Quotation Shifts in Wheat and Grain Markets
Wheat held firm in Chicago trading as supplies tighten and demand worries grow. News of limited U S and foreign stocks plus export shipping delays helped support prices while corn oats and provisions moved modestly. Regional price reports from Richmond New York Baltimore and Philadelphia reflect broad activity in fruits vegetables eggs and poultry alongside wheat related grains.
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Chicago
New York
United States
Washington Market Prices December Butter Eggs and Poultry
Washington reports current prices for butter eggs and poultry. Prices cover prints tubs hens toms old and young, dressed turkeys and chickens in multiple weight ranges with current receipts and wholesale figures.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago Cash Grain Wheat Prices Noted in Market Dip
Chicago cash grain report from December 14 shows No 3 red at 55 55 1 2 cents and No 1 hard at 55 1 2 cents. The brief listing records early bid prices for wheat futures and cash grades in the Chicago market.
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Chicago
RAT DIE Kills Rats and Mice in Pantry and Barns
An ad touts RAT DIE as a powder rodent killer that prevents odor from carcasses. It markets 50 cent size 3 oz for pantry kitchen and cellar and 75 cent size 6 oz for chicken houses coops and small buildings, sold and guaranteed by a local dealer.
Seed and grain prices from the old market report
The report lists corn varieties with No. 2 at 38 1 2 and No. 1 36 1 4, No. 3 white 36036 and oats No. 3 white 23024 3-4. Rye had no sales while barley reached 42 59. Timothy seed sold for 4 004.25 and clover seed for 13.500 16.00.
Wheat futures steady in Baltimore spot market
In Baltimore on December 4, No. 2 red winter wheat for domestic spot and December delivery traded around 59 1 2 cents with January bids noted, reflecting a quiet trading day.
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Baltimore
Grain Stems and Prices From Virginia Markets
Richmond reports a jumble of grain prices including No. 2 red winter and No. 2 white corn values for Virginia bag and car lots, with mixed and yellow varieties noted. Prices range roughly from 35 to 63 with multiple regional terms and lot classifications listed.
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Chmond
Virginia
Cattle Prices Steady in Baltimore and Chicago Markets
Baltimore 900 cattle and 250 calves offered with very slow dull activity and unchanged quotations. Jersey City reports all cattle directly consigned to packers. Chicago receipts 72 000 with 5 to 10 lower top at 4 20 for medium and light weights heavies to 4 15 and sows 3 50 to 3 85. Lancaster 1 200 cattle and 180 to 240 pound weights top at 5 50. Baltimore top at 5 05 for medium and light weights 4 80 hogs to 5 10 lower.
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Lancaster
Jersey City
Packers
Chicago
Baltimore
Market report shows cattle and sheep prices and bonds
Cattle and calves trading mixed with steers and veal varying by market. Chicago reports 21 000 cattle and 2 500 calves with top steer prices near 11.00 and heifers around 3.25. Sheep in Baltimore and Lancaster quiet with lambs 6.75 and ewes around 3.00. Government bonds in New York list various Liberty and Treasury issues with prices around 100.
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Baltimore
Lancaster
Pfair
N. Y
Chicago
Government
New York
U.S
Liberty
Treasury
Wall Street Quotes Firm Amid Rail Weakness Trade
Quotations show many NYSE issues holding firm while rails weaken. Baltimore and Ohio Norfolk and Western lead losses. British pound eases after opening. mid afternoon rate $3.44 per pound sterling. Prices include Allied Chem Dye 68 1/2 American Can 52 1/2 Am Tel Tel 122 1/4 American Tobacco B 71 1/2 Anaconda Copper 9 3/4 Baltimore & Ohio 15 Bethlehem Steel 21 1/4 Chrysler 123 4 Continental Oil 5 General Electric 25 1/4 General Motors 231/2 Kennecott Copper 9 Household 12 3/4 Mont Ward 7 National Biscuit 39 1/2 N W R R 115 Packard 4 Stand Brands 11 Stand Oil N J 29 1/4 U S Steel 41 Woolworth 40 1/2.
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New York Stock Exchange
Baltimore
Amer, Tel, & Tel
Amer. Tobacco
Balto. & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Cont
Oil
Del
Gen'l Electric
Gen'l. Motors
Kennecot Cooper
Llorilard
Mont. Ward
Nat'l. Biscuit
Late Roger Chew Will Leaves Estate to Two Sisters
The late Roger Chew of Charles Town West Virginia died in Washington and left his estate to his two sisters Miss Margaret P Chew and Mrs Christine W Roszel of Winchester. The will filed for probate at Charles Town contains six clauses detailing debt payments from real estate sales and allocation of personal property and real estate between the two sisters plus farm property divisions. Executors named are Miss Margaret P Chew and Attorney Forest A Brown.
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Roger Chew
Charles Town
W. Va
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Washington
B. M. Roszel
Winchester
Margaret Preston Chew
Louisa F. Chew
Standard Oil Company
Margaret P. Chew
Margeret P. Chew
Christine W. C. Roszel
Forrest A. Brown
Will dated September 30 1926 witnessed by three men
The will bears a date of September 30 1926 and shows signatures witnessed by W. F. Alexander A. L. Baylor and W. E. Fleming confirming the document.
