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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1934
Page
4
Classified snippets show requests for trade and barbershop location at 122 1/2 East 2nd. Items include TRADE-Cows for car and TRADE-International truck for car. Listings mention 106 E. Second or phone 36 and resemble brief local classifieds from July.
Notice of lost items from a Wednesday night backstage or auditorium area at Yucca. Pair turquoise earbobs presumed lost with reward offered if returned to the Record office.
Local ad notes Mattress Makes Renovators sterilizers and rug cleaners offered by Roswell Mattress Company with a phone contact 614 for inquiries and service details.
Notice states E E Hardcastle offers upholstering repair and refinishing services. Furnishes repairs for any make of sewing machine. All work guaranteed. Address 208 East Sixth Street, Joliet.
New York stocks moved lower as a western coast general strike spread fears of wider labor unrest. Trading was quiet with most groups down around three points. rails and alcohol stocks led the declines while grains were unsettled on profit taking. Several new yearly lows appeared, and the market saw broad weakness though some bonds and select issues held steadier. The session closed heavy with a turnover of 589,720 shares.
The day’s stock averages are presented with figures across multiple securities. Key listings include price changes and overall market movement reflecting activity in Kadara Statistics Co. data for July.
A compact list of stock quotes and prices across energy, mining, and utility firms. Includes Amoco, Ark Nat Gas, G&E, Maracaibo, Ford Motor, Gulf Oil, Humble, Newmont, and Unit Turb leader figures, with fluctuating daily values and close indicators.
Chicago grain prices for July through December show wheat near 96 7/8 for both old and new, corn around 60 1/8 to 63 1/4, oats near 44 5/8 to 45 7/8, rye about 70 to 72 1/2, barley levels sparse, lari rates listed at 7.07 to 7.49, and bellies marked at 10.97 for Inky and 10.30 for September.
Kansas City stockyards report mixed cattle hogs and sheep movement. Hogs 8000 mostly steady to 5 higher. packing sows 3.25 to 4.00. Cattle 20000 with calves 4600. fed steers and yearlings steady to slightly lower. grass slaughter cattle about 25 lower. steers 550-1500 lbs 5.50 to 9.00. heifers 5.90 to 6.75. cows 2.75 to 4.90. milk fed calves 2.50 to 5.00. Sheep 4000, lambs weak to 25 lower. top native lambs 7.00. yearling wethers 4.90 to 5.35. ewes 1.50 to ?.
In Boston on July 16 AP and U S Dept of Agriculture notes show wool buyers contacting sellers but treating inquiries as routine checks on new wools. Surveys have positioned manufacturers to purchase large quantities quickly, with Boston receipts of domestic wool for the week ending July 14 totaling 10,304,400 pounds versus 6,122,900 the prior week.
An early advance of about 20 25 points supported October futures to around 13.2 percent and aided movement across positions with new highs. Partial reactions followed in cotton as buying stayed up on continued dry hot weather in the Southwest. Futures closed steady with July 2.98, Oct 13.15 13.16, Dec 13.30 13.31, Jan 13.32 13.33, March 13.41 and May 13.49. Spot middling 15.25.
Rent notice lists Lorraine Apartments and several other units. Modern 3 room house with garage at 1302 North Richardson and 5 room unfurnished house with basement at 912 North Penn. Furnished tourist apartments by day or week at 501 South Sea with summer rates. Also 4 room furnished apartment at 405 North Penn and 407 West 8th. Special price to permanent tenant. Contact numbers included.
Six young Jersey bull calves for sale ready for milk. Priced at $20 each. Contact C E Long via phone Red 19 R1. Situates under a simple classified notice style amid farm listings.
Want er dressers and ch est drawers at 521 North Main. J9t30x.
A LOST brown teddy bear with green pants and white shirt may be returned for a small reward. Also offered for sale or trade two Jersey cows for a car. Location noted as first house east of Dr Neely Clinic on East 2nd Street Jig16t3x.
New Orleans spot cotton finished steady up 15 points with safes at 351. Low middling 12.50, middling 13.15, good middling 13.60. Receipts 1,435 and total stock 599,455.
Milton Wright departs Roswell at 7:45 pm by bus for Amarillo to begin travel to Meknes Morocco where he will stay at the French soldiers' home. He will sail from Baltimore August 16 aboard the Ile de France and plans to remain in Morocco until 1936 before returning on a French pension. Wright served two years in the French army in World War I and two years in the French Foreign Legion, a noted Roswell figure.
Classified notice announces Dr T E Boggs graduate optometrist and optician, located at B09 Naps Phone 21 well, N M. The short ad provides practice services and contact information for readers seeking eye care.
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