Daily Market Reports from CHICAGO Trading Mixed Cattle Hogs and Lambs
Cattle receipts 1,000 with beef grades higher. top steers 11.75, butchers cows up to 6.50. Hogs receipts 12,000 with weights 180–200 pounds bringing 10.40 to 10.80 averages, packers paying 9.75 to 10.00 for sows. Sheep receipts 8,000 with fat lambs steady to higher, week totals around 13,000 direct. fat lambs 18.00–18.50 with tops near 19.25. Wheat corn and other grains priced with No 3 red at 1.90–1.91 and corn No 2 yellow 1.24–1.35.
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Chicago
Nebraska coach quits to devote time to athletics chief role
Fred T. Dawson resigns as head football coach of the University of Nebraska. He will devote more time to his duties as director of athletics and physical education, and the board has accepted the resignation with a committee named to search for a successor.
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Dawson
Lincoln
Neb
Fred T. Dawson
University of Nebraska
Closing out sales listed around Afbeworth to Washington area
A sequence of public sale notices arranged by date and location across Washington area towns. Items include closing out sales and public sales for households and farms with sellers such as J. H. McFarland Chas Donshee Gus Croquet Mrs O E Whalen B E Booth John FerenIbush J Ernett Hamm James Boyd Haskins Tipton and Simmerman.
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J. E. Wright
Ermett Hamm
Washington
Tipton and Simmerman
Washington Produce Markets Price List Fragment
A historical price listing shows per pound rates for dairy fat butterfat test and eggs, chicken hens by weight, springs, ducks, geese, swan geese, and horse hides. Some entries are incomplete or garbled, with missing values and unclear items.
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Leghorn & Blark
Lieghorn & Black
New High Wheat Prices Lift Grain Markets in Chicago
Chicago December 27 saw wheat and other grains reach new 1924 highs as buying absorbed offerings despite weak European markets. May wheat moved from 1.80% to 1.81 dollars, July 1.523% to 1.54, with a late swing up then a reaction amid a cold wave. Corn, oats, and rye followed wheat higher before a broad retreat, with May corn at 1.31 and oats at 65% to 66. Provisions rose alongside grain.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Potatoes market and London Strand widening costs
In Chicago on December 27 ear ly morning trading for potatoes was light with a strong market and 29 cars received. Wisconsin sacked whites quoted at 1.10 to 1.20 with one car at 1.25. In London rapid Strand widening costs are pegged at 25 million dollars per mile to ease traffic congestion.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
London
Strand
H. H. Gordon
Greene Defenses Halt Hessian Assault At Fort Mercer
In 1777 Fort Mercer on the Delaware with 400 Rhode Island Continentals faced 1200 Hessian grenadiers led by Count Donop. After a secret battery and heavy musketry fire, the Hessians fell back with over 400 killed or wounded. Greene and his men suffered eight killed and twenty nine wounded while earning Congress praise and a sword for distinguished merit.
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Delaware
Philadelphia
George Washington
Col
Christopher Greene
Arnold
Montgomery
Quebec
Fort Mercer
Red Bank
New Jersey
Delaware River
Fort Mifflin
Hugh Mercer
Lord Howe
Greene
Mauduit Duplessis
Donop
Count Donop
Congress
Cause of Writer's Cramp Defined as Occupational Neurasia
The condition known as writer's cramp is an occupational neurasia from excessive writing with tight hand contraction. It chiefly affects thumb and middle and forefingers, while other manual tasks remain easy. It typically appears toward middle age.
Record Hailstones Size Reports from 19th Century
The article notes hailstones of substantial size with unconfirmed maximums. It cites a Natal hailstorm of April 17 1874 where stones weighed about 1.5 pounds. It also mentions 14 inch circumference stones reported in New South Wales in February 1547.
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Natal
New South Wales
Vast Interest in England Public Executioner Post
On the last vacancy for England's public executioner the Home Secretary received 786 applications, reflecting widespread public interest in the historic position.
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England
Home Secretary
All Worn Out Kidney Pills Endorsement
Washington readers endorse Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys and backache. Mrs. AL Dusenberry reports relief after trying Doan's, noting improved sleep, reduced pain, and better energy. Local mentions include several residents praising the remedy.
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Washington
Doan
M.ibuse
Bitalo
Contentment and chaos blur in 1924 headlines
Newswire digest cites rising bread costs in Paris, a vaudeville manager shot in Los Angeles, and political heat as eight congressmen report no campaign spending. It notes Wall Street optimism, a hot air critique by Senator Capper, and varied stray thoughts on money, happiness, and society with brief anecdotes from Chicago to Texas.
Natural Pipe Line Exposed in Bath Maine Quarry
Workmen at Bath Maine uncovered a water conduit in solid ledge at twenty feet depth. The three by two foot conduit runs 200 feet with uniformly diameter sides deeply corrugated from water pressure. It is one of the few natural pipe lines exposed by quarrying.
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Bath
Maine
Scientitie American
Viewin' with Alarm on Values of the Old Days
Abe Martin muses on modern life, lamenting lost restraint and virtue. He contrasts past and present morals, praising current opportunities while noting lingering temptations and changed social norms.
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Abe Martin
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Daily Market Reports
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Cash Grain
Toledo
Clover
Alsike
Timothy
J. H. McFarland
Afbeworth
Chas
Donshee
Keota
Gus Croquet
Ainsworth
O. E. Whalen
North Avenue C
B. E. Booth
BEB
John Ferienbush
James Boyd
Haskins
J. EB. Wright
Washington Produce Markets
Badhoog
Cmminsion Merchant
Rye— Dee
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
N. Marion Ave
U.S
Elmo Scott Watson
Paris
Los Angeles
Wall Street
Capper
Detroit
Michigan Woods
Aaron
Atlanta
Virginia
Richmond
Texas
Hubby
St. Louis
NEA Service, Inc
Ike Moots
the Picture Palace
Chile
If Thepiga
Iowa
Washington County
C. C. Sommer
District Court of
Valid
Perons
Frances E. Wilson
Paul Kot
Homer van Horn
Wellman
Sound
McCormick
Deering
Thomas
Emerson
Oliver
John Deere
Emerson Gang
Black Hawk
H. P
Appleton &In
Burr
Herrick
Chase
Dunshee
D. BF. Macon
D. Crone
Lexington Missionary Ladies
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