Wheat Prices Rally on Heavy Buying by Commission Houses
Chicago reports wheat prices rose as commission houses bought heavily after an early drop. A leading crop expert warned many acres may yield only four to five bushels if rain does not come soon, prompting fresh buying. Oats rose on dry weather and deterioration reports. corn and provisions showed mixed moves amid favorable weather elsewhere.
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Chicago
Fair Commission House
Corn
Texas
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Hogs Fall as Direct Consignments Weigh Market
Liberal direct hog consignments push down local prices with traders listing most hog sales near nine dollars and ninety to nine ninety five per hundredweight. Cattle and sheep show weaker tone as supplies rise and demand remains limited, with calves and heifers fetching varied prices and arrivals totaling twenty one thousand cattle, sixty eight thousand hogs, and fourteen thousand sheep.
Saylor Wichelman Report on Wire Connections
Saylor and Wichelman issues report on wire connections with Jackson Bros Boese and partners. Includes address 109 410 Hershey Building and reference to New York contact 2424. Notes partnerships and communications between firms.
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Saylor-Wichelman
Saylor & Wichelman
Hershey
Jackson Bros. Boese
Grain and livestock market quotes from Chicago trading floor
The report lists various commodity prices for hard wheat, mixed colors, white, oats, corn, barley, timothy seed and related items in Chicago markets. Prices show bid ranges and last quoted figures across multiple grade categories and regions.
Minneaplis Flour Prices and Shipping Quotes
Minneapolis market notes show flour at one percent higher with quotes around 8.3558.45 dollars per quantity, 98 pound cotton ticks and shipin at 33.428 barrels. Bran quoted 29.00 to 29.50 dollars per unit with rent figures for family bars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Local Market Prices from Swift & Co Poultry and Hog Packers
Local market listings show poultry prices for hens light Leghorns and blacks at 14 to 18 cents per pound, cocks at around 19 cents. Hog allocations daily via J P Squire Co list good butchers and packers by weight with price ranges from about $8.20 to $9.30 per hundred or per head as noted.
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Swift & Co
J. P. Squire Company
Grain prices and receipts report from Minneapolis market
Minneapolis wire reports June 4 AP Wheat receipts totaled 297 cars versus 717 last year. Cash prices ranged for No 1 northern at 1.455% to 1.815% for fancy northern and 1.53% to 1.82% for hard spring. Dark northern spring offered 3.67% to 1.815% with good to choice at 1.565 to 1.70. Dark hard Montana on track at 1.45 to 1.67. No 1 red durum quoted at 1.30% to 1.31% with July at 1.45% and Sept. 46%. No 8 yellow 1.97 to 1.93. Data reflects mixed bids and delivery dates across wheat classes.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Wheat and corn futures prices in Omaha market report
The Omaha market note lists bids for grain prices on June 4 with No. 1 hard wheat at 1.50 to 1.64% and No. 2 hard at 1.46 to 1.51%. No. 1 northern spring 1.67, No. 1 mixed 1.50. Corn includes No. 1 white 1.91, No. 2 white 1.01, No. 1 yellow 1.91, with No. 2 mixed around 99.4 cents. Oats show No. 2 white about 6 cents.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago Produce Chicago Til June 4 Butter and Eyes Prices and Receipts
Market notes show unchanged butter receipts at 2828 tubs with varied grades. eyes and storage packed items steady. Potatoes receipts 201 cars with total US shipments 608 cars for the weekend. new stock trading is good and market slightly stronger. Regional prices quoted include Bliss in Alabama Texas Louisiana at $2.15 to $2.35, Florida barrel Spalding Rose $4.00, Wisconsin sack round whites $1.10 to $1.25, Idaho sack russets $1.50 to $1.65.
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Chicago
Alabama
Texas
Louisiana
Bliss
Ord Inary
Florida
Spalding Rose
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
New York Market Receipts Mixed Amid Small Alterations
The report notes receipts around 6,500 units with unclear quality and prices. Trade sources cite modest demand and some transfers for cheese and dairy products in the New York area during June.
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New York
Bready
Unclear OCR listing dairy prices and receipt notes
Fragmented lines show dairy product prices and receipts with percentages and weights. Mentions extra firsts, fresh gathered items, milk varieties, and price ranges like 24 25 2c to 30 32c, with references to totals and state figures.
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Sexo Kidanelie
Giese
Butter and poultry prices from Kansas City market report
The Kansas City market report lists assorted dairy and poultry prices. Butter ranges from 23 to 29 cents per pound with premiums for quality. Butter-Creamery at 47 cents. Poultry prices for hens, geese, broilers, ducks and roosters are shown, with hens at 17 to 21 cents and other items priced per category.
