Market Quotations by U S Government May 29
Prices on fruits vegetables and grains across regional markets. Potatoes, onions, strawberries and beef and lamb values listed. grain quotes for No 1 dark northern wheat No 2 red winter and mixed corn with regional variations. Dairy prices show 92 score butter and Wisconsin cheese varieties.
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Washington
Missouri
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Inneapolis
Minnneapolis
C. St. Louis
Hay
Omaha
Memphis
New
Wisconsin
Hog Values Again Steer an Erratic Price Course
Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports week ending May 20. Fed steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents higher, lighter grades improving, heavies abundant. Hogs show erratic changes in a wide $12 to $18 range with daily 40 to 50 cent shifts. Sheep price gains on fat lambs across sessions with best wethers near $10.00.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. 8 Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Wood Orders Capture of Rebellious Moro Sultan
Governor General Wood instructs Lanao constabulary to capture Sultan Raya by peaceful means if possible. If he resists surrender, force may be used and another fortress near his refuge could be destroyed to end the rebellion, with ten lives lost at the destroyed fortress.
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Wood
Manila
Lanao
Sultan Raya
Com
Beverly Bayne Bushman Divorced in Los Angeles
Beverly Bayne Bushman known as Beverley Bayne on screen was granted an interlocutory divorce from actor Francis X. Bushman in Los Angeles on grounds of desertion.
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Beverley Bayne Gete
Los Angeles
Cal
Beverley Bayne Bushman
Beverley Bayne
Francis X. Bushman
Lee Re-elected President of Trainmen Union in Cleveland
William Lee was re-elected for three years as president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at the triennial convention in Cleveland Ohio. The vote confirms Lee's leadership for the next term as the union charts its next agenda.
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Lee
Cleveland
Ohio
William @. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Electric Shocks for Regulating Hearts
A static wave device regulates heart rate by passing current through the body while the patient sits in an insulated chair. A rotating ball discharges electricity when it meets stationary balls, slowing or speeding the heart to match a set rate, demonstrated in London.
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Detroit News
London
Turned From Smithy to Watch Designing
A blacksmith repaired a failing watch in Switzerland in 1680 inspiring Daniel Jean Richard to become the first Swiss watchmaker and pioneer a major industry. Neuchatel district is noted for producing more watches than any similar locality.
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Switzerland
Daniel Jean Richard
Neuchatel
When to Find Acorns in Oaks and Groups
Many trees are oaks and they bear acorns, a distinct mark of the oak. Oaks divide into white and black groups with several species in the white group recognized by rounded leaf lobes and light bark. bur oak has corklike branches. White oaks mature acorns in a single year, so old and new crops never appear on the same tree.
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American Tree Association of
Relic of Feudal Days at Richmond Church Tower
The Norman Holy Trinity church tower in Richmond York shire dates to the eleventh century and still rings the curfew and other old practices. The two bells toll at six in the morning and eight in the evening. a Shrove Tuesday eleven o'clock bell warns housewives to prepare pancakes. a gathering bell gives mourners an hour’s notice at funerals. Without restoration the ancient tower may be doomed.
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Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
Yorkshire
England
South Omaha live stock market prices June 10 1925
Moderate run of sheep and lambs sold steady to strong while hog trade rose about 10 pounds. Cattle receipts 6500 head with steer and heifer prices mixed. best handy weight beeves to 11.25, beef and stocker ranges varied, hogs active with top 12.05 and most trading 11.40 to 12.00. Sheep and lambs firm with Idaho spring lambs at 15.05, yearlings 11.00, lambs 14.75 to 15.65, natives and yearlings also listed among stronger quotes.
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Union Stock Yards
Idaho
Cattle Shipments from Omaha Falter Week Over Week
Business in stock cattle and feed ing steers was light that week with 35 cars and 1,250 head shipped to the country from Omaha, compared with 79 cars and 2,488 head the prior week and 118 cars with 4,317 head the same week last year.
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Omaha
Mankind Net Gregarious In Feeke Toscan Quote
A fragment notes humans as the least suited to live in feeke Toscan, contrasting mankind with other animals. The line reflects a skeptical view of human adaptability and social behavior in a historical, possibly satirical context.
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Feeke Toscan
Far East Library on hilltop near Tokyo gains vast endowment
A new Far East library near Tokyo safeguards Dr. Morrison’s multilinguist collection with Baron Iwasaki’s 1.5 million yen gift funded by a further 2 million yen endowment. The library offers studies in China Tibet Mongolia Manchuria Kashgaria Siberia Korea and more in over twenty languages under a trustees board.
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Tokyo
Far East
George Morrison
Baron Iwasaki
Doctor Morrison
Petrified Wood Beauty Compared To Gems In Arizona Forests
The petrified national forest in northern Arizona near Adamana, designated in 1906, contains vast beds of petrified wood from cedars likely growing beside an inland sea. Many trunks exceed 100 feet, with silica replacing cell structure and minerals like chalcedony, opals, and agates yielding gem like appearance akin to jasper and onyx.
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Petrified National Forest
Arizona
Adamana
Coach Properly Defined In Motoring Terms
The Society of Automotive Engineers defines a coach as an enclosed single compartment body similar to a sedan with two close-coupled cross seats for four passengers. It has a luggage space at the rear, no rear glass, and two doors with the forward seats divided. Some models add two doors on the right side and fixed rear cross seats.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Chance for Experiment Between Dances at Dim Corner
In a shadowed corner two people flirt as a man leans in with compliments about her eyes. He produces a glittering object and prods her to read the time in the dark, hinting at a bold, uncertain moment.
Value of Self Control Inspires Duty and Loyalty
A reflection on self mastery asserting men must govern appetites to perform duties with steadiness. It recalls a Roman general at supper with turnips who questioned betrayal after a promise, asking if one able to eat turnips could sell his country.
Superstition offbeat joke ends auto trip early
In a humorous exchange a traveler explains canceling a car journey after his wife, described as superstitious, fears bad luck following a collision with 18 people. The quip plays on superstition influencing decisions and misfortune.
Death Notice Follows Brother's Passing Seen in Letter
A man named Mike in a potato patch spots a postman with a black edged envelope. He fears bad news and confirms the message from the handwriting that his brother Pat has died, recalling the handwriting as proof.
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Mike
Hie
Pat
Everybody's Magazine
Origin of the silhouette name in fashion history
The term silhouette derives from Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister famed for economy measures in 1759. Citizens stripped of detail in painting, with outlines and a focus on simplicity, led to the use of silhouette to describe black and white outline portraits.
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Silhouette
Etienne de Silhouette
Econor
Ihouette
Water buffalo prized in China for farm work milk and hides
The water buffalo is highly valued in China for field work especially rice cultivation. It is said to be stronger than the ox and able to pull heavier loads. Females yield more high quality milk used to make ghee. Its hide is prized for strength and durability.
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China
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