Speculation Pushes Corn Prices Higher Amid Weather Delays
In Chicago on May 7 the corn market rose 10 cents a bushel as speculative buying surged. A Chicago broker reportedly traded 1,000,000 bushels in an hour amid wet planting delays and fears of limited stocks. Wheat and oats also rose, while provisions fell. Traders expect demand from the south west and midwest to tighten Chicago supplies with possible flood-related shifts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Canada
North America
Europe
Kansas
Grave Escape Mystery of Gruver Meadows Case
Granting a tale of Gruver Meadows who vanished from the Blue Ridge area after killing his wife Salina and hired hand Stanton Dean in 1925. Reports hold he fled to Detroit using buried money and possibly returned by night for funds. He surrendered later in Harrisonburg after evading capture for years.
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C. W. Dore
Rockingham
Malone
Greene
Meadows
Blue Ridge
Marion
Blue Ridge Mountain
Detroit
Salina Meadows
Stanton Dean
Bine Ridge
Greene-Rockingham
Ern Hill
Spotswood Trail
Deane
Swift Run
Harrisonburg
Sheriff Dove
Meadows Convicted of Murder in Greene County Court
Two months after the crime Meadows was tried and found guilty of murder in Greene County circuit court. The insanity plea saved him from the electric chair though the jury initially favored death by 11 to 1. Legislature debated Meadows escape from Marton institution and considered tightening rules on trusties. Dr Harman defended the prison, arguing overcrowding and misjudged insanity among inmates.
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Meadows
Greene County
Marton
General Assembly
Area News
Early
Senate
Dr. Harman
Marion County
Sunday Church Schedule with Leaders and Sermon Topic
The bulletin lists services including Sunday school at 9 46 a m and morning prayers at 11 with an address by Leon C Palmer national secretary of the Bishops Crusade. An afternoon meeting with Mr Palmer for the men follows at 2 30 p m and a 8 p m evening prayer and sermon on Progressive Revelation.
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Leon C. Palmer
Bishop’s Crusade
Palmer
Stephens City M E Church Rev James A Johnson Sunday Schedule
Stephens City M E Church South led by Rev James A Johnson presents Sunday activities at 10 a.m. a sermon at 11 a.m. on The Christian Home and 8 p.m. Epworth League. Refuge Sunday school at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. sermon Thy Mother. Stephens City session has Sunday school 9 45 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Epworth League with an 8 p.m. sermon The Mother’s Day.
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Stephens City
M. E. ‘Church
South
James A. Johnson
Kernstown
Epworth League
Refuge
Reverend Bush to Miss Sunday Services at First Baptist
Illness of Rev. M D Mitchell forces Rev C C Bush to skip announced sermons at First Baptist Church Sunday. He will instead conduct services at Braddock Street Methodist Church South. Rev W H Lamp 211 will preach at 11 a m at First Baptist.
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C C. Bush
First Baptist Church
M. D. Mitchell
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. H. Lamp- 211
St Paul A M E Church Seeks Worshipers Sunday
The St Paul A M E Church on North Loudoup Street invites all to attend services. Preaching at 11 a.m. by the pastor, Sunday school at 2 30 p.m. Evening service and Mother's Day observance at 8 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all who desire to worship with us.
John Mann M. E. Church Colored Program and Services
The John Mann M. E. Church Colored on East Cork Street hosts a Mother’s Day program with church school at 10 a.m. tied to the program until noon. Epworth League ends the program at 7 p.m. and at 8 p.m. the Odd Fellows and Household of Ruth will hear a Thanksgiving sermon by the pastor. Public invited.
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John Mann
M. E. Church
East Cork Street
Horace A. Johnson
Epworth League
Odd Fellows and the
Household of Ruth
Overcrowded Short Interest Pushes Oil Stocks Higher
New York May 7 The stock market resumed and surged as an overcrowded short interest in many issues, led by oil shares, backed by easy credit and pending company news. General Motors Mack Trucks and Hudson hit new highs while Magnolia Petroleum helped oil gains amid wider market optimism.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors
Mack Trucks
Hudson
Paige-Detroit
Graham Brothers
U. S
Colorado
Magnolia Petroleum Company
California
Brooklyn Edison
Detroit Edison
Laclede Gas
Married Same Bride Twice In 23 Years
The Rev. J. H. Parlett officiated at the marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop to Mr. John H. Triplett at the bride’s mother’s home in Light, Virginia. About twenty friends attended the ceremony and wedding supper. Mrs. Triplett is the widow of the late Mr. Bishop, whom Rev. Parlett married twenty three years ago last month.
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J. H. Parlett
Elizabeth Bishop
John H. Triplett
Susa and Clark
Light
Triplett
Mr. Bishop
Mr. Parlett
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New Castle
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Cleveland
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National Ave
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May
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