Wall Street Stocks Edge Higher Amid Profit Taking
May 23 reports indicate heavy profit taking interrupted the general upward trend on the New York market. United States Steel and American Smelting faced selling tied to British ambassador remarks on debt payments. Nash Motors jumped five points to a record top as total volume neared 800000 shares.
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New York
United States Steel Common
Iroh and Steel Institute
Great Britain
United States
Nash Motors
Omaha Livestock Market Report May 23
U S Dept of Agriculture figures show hog receipts 14 000 with prices 25 to 35 cents lower than Friday. Hogs at 11.85 to 12.00, packers’ sows 11.60 to 11.85, off lots 11.25 to 11.50, top 12.05. Cattle receipts 50 with steers mostly steady to 15 cents lower, butchers cows 5.75 to 7.25, heifers 5.25 to 9.50, veal 9.50 to 11.00, stockers 6.25 to 7.00. Sheep receipts light with lambs steady, fat ewes 4.50 to 7.50.
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Omaha Livestock
Omaha
U. S. Dept. of Agric
Market Report from St Joseph Livestock Yard
Hogs receipts 4,000. Prices 15 to 25 cents lower. top 12.15, bulk 11.90 to 12.10. Cattle receipts 100. Steers week’s range 6.75 to 10.50, top 10.75. Cows and heifers 3.25 to 10.00, calves 9.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 1,200, steady. lambs 13.50 to 14.50, ewes 6.50 to 9.00.
Flour Prices and Shipments in Minneapolis Market
Minneapolis May 23 report shows flour unchanged with farm carload lots quoted at 9.10 to 9.15 a barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 33 375 barrels with bran prices at 27.50 to 28.00.
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Minneapolis
Fim
Chicago Livestock Market Report May 23
Hog receipts 5 000 down 5 to 150 cents. top hogs 12 80. most 12 30 to 12 60. Cattle receipts 500. better grades up 10 to 15 cents, stocker trade weak. fat cows 5 50 to 7 50. Sheep receipts 1 000. fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower. week top California springers 15 85. native 16 75. Unofficial Monday livestock estimates: hogs 50 000, cattle 20 000, sheep 17 000.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S. Dept. of Agric
trans-Missouri
California
Chicago May 23 Poultry and Produce Prices Report
Commodities market bulletin notes alive unsettled fowls and weighted poultry prices with small gains for Bliss Triumphs No 1 2 90 and round whites No 1 around 1.05 to 1.15 per unit. Butter eggs and creamery goods show little change with standard es and extms listed. Receipts of eggs total 34654 cases and varied grades hold steady while potato supplies remain heavy and market dull.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Michigan
Alabama
Louisiang
Bliss
Commodity Prices and Receipts in New York Markets May 23
Butter receipts reach 13 011 with creamery extras around 42 percent and firsts around 40 to 41 percent. Eggs steady with total receipts 25 711 and fresh firsts and storage packed at roughly 32 to 33 percent. Cheese receipts total 153 472 pounds from state whole milk flats with fresh average run about 21. Live poultry shows broilers by express from 30 to 50 and dressed poultry weaker with fresh chickens around 35 to 41.
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New York
Broilera
Express
Poultry and dairy prices and grades noted in regional markets
In St Louis and Kansas City reports dated May 23 prices show hens at 22, springs 37, young turkeys 29, ducks 17 18 percent, geese 8, eyes 28 4 percent, butter 41 14 percent. Butter Creamery at 44 45, eggs unchanged with firsts 27 14, selected 33 14, roosters 11, hensle higher 21, broilers 40, potatoes unchanged with Red River and Ohios at 1.25 1.50.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Wheat and corn move on mixed weather signals Chicago May 23
Trading in Chicago shows wheat sliding early on northwest rain and cold, then rebounding amid expectations of crop damage. Prices for May and July dipped and then rose, with corn easing and closing higher. Snow in Canada and cold in Minnesota and North Dakota pushed wheat higher late day. Oats firm. hogs weaken the provision market.
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Chicago
Canada
Minnesota
North Dakota
Liberty Bonds Market Close Prices
New York bonds closed with Liberty 3 percent at 101.2, Second 4s at 101.7, First 4 percent 6 at 102.13, Second 4 percent at 101.10, Third 4s at 101.26, Fourth 4s at 102.17, U S Government 4s at 102.14, and U S Government 44s at 106.18.
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New York
U. S
Liberty
U.S Government
U. S. Government
Omaha Cash Grain Prices May 23
Wheat closed with No 2 hard at 1.57 to 1.58 dollars. No 1 white corn 1.08 and No 1 yellow 1.09 percent. Oats offered at No 2 white 0.46 and No White 0.45 percent.
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Omaha
Hay Prices in St Louis Market Report
Hay prices in St Louis dated May 23 show No. 2 timothy at 15.00 to 18.00, No. 2 timothy clover mixed 15.00 to 18.00, No. 2 heavy clover mixed 13.00 to 15.00, and choice western alfalfa at 28.00 to 29.00.
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HAY
St. Louis
Timothy
Clearing Houses Reserve Figures For Week In New York
The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies shows an excess reserve of 41.439 million dollars, a decrease of 24.237 million from the prior week. This reflects tighter liquidity and ongoing shifts in reserve status across major institutions in New York.
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Clearing Houses
New York
Horse and Mule Market Prices East St. Louis May 23
Horses sold to choice drafts bring 150 to 200 dollars with good eastern chunks at 75 to 100 dollars and choice southern horses 45 to 75 dollars. Mules ranged from 60 to 225 dollars across sizes from 14.3 to 17 hands, with 16 to 17 hands fetching 175 to 225 dollars and 15 to 16.2 hands 125 to 190 dollars.
