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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
5
Babson Parks Mass special report notes curb on local spending but warns against cutting road funding as surfaced highway mileage climbs from 400000 in 1921 to 600000 in 1925. It discusses railroad rate bills, insurance sales gains, turpentine prices, and per capita income studies guiding sales forecasts.
Chicago market notes show hogs uneven and mostly lower with opening top at 12.10 for 140 to 150 pound stock, sows and pigs varied. Cattle receipts around 10,000 with steady to strong tone after a 25 cent advance. vealers and fat beef heifers firm to higher. Sheep receipts about 16,000 with fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower and limited activity on muttons.
Chicago wheat prices opened mixed with declines of two cents and advances up to one and a half cents. Corn started marginally lower while oats were steady to slight gains in line with hog prices as provisions held firm.
Chicago price listing shows poultry items with bid prices for fowls roosters ducks and geese. Fowls 22 to 28 cents per pound turkeys 35 cents rooster 17 cents ducks 25 to 20 cents geese 20 to 24 cents per pound.
Chicago trading on December 30 shows a slow market with sack round whites from Wisconsin and Minnesota at 3.85 to 4.40, mostly 4.21, while Idaho sack russets range from 4.00 to 4.49 per hundredweight.
Butter prices in Chicago on December 30 show creamery extras at 47 cents, standards at 46 cents 4 2, and firsts at 43 to 44 cents 1 2. Eyes eased to 40 cents for firsts.
New York December bond closing data lists Liberty bonds and Treasuries with quoted prices. The report includes Liberty 6 1-25 at 99.18 and various first to fourth series notes and treasuries with mixed fractions such as 101.245 for bonds and 106.8 for 4 1-45s.
Call money for New York open market eased. The 60 to 90 day notes range from 4 to 6 1 4 with several bids and offers. Time loans show easier conditions with rates 4 to 6 while mercantile paper trades 4 1 4 to 5 1 2.
Raw Sugar in New York finished flat as refiners posted a partial 5 point advance for second half January shipments. The refined sugar price held at 5.25 for fine granulated, marking the only notable movement in the market.
New York December 30 The stock market opened irregularly as investors adjusted speculative accounts ahead of the new year. Oil shares rose on merger talk while rails softened with United States Steel General Electric and General Motors down. High priced issues showed some strength with Mathieson Alkali and International Telephone advancing. Total volume neared 1.1 million shares.
New York December 30 AP reports irregular foreign exchanges with quotations and demand figures for nations including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Jugoslavia Austria Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal and others with various cable and bank bill rates.
New York December cotton futures closed barely steady after a modest drop of 25 to 43 points. Key near terms ended January at 20.08, March 19.55, May 19.12, July 18.75, October 18.93.
Butter offerings ease with creamery extras at 49 3 4 to 50 cents a pound while firsts range 40 to 45 1 2 cents. Irregulars and fresh gathered grades show 42 to 46 cents. Cheese prices hold firm in the latest market report.
AP round up of diverse notes from cities worldwide. Notable items include a polar bear birth in Central Park Dixie and a New York separation suit after a pursuit into the Atlantic. Reports from Baton Rouge to Boston cover sheriffs election, theft of cigarettes, and charity feeds.
Prices show wheat No 2 red around 1.95 and No 3 hard near 1.86 with December at 1.86 and May 1.79 1 2. Oats and white oats quoted around .16 1 2 with nearby bids and asks noted.
Sir Broderick Martwell of England appears in bankruptcy court amid Coast Guard and prohibition agents activity. He claims a major liquor shipment to the United States, estimated at 86 000 cases worth about 250 000 pounds, brought by prohibition authors, has yielded no return.
Tax authorities announce review of district boundaries 8 through 9 amid proposed changes. Officials urge residents to submit comments by the stated deadline and attend a public hearing to discuss implications for local funding and services.
A Bristol College advertisement promotes enrollment in bookkeeping Gregg shorthand touch typing and English spelling under president J. T. Hamrick. The small notice lists courses and contact details. A separate AP item provides poultry price ranges by freight and express from New York with figures for chickens broilers fowls ducks geese roosters and dressed poultry including regional price brackets.
Sullivan County Tennessee invites sealed bids for 275000 dollars in road bonds under 1919 Public Acts. Bonds dated July 1 1924 bear 5 percent interest, mature from 10 to 35 years, with United States Mortgage Trust Company of New York as issuer. Bids due January 4 1926 at 9:00 a.m. at Blountville Court House.
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