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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
10
Notice requires all claims against the city to be presented by 5 p m Monday June 28 due to the council meeting on July 1 1920 for bill allowances All bills not presented then will not be paid until after the first Thursday in August City Clerk Pat Phelan dated 1 25 26
Notice states final payment of 1919 taxes due by Monday June 28 to avoid delinquency. It also advertises a public auction on July 6 1920 at 2 pm near Little Pocatello Creek Bannock County Idaho to satisfy a feeder lien and seized property described as 163 head of rams branded JU Db Db Bush.
Chicago reports corn quotations down 1% to 4 percent from a week earlier. Oats fall 1 to 2 percent as supplies arrive faster than expected and shipping pressures ease demand. Traders note overfilled markets and industrial needs influencing grain prices, with packers selling pushing provisions lower.
Potatoes weak in Chicago on June 21 with receipts of 66 cars. Southern shipments sold at 6.00 to 7.00 per hundredweight, eastern buyers offered 12.25 a barrel for flour.
June 26 report from lilcago records a firm creamery, receipts 43056, with eyes unchanged and poultry alive, weed listed under the chase.
On June 26 Liberty bonds posted closing figures with 3 percent at 91.50, first 48 at 85.50 bid, second 48 at 85.10, first 44 at 88.10, second 48 at 85.26, third 44 at 88.40, fourth 48 at 85.52, Victory J and S at 95.58, and Victory 4 percent at 95.64.
Mercantile paper at 7 percent, exchange easy with sterling 60 day bills at 3.92. Commercial 60 day bills on banks 3.92, 50 day bills 3.9145. Demand 3.964, cables 3.97. Francs demand 8.24, cables 8.26. Belgian francs and guilders demand 35.65, cables 5.67. Lire demand 8.15, cables 6.17. marks demand 2.69, cables 2.79. New York exchange on Montreal at 12 16 per cent discount. Government bonds easy, railroad bonds irregular.
Real estate, fire and auto insurance, surety bonds, loans and investments offered by Fletcher R. real estate and bonded abstractors for Bannock County. Office at 248 North Main Street with phone numbers 145 and 735.
A splendid four room house with bath and three lots on a corner offers garage and outbuildings. The site allows two additional houses to be built, making this property attractive to builders and buyers seeking expansion opportunities.
Real estate ads describe a 45x140 site on North Grant Avenue near a new school with easy terms and 800 for the lot. Five lots on North Hayes with water gas sewer and paving on side street available separately or together. Also insurance and bonding services offered with fire and fidelity coverage in Pocatello Idaho.
Readable fragment lists an office address at 248 North Main Street with two phone numbers 145 and 736. No additional context or events are provided.
New York reports no change in markets this week beyond tighter time funds and higher call money rates. A resumed railroad strike at eastern terminals worsened production and freight congestion, weighing on railroad shares while other industries saw reduced or halted operations. Interest in the San Francisco convention increased slightly.
Livestock receipts by the Bureau of Markets show cattle, hogs and sheep trading mixed. Cattle receipts total about 3000 with fat cattle and feeders mostly lower, hogs 7000 with higher prices, lambs and sheep advancing modestly, and Omaha reports hogs 6500 with gains and cattle steady to lower.
Sealed proposals due July 15 1920 for sanitary sewers in Lateral Sewer District No 13 with multiple pipe lengths manholes and tanks. Bids require 60 percent bond and five thousand dollar certified check. plans available from City Engineer. bids opened at 8 00 p m at City Hall. Also resolution directs publication of four week estimate of city expenditures for 1920 21 and notices a creditor’s claim for Gus Sahlberg deceased with administratrix Matilda Sahlberg.
Washington on June 26 AP reports the agriculture department notes onions as a drug on the market for the first time in years. Potatoes run two to three times higher than a year ago and are scarcer. California onion growers are plowing under crops.
London reports silver at 50 percent per ounce with four percent discount on money. Short bids at 6 14 per event and three months bills at 6 11 16 percent. New York cites silver currency at 99 and foreign 90 with Mexican dollars at 0 5 percent.
June 26 Santiago Chile reports general abundance and cheap local goods while life costs rise globally. Nitrate and southern fields see strikes settled by arbitration. trade remains active with strong orders for British and American goods as rail transport limits crop movement. Scarcity of foreign items like sugar and rice pushes prices higher.
Claus Graup of LeClaire, Iowa, digging mussels along the Mississippi, finds a 25 grain pearl worth $500 sold to a jeweler who calls it the finest pearl ever found in upper Mississippi waters. The jeweler estimates a white pearl could fetch $2,600.
A brief public notice appears to inform readers that tax payment matters are due or addressed on Monday June 28. Details are incomplete due to fragmented text.
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