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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
18
City scales report little change in grain. Market notes show steady prices with only minor shifts. a 3 cent deviation noted in a few lots. Corn and oats appear steady, shipments totaling modest weekly gains amid cautious trading.
Across Chicago Cleveland St Louis Pittsburgh and Indianapolis reports show cattle calves and hogs steady to higher with varied receipts. Bulls, steers and heifers fetch 14 to 18 dollars for midweight stock while lambs and sheep command top week values. feeders and miscellaneous poultry also noted. Buyers eye steady demand amid fluctuating futures and regional supplies.
Fragmented OCR list shows market bids and prices for wheat flour rye bran and other commodities, plus livestock and fur items. Entries include prices for flour, rice, fruit, potatoes, oranges, lemons, and furs, with company names and miscellaneous units, but many garbled terms and misreads.
The notice lists cattle and hog prices with varied bids and sales notes. Estimates reflect hogs at around 15 to 16 dollars and cattle near 12 to 16 per unit, with mixed quality and market conditions noted.
The Fort Wayne Norteal school in Lakeside opens summer classes this morning with 34 teachers already enrolled. The list includes Gertrude Zook Alathea Stockbrides Ethel allgeier and many others. More registrations expected Wednesday as advertised in Journal-Gazette Want Ads at one cent a word.
Market reports show corn and grain prices easing with a drop in Jee and a later decline after Lee started. Weather remains favorable and indicators point to rapid progress in crops while buying sentiment weakens and volume halves from yesterday. September barley shows a loss while frogistons average rises slightly.
The market closed mixed with heavy outside cash activity and favorable weather. Prospects improved after recent weather, with profits taking noted and grain prices pressured by declines in provisions and cheap feeds, while auto trade members plan a Wednesday noon closure for a staff picnic.
Four land patents for 480 acres issued eighty years ago were recorded at the county recorder's office in South Bend. The patents, issued at the land office in Fort Wayne, were issued to Clinton Lapse, John Howell, Samuel Barnes, and J. A. Wertsen, and placed on the county records for the first time.
Receipts light at Toledo stockyards with buyers from local and outside packers. Hogs show gains for selected heavies and barges while mediums and roasters rise. Cattle and calves move mixed with primes firm but many classes slipping. sheep and lambs fluctuate with best lambs around 19 dollars. Prices listed across multiple classes reflect sharp swings in demand and supply.
The June 12 issue notes a confused price movement under high money influence and weak market breadth. It warns investors to sell on rallies, especially in steel equipment and motors, as July money reports and weak signals suggest caution.
Market reports show cherries and berries priced at elevated levels with no expected drop. Other produce quoted yesterday includes turnips, peas, potatoes, gourds, radishes, lettuce, melons, and watermelons with varied prices. Shipping of watermelons began yesterday and drivers expect steady sales as local fruit ripens.
Chicago June 25. Corn prices fell amid bearish weather and crop reports. Wheat and oats also showed weakness as receipts remained heavy and market sentiment turned cautious. Provisions weakened with grain, as packers’ capacity and lard supplies influenced trade, leaving futures lower for July and September.
June 22 Kenpaliville Indiana the League of Women Voters pressed the city council to fill school board vacancies by electing one of five women named in their petition. Council deferred action for one week and pledged continued campaigning, while a council vacancy caused by H A House moving wards prompted resignations and reelections.
A Warsaw meeting approved a plan for self financed housing construction with private owners providing part of the funds and the corporation funding the rest after plans and costs are submitted for approval. Committee members included D A Peterson A C McDonald Barle W Conrad W L Groth and B J Dalton.
Wabash chapter of Phi Delta Theta, a long-standing fraternity since 1910 with 150 members, plans to seek the 1929 national convention in Newark Ohio. About 30 members will attend, led by George Biggerstail as national Master of Ceremonies. Also noted are a Service Motor Truck Company picnic for 5,000 employees and families, a Missouri dentist involved in a minor auto collision, Rotary and Kiwanis choosing a detector lie to support Boy Scouts, a parole request by Isaac Shoemaker, and assorted New York and Chicago market briefs.
A jumble of numbers and words appears to describe financial data with references to hay market Toledo and assorted sums such as 29,005 and 20.0. The readable fragments suggest a listing or ledger like item with uncertain context and unclear dates or parties involved.
Albion news notes a Sunday wreck at Miller's causing traffic delays for five hours and lists local visitors and residents. It covers a farm meeting with township representatives debating pricing projects, and includes commodity and sugar market notes from New York and New Jersey with price references.
ANTWERP June 22 4 fair price board organized at Paulding with M G Sauerwein chairman X Shaffer secretary Eugene Hardesty Robert Treese and A A Bauer. Board will receive complaints from residents who feel overcharged for county articles and will investigate. If justified, matters referred to U S district judge Beven at Toledo.
Spencerville Indiana July 53 Miss Ai Fanne Vallicn and Rev. tratrasn Carnes plan to attend the Epworth League convention in Dremont on Tuesday through Thursday. Mrs Anna Henderson and others sail to Crawfordsville for the Sunday School convention. Sunday services noted at M E church with Children’s Day, attendance tallied and offerings listed. Local reunions, funerals, and hospital visits are reported, along with church and club events and a student heading to Ann Arbor for summer term engineering studies.
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