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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1919
Page
8
U S Bureau market notes from Omaha show hog receipts around 9600 with prices 15 to 20 cents lower. top at 20.40 and bulk around 20.10. Cattle receipts light and generally steady with beef steers in the 12 to 18.50 range and cows 7 to 13. Veal prices 11.60 to 13.50. Sheep receipts about 6000 with lambs 19 dollars for light to 19.76 for heavier lambs and ewes 12 to 15.25.
Hogs receipts 49 000 with opening down 25 to 80 cents and weaker by 35 to 50 cents from yesterday. Bulk hogs at 20.85 to 20.60, sows 18.75 to 19.50, pigs 18 to 19. Cattle receipts 3 000 with slower beef cattle trade and declines 15 to 25 cents for cows and bulls. calves 25 to 50 cents lower. Sheep receipts 9 000 with slow market and lower bids across all grades. lambs 17.25 to 19.75, yearlings 16.5 to 17.76, ewes 12.15 to 12.76.
New York reports firmer egg receipts with 483% fresh gathered northern section firsts at 45 46c. Dressed poultry steady with broilers and fowls noted. Chicago butter higher for creamery at 50 46 and eggs receipts 28 597. live poultry lower. Potatoes steady with arrivals 52 cars and Florida stock priced around 8.50 to 8.75 per barrel.
Heavy selling pummeled the corn market as the government crop report turned bearish. Traders noted a revised US import estimate of 4,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat, dampening prices, while May delivery stayed firmer on tight receipts. Oats fell alongside corn, with a general daylong trend toward lower prices, ending with nervous closes and mixed gains on May contracts.
Chicago reports mixed prices for corn oats rye and barley with No 3 white oats at 69 70 cents and lard at 33 25. Omaha lists corn mixed at 1 69 to 1 71 and white corn at 1 70 while Minneapolis shows flour unchanged and rye 1 61 to 1 62.
Frank L. Carey, second VP of the United States grain corporation, will depart for Winnipeg to purchase wheat for resale to Northwest millers. The government will use Canadian wheat until the 1919 harvest, with sales price based on cost. Winnipeg estimates put government purchases at about 1,600,000 bushels.
New York report shows final prices for Liberty bonds as of today. 3s at 98.68, first 4s at 95.80, second 4s at 94.00, first 4 1/4s at 95.80, second 4 1/8s at 94.02, third 4 1/5s at 95.18, and fourth 4s at 94.06.
Paris police report calcin ed human bones found at a villa in Cambass owned by Henri Landru. He remains under arrest on suspicion of murder as investigators pursue a grisly case linked to the famous suspect.
Investigators probing a strange case found stones heaped against a villa wall forming a furnace base. Melted glass with bone fragments, including parts of three human skulls, were found clinging to the stones, suggesting the victims were incinerated and their limbs burned in the fire.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Twin Falls Auto Company will be held at the office in Twin Falls on Monday May 12 at 8 o clock p m for electing officers for the ensuing year and for other business. Charles R Scott secretary. Actv May 7 8 9 10 11.
The War Department announced May 9 that twenty American Expeditionary Forces officers and men received the distinguished service cross for extraordinary heroism. Six awards are posthumous, with Private W Prevost of Geyser Montana among the recipients.
Directory-style item listing law offices and practitioners with limited practice areas in probate and civil matters. Names include R F Roberts manager Palace Cleaning and Tailoring, Caylor Cummins Babcock Building, J R Bothwell, Orr Chapman, James H Wise, Asher B Wilson. Contact numbers and locations noted across Shoshone Street Main Avenue Bank Building Cotillion Hall Building and First National Bank Building.
For sale two Idaho properties offered by Federal Abstract and Investment Co. One 140 acre farm ten miles south of Gooding near Tuttle station with six room house, barn for eight horses, sheds, good well, on a well improved gravel road within Twin Falls North Side Land and Water Co. project. Quick sale sought. Address M C Scott Jerome Idaho. Second 120 acre farm with house, barn, windmill, orchard and shade trees near Wendel, offering immediate possession if sold promptly at 200 dollars per acre with 10,000 cash and balance at seven percent. Listings note high cultivation and rapid sale potential.
Real estate listing from Casper Nygard Realty offers 7 but 6 acre Twin Falls farm 3 miles out with rich soil and buildings at 260 per acre. Includes 60 acres wheat 100 acres alfalfa pasture and structures. Bargain 126 per acre with 4500 cash and crop fees. also 4 6 6 and 9 room houses from 2000 up plus business buildings. Office 114 2nd Ave S. Phones 175 and 842.
Grainell's real estate ad offers 5 acres with 9 year old irrigated trees and small buildings near Appleway in Vera for 1800 dollars. 160 acres improved with buildings near Palouse highway for 20000 dollars. 350 acres with 250 cultivated, orchard and live stream near town railroad and school for 20000 dollars with liquid down payment and share of this year’s crop. This is from THE FRED B. GRINNELL at 815 OLD NATIONAL Spokane.
Classified notice seeking a chambermaid at the Perrine Hotel plus a sale listing for a cigar fountain and confectionery business in a growing town. Offers to investigate sent to address Box 10 for details and potential investment in this live opportunity.
Readable text notes a seven passenger 1918 Hudson Super Six automobile model. The fragment mentions seating capacity and engine line but lacks fuller specifications, options, or ownership details. The item resembles a classified card indicating a vintage car for sale or description.
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