Daily Market Reports Chicago Aug 9 Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices
Cattle receipts 500 vs a week ago with varied changes across classes. Fed steers and yearlings 6.26 to 10.66. stockers 6.00 to 6.76. fat cows 4.26 to 6.75. veal calves 9.50 to 10.75. Hogs receipts 6,000 with top 10.80 and prices 9.40 to 10.90 for various weights. packing hogs 8.66 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 10,000 with week trend firm to higher. range lambs 13.26 to 13.76, natives 12.76 to 13.26, fat ewes 6.55 to 7.50.
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Chicago
Omaha Livestock Market Report for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts 8 500 and market mixed with best butchers steady to strong and packing grades 10 to 16 higher. top 9 60. cattle receipts 3 406 down 15 cents with fed cattle and yearlings to 10 00. stockers steady and feeders firm. sheep receipts none with lamb prices 60 to 65 cents lower for wooled and 50 to 65 cents higher for feeding lambs. closing ranges reflect mixed adjustments across species.
Sioux City Livestock Market Report and Kolah Club Notice
Sioux City cattle receipts 600 with fat cattle unevenly lower by up to 75c. hogs 16,000 and strong, top 9.75 with most 9.40 to 9.70. lambs 13.25 and ewes 60. Arthur Wade to entertain the Kolah club Tuesday afternoon, 15112.
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Anay
Arthur Wade
Kolah Club
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Aug 9
Kansas City notes cattle receipts of 400 and calves 100 for the week with yearlings and grain fed steers 25 to 50 cents lower, other beef steers down 5 to 10 cents, top grain fed yearlings at 11.50, stockers uneven 18 to 50 cents lower, bulls 5 to 10 cents lower, bulk prices 8.00 to 10.50 for grain fed steers, cows 3.25 to 5.00, heifers 4.00 to 8.00, stockers 6.00 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 2,000 steady to higher, packing market mostly steady.
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Sioux City
Kansas City
Chicago grain prices and small seed values listed
Grain prices in Chicago on August 9 show wheat and corn by grade with ranges from No 2 red wheat at 1.30% to No 3 hard near 1.29% and corn No 2 mixed at 1.16% to 1.15% per bushel. Rye, barley, timothy and clover seed prices are given with lard, ribes, hellies at listed per hundred weight or unit figures.
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Chicago
Wheat Averages Lower as Market Reacts to Frost Fears
Chicago August 9 Wheat prices eased in early trading amid reports Canada faced no frost damage and North Dakota crops escaped jack rust. August 1 danger date for frost spurred buying and a rally, but hedging sales limited gains. September futures opened 1.28% to 1.29 and December 1.32% to 1.33, with later fluctuations and a fractional net decline. Corn and oats firm on stormy weather. December corn 1.04% to 1.05, oats rising from 49% to 50% in early trade. Provisions steady alongside hog values.
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Chicago
Canada
North Dakota
Hecht
Potato Market Summary Signals Mixed Prices Rises
In Chicago on Aug 9 potato receipts eased slightly with 32 carloads. United States shipments reach 545. Kansas and Missouri sacked cobblers rise to 1.25 to 1.40. Early Ohio sackings listed at 1.20 to 1.80, Minnesota at 1.10 to 1.20.
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Chicago
United States
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
Sheep and Lamb Market Report Shows steady Week
The weekly market notes steady killing classes with top lambs at 13.60 and bulk between 13.25 and 13.60. Steady demand for packing sows at 8.25 to 8.35, with no receipts reported for the week.
Market Opens With Profit Taking Despite New 1924 Highs
New York stocks show early weakness as investors take profits. General Baking climbs to a 1924 high at 116 1/8, Oils and rails drop, Nickel Plate rises 2, Wabash 1, Norfork and Western 1, Texas and Pacific up to a 1924 peak, Lackawanna slips. Industrials see limited activity with General Electric up 2 and American Radiator among movers.
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New York
Nickel Plate
Wabash Common
Norflok
Western
Texas and Pacific
Lackawanna
General Electric
Cerro de Paseo and Foundation Company
Iowa Crop Summary Reports Warm Week and Mixed Yields
Iowa's week featured near normal temperatures early, then 90 to 98 in late days. Heavy rains hit northeast and north central areas while southwest and south central need rain. Corn benefited from heat but many stalks short. average yield far below normal. Harvest mostly complete, small grains good, fruits and vegetables rated by state horticultural officials as well below normal in some categories, with many crops rated in the 60s to 90s percent of normal.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri River
Missouri
Foreign exchanges open steady amid minor gains
About 1 percent of each currency reached a new high as traders watched steady opening in foreign exchange markets.
I Saw Your Ad in the Journal Merchant Note
A shopper tells a merchant to hear that they saw the ad in the Journal. The line signals a promotional recall and a request for attention to the advertisement.
