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Grand Champion Steer Sells for 8.25 a Pound at Chicago Stockyards
Elliott Brown, 20, from Town farm, sold his grand champion steer to J. C. Penney for 8.25 a pound on the hoof, 950 pounds, bringing 7,837. Penney donated the animal to United Charities of Chicago to fund the Christmas drive, with proceeds likely aiding Brown’s attendance at Town State College. Abergast and Bastian of Allen Town bought the grand carload from Ed P Hall for 25 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Elliott Brown
New York
J. C. Penney
United Charities of Chicago
Young Brown
Town State College
Brown
John B. Brown
Ross Hill
Pen
Ney
E. HU. Harrison
San J Jancisco
Penney
Hobby
Ed. P. Hall
Mechanicsburg
Abergast and Bastian
Allentown
Hall