Wall Street stocks rise on strong reports May 27
Wall Street gains noted as motor shares rise to yearly highs with Studebaker Maxwell and Hudson leading. International Telephone posts a significant advance and utilities briefly outpace the market. Steel, electric, department stores, and food shares show steady demand while rails stay firm despite weak April earnings. General Baking continues to decline as Call money steadies at 4 percent amid a strong close.
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New York
Studebaker Maxwell and Hudson
International Telephone
Pennsylvania
Juul
Omaha Livestock Market Report May 27
U S Dept of Agriculture Omaha farm market reports mixed gains and losses across hogs cattle and sheep. Hog receipts 9 000 mostly medium and light butchers to shippers up to 11 90 top weights 240 pounds. cattle receipts 6 800 with steer and heifer prices easing while veals hold. sheep receipts 6 500 with lamb prices up to 14 00 and feeder offerings steady to higher.
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Omaha Livestock
Omaha
U. S. Dept. Office
Grain and Provisions Market Summary Chicago May 27
Open price table shows wheat corn oats rye and fats with May July and Sept contracts. Highlights include wheat May at around 1.92 and July near 1.61, oats around 46 to 47, rye near 1.17 to 1.18, lard around 16.0, ribs near 17.40 to 17.67, and fats at 20.25.
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Grain & Provisions
Chicago
Omaha Cash Grain Prices May 27
Wheat prices show No 3 hard at 1.59 and No 7 mixed at 1.52. Corn quotes list No 2 white at 1.14, No 1 yellow 1.10, No 2 mixed 1.68. Oats show No 3 white at 0.45 and No 4 white at 0.45 with slight percentages.
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Omaha
Flour Prices Advance Amid Market Shifts
Minneapolis price report notes flour rising to forward levels with families paying 9.35 to 9.46 and bran at 27.50 to 28.50 as market activity continues.
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Minneapolis
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed as Hogs Rise and Cattle Slump
Chicago reports May 27 hog receipts 16,000 with prices up to 12.59 for 200 pound weights and general firmness on good hogs, while cattle trade remains slow with steers uneven and heavier loads from Nebraska and Illinois. sheep receipts 9,000 with lambs and mutton showing modest gains. Official forecasts for tomorrow predict hogs 22,000 and sheep 7,000.
Poultry and Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago markets show alive low poultry with mixed fowl and turkey prices and high activity in new and old potato shipments. Butter and egg values rise with creamery extras and firsts up, while wholesale egg prices edge higher on strong demand and larger receipts across Wisconsin Michigan Alabama Louisiana and South Carolina markets.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Michigan
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Daily Market Report of Butter Eggs and Poultry Prices
New York and St Louis listings show butter receipts with varied quality grades and price ranges, eggs with fresh and storage figures, cheese firm prices, and live and dressed poultry with by freight and express methods. Kansas City and regional markets report unchanged butter eggs and poultry values with regional tonnage notes.
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New York
Express
Kansas City
Red River
St Joseph Livestock Market Report May 27
Hogs receipts 6,500 with prices 10 to 15 cents higher. top 11.85, bulk 11.60 to 11.80. Cattle receipts 3,500 steady to 25 cents lower. steers 8.75 to 10.25, top 11.10. cows and heifers 8.25 to 10.25, calves 5.50 to 9.50. stockers and feeders 5.25 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 1,500 up 25 to 35 cents. lambs 14.00 to 15.85, ewes 6.50 to 8.25.
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California
ST. Joseph
Sugar market report from New York expresses price shifts
In New York on May 27 raw sugar fell to 4.40 with duty paid. Refined sugar held steady and rose up to 10 points on some grades, with list quotations from 5.55 to 5.70 for fine granulated sugar.
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New York
Wheat Market Weakness Sparks Chicago Trading Down
May prices in Chicago fell as Liverpool wheat declines due to European crop outlook reflected in domestic reports showing crop damage in both spring and winter wheat areas. May to July futures fluctuated with rallies and renewed downturns. corn and oats followed wheat lower while hog values supported provisions.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Europe
Kansas
Chicago Grain and livestock prices May 27 report
Chicago markets show wheat grades at 1.70 to 1.72 for hard types and mixed corn bids around 1.15 to 1.19 per unit. Oats, rye, barley, timothy and clover seeds appear with varying percentages and dollars, while lard, ribs and bellies list at specified price points.
