Market notices and price listings from multiple markets
The report covers commodities and futures across several hubs. Turpentine in Savannah sells at 1.04 per unit, St. Louis grain shows Dec wheat at 1.52 May 1.47, corn Dec 75 cents May 77.5 cents, New York stocks and currencies mixed with cotton near steady, Chicago wheat up corn steady cattle steady hogs up, New Orleans cotton futures list January to December from 20.77 to 20.95.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Ponca City Finances Self-Supporting Without City Taxes
Ponca City Oklahoma operates without levying municipal taxes due to profits from the municipal light and power department and water works, plus police court fines. The city has a minimum water rate of 1.50 monthly and varying consumption charges, with electricity yielding the major profit under Mayor Orville P. Callahan's administration as city manager.
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Ponca City
Oklahoma
Okla
Florida
Municipal Light and Power Department
Municipal Water Works Department
Municipal Light and Water Department
Orville P. Callahan
Washington Fans Grieve Over Series Defeat and Johnson’s Hall Hope
Washington crowds voiced regret after Pittsburgh defeated the Senators in the World Series. Fans mourned Walter Johnson’s failure to win three games in the title contest and watched Goose Goslin’s last out with disappointment. Mrs Coolidge and President Coolidge listened to the game at the White House.
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Washington
D. C
Senators
Pittsburgh
Barney" Johnson
Goose” Goslin
Walter Johnson
White House
Mrs. Coolidge
President Coolidge
Beacht on Preaching Draws Strong Sunday Attendance
Sunday and Sunday night services drew a large crowd for Rev. A. T. Hart at Beachton. The record notes guests and visits from local residents including Alice Clay, Mia in Cairo, and multiple Wells and Walker family members with meals and gatherings around Brinson and Colquitt area homes.
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A. T. Hart
Alice Clay
Cairo
Mia
Bil Baggett
Messrs
Hattie
Cynthia Wells
Munn Harold
Leonard Wells
Lucy
Hattle Walker
Henry Hines
William and
Bryan McCall
Susie Wells
William Castleberry
Meigs
M. A. Kinchen
Returns to face trial after feigning death to get insurance
Fred Turner, 39, a former mine foreman from McCarr Kentucky, is charged as a fugitive from justice on murder after a gas explosion killed two miners in January 1924. Turner admitted relatives prompted him to feign death to collect about 85 000 in life insurance and returned from Germany on a liner yesterday.
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New York
Germany
Fred Turner
McCarr
Pike County
Kentucky
Turner
Europe
Que
United States
Taylor Hatfield
Hatfield
Farmers Urged to Burn Cotton Stalks Now
Atlanta officials from the Georgia Department of Agriculture warn farmers to pull up and burn every cotton stalk in fields to starve boll weevils for next spring. Plowing under stalks may also deprive weevils of food, but burning is recommended to avoid risk.
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Atlanta
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
School Opens With Mrs Ash As Teacher At Start Of Term
The article notes Mise Guigie Ash returns as teacher after previous service and is welcomed. It mentions a meeting on Wednesday at 8:30 PM suggesting the school’s schedule and punctuality as a priority for the new term.
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Mise Guigie Ash
Sey
Green Re-Elected Head of American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City N J Oct 16 The American Federation of Labor re elected President William Green and associate officers by acclamation Detroit chosen as next year’s convention city two jurisdictional disputes settled and stance taken against independent labor party and US recognition of the Russian soviet.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Detroit
Independent
United States
Green
New York
Executive Council
Samuel Gompers
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Green
Greta
George W. Perkins
Cigar Makers Union
Perkins
Gompers
Honey From Cotton Bloom In Georgia Discovery
Atlanta officials report cotton blossoms yield a white honey with potential to add to cotton products. Georgia Department of Agriculture notes this opportunity, suggesting Southern bees may have long known of the sweetness.
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Atlanta
California
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Dawes Attends Ralston Funeral and Speaks on Senate Rules
Dawes was honored at a banquet by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce before delivering a public address at the Atlanta Auditorium. He argued that filibuster power to obstruct legislation should be reformed, warning that unchecked obstruction risks constitutional rights and emphasizes must be based on general policy, not special cases. The speech defended loyalty across the North and South and urged modifications to Senate rules to curb minority obstruction while preserving essential rights.
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Atalnta
Tlanta
Dawes
Soruth
Senate
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Thomasville Ice & Mfg. Co
H. H. Vann & Son
Just
Oxfords
Mitchell
North Broad
Chicago Grain and Produce Market
Chicago
Ill
Rye
P.C
Turpentine
Savannah
ST. Louis Grain
Ashington
Beachton
Stegall
Sfegall’s
American Labor Federation
Ralston
Ings
THE
First National Bank
W. A. Pringle
W. S. Anderson
National
Thomas County
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