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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
14
Winnipeg reports October and December wheat futures showing strength amid limited export demand and short covering. Prices climb with October at 128 3-8 cents, December at 123 with recent activity driven by U S and Canadian millers, while oats and flax also firm.
Winnipeg market shows 2 730 cattle and calves 1 801 hogs and 77 percent sheep with steady stocker prices and a weak hog market. Calgary receipts total 1 055 with fair active cattle prices and hogs likely 25 cents lower. best butcher steers bring 5.25 to 5.75 and hogs last at 11.50 per hundredweight off car.
Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited reports a larger net profit for the year ended August 29 1925. Net profits before income taxes were 113 168 compared with 104 362 the prior year. Dividends on first preference stock totaled 332 000.
New York reports that the New York athletic commission ruled boxers knocked through the ropes and assisted back into the ring by ringside personnel will lose the decision. The decision would have cost Jipek Dempsey the heavyweight title two years ago to Luis Angel Firpo at the Polo Grounds.
The annual meeting of the Alberta Amateur Basketball Association will be held in Calgary on October 24 at the YMCA. Oshawa reports a population of 16,937.
In a rain soaked game at Forbes Field, the Pirates beat the Senators 9 to 7 to force a deciding seventh game. Key moments include Peckinpaugh homering for Washington, a late Pirates rally tied by Smith and Bighee, and Cuyler delivering a two run double as the field stayed slick through the downpour.
Owen Cannon ball Biker and tarry Sowash convicted for the 1924 murder of Captain W. J. Gillis aboard the gas boat Beryl G. at Sydney Island. The British Columbia Court of Appeal denied their bid for a new trial, upholding the reprieve until November 4 granted by Justice J. Murphy for the appeal.
Regina delegates will hear key figures on wheat prices received in 1924 and for various periods, the pool handling costs, and the overall pool management once the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool holds its annual meeting. The two to four day session will be private with plans for future policies discussed alongside review of last year’s activity.
Ottawa reports marked increases in Canada’s experiment trading, with meat trade rising alongside other products. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes value of business in the past 12 months exceeded 35 million dollars, up from 22 million in the previous year.
New York report says men adopt corset like waist reducers to impress women as fashion trends shift. Robert C. Stirton, president of a corset firm, notes women of fashion discard surplus garments and favor a leaner silhouette worldwide from Constantinople to London.
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