Market Report Chicago March 15 Commodities and Livestock
Markets review bids for hogs cattle and sheep with steady to higher tendencies through the week Hogs top 8.05 with bulk 7.50 to 8.00 and sows 6.50 to 7.25 Cattle show strength in weighty steers up to 25 cents and lighter types rising price ranges bulk 9.25 to 12.50 with heifers 9.00 to 11.00 and beef cows 7.00 to 8.50 Beef bulls 8.00 to 8.35 Weaners 10.00 to 11.50 Sheep firm to 10 cents higher with choice light lambs 11.15 to 11.25 bulk lambs 10.85 to 11.10 western ewes 6.00 to 6.65 natives 6.50
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table shows mixed gains across crops
Chicago March 15 grain table lists wheat, corn, oats and soybeans with May June and September figures. Prices appear erratic with several entries showing slight gains and others flat or unchanged amid a turbulent trading day.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report Highlights Receipts
Chicago market data shows receipts at 20 167 cases with extras firsts 17s and current receipts 16 percent dirties 15 percent. This brief notes firm activity and quality indicators for the produce trade in Chicago.
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Chicago
Cash Grain Prices for Corn Oats and Soybeans
Cash grain notes list corn grades with percentages from 60 to 68 and mixed lots, oats with heavy and white samples and moisture-like figures, and soybeans showing small percentage ranges around 1.01 to 1.024 percent. The entry reads as a raw market price sheet with various lots and quality indicators.
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Chicago
Balbrigan's Textile Trade Noted in Ireland
Balbrigan in Ireland is noted for its stocking manufacture and also serves as a center for linen cotton and calico production.
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Balbrigan
Ireland
For Sale Pontiac Sedan with New Tires
For sale a Pontiac sedan with four new tires and a repainted rear area. The car runs well and is offered for 40 dollars. Call 184-0 for details and pickup.
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Pontiac
Penitentes Los Hermanos described as flagellant society
Catholic Encyclopedia notes the Penitentes Los Hermanos as a flagellant society among Spanish Catholic communities in New Mexico and Colorado and among native and mixed race groups. The discipline includes flagellation heavy crosses binding to crosses for hours and coordination of body tortures aimed at expiation of sin.
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The
Penitentes Los Hermanos
Penitent Brothers
New Mexico
Colorado
Victoria Cross worth half a million to collectors
The Victoria Cross is the British army’s most coveted medal, containing about three cents of bronze. Instituted January 29, 1856, about 1,101 men have earned it with claret red ribbons and Maltese cross from Crimea guns. Despite low intrinsic value, its rarity makes the total issued worth an estimated $500,000 as collectors’ items. Pensions are awarded to all Victoria Cross holders.
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Crimea
V. Cs
Smithsonian Seizes World Largest Gem Topaz Crystal
The Smithsonian Institution announced last year the acquirement of a topaz crystal weighing 153 pounds 350000 carats found in Brazil. It is believed to be the largest topaz ever discovered and now resides in the institution’s collection.
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Smithsonian Institution
Brazil
Boston Common's Open Ground Carved by 1640 Charter
Boston Common, as described in Edwin M Bacon's guide, rests on a 1640 town order reserving it as open ground. A city charter clause forbids sale or lease and later acts prohibit laying out highways or streets through it without citizen consent.
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Boston Common
Boston
Mass
Edwin M. Bacon
Somers mutiny executions stir public ire in 1842
In 1842 Philip Spencer son of the secretary of war was hanged along with Cromwell and Small for mutiny aboard the Somers under Captain Alexander Slidell MacKenzie. Spencer had a troubled college record and prior misdemeanors. The executions drew intense public attention and elicited writings from authors including James Fenimore Cooper.
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Philip Spencer
Somers
Cromwell
Small
Alexander Slidell MacKenzie
Spencer
James Fenimore Cooper
Down Argentine Way Opens With Ameche Grable Miranda
Technicolor spectacle at the Fox Theatre debuts Don Ameche Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda with eight songs in a 6 000 mile whirlwind production. Miranda sings four numbers while the cast includes Charlotte Greenwood Henry Stephenson J Carroll Naish Katharine Aldridge Leonid Kinskey and Chris Pin Martin.