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W. F. Alexander
A. L. Baylor
W. E. Fleming
Distinctive Shelving Ideas Using Colorful Linings
Simple bookcases can be made more distinctive by lining shelves with color. A contrast in shade may prove successful for any purpose, and small figured wallpaper linings are also very attractive.
Watermelon History From Africa to Asia
The watermelon originates in Africa and spread to India early, suggested by its Sanskrit name. It reached China around the tenth century AD and was likely unknown to Greek and Latin speakers before the Christian era.
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Africa
India
China
Regular Monthly Report of Frederick County Pupil Attendance
Miss Annie P. Starling, rural supervisor, presents the Frederick County pupil attendance for November. The piece highlights rural education gains discussed in Richmond and urges cooperation to improve attendance and the overall education program.
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Frederick County
Annie P. Starling
Richmond
Local Names List Reflected in Page Series
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals including Shanholtz Wymer Ambrose Clem Cougill Ping Stewart Boyer Clem Dellinger Guard Hottel Judy Mowery Pingley Henry Hottel Matthews Willey Williams Wymer Kline Carper Ritter Garrett Huffman Ridine Dellinger Costello Shull Willgy Rickard linger Baker Baker Bowen Bowen Cougill Dovell Fox Gruver Headley Huffman Keeler Kline Mowery Orndorff.
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Helen Mauck
Nevaline Vincent
Marthal
Ann Ebersole
Ethel Ruffner
Middletown
Edna Brumback
Anna V. Campbell
Mary Cooley
Ruth Keith
Rebecca Keeler
Helen Jenkins
Katherine Keith
Louise Pingley
Elizabeth Supinger
Boyd McDonald
Randolph Larrick
Bryarly
Douglas Bailey
Alex Brown
Julian Buncutter
Reuber
Fahnestock
Joseph Luttrell
Eugene
Lottie Castleman
Kathleen Catlett
Virginia Neal
Stephens City
David Hinkle
Loring Madigan
Ysabel Koenig
John Sandy
Leonard Luttrell
Harry Warren
Blakeley Ashby
Julia Steele
Gladys Hartley
Maxie Golliday
Catherine Maud
Billy Orndoff
Livilla Herbaugh
Emmett Secothorn
Sara Brumback
Louie Yancey
Frank Strode
Susie Shryock
McClure Rowland
Helen Painter
Mary Sandy
Ted Lemley
Clara Cooper
Walter Scothorn
Hazel Gragg
Arbutus Hiser
Bernice Orebaugh
James Sandy
Pauline Dovell
Hilda Boyd
Ralph Richard
Robert Boyd
Melvin Carbaugh
Henry Carbaugh
Billy Henretta
Garland Parker
Ray Rudolph
Robert Richard
Wilbur Richard
Carson Terault
Marvin Nelson
Vergie Colin
Mary Belle Orebaugh
Jane Hope Polhamus
Martha Richard
Kenneth Mowery
Nelson Clevenger
Audrey Kendall
Mildred Painter
Mary Clevenger
Francis Anderson
James Colvin
John Clevenger
Claude Carbaugh
Edward Covell
Dowston Riggleman
Earl Stout
Aubrey Shirley
Eugene Terault
Catherine Cooper
Mildred Clevenger
Alice Lemley
Anna Riggleman
Jean Smallwood
Ann Stickley
Gladys Terault
Victor Carbaugh
Dale Clemons
Alfred Guard
Billy Gardner
Charles Inskip
Charles Lemley
Melvin Sandy
Bessie Colvin
Severine Gardner
Teressa Kitchen
Zane Lillard
Allen Jones, Jr
Lee Roy Orndorff
Charles Orndorff
Pauline Hopewell
Zoe Lemley
Elsie Mae Painter
Reba Riggleman
Georgia Strosnider
Avery Warren
Dorothy Owens
Katherine Painter
Frances Scrivener
Rhodelle Whitacre
Ellis Adams
Robert Boden
William Boden
Charles Catlett
Harry McAboy
Floyd Painter
Clark Purcell
Ralph Shade
Herbert Shutts
James Summel
Samuel Swimley
Woodbine
Dorothy Auchstatter
Katherine Leight
David Leight
Robert Leight
DeKalb Russell
Mack Gordon
Sherwood Gardner
Ellwood Affleck
Virginia Ridings
Mary Judy
Chell Shanholtz
Kenneth Wymer
Mildred Ambrose
Mary Agnes Clem
Anna Cougill
Gertrude Ping
Dorothy Stewart
Keith Boyer
Melvin Clem
Russel Dellinger
Edward Guard
Harold Hottel
Keith Judy
John Mowery
Franklin Pingley
Pauline Henry
Helen Hottel
Margaret Matthews
Ruth Willey
Louise Willams
Grace Wymer
Clarke Kline
Alice Carper
Sadie Rhodes
Pearl Galliday
William Mowery
Richard Borden
Albert
Gladys Kline
Louise Kline
Louise Mowery
Margaret Mowery
Wilma Orndorff
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Show Upward Trade
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade rose through the session with demand from commission houses and some short covering. Futures closed Wheat December 55 1 2, May 59, July 57. Corn December 38 3 4, May 42 1 2, July 44. Oats December 25 1 4, May 26 1 2, July 25 1 2. Rye December 43, May 48, July 48 4.
