Market Quotations Report From U S Bureau of Markets
Wheat and corn futures moved higher on weather and crop reports with declines only from rains in drought areas. Chicago prices for No 2 red winter wheat at 1.26 and May Wheat at 1.17. Cotton spot eased to 17.38 cents, New York futures at 17.77. Domestic and export demand remained active. many grains, seeds, and feeds showed mixed to firm tones across markets.
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Denver live stock market report cattle hogs and sheep
Denver live stock notes demand for quality cattle was good but packers were bearish on lower grade cattle. Hog market steady to firm with heavy receipts and top hogs at 7.00. Sheep sales were idle for the first time since the fall run began, with no reported transactions. Eastern markets influenced Denver with local prices about 400 higher than river values.
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Denver
Famous con men pass Broadway in decline and fame
A Philadelphia Public Ledger NY letter recounts famed con men once active on Broadway, including Hungry Joe and Tom O Brien, stealing from Oscar Wilde, and other notorious figures like Red Austin and Doc Truman. The piece notes the Gilsey House as a crook hub and recalls a Canadian “ready up” scammer whose funeral few knew of.
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Joe
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Empire Garden
Red” Austin
Doc” Truman
Card Sharp
de Los McCurdy
Larry O'Brien
Monte Carlo
Bois de Bologne
Pete
Parmelee Jones
Bill Hawley
Frank Tarbeau
Atlantic
Gilsey
Bill Tracey
Buck” Taylor
New York
Canada
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Women Police a Success at Equal Citizenship Meeting
London correspondent reports at a conference by the Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship that women police are a proved success not an experiment. Home Office committee unanimous on their value and need. Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan urged public sentiment. D. M. Cowan warned against appointing less than the very best, favoring educated women with sympathy and understanding. The panel debated whether to require education, ultimately dropping that phrase to accept eminently suitable women who may not meet high educational standards.
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Lord Astor
Union of Societies For Equal Citizenship
London
New York World
Home Office
Helen Gwynne Vaughan
D. M. Cowan
Scottish University
Europe
Zionist Organization
United States
Zionist Movement
Palestine
Central
S. Landmann
Landmann
Vienna
Chalitzim
Horace Meyer Kallen
Kallen
Drydocking Ships by Telephone in the Navy Yard
A Popular Science Monthly note explains that large ocean liners are held precisely over a dock center by a dockmaster who directs crews from a distance using a portable telephone. He coordinates with the power house operating dock pumps to relay orders to gangs up to eight hundred feet away.
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Popular Science Monthly
Hollow mockery says Cortlandt Bleecker at party
Cortlandt Bleecker at a Newport garden party nods derisively toward a girl in a crinoline frock trimmed with white monkey fur. The frock charms a young matron who asks why he dislikes it. He calls the fashion a hollow mockery.
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Cortlandt Bleecker
Newport
Mr. Bleecker
Alcohol and the Arts in a Cocked Hat Joke
An odd exchange features a film star quipping about cus tard pie in comedies and joking about mince as a preferred ingredient while questioning where to obtain the distinctive element. The dialogue showcases a playful, if cryptic, interaction about cuisine and showbiz.
Palestine Promises New Era Amid Arab Jewish Tensions
The article surveys Palestine under British mandate, noting Jerusalem’s fragile future and a potential for prosperity. It covers Zionist aims, Arab fears, and Weizmann assurances, plus a forecast of Jewish immigration, agricultural growth, and land ownership issues in a late Ottoman to British transition context.
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Palestine
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Gethsemane
William D. McCracken
Asia
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Nebuchadnezzar
Herbert Samuel
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