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Kansas City
Geeselfe Springs
St Louis Market Prices Reported Changes and Ranges
St Louis marketPrices show eggs unchanged firsts and creamery extras steady. Poultry hens up 0.25 to 0.26, springs and ducks mixed with small gains. Northern twins and other items listed with minor shifts in soft textures and commodities.
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St. Louis
Cattle and Sheep Receipts and Prices Fall Across Markets
Cattle receipts 16 500 head with slow to weak demand. Fed steers and yearlings down 5 cents. Heifers steady to weak. Cows 2 dollars lower. Beef cows 8.50 to 10.60. Sheep receipts 17 000 head with lower slaughter classes. Range for slaughter lambs 18.25 to 18.56. natives 17.15 to 17.25. Feeding lambs 12.75 to 13.50. Market notes include June 4 price effective.
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Totals for June 4 at South St. Paul
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts 4800 head with varied price moves. Fat cows and heifers mostly lower. calves around 13.54. hogs 110 to 125 lower with lighter weights up to 9. forty. packers bids 9.00 to 9.15 for some loads. sows weak and pigs up 25 cents. Sheep receipts 400 with yearlings around 16.90. best clipped ewes 7.50. one Texas wether lot included.
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South St. Paul
Minn
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
New York Poultry Prices Steady on Fresh and Frozen Lots
AP reports New York poultry markets hold steady with fresh chickens 30 to 45 cents, frozen 26 to 43 cents, fowls fresh 21 cents, frozen 22 to 21 cents, old roosters 13 to 4 cents, live poultry includes broilers by express 15 to 50 cents and roosters by freight 6 to 8 cents. No other prices quoted.
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New York
Tune
Express
Freight
Stock Leaders Strike Toboogan Shelf
Stocks of leading issues faltered as prices slid from early highs. Radio dropped from 222 to 215, International Telephone from 190, General Motors from 202 to 197 5 8, Dupont from 405 1 2 to 400, American Smelting above 203 then 200, Missouri Pacific near 695 8 after a rise, while call loan renewal stayed at 6 per cent.
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New York
International Telephone
General Motors
Dupont
Missouri Pacific
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Movements at East St Louis Market
Hogs receipts total 11 500 head with market strength up to 10c. Top at 8.90 with 180 lb and up near 9.75. lighter weights 9 50 to 9 60. pigs up 25c with 120 to 130 lb at 7.75 to 8.25. light pigs 6.75 to 7.50. packing sows 8.50 to 8.65. Cattle receipts 3 800 head including 2 299 calves. steers steady, heifers and medium bulls quiet. vealers up 59c to 15.50. top steers 14.99. most cows 8.25 to 9.30. low cutters 5.25 to 6.30. Sheep receipts 4 900 head mostly spring lambs 25c lower. early sales 18.00 to 18.25, top 18.25. culls 11.00 to 11.50. mature lambs scarce, fat ewes 6.00 to 7.00.
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East St. Louis
A.L
Livestock Prices and Receipts From St Joseph Market
Hog receipts 4500 head. Market active around steady. Top 9.55. bulk 180 to 260 pounds 9.40 to 9.50. choice 306 to 340 pounds 9.35. Packing sows steady. Cattle receipts 2500 head. Calves 400 head. matured steers slow to steady. weanlings steady. many sales 11.50 to 12.80. fat stock and weaners steady. heifers up to 13.25. cows 8.00 to 10.90. veal top 13.50. stockers steady 11.00 to 11.25. Sheep receipts 7900 head. market slow. lamb bids about 25 cents lower. Colorado 76 pound lambs 18.35. natives largely 18.50. fed clipped yearlings 15.00. aged stock steady. shorn ewes to 7.75.
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St. Joseph
T. S. Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Cattle Hogs And Sheep Markets From Sioux City Report
Sioux City Iowa June 4 AP cattle receipts 4500 head market slow steady fed steers yearlings prices range top 196.99 per cwt hogs 9000 head steady to 10 cents higher top 9.40 bulk 9.35 169 189 pounds 8.00 9.90 259 350 pounds 8.99 9.35 cows and heifers 7.50 13.00
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Sioux City
Department of Agriculture
Hog Receipts Steady with Top Prices up to 9 3/4
Peoria Illinois June 4 AP hog receipts total 3990 head as market remains steady. Top prices ranged from 9.25 to 9.65 per hundredweight reflecting stable demand despite supplies.
Bond Market Opens Week Dull With Small Shifts
New York June 4. Opening of a new week found the bond market dull and featureless. Coppers attracted most burying but price changes were small. Anglo Chilean nitrate 7s rose a point, Dodge Brothers debentures steadied, rails gained slightly including St Louis & San Francisco 4 1/2s and St Paul 5s of 1975. Foreign list showed softening with Republic of Chile 6s and Saron Public Works moving lower.
