Grain rally cools stock interest amid market dips
The day sees speculative money shift from stocks to grain with wheat gains of 3 to 6 cents in Chicago and Winnipeg. Credit conditions ease slightly as call money returns to 7 percent. Major stocks drift lower on profit taking while utilities rise on merger chatter. several firms warn against new commitments.
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New York
Chicago
Winnipeg
Stock Exchange
Commission
General Motors
Packard
Chrysler
Marmon
Murray Corporation
Anaconda
Kennecott
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Republic
Ludlum
U. Ss. Steel Common
Bethlehem
North American
Detroit Edison
Westinghouse Eleetric
Chicago Livestock Prices Record Mixed Trade
Chicago July 22 livestock summary shows hog receipts at 46 000 with mostly steady to higher on better hogs while packing sows drop to 19 to 20 lower. Cattle receipts 19 000 with general trade steady to lower on slaughter, strong on stockers and feeders, steers 14 1/2 to 16 2/3, yearlings 12 1/2 to 16. Bulls and cows listed, sheep receipts 18 000 with slow sales and lower quotes, feeding lambs steady, fat ewes and cows noted.
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Chicago
USDA
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Totals
Liverpool July 22. Cotton spot activity steady higher with American grades leading. Quotations: American strict good middling 11.50, good middling 11.10, strict middling 10.90, middling 10.70, strict low middling 10.40, low middling 10.10, strict good ordinary 9.70, good ordinary 9.30. Sales 3,000 bales. American 2,300. Receipts 4,000. American nil. Futures closed barely steady with July 10.23, October 10.14, December 10.18, July 10.13, March 10.18, May 190.19.
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Liverpool
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago
Potatoes receipts 135 cars on track 68 total U S shipments Saturday 772 Sunday 23 cars trading on sacks moderate market slow blis trading slow market dull Kansas and Missouri sacked Irish Cobblers best 1 90 to 2 10 Kentucky sacked Irish Cobblers 2 50 to 3 68 Kansas sacked early Ohio s 2 10 Virginia bbl Irish Cobblers best 5 00 others 4 65
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Chicago
U. S
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
Sugar firm as offerings thin in New York market
Raw sugar held firmer in New York with light offerings and holders asking higher levels. Spot duty paid held at 4.08. No sales reported. Refined sugar unchanged at 5.35 to 5.54.
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New York
Population of Rats in United States Estimated At 120 Million
Public Health Service estimates a U S rat population around 120 million. The figure highlights concerns over urban sanitation and disease risk as cities cope with rodent control challenges amid ongoing health campaigns.
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Public Healt Service
United States
Wheat stocks double from last year in interior mills
Washington July 22 Stocks of the 1928 crop in interior mills and elevators on July 1 were estimated by the department of agriculture at 40,136,000 bushels, compared with 19,277,000 a year ago and 21,776,000 on July 1, 1937.
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Washington
Interior
Department of Agriculture
Bird care for hot days and simple cage garden
Advice for keeping a pet bird healthy in heat. Keep the cage clean with fresh cool water daily and add greenery. A movable cage over a small garden lets the bird hop and choose its own greens.
Hoover Returns to Washington From Virginia Lodge
President Hoover arrived in Washington after a weekend at his Virginia lodge. He spent the days away from the capital and resumed official duties upon return.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
College of Cardinals Forms Senate of the Roman Church
The College of Cardinals, comprising 70 members, serves as the Senate of the Roman Catholic Church.
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College of Cardinals
Senate
Presbyterians Seek Union at Pen Mar Conference
Dr. William Coverthaler of Philadelphia will keynote the Pen Mar gathering on August 1 as delegates from thirteen Presbyterian branches discuss a probable merger. The meeting aims to form a unified church under the Presbyterian banner with the Christian Education Board represented.
