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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1924
Page
14
In Chicago on June 28 the wheat market fell as rains benefited the northwest spring crop and moisture from both sides of the Canadian line spurred widespread selling. Futures ease with July at 1.14% and September at 1.15% while corn and oats moved mixed amid weather fears and modest demand.
Fletcher R. Burrus & Co. Real Estate lists eight lots for sale including multiple parcels on North 14th and South 8th with building sites 50 by 60 feet in West Subdivision. Prices range from 400.00 to 1800.00 with various listings and office at 248 North Main Street.
Hog receipts about 6000 uneventful with bulk good and choice at 260 to 10 pounds and top 7.30. Cattle receipts around 500 with beef steers and yearlings mostly steady to 25 cents lower. top matured steers about 10.60, vealers steady. Sheep receipts 3000 with fat lambs 13.00 to 14.75 and yearlings 10.00 to 11.50, wethers around 8.00, feeding lambs about 11.00.
Kansas City market update shows cattle receipts at 3 000 with calves 100 and mixed trends for steers and grassers. Top prices for matured steers reach 10.10 while fed steers average 9.60 and beef cows 6.00. Hog receipts total 300 with packer top 7.25 and sows at 6.35. Sheep week totals 250 with stock lambs down 1.50 to 2.00 and western tops 14.25 to 18.25, Idaho lambs 10.25 10.60.
St Joseph reports hog receipts 6 500 steady with bulk sales 6 50 to 7 10 and steer tops to 9 50 while cattle and calves show varied prices. Omaha notes hogs 20 500 mostly 10 16c lower with bulk 6 40 to 6 85, top 6 90. cattle 350 with beef steers steady to strong and yearlings up, cows and heifers higher. sheep and lambs also listed with price shifts.
Chicago market prices show No 2 rad 1.16 percent and No 1 hard 1.17 percent, corn No 3 mixed 98, yellow No 3 white 97 with samples 89 to 92. Oats No 2 69, rye nominal, barley 25 80. Timothy seed 6.00 to 7.75, clover seed 10.00 to 10.50. Lard 10.36, ribs 10.00, bellies 10.15.
In New York on June 28 the market showed bar silver at 65 percent and Mexican dollars at 50 percent value. This brief note records current metal and currency pricing for investors and traders.
New York June 28 liberty bonds closed with 1st and 2nd 4a at 1st 48 102.8 and 2nd 44s at 101.19. Third 4% at 102.9, fourth 448 at 102.11. U S government 4448 at 106.3.
Foreign exchanges irregular with quotations in cents. Great Britain demand 4.32 percent noted. Tribune classified ads reference results.
Chicago June 8 AP reports record price gains in corn and mixed moves in other grains as field conditions threaten a late crop. Iowa conditions forewarn persistent lateness, while prolonged cold and rains curb future output. Immediate delivery prices rise, with No yellow corn around 1.01 per bushel, though profit taking helps steady some futures. Provisions trend higher as wheat remains buoyant on corn strength.
Reported outages and damage hit Lorain and surrounding areas as a telegraph wire sparked sporadic calls for medical aid. The Black River draw bridge was wrecked, a South Lorain street undermined, and a car ferry from Sandusky blown over. Interurban service to Lorain and Sandusky halted. Elyria fire crews cried for help after a theatre collapse injured hundreds.
A devastating tornado hit Sandusky Ohio and nearby areas causing extensive destruction. The waterfront district was swept away and fires began as the waterworks plant failed, leaving the city with no water to fight blazes. Ships G A Boeckling Reliance and Chippewa were at sea with passengers swept overboard, while the Gooch coal building collapsed killing or injuring several. Hospitals overflow with the injured as communications collapse.
Adjutant General Frank Henderson orders the 148th national guard infantry from Toledo area and the 112th engineers from Cleveland to move to the stricken Lorain Elyria and Sandusky. He will meet Governor Donohue in Wooster to deploy the 166th infantry for mobilization. The Sandusky mayor reports the city in ruins and Lorain deaths may run into hundreds.
Dale Goddard two year old son of Mr and Mrs F I Goddard drowned in an irrigation ditch near the Baker dairy ranch in Boise Idaho. He wandered from a backyard play area to the ditch about 150 feet behind the house and he fell in. The body washed about a quarter mile downstream past a bridge and barns near the fair grounds to a point by the county hospital.
New York June 28 AP The main price tendency was upward though late profit taking left closing prices irregular. Copper shares rose with Kennecott at year’s best. Kresge added to gains, Woolworth and others set new peaks. rails showed mixed moves. Foreign exchanges steady. weekly clearing house reports show rises in loans discounts and investments. federal reserve bank reserves fell by 30.77 million.
Washington Geo graphic Society notes Rangoon as a major Burmese port city with 300000 population and a religious landmark in Shwe Da Gon pagoda. The article describes its river setting, diverse immigrant population, Burmese openness, prevalence of smoking, and pagodas as Buddhist symbols guiding merit.
A ledger of state votes shows varied approval and rejection of a League of Nations plank. States like Rhode Island and South Dakota recorded nay, while Texas and Virginia posted yeas. Territorial districts and colonies also weighed in with mixed results as totals tallied to 35344 yeas and 747 nays with several absences.
The Canyon County sheriff, O Y Mason, was arrested on a embezzlement charge and held on 61000 bond. Protesting progressives and supporters visited the courthouse as officials prepared to drop the case after Mason's restitution of 264 75 to city treasurer Myrtle Bernard.
Boise Idaho June 28 AP two pardon applications completed and to be filed with the state board of pardons for July 2 consideration. One applicant Cha George is described by officials as a man suspected in a chief murder case lacking evidence. He admits involvement in a fatal melee after an altercation in which both men were confined and fought.
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