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New York
Dodge Brothers Debenture &S
St. Louis
San Francisco
St. Paul
Republic of
Bond quotes show Liberty and Treasury yields firm
New York June 4 Liberty bonds closed with Liberty 3 percent bonds at 100.9 and Liberty 1st 4s at 101.16. Liberty 3rd 4s at 100.2 and Liberty 4th 4s at 1091.29. Treasurys 4th 4s at 113.26.
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New York
Liberty
Treasurys
Will Offer Movie at Farm Meetings Listed for Week
The two reel moving picture A Rural Cinderella and literary programs will be shown at four township farm bureau meetings this week. Wapsinonoc meets Tuesday at W C Windus home. Fruitland meets Wednesday at Island Methodist church. Fulton meets Thursday and Seventy-Six Friday evening.
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Farm Bureau
Wapsinonoc
W. C. Windus
Fruitland Township
Island Methodist Episcopal Church
Fulton Township
Superior Station Power Increased on Summer Broadcasts
The Federal Radio Commission authorized broadcasting station WEBC of Superior Wisconsin to boost power from 250 to 1000 watts during evening hours this summer to ensure President Coolidge has full radio facilities during his Wisconsin vacation.
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Washington
Coolidge
Wisconsin
Federal Radio Commission
WEBC
Superior
Wis
Chicago Livestock Market Report June 4
Hogs receipts 58 990 head with fair activity and prices 10 cents lower than Friday. Top hogs 209 to 250 pounds at 9.95. 250 to 359 pounds 9.29 to 9.95. 160 to 200 pounds 8.60 to 9.95. sows 8.40 to 9.90. pigs 7.25 to 8.50. Cattle receipts 21 990 head with weighty steers down 1 to 2) lower. better grades 1,299 pounds up. stockers scarce. calves heavy. slaughter steers 13.25 to 14.50. heifers 13.00 to 14.25. cows 2.00 to 11.75. Sheep receipts 14 009 head. fat lambs uneven, steady to 25c lower. old crop yearlings down 25c. lambs 17.59 to 19.25. m edium 16.25 to 17.50. ewes 5.00 to 8.65. cull common 2.00 to 4.00.
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Cago
S&s. Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Iu Department of Agriculture
Journal to Give Election Returns Tonight
Journal to show primary results on a large Cedar street screen courtesy of Joe Roth. The newspaper’s automatic printer opens at 6 30 p m to receive AP returns from across the state. Polls close at 7 p m and county race results follow quickly.
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Journal
Cedar Street
Joe Roth
Associated Press
Clarence W. Green Elected President of Parsons College
Clarence W. Green, former Albany College president, was chosen by Parsons College trustees to succeed the late Howard McDonald. He will assume duties around July 1 and brings degrees from Michigan and Columbia, plus prior work in physics and college administration.
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Fairfield
Clarence W. Green
Albany
Ore
Parsons College
College Board of Trustees
Howard McDonald
Green
Hadley
Mich
Michigan State Normal College
University of Michigan
Albion College
Thomas Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hedding College
Abingdon
Ill
Columbia University
F. E. Stockwell
Board of Christian Education
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Albany College
Market Results Kansas City Livestock Report June 4
Department of Agriculture market notes show hog receipts 13 090 head with steady trends. Top price 3 60 on 225 to 250 pound hogs. cattle receipts 9 900 head with steady to strong at select steer and yearling grades. sheep receipts 6 909 head with killing classes steady to weak and top lambs around 18 35.
Hog market in Omaha shows steady to higher close
Receipts total 14 900 hogs as market remained active from Omaha Nebraska on June 4. Prices edged up with top at 8 50 for 200 to 349 pound porkers and light weights around 3 75 to 4 25. Feeder weights and other classes saw mixed bids as market closed slightly higher.
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Omaha
Neb
U. & Department of Agriculture
Florida Ports Depths Reach 30 Feet and Beyond
Florida boasts three ports with channel depths of 30 feet or more and seven ports offering depths of 24 feet. The data highlights the state’s navigable infrastructure and potential for deepership traffic.
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Florida
Earhart Starts Transatlantic Flight From Boston
Mrs Francis Wilson Grayson pilots the three engine Fokker The Friendship with Amelia Earhart as co pilot aboard pontoons. Louis Gordon acts as flight mechanic while George Palmer Putnam backs the expedition. The trio aims to prove water landings feasible for ocean service despite fog halting the Boston takeoff.
