Southern hog prices stay strong amid mixed week trends
Hog prices in Georgia Florida and Alabama remained firm early in the week after a four year high but slipped at some markets late as dull wholesale pork trading weighed on sentiment. Atlanta bids rose 25 to 30 cents while Nashville and Louisville closed mixed with some declines.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Carolinas
Nashville
Louisville
Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Del-Mar- Vay
Montgomery
Chicago
South Carolina
South Georgia
North Florida
U.S
Atlanta Spot Cotton Prices Rise Slightly in 14 Markets
Spot cotton in 14 markets edged up from 34.83 to 34.85 cents a pound in Thursday to Thursday trading per the Agricultural Marketing Service. The middling 1-inch grade averaged 34.85 cents, up from the prior week and compared with 34.06 cents in the earlier period.
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Atlanta
Agricultural Marketing Service
Markets Report from Decatur: Cotton and Grain Prices
Decatur markets show cotton inch middling at 4.50, cottonseed at 2500 per ton, milk products, and diverse grain prices. Livestock demand remains good with calves steady, hogs steady to 25 lower, sows strong, and sheep trading 80 to 100 pound lambs at 23.00 to 23.50, with lighter stock down to 16.00.
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U. S&s
Cattle and Hog Market Report and Eisenhower Golf outing
Market notes show cattle and hog prices with feeder and slaughter ranges across several weight classes. Cows mostly to slaughter, calves and stockers listed. note the Friday sale cancelled on July 4. Eisenhower spent the morning at his desk and played golf at Burning Tree Club in Maryland. Cotton futures edged higher with CCC loan activity and Mexican crop movement affecting demand and international inquiries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Burning Tree Club
Maryland
Commodity Credit Corporation Loan
CCC
Stocks Advance Despite Slump
The stock market rose in the first half of 1958 despite a recession, recovering about 60 percent of prior losses. The AP average reached 174.30, with short sales a record 5.8 million shares as skeptics warned overvalued prices. A new theater manager is named for Decatur’s Roxy and Princess venues, Joe Tomlinson, formerly of Crescent Amusement Co., with a South Tennessee background.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Wall Street
Exchange
Joe Tomlinsom
Roxy Theater
Bank St
Decatur
Columbia
New York Cotton Closes Higher on Demand and Parity Hikes
Cotton futures finished the week higher on price fixing and short covering with July firming on limited notices. Traders awaited the House farm bill action and the first official acreage report due July 8, noting parity moves and projected loan rates for middling cotton.
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New York Cotton Exchange
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
House Agriculture Committee
U. S. Agriculture Department
U.S
New York Cotton Exchange Service Bureau
Masonic Chapter 38 Installs Officers In Chapel Ceremony
Royal Arch Masons Chapter 38 held a Thursday night installation in the Chapter Room at Masonic Temple. Elmer Eugene Lindsey served as high priest with William A. Glenn, Charles Homer McGill, Neil Kirk, and others named to key roles. Wives attended a pre ceremony dinner in the dining hall.
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Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Elmer Eugene Lindsey
William A. Glenn
Charles Homer McGill
Neil Kirk
Maurice M. Scruggs
James Willard Ferguson
Royal Arch
Michael L. Jons
Melvin K. Kilpatrick
John W. McCant
Freeman C. Free
D. L. Allen
William H. Lakey
Sentinel
Texas Republic to US State 1836 to 1845 Timeline
Texas existed as an independent republic from 1836 until 1845 when it joined the United States. The period marks Texas sovereignty before statehood and admission to the Union.
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Republic
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