Daily Market Reports From Chicago On Hogs Cattle And Sheep
Hogs receipts 72 000 unevenly strong to 10 cents higher heavy butcher top 10 40 bulk 200 to 225 lb averages 1 0 to 10 20 175 to 290 lb weights mostly 9 50 to 9 90 heavy packing sows 9 65 to 9 90 pigs steady bulk 7 50 and up heavyweight hogs 10 10 to 10 40 Cattle receipts 20 000 fairly active fed steers yearlings and fat eshe stock strong to 26c higher weighty steers 15 to 2bc up spots more shipping demand fairly broad better grades yearlings scarce weighty steer advance early top yearlings 14 00 best matured steers 11 00 big weight 10 60 bulk steers and yearlings 8 00 to 10 60 fat cows 10 to higher bulls steady to strong on bol ognas vealers active good to choice and handyweight 9 50 to 10 50 stockers and feeders scarcer Sheep receipts 18 000 active fat lambs 25 to 50c higher early bulk fat natives and fed westerns 16 75 to 17 00 top to outsiders 17 50 fat sheep 25c higher handy weight fat ewes 8 00 to 8 50 feeding lambs 15 to 26c higher top 16 10
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Chicago
Livestock Estimates for Tomorrow Published in Chicago
Official livestock estimates released in Chicago list hogs at 60 000 cattle at 10 000 and sheep at 12 000 for tomorrow or the next business day.
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Chicago
Olympic sprint and relay champions retire from track
London November 29 Olympic winners H M Abrahams and Eric Liddell retire from the sport. Abrahams, a barrister, cannot train for sprint work, while Liddell plans to teach in a missionary school in China next spring.
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London
H. M. Abrahams
Eric Liddell
Paris
Abrahams
Liddell
China
Germans Tip Street Car Men
Berlin reports a return of tipping streetcar and bus conductors as Germany stabilizes finances. Passengers pay fares of 15 or 20 pfennigs and give a five pfennig tip to the conductor to divide with the motorman. Streetcar and bus workers earn 25 to 30 dollars monthly depending on service length.
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Berlin
Germany
Louvain Library Restoration Advances With US Donations
In Louvain Belgium the university library restoration after wartime damage progresses. One wing of the new building is complete and 245000 books plus 40000 papers have been donated by benefactors in the United States Great Britain Japan Holland and others. Japanese contributions remain among the most significant in Europe.
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Louvain
Belgium
Louvain University
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Holland
Europe
Berlin church converts to theatre despite worshiper protests
A historic Berlin church, closed due to a small congregation, has been repurposed as a theatre. The plan allows only plays of the highest literary excellence to be presented, despite protests from former worshippers.
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Theatre
Berlin
England Sees 41 Female Barristers Practicing
England reaches 41 female barristers after seven women called to the bar in London. The group included 99 candidates with one American citizen and one Russian citizen. No rule bars foreigners from being admitted to the English bar.
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England
Portias
London
Russia
France Chooses Her Visitors
Paris reports that from January 1, 1928, to June 30, 1928, over 482600 foreigners entered France with Paris accounting for 116122. During the period 8810 were expelled and 1433 refused admittance.
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France
Paris
Grain and meat futures prices listed for Chicago markets
Chicago market report shows detailed closing bids for wheat corn oats rye barley and fats including No 1 red wheat at 1.84 No 2 hard 1.71 1.72 mixed corn prices ranging from 1.20 to 1.28 with various grades and colors and livestock bids for lard ribs bellies with values from 6 to 156 dollars per hundredweight and seed prices for Timothy clover and more listed.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Opens Decline Amid Mild Market Turn
Chicago grain markets show limited movement on December 22 with small gaps between open, high, low, and close as traders await clearer directions. The brief notes indicate pacing and marginal shifts without strong price signals or major headlines.
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Chicago
Sharp Setback in Wheat in Chicago Market
Sharp selling led by a former large buyer caused a quick fall in wheat prices in Chicago. May and July futures opened near unchanged or higher but dropped several points from peak. corn and oats also declined about four cents. Provisions followed grain lower as market losses spread.