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East St. Louis
Choice Drafts
Chhoice Southern
Market quotes from St. Louis May grain report
St Louis cash grain prices list multiple futures levels for wheat corn and oats. Wheat No 3 red 1.07 1.08 No 2 hard 58. Corn No 2 mixed 1.18 No 2 white 115% No 2 yellow 1.16 No 3 yellow 1.15 1.15%. Oats No 2 white 48% 49 No 3 white 47 47% No 4 white 47.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain Prices Report May 23
Chicago cash grain prices list wheat and corn futures with varied grades and numbers. The report shows No 2 hard wheat around 1.68 to 1.69 per unit, corn No 2 mixed about 1.18, and multiple yellow and white corn grades with pockets near 1.05 to 1.17. Oats barley rye and timothy seed prices are also provided with assorted figures.
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Chicago
Sugar market in New York shows firmer tone and higher prices
In Sugar New York on May 23 a firmer tone developed in the local raw sugar market and prices rose for both spot and future shipments. Spot price quoted at 4.33 duty paid while refined held at 5.50 and 6.70 for fine granulated with fair inquiry reported.
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New York
Coffee futures steady as Rio No.7 and Santos No.4 cited
In New York on May 23 coffee prices quoted for Rio No. 7 and Santos No. 4. Futures held steady with July at 16.65 and December at 14.55.
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New York
Rio
Santos
Multiple Thefts and Fatal Jump Reported Across Towns
In Brighton a garage burglary yielded a car theft and an abandoned vehicle later stolen in Wapoello. A separate Germanville burglary occurred with a small haul reported. Sioux City news notes Grace Kelley, 17, died after leaping from a bumper during a school picnic due to radiator heat. In Munich, Arthur Gerst died when a homemade parachute failed from 1600 feet.
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Brighton
Charles M. Denison
Wapello
Germanville
Sioux City
A. Miller
C. D
The
Journal
Grace Kelley
Munich
Germany
Arthur Gerst
Ten Years Ago in Creston Highlights and Incidents
A police pair halted a three-person dice game near Cedar street tunnel and fined each. fines paid. Alta Hannelly returned to her Creston home for summer after Thayer school. Marle Baill of Lenox visited Miss Ethel Campbell. Earl Ampleby of Des Moines arrived to manage Summit Hotel. Rainfall totaled 6.81 inches in 72 hours causing floods and impassable roads. Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Campbell’s home. Missionary Society gathering at George Ide home. Bancroft History Assembly held a picnic at Jacob Pwalt home. James McLaughlin barn on West Adair burned after a lightning strike. A dispute in an East Adams street restaurant led to a physical fight. Forty-four Creston high seniors graduated. Scott Skinner presented diplomas. Dr F E Sampson announced purchase of a 3000 dollar x ray machine to be installed at Cottage hospital.
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Sher
Creston
Thayer
Marle Baill
Lenox
Ethel Campbell
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Thomas Campbell
New York Avenue
The
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
George A. Ide
Bancroft History Assembly
Earthquake and Fire Kill Over 200 in Japan Region
Reports from Osaka area indicate more than 200 believed dead after an earthquake near Toyo-Oka and subsequent fire. Kinosaki Springs suffered heavy damage with tourists injured. foreign casualties unlikely. Dispatches mention a train buried near Ashiya tunnel and Ikuno mine collapse reports.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Osaka
Toyo-Oka
Department of Commissions
Kinosaki Springs
London
Evening News
Kinosaki
Ashiya
Ikuno
Kuniyama
Fukuchi
Gleason Testifies Murphy Insane in 1922 Trial
Minneapolis lawyer Gleason, Murphy’s former law partner at Waukon 1919 to 1922, testified that Murphy was indifferent to business, often ill and mentally unstable. Gleason described chaotic office conditions, missed records, and Murphy’s erratic memory during a noon ride to the hospital, concluding Murphy is insane.
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Gleason
Minneapolis
John Seneff
Murphy
Waukon
Ing
J. H. Trewin
Maine Woman's Body Found Amid Lake Murder Case
The body of Miss Aida Heyward was found near her Lake cottage in Winthrop Maine ending a search for a missing woman. Authorities pursue a suspected slayer as the investigation continues with local and state police involvement.
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Maine
The
Associated Press
Winthrop
Aida Heyward
Lake
Murder and arson in Pine Point cottage case
A man believed to be Harry A. Kirby of Watertown Mass shot Emma L. Towns and set a cottage fire near Pine Point. Miss Heyward, found deceased and possibly choked, showed signs of mistreatment. Kirby, now sought nationwide, sent a postcard from Augusta asking mail be forwarded. State police monitor Augusta area.
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Marana
Emma L. Towns
Jennie Gray
Pine Point
Miss Heyward
Harry A. Kirby
Watertown
Mass
Kirby
Augusta
Klans Plans Appeal After New York Court Ruling
Rochester May 23. The appellate court upheld a state statute requiring secret societies to file constitutions by‑laws oaths and member rosters with the secretary of state. The Ku Klux Klan plans to appeal. Indianapolis May 23. AP correspondent John Logan Stuart is dead. he had married Verna M. Smith at Fort Madison Iowa in 1919.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Secretary of State
Ku Klux Klan
Indianapolis
John Logan Stuart
Verna M. Smith
Fort Madison
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