives.
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Fort Madison
W. H. Trainer
Farmington
Vidle
Attorneys Ready For Shepherd Trial
Prosecution and defense announced readiness for the opening Monday of the trial of William Darling Shepherd charged with murder by feeding typhoid germs to William Nelson McClintock, his wife's ward, to obtain a $1,500,000 estate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Potter elected president at Iowa traveling association meet
Waterloo scene reports Truman A Potter of Mason City elected president of the Iowa division of Travelers' Protective Association of America at the closing session of its thirty second annual convention in Sioux City. He succeeds Harold S Vien son of Ottumwa.
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Waterloo
Truman A Potter
Mason City
Sioux City
Iowa Division of Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Harold 8. Vienson
Ottumwa
Disputed Veteran Identity Case Sours Into Impostor Claims
In Minneapolis on May 16 Arthur Lopez Frazier sought relief after testifying in a suit against the United States government to prove his identity as Arthur Frazier and obtain disability compensation. The government contends Frazier is dead and that Lopez Frazier is an impostor, Arthur Lopez, a Mexican.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
United States
Arthur Frazier
Frazier
Lopez- Frazier
Arthur Lopez
Iowa track stars set exhibition marks at Waukon meet
University of Iowa star Charlie Brookins lowered the world mark in the 220 yard low hurdles to 22.4 seconds in an exhibition at the invitation meet in Waukon. Brookins was paced by Luther College hurdler Otto. Iowa captain Eric Wilson tied the world record of 21.2 seconds in the 220 yard dash with aid from Willson paced by Larson and Depping of two local junior college runners.
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Associated Press
Waukon
Charlie Brookins
University of Iowa
Yesterdy
Brookins
Otto
Luther College
Eric Wilson
Willson
Larson
Depping
Fourteen High School Teams Enter Track Meet
Marshalltown hosts a track and field meet with fourteen entrants from Des Moines schools Newton Toledo Colfax Oskaloosa and Marshalltown plus other districts. The event showcases regional school competition and athletic talent.
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Marshalltown
Des Moines
Newton
Toledo
Colfax
Oskaloosa
Iowa City Postpones Iowa Wisconsin Golf Match
Heavy showers overnight and this morning forced the postponement of the Iowa Wisconsin golf match set for the local course in Iowa City on May 16.
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Iowa City
Interscholastic Tennis Finals Delayed by Rain
Iowa City tennis star Dick Boyles and Imy Alberts reach the singles final after rain postponements. The doubles final features Boyles and Alberts, who will face the Roosevelt Des Moines and Washington Cedar Rapids victor. Eight schools participated in the meet.
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Iowa City
Dick Boyles
Imy Alberts
Boyles
Alberts
Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Washington High
Cedar Rapids
Ames Cancel Tennis and Baseball Double Header
Ames May 16 report says the Ames Grinnell tennis match and the Ames Washington University baseball game were canceled this afternoon due to wet grounds. Iowa City May 16 states Iowa freshman track team scored 107 points to Ohio State 33 in a telegraphic meet. Michigan results pending with Iowa taking 13 firsts and four slam finishes.
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Ames
Ames-Grinnell
Ames-Washington University
Iowa City
Iowa
Cmck
Ohio State
Michigan
Pesek Defeats Vicekmond Twice In Derby Eve Wrestling
Louisville on May 16 saw Nebraska heavyweight John Pesek defeat Dakota 230 pound giant Vicekmond in two straight falls. Pesek won first with a head scissors and the second with an arm lock.
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Louisville
John Pesek
Nebraska
Vicekmond
Dakota
Giant
Horns by Cardinal Second Baseman Seals Eighth Home Run
Cardinal second baseman Rogers Hornsby hit his eighth home run of the season in the third inning against Brooklyn, driving in Smith to put the Cardinals ahead.
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Brooklyn
Rogers Hornsby
Cardinal
Brooklyn Today
Smith
Giants Star Frankie Frisch Injured Sliding Into Plate
New York on May 16 Frankie Frisch second baseman for the Giants suffered a broken finger sliding into home in the fourth inning against the Reds at the Polo Grounds. He was forced to leave the game after the injury.
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New York
Frankie Frisch
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Polo Grounds
Giants
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