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Chicago
Oaten
Hay Price Report From St Louis and Kansas City Markets
In St Louis on May 27 hay prices for various grades show No 2 timothy 15.00 to 18.00 per unit No 2 dight lover mixed 14.00 to 16.00 No 2 heavy clover mixed 13.00 to 14.00 choice western alfalfa 28.00 to 29.00. In Kansas City May 27 hay weights changed with choice alfalfa at 18.50 for 2000 pounds No 1 prairie 10.00 to 12.00 No 1 timothy 14.00 to 15.00 clover mixed light 14.00 to 15.00.
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HAY
St. Louis
Kansas City
Prairie
Horse and Mule Market Prices East St. Louis May 27
Horses listed for sale include choice drafts at 150 to 200 dollars and good eastern chunks 75 to 100 dollars. Choice southern horses fetch 45 to 75 dollars. Mules priced by size from 14 to 17 hands with ranges 60 to 225 dollars, 14.3 to 15.2 hands 60 to 100 dollars, 15 to 16.2 hands 125 to 190 dollars, 16 to 17 hands 175 to 225 dollars.
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East St. Louis
Market Grain Prices in St Louis Cash Quotes
St Louis cash grain prices show wheat No 2 red at 1.91 and No 2 hard 1 58 percent. Corn values list No 2 white 1.15 to 1.16, No 3 white 1.144 to 1.1744, No 2 yellow 1.1744, No 3 yellow 1.16 to 1.17. Oats No 2 white 48 percent, No 2 white 47 to 48.
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ST. Louis
Liberty Bonds Market Summary from New York
May 27 reporting Liberty bonds closed with 3 percent at 101.0 and First 445 at 102.10. Second 446 traded at 101.11, Third 4 percent at 101.31, Fourth 448 at 1002.15, and U S Government 4s at 102.10 with U S Government 4148 at 106.18.
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Liberty Bonds
New York
Liberty
U. S. Government
U.S Government
Coffee futures steady as Rio No 7 and Santos notes rise
Coffee markets in New York report Rio No 7 at 20 percent and Santos No 4 at 23 percent with futures holding steady. July futures at 17.92 and Dee at 15.15.
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New York
Rio
Santos
Dee
Toledo Seed Market Report Sees Seed Prices Updated
Toledo May 27 Clover seed cash 1.50 Get 13.90 Dec 13.76 Timothy seed cash 3.30 Sept 3.75 bid.
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Toledo
Clover Seed
Timothy
Gant Eliminated From British Amateur Golf Championship
Douglas Gant, once America s hope in the 1926 British amateur golf championship, falls to R. W. Crumack two up with one to play. No Americans remain in the event.
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Associated Press
Westward
Douglas Gant
America
R. W. Crumack
Lancashire
Wedding Ring Longevity Quip Catches Attention
A quip from the Columbia Record notes the longer a wedding ring stays in use the longer it seems to last. The piece contrasts with a separate report stating nearly one million pounds of reindeer meat will be shipped from Alaska to the United States this season.
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Columbia
Ameka
United States
Bandits Rob Cottage Grove State Bank Des Moines
Four men robbed the Cottage Grove Avenue State bank of Des Moines this morning, taking about 1500 dollars. They escaped in a car after abandoning it and changing to another vehicle. A cashier, Mrs Tesdall and two tellers were inside. a burglar alarm alerted emergency crews.
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Afton
Fred Collings
Cottage Grove State Bank of
Des Moines
Associated Press
Cottage Grove Avenue
Tesdall
Mabel L. Leaverton
Lona Miner
T. H. Miner
Miner
Tesdal
Murphy Lawyers Call Expert Testimony In Insanity Defense
Cresco May 27 Attorneys for Dennis J Murphy began introducing expert testimony to argue the Waukon lawyer and financier is insane. Dr Charles E Van Epps of Iowa City testified on nervous and mental diseases as the defense seeks to show mental incapacity while noting Murphy’s alleged financial collapse and debts. Robert Murphy testified that his father favored an inexperienced youth to manage valuable properties, and Julia McGinnis described early signs of a mental breakdown years earlier.
