Chicago Markets Tense as Wheat Dips Amid Global Cables
Nervous trading in Chicago on April 29 follows a European supply drop and strong domestic weather. Wheat opened lower, then rallied as Liverpool firmness supported markets. Corn oats and provisions moved with mixed shifts and higher domestic demand. Cattle and sheep at the Union Stock Yards opened and closed dull, with weak undertones across beef, stockers, and lambs.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Union Stock Yards
Texas
Kansas City
Apt
Colorado
South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Toda
Wheat and grain prices and farm report from Des Moines
Des Moines farm bulletin notes strong seeding progress across Iowa with about 90 percent finished and oats shifted to corn in northwestern counties. Wheat prices listed for futures and cash markets. reports show favorable conditions, rising temps, and scattered frost impact. GEO. M. CHAPPEL, Field Director, Keetion.
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Des Moines
Geo. M. Chappel
Keetion
Hill Called to Hearings on Irrigation Costs
Secretary Lane invites James J. Hill to participate in next Thursday’s hearings on irrigation work and the relative costs and values of government versus private irrigation projects.
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Washington
Lane
James J. Hill
Building plan outlines five bedroom house with two stairways
An editor and builder describes a two story four to five bedroom home with 26 feet 6 inches by 41 feet 6 inches dimensions, front and rear stairways, a front hall to kitchen passage, a side grade cellar entrance, and a large central sitting room. The piece covers layout features, ventilation, and plan choices, urging careful planning and sturdy construction to suit family needs.
Delegates Attend National YWCA Biennial in Richmond
Miss Rachel Jones, secretary of the Richmond YWCA, returns from the national biennial convention held April 9 to 15 in Richmond. More than 850 delegates from across the United States attended, with highlights including a large pageant, addresses by notable leaders, and plans for the 1915 San Francisco exposition and future work in Africa.
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Rachel Jones
Richmond
Young Woman's Christian Association
United States
Louise Hornquest
Graham Taylor
John Timothy Stone
Raymond Robbins
National Woman's Trade Union League
Chicago
James G. McClure
McCormick Theological School of Chicago
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
National Board
Spencer
London
Mabel Crotty
San Francisco
Miss Crotty
Miss Dodge
Grace Dodge
Jessie Field
Gov
Mra. Mann
Patrick Henry
Africa
Miss Jones
South Africa
Jacksonville
Tampa
Florida
Murder charge filed against factory bookkeeper in girl’s death
Atlanta police continued the search for Mary Thagan’s killer as four men were detained. John M. Gant, a former book keeper at the National Pencil plant, was formally charged with murder. Detective Newt Lee, who found the body, was questioned again and offered no new information.
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Atlanta
Mary Thagan
National Pencil Company
John M. Gant
Newt Lee
Gant
Mrs. B. A. Bisbee Critical Ill After Leg Injury
Mrs. B. A. Bisbee, mother of Mrs. John La Barre, is critically ill at the La Barre home 903 Fifth street west after a broken leg last fall. Dr. care is constant. Mrs. Julia Kern and Miss Clara Kern, with Mrs. Ella Kirby, all of Aplington, Iowa, visited today.
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A. Bisbee
John la Barre
la Barre
Fifth Street West
Bisbee
Julia Kern
Clara
Ella Kirby
Aplington
Bugin Butter Sale Sparks Ely Markets Economy
A brief item notes a special sale of butter in Ely on April 29 with price listed at 30 cents a pound. Local merchants promote Sperialy AU butter to attract shoppers and boost daily trade.
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Ely, A
General Salazar reorganizes troops after Casas Grandes mutiny
General Inez Salazar reports reorganizing part of his command after a mutiny at Casas Grandes. About 200 federal soldiers remain, while 350 rebels under Col. Maximo Castillo joined Francisco Villa near Minaca, taking Salazar’s ammunition and supplies. General Wood departs Nogales for Tucson on a tour of Arizona.
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el Paso
Tex
Inez Salazar
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Maximo Castillo
Francisco Villa
Minaca
Salazir
Wood
Nogales
Ariz
United States Army
Tucson
Arizona
Washington
Rural Examinations Placed Across Townships
The eighth grade examinations slated for May 1 and 2 will be held at multiple locations with assigned supervisors. Listings include Back Hawk township Hudson supervised by Miss McElroy, Cedar Falls township No. 7 Miss E M Olson, Orange township Town hall Miss Mary Speicher, Poyner township Raymond Miss Lens, Custer Lincoln township No. 5 Miss May Murphy, Bennington township No. 5 Miss Shining, Fox township No. 4 Miss Ruth Beckley, Washington township No. 2 Miss Osa Lyle, East Waterloo township County superintendent's office Miss Myers.
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Back Hawk
Hudson
McElroy
Cedar Falls
E. M. Olson
Orange Township
Mary Speicher
Ruth Beckley
Washington Township
Osa Lyle
East
Waterloo
Misa Myers
Former Citizen Eccleston Dies in Waterloo Area
Mra Edwin Eccleston a longtime Waterloo resident who left the city more than thirty years ago died Saturday at her home in the West district. The obituary notes her prior prominence in local circles and her years of community involvement. Details of surviving relatives and funeral arrangements are not yet available.
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Edwin Eccleston
Waterloo
Palm Californa Woman to be Buried in Minnesota
The remains will be shipped to Austin Minnesota for burial. Relatives in Waterloo include Henry Eccleston brother in law and two sisters in law Misses Charlotte and Lavinia Eccleston of Summit Avenue. No particulars have been received in Waterloo. She wrote relatives on April 6 saying she was feeling very well. During residence in Waterloo she was a member of the Episcopal church. She was 70 years old and had been widowed twenty years.
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Palm
Cal
Austin
Minn
Buria
Waterloo
Henry Eccleston
Lincoln Street
Charlotte
Lavinia Eccleston
Summit Avenue
Waterlors
Eccleston
Th Episcopal Church
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Weather Crop Bulletin
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