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Sanaa
Chicago Board of Trade
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Baltimore Produce
Maryland
Penna
U. S
Grimes
Jonathans
Richmond Cash Grain
Ersey
W & Hibbs & Company
Hibbs Building
Washington, DC
Telephone National
Allied Chem. & Dye
American Can
Mr. Crew
Hristmas
Rapdine
the Commercial & Savings Bank
National Credit Association No. 1
Fifth Federal Reserve District
Watermelon’s Travels
Ery Lal Metyer
Hable
Thur
Kansas Crosen
Edward Murphy
John Holliday
Melford Holliday
Joseph Shade
Frances Crosen
Tennessee Crosen
Hazel Holliday
Mildred Holliday
Caterige Shade
Armel
Gladys White
Nannie Kibler
Myrtle Gardiner
Edith James
Cassell Biggs
Roy Gardiner
Vernon Snyder
Carl Foster
J. C James
Red Bud
Peggy Cornwell
Jean Cornwell
Harry Garrett
Mountain View
Richard Rosenberger
Charles Harbaugh
Lucilleson
Margaret Dodson
Ralph Frye
Cecil Jewell
Lee Fout
Nancy Harbaugh
Edna Snapp
Ralph Snapp
Henry Brumback
Frank Brumback
Marie Pifer
O'Leary Brill
Ruth Brill
Stella White
Anna Mauck
High View
Leon Greene
Lewis Grim
Lawrence White
Leonard White
Audrey Conner
Anna Lee Grim
Dorothy Hearley
Hazel Kerns
Virginia Luttrell
Catherine Ritenour
Audrey White
Marcella White
Marie Walter
Brucetown
Doris Adams
John Catlett
Mildred DeHaven
Jack McAboy
Horace McCarroll
Albert Messick
Curtis Neal
Emily Painter
Louise Shade
Gladys Shutts
Harold Adams
Florence Messick
Dorothy Swimley
Annati Scrivener
Emma Swimey
Howard's Chapel
Edward Shiree
Ralph Lamp
Essie Tayor
Mary Hodgson
Dunbar Sale
Dorothy Richard
Eva Richard
Hope Richard
Ella Smith
Rachel Smith
Little Mountain
Kinzie Grubbs
Georgia DeHaven
Frances Lewis
Julio Lewis
Betty Miller
Lew
Harold DeHaven
Mary Belle DeHaven
Georgie DeHaven
Mary Brown
Irene Brown
Chestnut Grove
Kenneth Loy
Harry Loy
Linwood Loy
Bessie Bowers
Retta Taylor
Essie Taylor
Armilda DeHaven
Mary Luttrell
Irene Kelly
Mount Airy
Oscar Bywaters
Earl Edmonson
Denzil Pawcett
Kernstown
Edward Berryman
Hunter Bolen
Melvin Chilcott
William Grove
Roy Rudolph
William Sager
Ward Snyder
Alice Berryman
Mary Bond
Virginia Jenkins
Helen Robertson
Jack Anderson
Harold Bolen
Paul Bolton
Clarence Conner
Edward Grubbs
Billy Grubbs
Donald Grubbs
Eugene Lupton
Walter Robertson
Paul Rush
Courtney Sargent
Betty Clark
Minnie Donald
Emily Grove
Helen Grove
Marjorie Grubbs
Virginia Omps
Alice Rush
Louise Sager
Lillian Snyder
Phillis Tavenner
Good Samaritan
James Hillyard
James Massey
Ralph Nesselrodt
Francis Schuller
Herbert Schuller
Edna Nesselrodt
Gore
Lillian Anderson
Edward Bedger
Annie Foltz
Garlandine Constable
Francis Linebury
Kenneth Linebure
Hugh Whitacre
Evelyn Foltz
Eva Foreman
Harry Morrison
Anne Riley
Harry Allenson
Frank Allanson
Gladys Barrett
Charles Cooner
Clarice Strosnider
Helen Hook
Illa Allanson
Junior la Follette
John Strosnider
Julia Link
Junior Carpenter
Fairview
Winaris Stotler
Kathleen Dick
Bobby MclIlwee
Edward Brannon
Elwood Stotler
Harold Mason
Dorthy Clark
Junior Dick
Harry Holliday
Leda Mae Unger
Linwood Brown
Joshua Place
Geraldine Carpenter
Shenandoah Vautey
National Banf
American Motorists Association
F. Shrvock
Ichicago
Hibbs & Company
Washington, D. CO
Market Report
Star
Ted
Remere
Alves
Farmers & Merchants
Apple Folks
Jeweler
M. B. Clowe the Diamond Store
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