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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
6
New York markets drifted through a subdued session with minor price moves. Early losses pared by midday but turnover remained around 500,000 shares for the day as bond activity showed little clear direction.
Associated Press dispatch from Chicago dated June 17 notes live poultry fowl easy and chickens very weak with 19 truck receipts and prices steady to four cents lower. FOB roasters 26 to 28 tyers and broilers 25 to 26, balance unchanged. butter steady with 1,243,432 receipts. eggs weak with 11,857 receipts and prices unchanged.
Associated Press note from St Louis on June 17 lists produce and live poultry prices. Eggs are shown as 3812-39 in a brief market update. fowl heavy breeds and other items are referenced with limited figures.
USDA report from National Stockyards shows hogs at 7,000 head with gains of 25 to 30 cents, top 20.75, and various weight classes trading from 19.50 to 20.75. Cattle and calves total 700 each with a dull cleanup trade and generally weaker prices due to light supply, with common and medium weight cattle quoted around 24.00.
Multiple legal notices from Jefferson County Illinois published in Mt Vernon court records. Includes estate sale petition to sell Lots 39 and 40 in Grandview Addition to pay debts, and a divorce complaint against Norma Jean Cox. Also tax purchaser Edith Compton notifies on October 13 1947 sale and 1949 predemption deadline.
Illinois House approves a 67000 appropriation to aid Fosterburg and Bunker Hill school districts devastated by last year’s tornado. Bills sent to Senate seek 27000 for Fosterburg and 40000 for Bunker Hill as part of post disaster rebuild efforts.
On June 17 cash markets in Chicago reported no wheat trade. Corn values ranged from No 1 yellow 1.38 3819 to No 5 at 1.2712 with sample grade 1.00. Oats saw varied quotes across No 1 heavy mixed and No 1 heavy white, with sample grades around 71 to 75 cents.
In ROCIXSPORT Missouri a Presbyterian pastor sustains a broken nose after a single punch in a dispute over who would perform a marriage ceremony. Rev. Kenneth J. Bressler of Fairfax Methodist church was fined $25 for common assault. Hough plans to sue for $10,000 for personal injuries. A third pastor officiated the wedding.
In Christopher Illinois on June 17 the Christopher Progress, a weekly paper, was announced sold by Loren F.E. Lewis for an undisclosed amount. Victor C. Leiker of Hays Kansas, editor of Ellis County News, will take charge July 1.
CAIRO June 17 An engineer died of a heart attack in a cafe here shortly after delivering an Illinois Central freight train from Memphis. The deceased was Robert M Bowman 61 of West Memphis awaiting trial in Sycamore Ill on an auto theft indictment.
Cairo authorities and county law officers tested a newly installed FM radio facility. The project cost more than $5,000 and will be shared by the city and county.
Harry Shelton faced a suit for 13 dollars and 40 cents before Magistrate A M Dulaney on a drunken charge. Winston Wilson was assessed 5 dollars plus costs for driving without a state license, a charge preferred by state patrolmen.
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