Market quotations show mixed calls across commodities
Weekly market report from the U.S. Bureau of Markets notes New York potato prices up while Chicago declines. New Jersey shipping points quoted at 4.16 per 100 pounds. eastern cities see price gains to 16 to 26.5. Idaho round whites down in Chicago. Kansas City and Chicago firm for various grains. Beef, lambs, and hogs show mixed shifts with fat lambs up while hogs decline. wholesale meat prices mostly steady to higher on select cuts. Stockers and feeders movement remains active. cattle and calf shipments totaled 65,422 with sheep at 123,042. dairy butter firm with rising prices. hay quiet. wheat and corn futures mixed with gains in some regions and losses in others. Cotton rose about 49 points to 19.88 cents.
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Frotilta
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Holdine
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Aeeere
Tdaho
Carlol
Kaneas City
Cinevists and
St. Louuis
United States
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Boston
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Cincinnati
Timothy
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Prairie
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Alaskan Engineering Commission
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John Barton Payne
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Alaskan Advisory Committee
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H. ¥. Salnt
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Otto Praeger
E. A. Sherman
Payne
Territorial
Federal
Territorial Treasury
California
Httle
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fall
Metal Market Copper Lead Silver in Colorado Trade
Market notes report copper and lead prices in Colorado with silver and an inquiry into the value of foreign metal shipments. Officials record limited civility in trade and a tentative price spread across regional buyers.
Grain Prices and Varieties Noted in Market Brief
A brief market notice lists corn No 3 yellow and mixed with prices per cwt and per ewt, oats wheat and barley variants noted in old style shorthand. The text is garbled with stray letters but conveys commodity names and pricing units common to historical agricultural listings.
Clever Trick Almost Won at Shanghai Opium Smuggling
In Shanghai a customs search exposes an old Chinese woman with a basket of a cat and six dead kittens, later revealed to contain opium. The official notes the ruse, calling it a clever but failed attempt to smuggle drugs aboard a tramp steamer from India.
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Shanghai
India
London Daily Mall
Electric Time Balls Across Ages and Continents
A historical note traces time balls from medieval Europe to modern uses in cities like Montreal and Quebec. It highlights Uruguay's Montevideo system that dims all electric lights at eight o'clock to synchronize clocks, while North American electricians fear peak-load risks at central plants.
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Europe
Montreal
Quebec
South America
Uruguay
Montevideo
Montreal Herald
Bath in the Congo Chief Kabongo's royal rites
The Congo's Chief Kabongo maintains a large harem and a palace of woven baskets, a bath, and a gods garden within a reed wall compound. The royal bath is a ground hole used in Luba territory as servants shower him with water. He emerges muddy and proclaims success though by white standards it fails. He worships a clay crocodile and white pigeons for political reasons, and his cunning fuels claims to Mwata Yamvo's throne as sub-chiefs see him as the likely successor.
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Congo
Kabongo
Mwata Yumvo
Luba
Mwata Yamvo
Ancient Medal Traced to La Salle Era Discovery
A 1060 dated medal with Mont St. Michel inscription emerges in Penetanguishene. Linked to La Salle, Griffon voyage, and Huron fur trade, the artifact suggests ties to Nor mandy birthplaces, Jacques Cartier’s era, and Great Lakes exploration.
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Mont St. Michel
Normandy
St. Malo
Jacques Cartier
Penetanguishene
la Salle
Niagara
M. de Monty
Great Lakes
Green Bay
Mich
Huronia
An Artful Play Scene Aims at Odd Service
A dialogue depicts Mr Groweher frustrated by a waiter who consistently brings items in unwanted order. He explains he is testing a new system to control service while the unnamed speaker questions the namel hoard holled quirk. The exchange highlights preference and miscommunication in a dining setting.
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Mr. Groweher
What's the matter with Alaska as seen in 1920s policy
John Dickinson Sherman argues Alaska needs simpler centralized governance under a single head, ideally the President, to improve development. He surveys Alaska’s vast resources and chronic administrative fragmentation across federal agencies, urging a coordinated approach and improved infrastructure to unlock its economic potential.
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John Dickinson Sherman
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United States
Silmon
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Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Senate
House
Fall
Alaska Development Board
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver
Kremmling
Metal Market
Colorado
Hay and
Ghain
Nhu
Booth Park
Bout Park
Loldnight
Dawson
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