Hogs and cattle market reports with Florida safety device
Chicago market notes show hog receipts around 24 000 with prices up to 14 10 and mixed packer activity while cattle receipts near 4 000 and sheep demand steady. Florida announces a low cost grade crossing device using twin parkways and curbs to slow vehicles at railroad crossings with daytime signs and nighttime red reflectors.
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Chicago
Lorida
Gs Tallahasser
Fla
Florida State Road Department
Cottondale
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay
Livestock Estimates Chicago March 13
Livestock estimates issued in Chicago list hogs at 4 000 cattle 500 and sheep 3 006 for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Parisian beauty plan to abandon cosmetics for lasting rouge
A Parisian beauty proposes a radical cosmetic change promising permanent rouge via a guaranteed non fading liquid. The note suggests stopping one quart of varnish to achieve the effect.
Chicago grain prices report from March trading session
Wheat and corn prices listed for No. 3 hard through No. 6 mixed and yellow grades. Oats, rye, barley, timothy and clover seeds quoted with ranges. lard and rib market items also shown for Chicago as of March 13.
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Chicago
Wheat Prices Fall on Liverpool Setback and Rain
Chicago March 13 Wheat moved to 1.71 a bushel for May as Liverpool weakness and rains boosted crop hopes abroad and with large ocean supplies weighing on futures. Evening prices dipped to 1.76 1/2 to 1.79 1/4 before partial recovery, while oats and provisions trailed due to wheat weakness.
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Chicago
Sime
Liverpool
Ocean
Europe
Inventors Encouraged to Submit to Prize Competition
London reports the Institute of Patentees offered prizes of 50 dollars, drawing 152 amateur inventors and about 500 submissions. Four major winners were named for a kettle lid that never falls off, a portable fire, a relativity based rotoscope for gauging speed, and a machine for bending rods and tubes. Sir William Grey-Wilson leads the institute and showcases clever crafts, including a henhouse device using corn grains to trigger a door release.
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London
England
Institute of Pantentees
William Grey-Wilson
Thhe Institute
Birth of the Shilling Five-Pence Coin Tradition
An Anglo Saxon coin valued at five pence with a cross, known as a scylling from skill to divide, enabled breaking into four pieces. This gave rise to the modern term shilling.
32 Percent of 1924 Corn Crop On Iowa Farms
Des Moines reports the 1924 corn crop left on Iowa farms as of March 1 1926 is 32 percent or about 70 273 000 bushels below the 1924 total 167 794 000 bushels stock on farms contrasts with 215 250 006 on March 1 1922.
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Des Moines
Leslie
Carl
United States Department of Agriculture
M. G. Thornburg
State Department of Agriculture
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa
Lowa
Iowa J
Iowa Banks Stockholder Assessment Bill Amended
State act amends Code 9248 to raise the lien from ten to thirty and to require personal service. It adds that if stock sale proceeds do not cover the assessment, the stockholder is personally liable for the deficit to be collected by suit in the bank’s name. Immediate effect from publication in Des Moines Register and Washington Evening Journal. Approved March 10, 1925.
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General Assembly
State OF
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Des Moines
Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Insulate Pliers Handles To Prevent Electrical Shock
A simple method to avoid electric shock is to insulate the handles of pliers by sliding heavy wall rubber tubing over each grip. The note suggests this quick home fix and mentions an automobile advertisement as a small example.
Puzzle Craze Reaches Italy From United States
Rome reports the crossword puzzle craze has entered Italy from the United States, spreading through Britain and France. The puzzle, titled parol e incruciate, promises weekly editions with 32 000 lire in prizes and features both eight letter and multi direction entries.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Europe
Alps
Balkans
British female offenders more habitual than men in Britain
London reports that 83 percent of women admitted to prison in the year had prior convictions, versus 62 percent of men. Over 1,000 women had 11 to 20 previous convictions and 2,886 more than 20. Total sentenced prisoners numbered 58,216, down from 60,882. Convict prisons 468 sentenced to penal servitude.
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London
Great Britain
Commissioners of Prisons
James Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Attitude Shifts Improve Prison Spirit According to Officials
The text notes a change in authorities toward inmates fostering a better spirit within prison communities. It suggests that softened treatment may promote relative harmony and cooperation among prisoners and staff.
Removing Iron Stains with Lemon Juice and Sun
Lemon juice and salt can remove stubborn iron stains when applied and allowed to dry in sunlight. Repeating the process increases effectiveness as the treated fabric exposes stains to sun and acidity.
Spiders Cannibals Eat Their Young In Nest
A fragment notes that among five hundred or more young spiders in a nest only a few survive to emerge, highlighting extreme cannibalism.
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Hell
Maria
Serre
Daily Market Reports
Chicare Livestock
Chicago Grain
Hos
Rye
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
F. P. Hayes
West Monroe Street
R.L. Stephens
Ainsworth
Livingston and Dougherty
Wellston
L. B. Martin
Crawfordsville
Washington Produce Markets
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Marion Ave
John A. Babcock
Exchange Commission
Ward
Lelanois
Chicago Cash Grain
The
Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Iowa Live Stock Commission Co
Chicago Yards
W. D. Stricker
Glidden
Bushnell
Cascade
A. W. McConnell
Ains Worth
Chamberlain
W. S. S. Broadcasting
Hiluebird
Robin
Washington County
McDowell
J. Ro. McDowell
Warren
E. Bb. Hammer
Leggers
Charles Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Warren’s Seed Store
Medas Relief Farm
Farrow
Albert Janacek
Livingston & Dougherty Corp
Magoon
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