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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Mersenthaler Linotype Company, quarterly
OF 2h per cent: payable September 80 to
stock Of record September 3.
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. quarterly of 2 per cent payable Dc
tober Is to stock OF record September 90
Ajax Rubber Company. quarterly Of 81 So
payable September is to stockholders Of
record August 80.
Colorado Power Company. quarterly of
~ per cent on preferred. payable Sep
tember IS to stock Of record August 80
Cuban American Sugar Company. quar-
terly OF eh per cent on common and ~
TO stock OF record September Is.
COMO Lumber Company. Inc. a. dividend
at the rate OF per cent per annuhn on
first preferred. covering the period from July
1919. to August 81. 1919 payable Sep
tember 10 to stock OF record August 20.
Republic Iron and Steel Company. quar-
terly OF III per cent on common. payable
November 10 holders of record October 10
and quarterly OF ~ per cent on preferred,
pabal octobe to holders Of record Septcm-
Der Is,
South Penn Oil Company. quarterly of 81.
nayable September 80 to stock of record
September 10.
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Refined sugars Unehansed

New York, Aug. 2o.--Conditions
generally in the refined sugar market
are unchanged. All refners continue
out of the market SO far as new bust
ness is concerned, but in well Informed
quarters the opinion prevails that the
arrival of raws this week and the be-
ginning of next week will be sufficient
to enable all refners to resume melting
at their normal capacity. Prices are
unchanged at 9c, less 2 per cent for
fine granulated. Raws also are un-
changed at T.2sc for ninety six degree
centrifugols.
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NEW york COFFEE MARKET

New York, Aug. 20.--At the decline
in the coffee market this morning trade
interests were buyers and this steadicd
the market after the close with upward
reactions of or points noted in some
of the more active months.
reports, Santos seems inclined to hold
out on firm offers, but trade operators
are inclined to the belief that damage
has been very small, II any, and point
to the recently sagging market for
Santos futures.
The local spot market was quiet this
morning, with Rio rs held at 21%.
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BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE

Now York, Aug o0.-BUTTER-steady
Receipts, 1901 tSSs; High,sooTbiRF; b N seh Q
seconds. 50 @ SIC: state dairy. $50 55he.
EGGs-,steady. Receipts i5, 800 cases
FrsshEsthssed sstrs ssce 9Sss; sfSsSas
frsts ~ abcc; dirties No /, 80 @ 4oci No z
so q ssc; checks, "a q 8sc; undersrades, ESQ
and nearby hennery whites SO a DOC: gath
cred whites 90 a 80c; western whites 500
87c. outside; western and southern gathered
whites, 46g65c: state and nearby hennery
sac sac; fair to prime, $50 62c .
CHBEsE-steady. Receipts, 327s boxes
Tst SrreG make aO0TsS awsTsse wSs rSR
age run 20h % 30e: colored specials. 30h q
ale: white specials. 30@3ic.
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No Money Orders to Germany

Many inquiries are received at the
Central Postofice concerning the send
ing of money orders to Germany. Po'
land, Rumania, Austria and other coun-
tries by relatives Of residents of these
countries who are desirous of both send
ing and receiving money. Timothy
Keehan. in charge of the money orders
at the Central Postofice, said that no
money orders will be sent to these coun-
tries until they have stable govern
ments which are on a firm financial
basis.
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, Aug. 2O.-There was only
limited request for spot cotton today
with prices firm on the basis of an ad.
vance of A points for middling at 1S.60d.
The sales were 1000 bales. The receipts
were 472OO bales, all American. Fu-
lures were steady in the early dealings.
Spot prices were: American, middling
fair. 21.13d; good middling, 19.70d ;
fully middling 1020d middling,
S.6Od; low middling, 16.S5d; good
ordinary, 10 pod and ordinary. 14.67d.
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Probe Jersey STORAGE