Bridal Customs of Old Land of Egypt
Describes ancient Egyptian wedding practices including use of hinna for nails, perfumed oil baths, eye brow painting, and barefoot customs. Notes dowry exchanges, groom's partial payment, and dowry from bride family, plus beliefs about rings and heart. Highlights attire, fabrics, and intermarriage to keep estates intact.
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Ancient
Egypt
Milady
Lower
Straw Hat Feature of Schoolboys at Harrow
A visit to Harrow reveals the famed Harrovian straw hat worn by 600 to 700 boys. The hat, shaped and textured uniquely to Harrow, sits with an elastic under the back of the head and remains popular despite becoming soggy in wet weather.
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Harrow
Hill
Eton
Westminster
London
Comfort for the Bald
The piece notes that bald men may have an immune advantage against consumption, citing a doctor who reported none of 5,000 patients being bald. It adds causes of baldness include diet and cold dampness, with claims that wet hair on cold days and excessive exercise can trigger hair loss.
Woman Seeks Housing After Encounter At Home Office
A Frenchwoman who spoke Russian repeatedly produced her passport during talks with porters and messengers at the home office. After a long dialogue, an officer recalled a man who in 1919 had moved from the French front to the north Russian front, and intelligence intervened. He signaled colleagues that the lady wanted a house or a small flat.
English nobleman angling for museum inn at historic coaching tavern
An English nobleman bought an old coaching tavern and planned to run it as a museum and inn. The first customer, served with a cheese slice between two bread slices, challenged the owner by asking if it was a sandwich or an antique, puncturing the grand idea.
Janet Pittman Not First in Anything at School
In the Pittman family narrative Janet sits apart from her siblings who shine in reading arithmetic sports and other school achievements. Her uncle asks if she is first in anything and Janet replies she is last to leave the building when the bell rings.
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Pittman
Tommy
Alice
Sammy
Janet
Farmers Form Grain CoOp To Hold Voting Stock In Chicago
Chicago report outlines creation of a $26 million Grain Marketing Co. in which farmers hold all voting stock and most other shares to stabilize grain prices. The plan excludes speculation, aims to pay patronage dividends, and integrates five major firms under new management. Opposition emerges from farm groups, with Baruch’s earlier plan cited.
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Chicago
Grain Marketing Co
National Wheat Growers’ Advisory Committee
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Armour, Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum Brothers
J. . Shaffer
Davis-Noland-Merrill
New York
Kansas
Grain Farmers Form Co operative to Sell Through Central Plan
Gray Silver discusses a new non profit co operative association aimed at marketing farmers grain from Minneapolis to Galveston. The plan seeks to shorten the producer to consumer channel, reduce bread rates, increase warehouse credit use, and affiliate thousands of farmer elevators nationwide while avoiding overpricing.
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Gray Silver
Icity
Minneapolis
Galveston
Chicago
J. W. Coverdale
Pithy Proverb Snippets Highlight Quips and Quirks
A jumble of wry aphorisms and social quips appears, touching on bootlegging, parking, parenting, gambling, divorces, haircuts, seating, phonographs, suicide stigma, life’s ups and downs, shoe durability, Russia’s autos, rubber prices, and old flames. Read as a playful miscellany from a historical column.
Dayton Grove Club News and Local Visits
The So and Sew Club met with Mrs Har ry Dusenberry on July 31 with several members and guest Mrs William Flynn present. Upcoming meeting planned with Mrs Orvis Ferguson on Aug 28. Various local visits include Lyall Moore Wellman and trips to Washington.
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Dayton Grove
So and Sew Club
Harry Dusenberry
William Flynn
Orvis Ferguson
Lyall Moore
Will Embree
Will Mayer
Washington
Margret Ferguson
Beasie Ferguson
G. K. Hartman
BE. Singmaster
Des Moines
Mary Catherine
Geo Ferguson
Geo. Ferguson
Muriel
Tressa
John Mayers
W. Embree
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Relief Claims
A soothing testimonial urges readers to use Doan's Pills as a diuretic for backache and kidney discomfort. L. K. Glasgow of 822 S C Ave credits rapid relief, noting better kidney function in cold weather and recommending Sherman Bros. Drug Store for purchase at 60 cents.
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Dean’s
Dean
Washington Fo.ks. L. K
Washington Fo.ks. L. K. Glasgow, Retired Farmer, 822 S.C Ave
Doan
Sherman Bros
Foster-Milburn Co
Mirs
Buffalo
N. Y
Metal pianos for humid climates with patented actions
Metal pianos with patented actions are now manufactured for the trade in damp countries. These pianos are designed to withstand humidity, as wooden parts of traditional piano actions have short life in such climates.
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Daily Market Reports
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Chicago Grain
Omaha Livestock
Neb
Sioux City Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
John A. Babcock
U. & Yard
Chicago Cash Grain
New York Stock Market
Old Land
By George Britt
LaSalle St
Bernard M. Baruch
Armour Grain
Silver
Coverdale
Tom Sips
St. Louis
Cupid
Russia
Shakespeare
Weimar
Germany
England
German Association of Theatrical Managers
German Republic
Washington Folks
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Washington &6
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