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Chicago
Reward offered in Knox bank raid chase
GALESBURG Illinois December 20 A reward of 1000 will be paid for every robber killed during an attempted bank robbery in Knox county The Knox County Bankers Association voted to hire special deputies with high powered rifles and to hold shooting contests several times a year to maintain readiness The association pledged to keep Knox county a tough place for bank robbers and said the reward money would be ready and cheerfully paid today.
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Galesburg
Ill
Knox County
County Association
Poultry and egg market prices listed for Washin area
Market list shows prices for butterfat cream per pound eggs per dozen hens by weight and breed leghorn and black springs under and over four pounds and old roosters per pound ducks large breeds geese swan geese and horse hides with notes on dull sick or crippled poultry.
Tulips and a Venture at Tulip Hill romance
Virginia and her mother map a home based business selling color coded tulips to hotels and tea rooms. Virginia plans winter work to secure orders, deliver from a station wagon, and eventually hire a truck, with profits split with the tulip farm owner. A romance with Frank grows as they envision a rainbow themed showroom bungalow on Tulip Hill.
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Irginia
Virginia
Julia
Long Island
Ufe
Fifth Avenuue
Moth
Frank
Vir
Largest peace time supply bill to Congress
The House appropriations committee reported a record peace time supply bill totaling 763,180,522 dollars for the treasury and post office departments for the next fiscal year. Treasury would receive 126,911,107 dollars and the post office 636,269,415 dollars, including 11,000,000 for prohibition enforcement and 20,597,835 for the coast guard. The air mail service would get 2,600,000 dollars, a reduction of 150,000 from this year.
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Big Supply
Washington
Congress
Treasury and Post Office Department
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office Department
Coast Guard
Transcontinental Air Mail Service
Country of Snows Brings Record Sierra Nevada Snowfall
The heaviest snow events in the United States occur in the high Sierra Nevada of California and the Cascade range of Washington and Oregon where more than 65 feet of snow has fallen in a single winter.
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United States
High Sierra Nevada
California
Cascade Range
Washington
Oregon
Fort Ashley Utah and the Ashley Smith Explorers
The article recounts the 1822 Rocky Mountain Fur Company expedition led by William Henry Ashley with Jedediah Smith and teammates. It notes early overland routes to the Pacific and California by land, Bridger's Pass, first exploration of northern Colorado canyons, and the Green River basin, framing Fort Ashley as a historic American outpost tied to these explorations.
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Fort Ashley
Utah
Ashley-Smith
William Henry Ashley
Jedediah Strong Smith
Ashley
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Missouri
Andrew Henry
David Jackson
William Sublette
Milton Sublette
Jedediah Smith
Rockies
Ulysses
John C. Fremont
Pacific
South Pass
Bridger's Pass
Colorado
Great Divide Basin
Wyoming
Green River
California
Paris Branch of American School of Art Opens New Florence School
The American School of Art of Paris, started by the New York school three years ago, plans a Florence branch. Advanced students may study architecture and decoration from December to April. Florence trips will visit Rome Naples Perugia Assisi Bologna Venice Verona Milan Padua. The Paris school focuses on decoration architecture costume and stage illustration and advertisement design.
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School of Art
Paris
American School of Art of
New York
Florence
Rome
Naples
Perugia
Alsisi
Bologna
Venice
Verona
Milan
Padua
Paria
Lord Mayor Salary Compared With Pageantry Costs
London reports that the Lord Mayor receives a $50,000 yearly salary while functions surrounding Lord Mayor's Day absorb about $20,000 in expenses. The pageantry largely consumes the official remuneration.
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London
Mexico to Decorate Defenders of Vera Cruz in 1914
Mexico City reports the approval of a new decoration named the Second North American Invasion to honor defenders of Vera Cruz against the United States Navy in 1914. The award will be bestowed to those who protected the port during the conflict.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
United States
Defense of the Port Honors Civilians Denied
Capital newspapers condemn the award recommendation as decorates only soldiers and sailors who defended the port while thousands of civilians who risked their lives to repel Admiral Fletcher’s sailors and marines are left unrecognized.
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Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Admiral Fletcher
Connecticut's dual capitals in early state history
The state of Connecticut maintained two capitals, Hartford and New Haven, during certain periods between 1701 and 1873. This arrangement reflected shifting political and administrative needs before the current single-capital system was established.
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Connecticut
Mortford
New Haven
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