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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
2
A varied classifieds snippet lists lost items including a tan bag with money and a ring, a white Bulova wristwatch, a brindled dog with one eye, and several rental offers across Delaware New Jersey Ohio and downtown areas. Entries include rewards and rental details for rooms and spaces with contact references.
New York December 31 heavy selling floods the opening of trading as active issues fall broadly. Analysts note tax related cash sales and losses, with declines in Mack Fruck, Nidwin, General Motors, Steel, and other industrials. Professionals appear to drive prices to kick off liquidation amid Mexican tension.
Washington report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes a steadier decline in U S farm real estate values since 1920 with an approximate one third drop by 1926 from the peak. The 1926 level parallels 1917 values, about 26 percent above 1912–14 prewar averages, hinting at gradual stabilization.
Chicago markets open with wheat down about 4 cents on the last trading day for December futures. Corn and oats dip at the start while the weather favors husking but hinders curing. provisions open lower as bearish sentiment persists in the pit.
Creamery grade butter and cheese prices listed with wholesale ranges. Eggs and poultry values shown for extras and firsts. Potatoes priced by sack and region with color and origin notes.
Charles City Iowa December 31 1888 inscription on a tomb in the Norwegian Lutheran cemetery a mile from Estherville reads by strangers honored and by strangers mourned Nicholai Ibsen younger brother of the famous playwright and poet. He was a sheep herder according to old residents who knew him. He died in 1888.
Tenko Nishida known as the Gandhi of Japan begins his first American tour arriving in Los Angeles. He is described as a prominent philosopher and religious leader from the Orient.
Hog prices held steady with bulk at $12 per hundredweight and top hogs at $12.10. Receipts reached 4,500 with 138 holdovers as cattle, veal, and sheep markets showed mixed activity and a light run of 800 bovines.
Reports from FAST BUFFALO PITTSBURGH EAST ST LOUIS and LOUISVILLE describe hog and cattle receipts and price ranges. Markets show mixed demand with higher hogs in some regions and steady to weak cattle values. Lamb and veal prices appear in limited figures.
A dense catalog of fresh produce and staple goods with prices per unit or case. Items include apples, grapes, oranges, cranberries, chestnuts, walnuts, pears, artichokes, cabbage, celery, lettuce, peppers, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, and oysters, with California and Florida origins and prices ranging across cents to dollars. The list imitates a market price sheet from a historical newspaper page.
Local wheat buyers post 1.25 dollar payments for No 2 red wheat. Other grain is priced on merit. A tobacco growers association forms in Kelowna British Columbia with a promising season and expected expansion of next year's acreage.
The firm hires earnest, healthy, intelligent, and industrious young men with no experience. Selected applicants receive a month’s training at the company’s expense, then join a selling unit on commission and bonus. The program includes schooling, an automobile show lead time, and a spring selling season, with earnings tied to effort. Contact Mr. Wagner or Mr. Rice Monday morning at F. L. Samford Co. 833 37 N. Meridian St. Main 4366. Dodge Bros motor cars and Graham Brothers trucks are highlighted.
United Press reports the Interstate Zinc and Lead Company to merge mining properties in the Joplin district valued at more than 3 million dollars covering over 1000 acres of leases. Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri properties, underwritten by Taylor Ewart & Company, will back the deal with plans for zinc roasting plants in St Louis and ore sales to smelters east of the Mississippi. The new firm will be capitalized at 10 million dollars.
United Press reports Western Maryland Railroad has applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue 1 260 000 in equipment trust certificates at 4 15 percent to purchase twenty locomotives today.
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