Daily Market Reports Chicago Hog and Sheep Prices
Market closes 26 cents lower on all grades. Hogs estimated receipts 2000. cattle 2000. sheep 5500. Bulk sales 660 to 960. heavy weights 7.75 to 9.10. medium 8.60 to 9.50. light 8.60 to 9.25. Pigs 7.25 to 8.26. Official yesterday totals: receipts 16682 hogs 4967 cattle 14096 sheep 1117. Grain futures show Sept wheat 1.00 to 1.06. corn 0.60 to 0.69. oats steady. Livestock estimates Monday: hogs 40,000 cattle 21,000 sheep 25,000.
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Hoge Chicago
Chicago
Poland China Hog Sales Scheduled in Washington and Oct 10
Rept. 19 lists Poland China hog sales with Welch and Wagner of Washington and W. R. Gammon of Washington. The sale dates are October 10 and other listings show Poland China Hog Sales in Washington venues.
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Welch & Wagner
Washington
Poland
China
W. R. Gammon
Havner Denies Iowa Coal Price Fixing Amid Strike Fallout
No price fixing among Iowa coal operators Havner says. He supports governor's inquiry into alleged coal offering and notes losses from the strike must be added to production cost. Smith of the Iowa Coal Operators Association cites about 50 percent normal production as cold weather approaches.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. M. Havner
Pershing Coe Company
Havner
Endall
Mr. Havner
Lowa
Hayner
EB. C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators Association
Smith
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Curious Giant Cactus in Rincon Valley Defies Cut
In Rincon Valley about 18 miles from Tucson a giant Cereus cactus draws visitors as its summit deforms into a cauliflower shape. Locals refuse botanists head-cutting to solve the mystery while scientists suspect insect damage or a lightning strike as the cause.
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Rincon Vailey
Tuacon
Ark
Soybean Test Plot Ready for Inspection at Libe Farm
The soybean variety test plot on Karl Libe's farm will be inspected next Thursday afternoon September 7. Eleven varieties from the Experiment Station are compared to show which are best suited to livestock feeding and hay production.
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Karl Libe
Iowa
Mr. Libe
Transparent Eels Reveal Odd Spot Pattern
Government eel researchers in Washington study larval transparent eels noting seven black spots along the body. Three spots sit on the left and four on the right, yet when viewed through the body’s core, the seven align in a symmetrical row.
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Washington
Time signals sent by wireless to ships near Halifax
The Washington Star notes Canada set up a wireless time signal system at Camperdown near Halifax to broadcast the exact hour to ships within 200 to 500 miles so captains can synchronize chronometers with Greenwich time.
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England
Government of
Canada
Camperdown
Halifax
Washington Star
Guided by Electricity Radiogoniometer Maps Coastal Vessels
A French transatlantic steamship company tests Bellini and Tosi radiogoniometer tech. It allows locating an unknown vessel by two shore stations and plotting its course. Likewise a radiogoniometer equipped ship can find its position near the coast by two shore signals, aiding navigation in fog.
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Bellini and
Tosi
Reorganization plan outlined by U S Grain Growers leader
Secretary Cunninghay of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, newly elected president, explains the board reorganization amid a large debt and cautious aims. He emphasizes no utopian schemes, a producers selling agency, patient cooperation, and rehabilitation on sound business principles.
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Cunninghay
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
U. S. Grain Growers, Inc
Iowa
Chicago
Ilinois
Mid-West Farm Bureaus Committee
J W. Coverdale
American Farm Bureau Federation
W. S. Hill
South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation
C. H. Gustafson
Frank M. Myers
James K. Mason
Cunningham
Early Child Labor a Community Loss in Boston Area
A U.S. Department of Labor report on Working Children of Boston finds that allowing under sixteen to work harms education and citizenship. It links higher schooling to better wages, steadier employment, and longer earnings, noting many youths lack eighth grade completion and that most jobs offered little future training.
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Boston
U. S. Department of Labor
Children’s Bureau
Cambridge
Somerville
Chelsea
Mass
Roman brickwork echoes across medieval England
The article notes Roman building remains throughout Europe and compares brick sizes to modern tiles. It suggests English tilers, likely brickmakers, left enduring marks. It highlights two fine brick structures in medieval England at Hampton Court and Lambeth Palace, London.
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Europe
England
Wat Tyler
Hampton Court
Lambeth Palace
London
Cotton fabrics rise in price amid market pressure and strikes
The Chicago report notes rising demand for cotton fabrics as supplies thin. Prices are expected to climb with input costs, tariffs blamed by some, while western mills plan expansion and eastern mills face strikes. Building activity remains strong but speculative, labor shortages persist, and fuel oil use is forecast to grow.
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Chicago
West
East
Standard Oil Companies
Senate
Standard Oil
Europe
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Credited By Lake Woman
A Lake Michigan resident, Mrs Mary Sherman, reports relief from irregularities and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She urges others to consider the remedy when family doctors fail to help and signs the letter for publication.
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Mrs. Sherman
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lake
Michigan
Lydia F. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mary Sherman
Route 2
Lake, Mich
Butter from the Polician Fish in British Columbia
The Tielians and Alas kan people obtain butter from a six to eight inch fat fish called the polician. It spawns in rivers each summer like salmon. The fish is boiled in cedar vats after cedar log open nets, and the rising oil is skimmed to create a lard like butter stored in watertight cedar boxes.
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British Columbia
Alaska
Polician
Cleveland Burglary Tale Ended With Lost Silver Lesson
A prominent Cleveland man was awakened by noises, caught a burglar as he tried to pocket silver, and after forcing a promise to quit crime, released him. He later realized he had forgotten to reclaim his silver from the burglar’s pockets, a mishap the tale kept alive for years.
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Cleveland
Hit
Magistrate quotes peacemaker role amid street fight
A magistrate notes the arrival of a policeman ends the clash, framing the confrontation as a draw from that moment. The remark underscores law officers as peacemakers in ongoing street disputes.
Two Great Studios Used for Double Exposure Film
Norma Talmadge's Smilin' Through, the First National attraction at the Fox Theatre next week, uses day and night sets for remarkable double exposure photography. Filming drew on New York Long Island California locations with many interiors and exteriors shot in a constructed English village and garden. Leading camera men Charles Rosher and Roy Hunt, plus stars Harrison Ford Wyndham Standing Alec Francis Miriam Battista, support the production with James Ashmore Creelman and Sidney Franklin adapting the script.
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Norma Talmadge
Fox Theatre
New York
Long Island
California
Allen Langdon Martin
Jane Cowl
Norma
Sidney Franklin
Charles Rosher
Mary Pickfords
Miss Talmadge
Roy Hunt
Harrison Ford
Wyndham Standing
Alec Francis
Miriam Battista
James Ashmore Creelman
Mr. Franklin
Ireland
France
Iowa City Resists Illinois Coal Freight Increase
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids unite to contest higher Illinois coal freight rates. H F Sundberg of Cedar Rapids travels to Chicago to challenge the proposed rise as lacking Interstate Commerce Commission authority.
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Iowa City
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
H. F. Sundberg
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
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The
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Marion Ave
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