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Francis Wilson Grayson
Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Denison House
Boston
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Louis Gordon
San Antonio
Tex
Fokker
Richard E. Byrd
Mechanical Science Corporation
New York
Explorer
George Palmer Putnam
Friendship
Trepassey
N. F
Halifax
Stultz
Europe
Byrd
Miss Earhart
Low Gower
Lewis Murder Case Nears Jury Deliberation
Ottumwa Iowa June 4 Amid speculation of a verdict tonight the defense presses final arguments for J Everett Lewis charged with first degree murder in the shooting death two months ago of John F Weber a local banker and former state senator Prosecutors seek the death penalty while the defense claims the defendant was insane over bank records dispute
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Ottumwa
J. Everett Lewis
John F. Webber
Lloyd L. Duke
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney
Duke
J. R. Jacques
Lewis
Weber
No Decision In Sinclair Appeal
The DC Court of Appeals did not hand down a decision on Harry F Sinclair's appeal from his conviction for refusing to answer questions before the Teapot Dome committee. No ruling was expected before the summer recess, with a decision unlikely until October. Sinclair sought to overturn a sentence of three months in jail and a $500 fine.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Sinclair
Oldest firm seeks man for Muscatine July 1 training
Classified ad from an established men's clothing firm invites a man for a Muscatine posting on July 1. The chosen applicant will receive training. See H. J. Young Wednesday at the Muscatine Hotel.
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Muscatine
H. J. Young
Muscatine Hotel
Muscatine eyed as distribution point for new traffic controller
Eugene Stirlen of the Automatic Signal corporation visited Muscatine after attending a traffic show in St. Louis. Local business leaders saw strong interest in making Muscatine a distribution center for the device, which handles various traffic problems. Stirlen plans to return to New Haven with the company’s decision and potential July announcement.
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Muscatin
Automatic Signal Corporation
New Haven
Conn
Eugene PT. Stirlen
Muscatine
Automatic Corporation
Stirlen
Lions Club
St. Louis
Kansas City
W. N. Stirlen
Stone Street
Brakeman Killed In Fairfield Freight Yard Accident
Burlington Iowa June 4 brakeman A T Williamson of Burlington was instantly killed when he fell between two cars on an eastbound Burlington freight train at Fairfield.
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Burlington
A. T. Williamson
Fairfield
Two Killed When Passenger Plane Takes Nose Dive
Los Angeles June 4 AP Two high school students Cecil Wehrman 18 and Irving Stamnes 21 died when a passenger plane nose dived from about 200 feet over Culver City. Pilot Harry J. Carley was seriously injured with two broken ribs and other injuries. witnesses said the craft went into a nose dive during a right turn after takeoff.
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Los Angeles
Califf
Culver City
Cecil Wehrman
Irving Stamnes
Piiot
Harry J. Carley
Highway contracts to be awarded by state commission
Ames Iowa June 4 AP Contracts for grading gravelling and bridge work on primary highways will be awarded tomorrow by the state highway commission Grading contracts cover about 17 miles in Greene Johnson Union Wapello and Worth counties Gravelling work includes Emmett Grundy Monona and Palo Alto counties Bridging and culvert work include Ida Jones Monroe Worth Pottawattamie and Page counties.
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Ames. Ia
State Highway Commission
Greene
Johnson
Union
Wapello
Worth
Emmett
Grundy
Monona
Palo Alto
Ida
Jones
Monroe
Pottawattamie
Page
Red Uprising Fears Across Canton After May Clash
Advices from Canton report 400 communists killed and 400 captured in Lingshui on May 30 following clashes with government troops on Hainan Island. Sporadic fighting has continued as troops allowed red forces to enter the city. Rumors circulate that martial law may be declared and a larger uprising possible in Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Lingshui
Hainan
Whitney defeats Lee for Brotherhood presidency in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 4 AP reports A F Whitney general secretary treasurer won the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen presidency at the triennial convention by 24 votes. Official tally Whitney 486 Lee 462. Lee had headed the union for 19 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Cleveland
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
Pontiac in the days of 49 shown at Lange Shellabarger
The Lange and Shellabarger showroom in Muscatine displays a two part exhibit titled Pontiac in the days of 49 and Pontiac of Today. The display combines historic American items with a modern Pontiac four door sedan and vacation gear. Visitors can obtain free Vacation Log Books and cards for complimentary service at Oakland Pontiac garages.
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Pontiac
Lange & Shellabarger
West Front
Oakland-Pontiac
Redmen
R. P. Herr Coal Company
A. Don Parsons
Wapello
Ohio
A. F. Reed
C. E. Will
Muscatine
Henry Kath
Army
Art Latourette
Bayfield
Ida B. Warfield
Thompson Hardware Company
Ficken Furniture and Rug Company
Chamberlain Studio
Oakland Motor Car Company
Ihs
Lange & Shellabarger Firm
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