This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1977
Page
6
Scottsdale shoppers see Christmas ornaments trees and cards already on display at local department stores. Sears has holiday merchandise out for three weeks with a trim shop home decorations personalized cards and a toy department, a spokesman said.
Retailers including Bullock’s, Goldwaters, Sakowitz, The Broadway and Diamond’s have opened trim shops or begun decorating, with plans to finish by mid November or Thanksgiving. Marketers say customers enjoy early shopping and are buying sooner, despite occasional complaints. Smitty’s and Sears also display holiday items ahead of schedule.
The 2 PM stock table shows widespread decreases across major listings led by Dow Jones and transport averages. Notable movers include IBM Abbtlb Alcoa and CocaCola with varied declines and modest gains among select issues as traders digest ongoing market shifts.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.64 to 822.25 at 2 p.m. led by advancing issues on the NYSE. Analysts noted a slim 0.3 percent September gain in the leading economic indicators but cited favorable signals in money supply, September trade deficit, and private-sector productivity in Q3.
A Friday report lists top movers on the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange. The table shows percent changes and noon prices for gainers and losers, highlighting names like Faberge Inc Union Corp and Schaefer Cp among others with gains and declines across sectors.
London gold 160.75 up .75. Dec coffee 176.00 up 10.00. Dec cocoa 173.80 up 1.75. Mar sugar 8.56 down .17. IMM Dec gold 162.00 up .30. Dec silver 4.851 up .3. Dec copper 54.60 down .30. Dec wheat 2.582 up .0034. Dec corn 2.1034 up .01. Nov soybeans 5.33 up .02. Dec soybean oil 17.92 down .15. Dec soybean meal 147.90 up 2.50. Dec live cattle 41.32 down .32. Dec live hogs 39.12 down .50. Feb pork bellies 48.35 down 1.42. Dec cotton 51.12 down .36. Market not closed.
Merrill Lynch shows firm quotes with Arizona ties including last prices for AZL at 220, APS at 1934, Newberry at 14, Patagonia at 6, SW For Ind at 8, and Talley at 92. Changes range from unchanged to small percentages, reflecting varied activity across listed issuers.
Over the counter bids and quotes listed for banks and companies including West Fin Ariz Bank Valley Nat Anheuser Busch Southwest Gas Gen Semi. Galaxy of firms shows small moves with percentages under 25. The ad promotes Buy Sell Rent Trade classifieds with contact number 994-9311.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.