Market Notes Weak Corn and Mixed Oats Lead Week Close
Chicago market report shows corn weakness driven by ample receipts and slow demand. January delivery declined to 1.06% to 1.37% with May around 1.355, while oats fell 4 to 2 cents and provisions softened. Headlines cite improved British exchange but lack of buying power, with visible supply expected to rise next week.
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Co. Corn— Open
Wigh
Wees
Grain and market prices from Chicago and Minneapolis
The page lists mixed corn values, No 2 yellow and white prices, oats and brown commodities, hog and cattle quotes, hay and grain prices, and diverse farm product figures from Chicago and Minneapolis markets, including cash wheat, soy numbers, clover seed, and buttered fats. Prices for hogs, cattle, hay, oats, corn, and flour are reported with regionally varied figures and brand names for milling and stock feeds.
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Chicago
Riis
St. Lonin
Toucis
Dee
SeelHow
Teo Hewer
Minneapolis
Doe
Kiellenberg Milling Company
Jnck Brothers
Wason Land
Hood and Co
F. Bianor Co
Swift
Watchterd
Wolles
Kiple
Hide market weakens as packers flood market
Government action last week or so appears to have driven packers to release hides at lower prices. Local buyers report an extremely weak market with little demand and many varieties already seeing lower quotations as the market adjusts.
New Woking loo 21 Rutter Firm receipts and outputs
Receipts total 2052 for creamery items with extras and firsts, plus 4077 cases of fresh extras and 229 boxes of state whole milk products. Poultry alive and dressed shows changes, with turkeys at 40 cents and fowls 25 to 26 cents. Butter and coffee markets show mixed price shifts, with state and western potato arrivals noted. New York bond quotes listed with final prices and various series values.
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New York
New Woking
Tuwha
Chicago
Dee
Santos
Brighter Prospects for Rail Legislation Lift Markets
New York December 21 brief stock market session saw a rise in short contracts and moderate gains. Bond trading remained active as Liberty and foreign war issues held steady. The treasury secretary urged Congress to extend credits to needy European countries, boosting remittance flow. Bank clearings set records for the period, surpassing 1918 by 40 percent and 1917 by nearly 52 percent.
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the Treasury
Congress
Chicago and St Louis live stock market notes Dec 21
Market reports from Chicago and St Louis show cattle hogs and sheep receipts and price ranges. Hog top at 14.25 with bulk around 14.00, cattle varied with steers weaker, veal calves down, sheep and lambs mixed with small gains in lambs and declines in yearlings. Prices from Peoria and Kansas City noted with similar trends.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Fife
Box supper and entertainment at the school house
Local notes report a box supper and entertainment planned for Tuesday night December 23 at the school house. Several community members are listed visiting and calling in Quincy Payson and surrounding areas with holiday greetings and family events.
Quincy youths enjoy holiday gathering at Lula House
Eva Boyer who goes to school in Quincy returned Friday to spend holidays with relatives. Thursday a party of young folks drove to Lula House near Plainville and spent the evening playing music. Oyster soup and refreshments were served. Attendees included Postmaster Wells and his sister Miss Lela, Clarence Cook, Mr. and Mrs. William Wells, Earl and Kenneth Wells of Adama, and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hinkle of Payson. All report a fine time.
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Ellerman
Helen Chapman
Payson
Proctor
B.C
Quincy
Charles Cords Feman
Adams
Jock Elliott
Jeff Parel
Gladys
Willie Henstein
Fow
Jota
James Dilett
Harry Meyer
Misa Ella
Quircy
J. B. Cook
Quiney
Eva Boyer
Lula House
Plainville
Wells
Lela
Clarence Cook
William Wells
Earl
Kenneth Wells
Adama
Wesley Hinkle
Christmas plans and holiday events in Philadelphia Missouri
Philadelphia Missouri plans Christmas tree and entertainment at the Baptist church. Other items note sick Mrs Dan Phillips, visits by Frannie Gooch and Frona Bates nurse, Meigh funeral, hog killing by Gort, and festive preparations across churches.
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Philadelphia
Dan Phillips
Clad Kincaid
Lizzie Freeman
Hannibal
Frannie Gooch
Palmyra
Moye Bates
Chillicothe
Shelbyville
C. F. Roberts
A. FT. Meigh
Rev. Barber
Gort
R. FE. Covert
Dilard
Vida Girard
Boss Smoot
Durham
Ida Summers
Indiana
Saicy
J. P. Waller
Pretty Stenographer and the White Rat Lunches
In Philadelphia on December 21 a stenographer in the University of Pennsylvania's Nousten Hall office of George E. Nietzsche calmly handled a sudden white rat named Socrates that leaped into her lap. She kept working, restrained it in a desk, and muttered a calm quip about the intruder.
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Pitladelphta
George E. Nietzsche
University of Pennsylvania
Nousten Hall
Socrates
Morrison to Expand World's Largest Hotel in Morrison
Chicago Dec 20 Mootz Hotel company announces purchase of leases to expand the Morrison into the world largest hotel with 2800 rooms. Building starts in 2924. The Hotel Pennsylvania in York with 2200 rooms is currently the largest. When opals are first mined they are so soft they crumble with the finger.
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Mootz Hotel Company
Morrison
Becaie
Yotel Pennsylvania
York
Keep Snow Off Highways During Winter
Washington advocates highway snow removal to keep coal fuel supply lines and rural mail routes open. Officials cite road damage from thaw, rutting, and subgrade loosening, urging urgent maintenance by highway departments to protect public investments and ensure continuous traffic during heavy snow periods.
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Washington, D. C
The
Genere
Spanish Swindle Has All The Earmarks Of Its American Cousins
Madrid dispatch describes a long running “Spanish Swindle” pattern where letters claim a dying prisoner, a hidden valise of valuables, and a request for funds to secure release. The scam mirrors familiar American variants and involves a supposed prison chaplain, overseas embassies, and consulates entangled in the appeals.
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America
Spain
Sie
Valise
Peint
Swindlers Target Americans via Madrid Relative Letters
An American arrived in Madrid with a certified check to claim a prisoner’s estate, drawn into a Spain based scam. Spanish police detained him to prove the ruse, and only an American consul secured his return home. The piece notes various variants of the con and the police vigilance.
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Madrid
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