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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
6
A wide range of human happenings are shared by the Ever Humming Network of News Wires. Hopes, fears and joys are cataloged as the globe observes daily life, politics, culture, and society in brief dispatches.
A long string of reports covers raids in Dublin destroying police bargaclks and burning tax office documents, declarations from Sydney labor leaders, Carranza’s movements in Mexico and rebel tactics, rising Japanese populations, and U.S. legislative actions on sugar, taxes, and navy plans. Also noted are stock losses, public notices, and social disturbances across continents.
A wave of price reductions in women s garments and shoes spreads across 24 cities from the Mississippi valley to the Pacific coast. Reports cite tight money and delivery delays as causes, with 20 percent discounts common in Seattle San Francisco Everett and Minneapolis and up to 50 percent in some cases.
Eleven Oklahoma City and Enid businessmen were arrested after federal indictments allege Lever Act violations tied to sugar profits. Indictments claim some profits reached 10,000 percent in a year with others showing up to 3,000 percent, per United States Attorney Herbert McPrek.
ALTL Merrick president of the Mississippi Valley association attributed poor business to rail traffic limits and predicted an industrial party soon. He urged a waterway linking the Great Lakes to the St Lawrence and Atlantic as a national necessity.
Lawrence Kansas May 19 Wilbert K Wesley Bancrort Kansas sophomore at University of Kansas died yesterday after a one pound shot struck him in rack practice on the field. Charles Heizer Osage City Kan released the shot and Wesley failed to hear warning shout during practice.
Friends honor Miss Sarah Anna Metiuinness on her second century at a small party hosted at the Bronx Home for the Aged. The event marks her long years and grateful acknowledgments from the community.
The peace resolution adopted by the senate was presented to the house and laid on the table. The foreign affairs committee informally reviewed it with Charles Porter directing talks with senate readers to avoid a conference and gain house acceptance. Porter cautioned a meeting with senate leaders would be delayed.
The May 17 ceremony in St Peter's Basilica marked the canonization of Jon of Arc by Pope Benedict. It was described as the greatest and most impressive function in the historic basilica in centuries, honoring the national heroine.
Cattle receipts 16,000 head with beef steers steady to lower on heavy weights. Watcher cattle and calves steady to strong, heavies active with bulk 9.11 to 12.8. Hogs receipts 36,000 heads mostly steady. top 15.40, bulk 13.25 to 14.26. pigs down slightly. Sheep receipts 12,000 head, market unevenly lower. 94 lb shorn lambs 16.50 to 17.50 late yesterday.
Omaha notes slow hog trade with light legs steady to strong. tops reach 14 per cwt. Cattle receipts 6 600 head with beef steers steady to 2 lower and chest value around 12.50. bulk steers 10 12. cows and heifers 4 to 14. stockers and feeders firm. Sheep receipts 1 000 head with California spring lambs and woolly stock 0 to 2 lower. California spring lambs 10.10 to 17. clipped lambs 16 to 16.50.
Chicago notes May 19 grain bids for wheat corn and oats with several grades listed. No. 4 red wheat at 3.02 a bushel No. 2 hard 2.06 pye 2 northern spring 3.25 5.32 No. 4 northern spring 2 No. 4 northern spring dark 2.10 corn No. 2 mixed 2.06 No. 2 yellow 2.06 2.08 oats No. 2 white 1.01 1.48 rye No. 2 2.18 4 barley 1.71 1.86 Timothy reed i0 Ua clover reed 25 a3 h.
St Paul area market reports show receipts of 9 200 for cattle and 200 for sheep with overall steady to weak trend. Fat cattle and feeders varied with prices from 6.50 to 10.50, lambs bringing 8 4 to 19, and ewes and wethers noted in sparse detail.
Minneapolis Grain Market update listing prices for wheat corn oats turkeys flax and other grains with quoted bids and grade classifications. Notable figures include No 1 red spring wheat and No 2 white corn prices, alongside ranges for choice to fancy turkey and amber durum values.
Levi I. Morton former vice president and New York governor died at his home Biersteneck on the Hudson at 8 20 last night on his ninety sixth birthday. He had a cold and bronchial pneumonia developed yesterday morning causing unconsciousness before death.
County attorneys urged by the attorney general to collect loans advanced by the state council of defense during World War I. Of 830000 loans totaling 830,000, 107,972.66 has been repaid. Loans ranged from 500 to 1,000 with crop mortgages common. The goal is to recover the balance after harvest and secure payment where possible. Interest on overdue notes has largely been paid.
Congress approves cancellation of notes totaling about 1.949 million dollars tied to seed loans from a 1918 war emergency program. The relief applies to Montana farmers who could not repay after dry years and low yields, releasing crop liens and notes.
Laurel-Villager's Bean, a prize Shorthorn bull weighing about 1,000 pounds, won grand champion honors at the American Shorthorn Breeders Association Montana meeting in Great Falls. It sold for $1,000, the top price of the show, bought by Tony Nutting of Laurel. Nutting and son Bryant nurture a herd of 25 registered cows.
Officials from Anaconda Copper and other district firms announce mines in Butte will close to all W W workers. Notices posted prohibit any W W employment at properties as companies unite to weed out suspected troublemakers. John Gillie, general superintendent, says the action protects company interests and is patriotic.
Butte school board approves a flat raise for all grade six high school teachers and nurses, effective at the start of the 1920 1921 term. The summer term will end a week early, closing June 11 instead of June 18. Teachers had requested a bonus for the current term and a $800 increase for the next term.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reported modest improvement in freight jam handling. Empty box cars move west from New England and Atlantic seaboard under expedited orders while coal regions receive cars from the Midwest. overall movement shows negligible reduction in cars awaiting relocation. Labor conditions remain unfavorably noted by the commission.
Tirbhe Maghind May 17 The Anglo French bloc agreed on principles for German indemnity and interallied debts paying schemes with finance experts to determine timelines and methods. The plan shifts burden, treats payments as forward toward indemnity guarantees, and secures Britain France gains from coal exports while awaiting German settlement at Spa.
Chicago May 1. Bread prices will not fall unless flour drops at least 400 barrels. Eugene Lipp president of the National Association of Master Bakers told the Illinois association of the baking industry that high material costs and wheat shipment backlogs due to congestion will likely push bread prices higher for consumers.
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