Trenton, Aug. 20.-To obtain further
data upon which to base a vigorous
warfare upon food hoarders and prof.
teers in New Jersey, the State De-
partment of Health has appointed Ar
thur wigley. of Skillman, as an inves-
tigator of cold storage warehouses, and
he will start upon his work at once.
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New York Metal Market

New YORK; YORK; SSsSss. SSs. 2oasScSppsE spo, and d
SsE EfS?' e: oc,o5er 1 2a 2sH e. NoSemher "a q
2s% c; December 23h @24: January, 23h a
s asfsf XSaus Ta a cad c s.pte% teSs
her. n.so@5; s5c: October. h.S5c bid; Novem-
was Arm spelter. East st. Louis-snot
and August. 7%c asked; sentember, T.70c
n i. s5c: December. 7.7O67.aO. Market quiet
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STERLING DOWN AGAIN
Demand Drops Almost Five Cents to
$4.t4

New York, Aug. 20.--British ex-
change fell to a new low record to-
day, sterling dropping almost FIVE cents
to S4.14. Paris demand bills fell to
ST. francs to the dollar and demand
lires to 91a.
Reports that the French Government
Is negotiating for an American loan
of S1Oo, 900 900 to 5000, 200, 900 for the
purpose of stabilizing its credits in this
market lack confirmation.
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CAPTURES Giant Heron

Measuring six feet in the spread Of
the wing, a giant blue heron was cap
tured by "Gus" Escher, Third avenue
and Lester street, EssinEton, and pre-
sented to the Zoo. The specimen
stands about FIVE feet high, its legs are
two feet long, and it has a long, skinny
neck surmounted by small head with
a top knot, which 1t ruffs up when ex :
cited.
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Domestic Shares FIabby - Grand
Trunks React From Top

London, Aug. 20.-International Sc
curities were unsettled again on the
stock exchange today and the group was
depressed by the withdrawal of the
treasury's prohibition of transactions in
foreign held descriptions. Oils were
heavy. Shell Transport and Trading
was 9-16.
Some mining issues were weak. Do
nestle shares were fabby and Grand
Trunks reacted from the top. Heavi-
ness prevailed in Mexicans. Trading
was dull, with the markets still with
out a leader, although, on the whole,
the undertone was steady.
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WOULD REIMBURSE KAISER
PrussIan Cabinet Bill Proposes to
Civ. Him 40, ,ooo, 900 Marks
ToNoPAH STOCKS

Berlin, Aug. 2O.-(By A. PA
bill has been submitted to the Prussian
cabinet which provides that ITO ,000, 900
marks shall be given to the former EN-
peror William as total settlement for
the civil list he lost through forced
abdication," according to Weimar
dispatch IN the Freiheit.
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LONDON METAL MARKET

Now York, Aug. 2o.-Cable advices re.
morning quoted prices in I.ondon: Tin. spot.
f214 los; futures; f26a los, up 90 los for
and futures. $50 tens. Standard copper.
spot. flO0 l5s. both up l5s; sales. spot. l00
futures $50 tons. Electrolytic, spot. fl0R
futures, fl2O. up f2 for both. Lead. spot.
f24 lis Sd: futures: f25 los. both OF Is I'd.
Spelter. spot f4o los; futures. t4l los. of
los for both
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New York. Aug. 20.--Further px.
tensivc declines in rates for foreign OK.
change prompted selling of cotton today
and prices broke sharply. October fell
to 30.07. or rs points under the close
of yesterday.
Sentiment was extremely unsettled.
with general disposition to even up
accounts. pending developments in the
exchange situation and the thrcatcncr
strike Of steel workers.
Advices from the South reported an
almost total absence of demand for
export, while some shippers were said
to be trying TO resell, to mills in the
East. lots of the staple that had been
purchased to be sent abroad.
Exporters here declared that it was
impossible to conclude any new foreign
business; that this had been the case
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Reserve Banks Discount Rates

