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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1952
Page
5
A like new lawn mower and grinding machine offered as a money maker. Sale location stated as 1 mile west on Waltonville road at Doug as Sign Co. on 6-27.
New York stocks rose as prices gained from fractions to 2 points across major sections while losses stayed fractional. Trading volume reached about 1,200,000 shares with steels, motors, rails, and oils leading, aided by rubbers, aircrafts, and building materials. Notable gainers included Chrysler, Southern Railway, Standard Oil NJ, Goodyear, Sears Roebuck, AT&T, Allied Chemical, GE, American Woolen, Johns-Manville, and US Gypsum. Government bonds remained steady in over-the-counter trading.
National Stockyards livestock survey shows hogs: 6,500 head, barrows and gilts up 50 to 80 cents from Thursday with most gains under 230 lbs. sows steady to strong. Cattle: 550 head, calves 350, steady with week’s advance. top butcher steers and heifers 29.00 to 33.00, cows 18.00 to 22.00. Sheep: 300 head, steady. spring lambs 27.00 to 28.00, mixed utility to choice 25.00 to 26.00, older lambs 18.00, yearlings 16.00.
Butter firm with receipts 758 404 and prices largely unchanged to 0.5 cent higher per pound. AA 93 score at 69.25, A 69.90, B 67.75, C 66.5. Eggs steady with U S standards down 1 to 1.5 cents per dozen. U S extras 43, mediums 40, standards 37-38.5. current receipts 32.5, dirties 31.5, checks 30.5.
Chicago market notes show cash wheat as “noes” with corn at No 2 yellow 1.83-1.83, No 4 1.75-1.79, and sample grade 1.75. Oats offered none while barley remains nominal at 1.25-1.26 for malting and 1.20-1.26 for feed. soybeans not listed.
Chicago poultry market reports steady live poultry with receipts of 1,105 coops. Prices at F. O. B. remain unchanged with heavy hens 20.5 to 22 cents, light hens 19 to 20, fryers or broilers 29 to 30, old roosters 18 to 19, and ducklings listed in the brief.
Associated Press reports St Louis market for produce and live poultry shows fowl leghorns under 1% pounds unchanged at 15 cents. All other prices remain unchanged across the board.
Ruth Millett notes a new black onyx ring resembling a wedding band marketed to signal widows and divorcees are free to search for new romance, a gesture she says undercuts female appeal. She argues that such a band undermines a widow or divorc ee's subtle romantic allure and masculine ego forcefully.
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