Commodity prices and market summaries from June reports
The page lists July September December prices for CORN OATS and other grains with percentages and yields. It notes rye lard ribs bellies and turpentine steady markets in Savannah New York Chicago and New Orleans with spot cotton prices for June indicating middling around 24.20 and regional futures values.
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New York
Chicago
American woman elected president World W C T U
Miss Anna Gordon of Evanston Illinois was re elected president of the World Women s Temperance Union in Edinburg Scotland today.
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World W. C.T. U
Associated Press
Edinburg
Scotland
Anna Gordon
Evanston Illinois
The
World Women's Temperance Union
Time Keeping Standard for Naval Observatory Transit
The station maintains standard time by transit observations at the naval observatory. Three electrically wound clocks run in a constant temperature vault with sealed air to stabilize pressure for precise meridian circle readings.
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United States
Wild ponies fed to hogs touted as range relief
Olympia news reports an experiment turning wild horses into hog feed at Plymouth near the Horse Heaven range. Horses bought for about 3 dollars, hogs fattened on carcasses, hides sold, bones disposed, with plan to move plant as supplies exhaust. Indians refuse pony sale despite area over 10,000 wild ponies on Yakima reservation land.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Harold Dobyns
Biological Survey
Bention County
Dobyns
Plymouth
Yakima
British Lords Question Slave Trading Across Empire
In the House of Lords peers pressed for facts on slave raiding and trading in Africa and the Far East. Earl Buxton and Lord Oliver urged disclosure of government information while Viscount Cecil defended efforts to suppress slavery and offered to share data with the League of Nations. The debate referenced Kenya Abyssinia and Red Sea routes, with further discussion planned.
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London
British Empire
House of Lords
Earl Buxton
League of Nations
Africa
Far East
Kenya
Sudan
Lord Oliver
Abyssinia
Viscount Cecil
League
Lord Gainford
Red Sea
Arabia
Mesopotamia
First Conference on Italian Debt Set for Thursday
Secretary Mellon began preparations for the initial conference on the funding of Italy's debt, meeting with Secretary Keiloy and Senator Smoot of Utah, members of the American Debt Commission. Ambassador de Martino is expected to outline the basis for talks when he arrives, with discussions centered in Washington.
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Wasington
D. C
Mellon
Keiloy
Senator Smoot
Utah
American Debt Commission
de Martino
Treasury
Commission
Washington
Long Island
Skilled and Unskilled Labor Definitions for Trades
Skilled laborers require training in a specific occupation involving apprenticeship or formal learning. Unskilled laborers do not need to serve an apprenticeship to learn a trade.
Woodworkers Triumph in Baltic Wood Supply Chain
German and Polish lumber dealers supply cabinetmakers of Sweden with timber whose log form is preserved through milling to panels. The process enables precise matching of furniture panels and boards for craft production.
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Sweden
Muscle Shoals power plant to begin testing in August
Testing of the Muscle Shoals power plant will start in August and run for several months, with one unit tested at a time. Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor will confer with Acting Secretary Davis to determine disposition of the development during tests. Construction progresses on spillway gates and lock gates while initial unit tests are prepared for August.
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Ashlington
D. C
Muscle Shoals
Army Engineers
Harry Taylor
Davis
Administration plan for tax reduction completed
General Lord of the budget defended the administration’s economy program in Washington detailing a four year saving of over 2.19 billion dollars and urging continued cuts while increasing efficiency. He cited reducing army clerks from 20 to 42 and a new simplified record system as examples of savings.
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Washington, D. C
Lord
Coolidge
Adjutant General
Army
Has Many Meanings The origin of Chautau qua
The origin of the word Chautauqua is uncertain with multiple proposed meanings. The term may derive from an Indian word meaning foggy place or refer to a lake shape, a place where fish were taken out, or a site of easy or lost deaths.
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Thomasville Ice & Mig. Co
HH. Wana
Mitchell
North Broad
Stedall
Chicago Grain Aand Produce Market
P. C
ATH
Savannah
NEW York Markets
New Orleans
Triumph
Dent
Neel Bros
Thomas Drug Store Inc
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