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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
8
Cattle and hog receipts listed with price ranges and trends. Hogs slow with top around 15 dollars. cattle show steadier trade for steers and yearlings but overall softness. sheep and lambs mixed with weaker to steady quotes. Nevada market data reflect mixed demand and regional price shifts across cattle, hogs, and lamb sectors.
A distorted Chicago market note shows potato shipments and freight charges with scattered figures. The entry lists receipts totaling 117 and mentions Southern Triumphs with 71.50 and Eastern parcels at 11.75 to 13, indicating fluctuating commodity movements and transport costs.
June 22 report from Philadelphia notes the ship Hog Carrier Cody, named in honor of Buffalo Bill Cody and Cody, Wyoming, was launched at the Hog shipyard for the government. Mrs. William F. Cody christened the vessel with champagne, traveling 2,500 miles from Cody to witness the event.
June 22. Governor Roberts of Tennessee was asked in a letter from the National Woman's Party to call the legislature into special session for ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment.
Chicago reports continued high price records in the corn market despite aggressive selling. July futures near 1.82 1 8, September around 1.72 1 4, oats up modestly, and provisions down. Rail strikes and embargoes influenced early weakness, but buying pressure kept an overall upward trend. Cash grain shown for Chicago and Minneapolis with mixed quotes across corn oats barley and related products.
Washington reports a war department survey of over 100000 soldiers to fit uniforms better. The study outlines sizing needs for tailoring, aiding the clothing trade and reducing surplus stock. Large chested soldiers largely hail from western states while the smallest come from the eastern department.
Chicago analysts deny links to One Big Union amid Washington reports. Yardmen and Engineer groups refute organized radical labor movement ties. A misdated call in Butte urged convention attendees to contact BE Pride at Northwestern University building, with offices rented by three men.
Reports from the farm bureau office show Twin Falls county's young dairymen keeping accurate milk records with 16 of 24 Jersey cows now milking. In six weeks to May 1 they produced 17,422 pounds of milk, 8,705 quarts, at 1.75 cents a quart for an income of 1,305.75. Willie Walton leads May with 1,176 pounds from Valley Princess Rose, followed by Charles Andrews with 996 pounds from Nancy V's Violet and Dwight McHenry with 929 pounds from Nancy V of Gernvalus. June may reorder the standings as new cows come in.
June 22 New York police report arrests of Frederick Gimbel and a merchandise manager at Gimbel Brothers department stores as part of a wider federal probe into profiteering by large department store merchants. Warranted actions against other major chains expected. Gimbel and associates released on $1,000 bail each after pleading not guilty to four counts. Preliminary hearing set for July 6. Also notes counsel on wool holding policy for Midwest retailers and soggy court conditions.
A National Geographic bulletin described Irkutsk as a city of imposing buildings and hospitality, yet with impassable summer streets and noted crime and police corruption. It traced origins to a 1852 fur tax station, described Buriat culture and dress, and observed railway ticket practices affecting travel decisions to Petrograd, Moscow, or Vladivostok.
The report on wild cotton in an Australian desert hints at future profits from machinery and invention. It recalls Arkwright and Hargraves, notes price swings in cotton, and cites Britain’s early industrial gains. It then surveys Gibraltar as a tax light, debt free colony with strong savings and a 16 000 civil population, inviting more residents.
The article discusses distant Africa coal resources noting estimates from 1913 that Africa held the smallest reserves, with 97 percent of the world total in the Union of South Africa. It also reports Montana's bison range growth from 87 initially to 296 buffalo by a decade, with a further addition in the range.
Legal notices from Twin Falls Idaho including probate of William H. Smith foreign will petition for letters testamentary alias summons in a quiet title suit against unknown owners lot 11 block 57 and a notice to contractors for school sidewalk work bids due June 28 1920 creditors notice for Riapah MoKhistry estate with four month claim period.
Analytical Chewuat expert work in bacteriology and toxicology with food and sanitary analysis services and Westth Work board office details. B White Auto Company offers used cars service station opposite the post office with contact numbers 218 and 4.
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