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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1925
Page
2
New York March 30 The stock market remained buoyant amid strong demand as the industrial average set another record. Shares advanced broadly with several issues rising 1 to 3 points and heavy turnover over 2500000 shares. Traders expect President Coolidge’s inaugural message to outline constructive steel and other policy support.
Louisa spot and futures 97.35 to 7.40, Antimony spot 17.40 to 25. Bar silver and Mexican dollars traded. The American Smelting and Refining Company today lowered the price of vad from 3.20 to 9.00 cents per pound.
Wheat futures rallied as crop damage reports from Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas plus higher foreign import needs spurred buying. May and July prices climbed while corn oats and provisions also gained amid limited fresh exports and expectations for domestic 1925 crop strength.
Associated Press report from San Francisco on March 3 cites Stanford chancellor emeritus Start Jordan telling the Eugenics section of the Commonwealth Club that many Americans of Puritan stock are descendants of Mark Antony. He traced English-American ancestry to the Warren family and linked Warrens to the Roman orator. He urged eugenics to preserve the strongest and best.
A stock table from New York markets lists numerous equities with prices and changes, including Attica, Canadian Pacific, Central Railroad, General Electric, General Motors, Gulf Oil, IBM, and others. The page shows multiple industry names, railroad and utility stocks, and notable manufacturers, reflecting a busy trading day with varied advances and declines.
The Department of Agriculture reports cattle and hog trade across several cities. Omaha and Chicago show higher hog bids with top butchers around 12.75 to 13.00, while cattle demand remains steady to firm, with steers and yearlings trading near 10 to 11 dollars. Sheep and lamb receipts are mixed, with lambs at 17 to 19 dollars and fat ewes around 9 to 10 dollars, as buyers seek weight classes and quality.
Associated Press report from Chicago notes varied potato trading across regions. Wisconsin round whites traded mostly $1.05 to $1.10, Idaho russets around $4.25 to $4.44 per cwt, Michigan prices rising to about $1.15 for rural prints, with receipts and shipments totaling several carloads as buyers show cautious demand.
Ralph King, jailed in San Francisco, admits wild parties fueled his gun plot to kill three Hotaling family members. Richard Hotaling denies involvement as police weigh theories of inheritance and outsider schemes amid a poisoned-brother case and ongoing investigations.
Psychological tests for prospective cab drivers reduced accidents by 34 percent in eight months, study shows. Professor A J Snow of Northwest Denver and Mrs Mabel Hodges presented findings to legislators. about 15 percent of drivers caused half of the incidents, suggesting common sense and basic judgment are key to safe driving.
In Rome a royal decree shifts traffic to right-hand flow to align with other Italian cities. The change caused little confusion as people instinctively attempted to use the opposite side until habits adjusted.
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