Market News Chicago Hog and Cattle Prices Mixed
Chicago market reports show hog receipts at 31 000 with slow uneven trade and generally steady to strong prices. Hogs at 250 to 280 pounds averaged up to 11.70 with sows and pigs in various ranges, while heavyweight hogs reached 11.75. Cattle receipts 6 000 with fat steers up to 25 cents higher and yearlings modest gains, vealers down 25 to 50 cents. Sheep receipts 10 000 with fat lambs steady to higher and ewes at 5 to 6 dollars.
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Chicago
Livestock Estimates Issued for Tomorrow Markets
Chicago December 23 official live stock estimates released for tomorrow show hogs at 12,000 head and cattle and sheep at 6,000 and 2,000 respectively.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain: Wheat Corn Oats and More Futures Report
Chicago prices show mixed grains with Dec and May contracts for wheat corn and oats, plus rye lard ribs and bellies across months. Highlights include wheat near 1.40, corn around .74 and .81, oats about .46 to .50, rye around 1.00, and lard near 12.25.
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Chicago
Advise on Living: City Life vs Rural Income Balance
A writer argues a man can improve living outside the city while maintaining his income, noting the trade between location and earnings. The reflection contrasts urban convenience with rural space and financial stability for a better lifestyle.
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Los Angeles Times
Walnut social at Verdi district schools winter gathering
Tonight was a large community event near Verdi with Mrs Thomas and 30 pupils performing speaking singing and dancing for over an hour. The box supper totaled 30.35 dollars as locals talk of Sabbath school and church activities while neighbors report Christmas shopping and local chatter.
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Jim Long
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Tax policy fights roil then current events scene
The piece surveys congressional battles over surplus funds, debt reduction, and tax cuts. It notes the Ways and Means Committee resisting broad tax relief, preferring debt retirement, while senators decry partisan obstruction and call for action. It also covers Navy funding limits, river and harbor bill debates, and political maneuvering around Illinois Senate seating.
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Bishops Warn on Mexican Religious Restrictions
A pastoral letter from the U S Catholic bishops argues Mexico’s restrictions threaten Christian civilization and accuses President Calles government of fabricating charges for political ends. It states the letter seeks no American political intervention and notes some foreign oil firms comply with the Mexican petroleum law.
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German Reichstag turmoil as alliance talks collapse
Chancellor Marx faces a stubborn majority as he proposed a Socialist alliance with cabinet positions, which the Socialists refused. Scheidemann blasted the cabinet over a secret arms fund for Russia and blamed Allied knowledge of Germanys militarism. French Italian tensions grow with moves toward the Mediterranean and Mussolini boasting 30 divisions north of the Po, while Britain is irritated by Italy not inviting its fleet for early next year maneuvers.
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Turkey seeks defensive alliance amid Balkan concerns
A London dispatch reports Turkey has offered Persia a defense and offensive pact mirroring its Afghanistan treaty as Britain subsidizes Persia with about £4 million annually via the Anglo Persian Oil Company to counter Turkish Russian and Afghan pressures. In Madrid police foil assassination plots against King Alfonso. In Warsaw Poland announces 28,000 soldiers 170,000 officers and 2,124 sailors with a 76.0 million budget for 1927 under a Farmers party cabinet led by Madison Mygdal and Danish diplomat Phil Mortensen as foreign minister.
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Origin of the domesticated dog as early human pet
The article notes debate over the dog’s origin while agreeing he was the first wild animal tamed by humans. It highlights the dog’s exceptional responsiveness to early domestication efforts among animals sought as human pets.
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Roll Gamon
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Pride as a Mirror and Consumption of Deeds
A Shakespearean reflection on pride as self-devouring. The line compares pride to a glass and trumpet that speaks for the person while their deeds are swallowed by praise. The paradox highlights vanity eroding true actions through self-obsession.
Nicaragua Leader Seeks Naval Neutral Zone along East Coast
President Adolfo Diaz appeals to the United States to establish a naval neutral zone spanning Nicaragua's eastern coast to halt Mexican backed rebels advancing on the capital. Days earlier a gunrunning ship landed at a Caribbean island with 444 million rounds of ammunition.
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Nicaragua
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