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William Coverthalmers
Philadelphia
Pen- Mar
Ge Ecther PS
Chalmers
Presbyterian Board of Christian Education
Fortune awaits lad who wanted Tar Heel farm girl for bride
Raleigh dispatch reports Gov. Gardner asked to locate Eddie B Lovekelly of Chicago after he wrote ex governor Angus McLean seeking a North Carolina farm girl as a wife. Pal RE Guest of Knoxville says Lovekelly, heir to a Chicago fortune, must be found to claim half the inheritance, with the other half after marriage and a year’s settlement.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Eddie B. Lovekelly
Chicago
Angus McLean
Lovekelly
North Carolina
RE. E. Guest
Sheridan Street
Knoxville
Tenn
Love Kelly
Guest
Charleston
S. C
Furniture Industries
Graves Orders Negro Protection At Trial In Eufaula
Governor Graves announced that 19 officers and 200 National Guardsmen would be sent to Eufaula to protect the accused Lester Houger during his arraignment over the slaying of Jack Hines and an assault on Miss Beatrice Clark. A 56-man detachment would precede others to establish a courthouse barrier ahead of the trial.
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Montgomery
Ala
Graves
Alabama National Guard
Eufaula
Lester Houger
Barbour County
Jack Hines
Beatrice Clark
Alabama
Woman Gored to Death by Infuriated Bull in Ontario Field
Mrs. Irvin Reid, 23, of Limerick township, was killed when a recently bought bull charged during milking. The animal gored her, she and her child climbed a tree, a branch broke, they fell, and she later died of hemorrhage after 72 stitches. The child was injured.
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Belleville
Onti
Irvin Reid
Limerick
Apprentice jockey Paul Neal draws media attention again
New York reports Paul Neal sensationally stays in the news as a western apprentice jockey. After selling his contract for 10 thousand dollars and a temporary absence, he faces a three day suspension for rough riding following three consecutive wins at Arlington Park.
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New York
Paul Neal
Neal
Arlington Park
World Sunday School Registrations Surpass Thirty‑Three Million
A global tally shows over 33,000,000 individuals registered in Sunday schools worldwide. The figure reflects broad participation across numerous churches and denominations, signaling strong youth and family engagement in religious education.
Mail From Bremen Lands At New York
The seaplane New York arriving from the Bremen carried express mail and landed at 1 35 p m in New York Bay. Baron Gebst Von Studnitz piloted the craft circling Pier 4 Brooklyn before landing. Thea Rasche greeted the flyer as a mail truck and police escort sped to the Varick Street post office branch in Manhattan with promises of delivery to consignees within hours.
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New York
Bremen
Baron Gebst von Studnitz
Pier 4
Brooklyn
Amore
Thea Rasche
Varick Street
Postoffice
Manhattan
Consignees
First The Golden Horseshoe Order Established in Virginia
The Golden Horseshoe was the first order established in the United States, organized in Virginia in 1724.
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Order of the Golden Horseshoe
United States
Virginia
Century Census Tenure Reveals Sex Split of Centenarians
In the 1920 United States census records the number of centenarians is broken down by sex with 1 561 men and 2 708 women.
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United States
New York Cotton Opens Lower on Liverpool Drops
The New York cotton market opened 11 to 14 points lower amid easy Liverpool cables and private reports of rains in northwest Texas. October slid from 19.36 to 19.18 and January from 19.54 to 19.44, a net decline of about 20 to 26 points. Liverpool reportedly sold some cotton early. liquidation and stop orders pushed December to 19.07 and January to 19.35, down 33 to 36 points, before offerings eased and trading paused near the day’s low.
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New York
Liverpool
Texas
Bogie Leaves Natchez In Speed Boat Race Start
The speed boat Bogie piloted by Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis reached Natchez at 6 a.m. and left at 7 10 a.m. in its race to St Louis, closely followed by the Martha Jane owned by George M. Cox of New Orleans, which had not arrived by mid morning today.
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Natchez Natchez
Misa
Dr. Louis Leroy
Memphis
Natchez
St. Trouis
George M. Cox
New Orleans
Son Kills Father in Row Over Last Drink
In Chicago on July 22 Wieck and Edward Jdesehke quarrelled over the last drink of whiskey. The father was killed by a blow from the son’s fist and the son was arrested.
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Chicago
Wieck
Edward Jdesehke
Death rate in 1928 higher as birth rate declines nation wide
Washington July 22 census bureau reports 1928 birth rate 19.7 per 1 000 population down from 20 7 last year while death rate rose to 12 3 per 1 000 from 11 4 The table lists state figures with Georgia Louisiana Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia among others with varying birth and death rates Cities in North Carolina show birth rates around 16 5 to 25 1 with deaths from 13 0 to 18 8.
