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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
9
Fred W Poggers a lieutenant in the field artillery in training at Camp Fremont is sent home for Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs J A Rogers. He enlisted from New York City and will make his home in Tucson after discharge.
The housing issue will be studied by the committee of the chamber of commerce with a meeting called soon. The annual meeting is slated for January 13 with a dinner likely to follow a successful last year. A new directorate will be announced at the annual meeting and a nominating committee will organize a general chamber gathering on January 4.
Local notice states Chiopodist Anna Bekol¢ will stay at Owl Drug Store until Saturday night due to higher business and customer demand. Patrons urged to visit for services and inquiries.
War news reports Russian prisoners released from Bolshevik control are making their way home and are said to be encouraged by Bolsheviki propagandists, raising fears of destabilization and terror in Poland.
An advertisement toutsPinex cough syrup as a cheap fast acting cure for coughs bronchitis hoarseness and croup. It instructs mixing pine extract with sugar syrup or alternatives and urges readers to buy 21 and a half ounces from The Pinex Co Ft Wayne Ind with a money back guarantee.
Selling intensified across sectors with United States Steel and Anaconda Copper dropping sharply while utilities and coppers show pressure. Mexican Petroleum and Tobaccos hold ground, Liberty bonds active. overall market sentiment remains negative through midday trading.
Chicago hog receipts were around 8000 with prices steady to 10 cents higher and cattle beef steers up 25 to 50 cents. Kansas City hogs higher with heavy at 17.00 to 17.25 and cattle mostly up. Denver cattle steady to strong with beef steers 19.00 to 15.00 and lambs 14.00 to 16.75. sheep receipts around 3200 with lambs up to 14.65 and ewes around 6.00 to 6.50.
Chicago reports mixed trading as weather aids movement and a government notice lifting grain trading quantity limits. Corn opens steady to down, then rallies on sparse receipts. oats weaken with corn. provisions trade dull but finish firmer for corn and pork futures with nearby prices listed.
Butter prices fall in Chicago market while receipts rise to 1 126 cases with firsts at 62 cents per pound. Potatoes advance with 35 car receipts and Wisconsin Minnesota sacks valued at 1 754 1185. Poultry markets unsettled as fowls and springs hold firm. Kansas City reports butter and poultry unchanged. New York markets show lead and spelt dull with spot prices around 85.75 to 46.50. Exchange signals steady sterling and Mexican dollars. money markets mixed with time loans easy and call money around 6 percent.
New York December 26 final prices for Liberty bonds list first convertible Vs at 92.90 second i’s at 92.70 first convertible 41g’s at 96.00 second convertible 4¾’s at 96.60 second convertible 4¼’s at 94.48 third 4s at 95.32 fourth 4s at 94.46.
Major Theodore Macauley, commanding officer of Tailiaferro Posid, piloted a pioneering border flight from El Paso toward San Diego and Tucson. The journey endured dust storms, rain, and engine trouble, with a forced landing near Welton and a baggage of navigational hazards before resuming toward San Diego then Tucson and returning toward Lordsburg.
Cotton futures in New York closed steady on December 26 with January at 29.70, March at 28.53, May 27.75, July 27.65 and October at 24.7.
Spot cotton in New York on December 26 held steady with middling grade priced at 32 dollars 79 cents per hundredweight as traders awaited market guidance.
Unrestricted coffee futures trading resumes on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange after a halt since October 18 ordered by the food administration. First sale in May contracts at 17.50 cents, vs 9.55 cents at shutdown. spot coffee quoted around 17.5 cents.
Pete Burke, commission broker, reports a wire from New York stating Inspiration Copper declared the regular quarterly dividend of $2. Anticipated copper price drop after January 1 had led to expectations of a cut, while Anscoada Copper reduced its dividend last week from $2 to $1.59.
The hotel reports arrivals from Santa Rita, Phoenix, Yuma, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Denver, St. Paul, Florence, Silverbell, Nogales, Los Angeles and Boston. Names include D. H. Inman, Miss Helen Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Meyer, Mrs. S. M. Connett, C. C. McDermott, Geo H. Daily, Peter Jensen, Oscar Block, J. L. Davis and others with multiple accompanying spouses and Miss W. H. Cousin.
A lengthy roster lists individuals and their hometowns connected to the Hotel Congress event. Names include Alfred R. Wolff El Paso W Bart on El Centro N M Meekey Phoenix Robt H Engle Camp Hospital Douglas J Sealy soudthwaite Tex Lt Wilmuth Mansfield Mrs T S Bishop and daughter Phoenix J H Merryday Palatka Harlow Merryday Palatka W A Merryday Palatka Morris ok Mrs Halverson Minneapolis Mrs Shelgren Minneapolis W A Dovie and wife City A M McCorkle El Paso J A Blackwell Cooper Tex.
Heldel Ro Harrington of Nogales joins Mr and Mrs J B Mefiann of San Francisco and Mr and Mrs Geo Kingsbury along with Isador Larkin Capt and Mrs Mirable Tom Stone CW Collins and others in a city gathering with attendees from multiple locales.
Angelina Hernandez Nogales Fred Davis Globe Manuel Morene No- Rales.
Stray or stolen Fox Terrier black brindle Libera? reward offered for recovery. Contact Jack at 820 W Court. Missing dog and reward details appear amid unrelated garbled text about rents and pawed goods.
A mistaken testimonial claims a man ruptured while lifting a trunk found cure without surgery. The notice promises complete care and urges writing to Eugene Mullen, carpenter, for full information and to share the method to save others from operations.
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