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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1924
Page
7
Cattle receipts fell week over week as market tone improved for steers and yearlings with prices up to 25 cents. Tops reached 10.25, most sales around 9.50 to 8.50, common cattle weaker. Hogs, stockers, and feeders showed uneven movements with ranges and higher bull prices noted.
Washington pitcher Joe Martina, age 34, delivers a striking major league debut against the Yankees, then defeats the Athletics on his second start. He fans seven in a 7 2 win, showing the grit of a player who endured 12 years in the minors before reaching the big show. Martina credits perseverance and belief in his talent as keys to his breakthrough.
Sioux City promoter Tom Brislane announced tickets are on sale for the July 18 ring battle between bantams Earl McArthur and Connie Curry. Wires confirm agreement. McArthur seeks revenge after a prior loss, while Curry prefers Sioux City for the bout.
Nomination blank announced by Joe A Milam chair of Veterans of Foreign Wars contest committee. Nominations for Miss Sioux City must be submitted by noon Saturday and require agreement to participate in the national bathing beauty contest in Atlantic City. Entrants must be 16 or older, single, and residents of Sioux City for at least one year.
United States pair Helen Wills and Mrs George Wightman won the world women’s doubles championship at Wimbledon, defeating Kathleen McKane and R. C. B. Covell of England in two straight sets 6-4 6-4. The Americans showed brilliant lobbing and driving, while Covell faltered at the net and made multiple double faults.
Blackberries arrive at three to thirty cents per quart as stores sell. Pineapples return after a weeks absence at fifteen cents each. Watermelons drop about a half cent. Georgia melons ship quality and cheaper. Homegrown strawberries go for thirty three cents a two quart box. New potatoes dip slightly while other vegetables hold. Red raspberries sell at twenty five cents per pint. Sugar rises ten cents per hundredweight. cane sugar at 3.10, beet sugar down twenty nine cents. Butter eggs stay steady. Poultry declines two to five cents per pound. Tennis officials urged to resolve if Bill Tilden's barley horse is pro or am. A Boston educator contests prize fighting as elevating, citing Firpo and Dempsey.
New York July 5 security prices opened firm as La Follette’s third party influence appeared not to unsettle Wall Street. Stocks held steady with United States Steel and other majors posted small gains and mixed activity dominated early by railroad shares amid light holiday trading.
Fragmented urban chatter references Hi Johnson and John McGraw, with jokes about blame and a water on the knee condition. The text threads through local spots like Jake's place and a rough, slangy portrait of a town scene. It mentions travel times and schedules across fields of names and places, all rendered in a chaotic OCR style.
Legal notice states a plat and sale are on file with the city clerk for a street improvement on South Clingingtreet and adjacent avenues in Bay City. It lists the assessment amounts per parcel, owners names, and inspection period until the thirtieth day of the month for corrections before the city council, with publication in the Evening Register.
Section lists Davenport cleaning works Brennan and Cohen Sanitary Cleaners and Dyers plus The Smiths Hair Store and Beauty Parlor. Includes garbled lines about directions and mats. Contains scattered trade names and incomplete notes on services and pricing for country haul and manufactured goods.
Multiple job notices seek workers over 25 with cars to cover territory near Sioux City. Positions include paper hanger painter and general laborer with room and board offered. Proposals require character proof and steady work. wages up to 2500 per year. apply to Mr Almquist at Register Publishing Co or Box 556 Sioux City Iowa.
Small classified ad listing rooming and boarding options in Nebraska and surrounding areas. Requests first class meals and dining service for rooms on Pierce Street and Fifth Street locations. Includes sleeping rooms, ground floor access, and per week rates.
Classified ad fragment describes light housekeeping rooms furnished and unfurnished apartments on Pearl Street 980-2 and Pearl Street 125, front and rear rooms, auto transportation, five room units, 212 12th Street, 1220 Westlocation. Also mentions nearly new six room modern cottage and job seekers for workers in North site.
Classified ad fragment invites readers to place tissue about real estate for sale and appeals to logical buyers to consider office space offers. Weak wording suggests a damaged OCR snippet from a classifieds page.
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