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Census Bureau
Aigdeims Wcacveicg
Arkon
AG Cesses
PiGriGea Gee
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Greensboro
Charlotte
Wilmingston
Winston-Salem
Charleston
Frenzied Chicago wheat buying pushes prices up sharply
Chicago on July 22 reports frenzied demand lifting wheat futures beyond Saturdays close. Sizzling heat worsens crop damage in the northwest as profit taking occurs but prices surge in final trades. Wheat closes 7c to 7 1/2c higher, with gains from 5 1/2c to 54c.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Northwest
Suspects Held in Georgia Bank Robbery Case
Ernest Smith alias Bob Conway of Decatur Ala in custody in Gadsden Ala on a safe blowing charge was identified as the man wanted in Aragon Ga on a bank robbery with a murder. A young woman named Mrs Delois Walker was identified as the woman bandit who robbed a bank and a jewelry store in Texas and waived extradition after arrest in Birmingham on a vagrancy charge.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ernest Smith
Bob Conway
Decatur
Gadsden
M. E. McDuff
Aragon
McDuff
Delois Walker
Tohoka
Lubock
Texas
Federal prohibition enforcement debated by ethics group
A temperance board argues the federal government must set a standard and states should enforce it locally. It notes complaints about local police laxity and endorses Wickersham’s call for clear federal state responsibilities. The piece stresses unity of action and constitutional limits in prohibition enforcement.
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Enforcement Commission
George W. Wickersham
Crime Commission
Governors’ Conference
Wickersham
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Reward Offered for Slaver in Ballinger Slaying
Greensboro July 22. Guilford County commissioners authorize a $200 reward for the arrest and conviction of the slaver of Mres Neil Jones Ballinger who was slain January 15, following a grand jury recommendation.
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Greensboro
Neil Jones Ballinger
Guilford
Duke Power asks conference on tax dispute
Raleigh July 22. Commissioner of revenue A J Maxwell says he received a memorandum from Duke Power upholding its position and seeking a conference over 80000 in taxes the state says the company owes. The tax is the one percent franchise tax on gross receipts for 1927. Duke Power paid part of December after absorbing Southern Power but not for the first 11 months as Southern was operating.
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Raleigh
A. J. Maxwell
Duke Power Company
Duke Company
Maxwell
Southern Power Company
Southern Company
Two Die In Wreck In Mexico Train Derailment
Two people were killed and fifty injured when a passenger train en route from Jalapa to Vera Cruz derailed at Lagapto Vera Cruz yesterday. Two second class coaches overturned and a relief train was sent from Vera Cruz.
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Mexico City
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Lagapto
Clear Summer Air Through Household Decluttering
Reading like a home advice snippet, the note urges clearing tables pianos bookcases dressers and closets to cool the house during hot days. It emphasizes minimal furnishings for better airflow and comfort.
Mr Farmer Preaches at Wesley Memorial in Ministers Exchange
Rev. KR J Farmer of the First M P Church spoke at Wesley Memorial in a ministers exchange pulpit on the Carpenter's Son. He argued greatness comes from ordinary labor and that long apprenticeship precedes grand achievements.
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MR. Farmer
Wesley Memorial
KR. J. Farmer
M. P. Charch
Wesley Memorial Church
New Orleans Cotton Futures Edge Lower On Rain Fears
The New Orleans cotton market opened easier amid rain in the eastern belt. October fell to 19.08 and December to 19.27, with further declines as hedge selling and forecasts of fair weather weighed on sentiment. Prices steadied slightly from lows as shorts covered, with the session closing softer by about 25 to 30 points.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Dairy Prices and Receipts Report From New York
Butter prices steady with receipts of 8,628. Creamery extra 92 score 42, first 88 to 91 score 39. Cheese prices steady with receipts of 133,942. Packing stock numbers show 1 at 3144 32 and 2 at 30 percent.
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Dairy Products
New York
Creamery Extra
Training Vines Cut Tendrils To Redirect Growth
The guide advises pruning the ends of vines that grow wrong to redirect strength into remaining shoots. This pruning helps remaining tendrils grow more tractable and evenly.
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