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Fox Theatre
20Th Century-Fox
Alexander
Don Ameche
Betty Grable
Carmen Miranda
Buenos Aires
Hollwood
New York
Paris
Hollywood
Capitol
Mack Gordon
Harry Warren
Miranda
Victory film at State Theatre promises grand adventure
Throbbing with the full power of Joseph Conrad's story of strange love and exciting adventure in Java seas, Victory plays Sunday through Tuesday at the State Theatre. Paramount has brought together what may be considered perfect cast for this important picture. Fredric March and Betty Field are magnificent in absorbing roles. Also featured are Sir Cedric Hardwicke Sig Ruman Margaret Wycherly Jerome Cowan Fritz Feld Lionel Royce Rafaela Ottiano and others.
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Joseph Conrad
Java
Paramount
Fredric March
Betty Field
March
Miss Field
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Sig Rumann
Margaret Wycherly
Jerome Cowan
Fritz Feld
Lionel Royce
Rafaela Ottiano
Union Leader Joins NYC Bus Strike Picket Line
Michael J. Quill, president of the Transport Workers Union, is seen second from left on the picket line outside a New York bus garage as workers continue a strike. CIO unionists demand a 25 percent wage increase and improved conditions.
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Transport Workers Union
New York
Michael J. Quill
Heyst and Alma Face Invaders in Island Adventure
Chester Gan reviews a film adaptation of Conrad's novel. Fredric March as Heyst and Betty Field as Alma deliver strong performances in a tale of isolated love challenged by Mr Jones Ricardo and Pedro. The screenplay by John Balderston stays faithful to the epic, culminating in a tense defense against invaders.
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Mighty Pen
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Fredric Marek
Alma
Lue
Betty Field
Miss Pield
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Jones
Jerome Cowan
Ricardo
Lionel Royce
Pedro
Sig Rumann
Mr. Schomberg
Sourabaya
Margaret Wycherly
Fritz Feld
Girls’ Orchestra
Rafaela Ottiano
Wang
Heysts
Schomberg
Midway Col Sale draws buyers from multiple states
A large crowd attended the Thursday horse sale by Midway Sale Co. of Columbus Junction. Ninety-one head were consigned with ninety-nine sold to buyers in Pennsylvania Missouri and Michigan. The top team of matched sorrel mares sold for 300 dollars to Cal Blanchard of Louisa County. Single mares brought 80 to 135 dollars, top shipping gelding 117.50, overall average 65 to 95 dollars.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Michigan
Cal Blanchard
Louisa County
President warns against letting property rundown to save paint
The president of a large writing paper company argues that skimping on paint is short sighted. He says painting extends life of equipment and buildings and boosts natural illumination, reducing long term costs and improving working conditions.
Pasteur’s Fame Marked by Simplicity and Wealth Contrast
Observers note Louis Pasteur’s discoveries earned him fame and would have made him rich, yet he chose poverty to set an example of simplicity. T H Huxley argued the monetary value of Pasteur’s work could have covered France’s 1870 war indemnity to Germany.
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T. H. Huxley
Pasteur
France
Germany
Refuses to Indict Albaugh for Murder
DES MOINES The case of El mer Albaugh 16 charged with murder after he struck and fat ally injured his North High school manual training teacher was transferred from criminal court to juvenile court. The Polk county grand jury refused to issue an indictment on the murder charge. It recommended that manslaughter be the most serious charge considered. After a hearing in juvenile court on a manslaughter charge Albaugh may be paroled or sentenced to a term not exceeding five years until he is 21 years old in the state training school at Eldora.
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Des Moines
Elmer Albaugh
Polk County Grand Jury
Albaugh
Eldora
Shasta Daisy Production by Luther Burbank
The Shasta daisy was produced by Luther Burbank.
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Luther Burbank
Midway Sale Co Schedule and Public Sale Notice
Public sale announced by Emory Snakenburg on March 18 at the McLean farm one mile west of Fairfield on Highway No. 34 starting at 11:69. Weekly Journal and Community sales listed for Columbus Junction and city feed yard with rental ad for furnished rooms at 512 W. 151feed.
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Columbus Junction
City
Emory Snakenburg
McLean Farm
Fairfield
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