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Associated Press
Cresco
Dennis J. Murphy
Waukon
Charles E van Epps
Iowa City
E. J. Eaton
Maton
Murphy
Robert Murphy
Robert
Julia McGionis
John Seneff
Small
Held On Charge of Receiving Stolen Bonds
James Connelly, St. Paul bond salesman, held without charges. Frank O Regan alias Blake held on receiving 221960 dollars worth stolen bonds. Bonds tied to Milwaukee Northwestern National bank robbery. Detectives say 24000 dollars of bonds recovered in St Paul. Davenport of Minneapolis awaiting Milwaukee trial for complicity.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
James Connelly
St. Paul
Frank O'Regan
Blake
Milwaukee
O'Regan
Northwestern National Bank
Davenport
Judge Wade Suffering From Nervous Breakdown
Judge Martin J. Wade, stricken last Thursday during federal court in Des Moines, will not return until fall. Physicians say he is suffering a severe nervous breakdown and requires prolonged rest. Mrs Wade remains with him in Des Moines as visitors are not admitted to his room.
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Associated Press
Iona Ity
Martin J. Wade
Atricken
Des Moines
Milk and Health Featured In Johnson Film
A U S Department of Agriculture film shows Walter Johnson, 1924 World Series champ pitcher, praising milk as beneficial to baseball players. Filmed before the 1925 season at the American League park in Washington, Johnson notes milk aids strength and health, sharing farm roots in Kansas and a dairy-influenced family life.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Walter Johnson
Washington
Jessie M. Hoover
Bureau of Dairying
Kansas
Iola
Humbolt
Coffeyville
Kan
Veniremen in Shepherd Case Have Opinion Fixed
In Chicago on May 27 the Shepherd murder trial saw no acceptable jurors from a panel of more than twenty examined. Efforts to summon 12 men willing to convict on circumstantial evidence faced persistent challenges as fixed opinions led to exemptions amid a clash between state attorney and defense counsel.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Africa Education Report Urges Action for Continent
The Educational commission to East Africa says Africans are on the sidelines as European and Asiatic settlers shape the future. After six months’ field work from French Somaliland to Cape Town, the survey stresses education as essential for peace and prosperity in Africa. Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones chaired both commissions.
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Associated Press
New York
Africa
Educational Commission
East Africa
Phelps Stokes Fund
French Somaliland
Cape Town
West
South
Equatorial Africa
Thomas Jesse Jones
Educationa
Phelps-Stokes Fund
Founding of 1908 Promotes Negro Education in Africa
The piece notes the 1908 founding to promote Negro education in the South and Africa. It describes collaboration among American and British governments and Christian missionary societies to appoint experts for commissions. Dr Jones advocates including natives in a coordinated plan with officials, missionaries, settlers, and traders guiding Africa’s development under European leadership.
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Africa
Missionary Societies
Great Britain
North America
Dr. Jones
Lancaster House
London
Jones
Liberia
Abyssinia
Iowa Soldier Separated Army Mules Grenades
In the Story of the 168th Infantry by John H. Taber the narrative recalls a tense moment when a Frenchman warned of danger near machine gun company mules tied beside crates of grenades. The scene, reflecting wartime mishap, shows the risk as mules moved near detonators amid confusion and damage.
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Iowa
168Th Infantry
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City
John H. Taber
Imulets
Fragmentary Post War Loot Description Emerges In Court
A fragmentary report notes a seizure of weapons including two hundred grenades packed in sawdust to muffle detonation, with the items scattered across the floor. Authorities describe the illicit cache as a hazardous discovery tied to the case.
Iowa Diamond Broker Robbed of Valuables
Davenport Iowa May 27 Jacob M Siegel a Davenport diamond broker was robbed of 17 unset diamonds valued at 3000 and 1950 in cash by an armed unmasked bandit. He was lured into the home on the pretext of using the telephone after returning from a business trip. Family was away. Police have a description but no arrests. A $560 reward was offered for the thief.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Jacob M. Siegel
Siegel
Doan's Pills Endorsement From Creston Resident
A Creston resident, Mrs. A. Anderson of 314 Livingston Ave, praises Doan's Pills for relief from backache and kidney trouble. She notes two boxes fix her up and adds that five years later she still highly regards Doan's. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Mfrs Buffalo, N Y.
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Creston
A. Anderson
Livingston Ave
Dean
Doan
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Wade
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THE
J. C. Penney CO
Veniremen
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Fangman & Benson
Creston, Ia
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