Official discount rates at the twelve
Federal Reserve banks were as follows: !:
(The first column gives rates for oil
periods up to and including n fifteen
day maturity; the second for a period
of sixteen to ninety days. The third
and fourth columns give the rates for
rcdiscounts of collateral loans secured
by government bonds or notes.)
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SHELLS BLOW 2 TO BITS
Five Others, Including Philadelphia,
Injured at Aberdeen Proving Plant

Baltimore. Md. Aug. 20.-(By A.
P.)-Two laborers were blown to pieces
and FIVE seriously hurt yesterday
at the Aberdeen proving grounds
when box of experimental supersen-
sitive thirty seven millimeter shells.
which was being carried by the two
men, exploded.
The dead are James King, of Balti-
more, and Thomas J. Odonoghue. Low
ell. Mass. The injured are John Buck
ley, West Philadelphia Hug Lyon,
Freepcrt, Ill. w. J. Begley. La Sale,
ILL.,; Bernard Wess, Aberdeen, Nd,
and James A. Gushing, Chillicothe, Ill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
GOVERNMENT SALE
OF (NEW) RAILROAD
PICK HANDLES

147,eo0-s6 inches long. Sealed
bids will be opened 10 A. NJ,
September 2, 1919, at Zone Sup
ply Office, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Particulars: Special bid forms
can be obtained at above Office or
Zone Supply Office, attention
Surplus Property Officer, Phila-
delphia, Pa. Refer to S. P. d.
No. 277 GS.
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MoNEY.LENpINe RATES

NEW Y0RK-Money on call. mixed
collateral, opened at 4 per cent; high.
O. low. s. last. g closed, 5R and o.;
ruling rate. per cent. IndustrialS
opened at ~ per cent; high. So {;
low. 41s,; last. 6; closed. q and 6h2 :
ruling rate, 5la per cont.
The easier tendency In the money
market continued today. Time funds
were in fair supply at the per cent
figure quoted yesterday on both mixed
loans and industrials and demand was
not urgent
Prime mercantile paper is 5h a d519
per cent, with a moderate local inquiry.
Bank acceptances of the first class
were favorably influenced by the current
low rates for call money.
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AlDPTI u NuChtl lui'hoF'N
New York Cotton Exchange seat for
S24 900 from William Mitchell. making
the fourth seat the latter has sold. The
last seat brought 500 900. but the two
previous sales were at S2i.OOO, which
is the record price.
Petition for holiday on the Satur-
day preceding Labor Day has been cir
culatpd on the New York Cotton EX-
change.
The New York Stock Exchange has
received notice from the Stutz Motor
Car Company of America. Inc. OF the
I.rroposed increase in the number of
shares from $1,000 to 100000.
The National Conduit and Cable
Company has issued an estimated in
come account for six months ended
June 80. which shows loss for the
period of S643 .296, as compared with
loss of 1904. .46s for the correspond e
| ing six months of 1918.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
many. in it's report for the quarter
ended June 80. showed surplus, after
charges. taxes and sinking fund. of
SG2T ,154, equivalent after preferred
dividends. to Sill a share earned on
the S34 .235 800 common stock. as com
psred with a surplus of $401 1884. or
81 .O5 share. for the quarter ended
March 81. In the corresponding quar-
ter of 1918 the company's surplus
amounted to $1,700,170, equivalent to
81 S5 n share on the common stock.
Arbitraging operations with New
York are still prohibited by wartime
rules on the London Stock Exchange.
Partial removal of this provision is ex
nectcd soon to follow the lifting of the
han op importation OF securities.
The New York Subtreasury gained
so95 O0o from the banks yesterday
making q cash net gain since Friday OF
$5, ,423, 900.
Subscription for United States Az
nor cent treasury certificates of indcbt =
edness, Series B, 1920, dated August
IL. 1910. and maturing January 10.
1920. will close at the close OF business
Thursday, August u.
The committee on securities of the
! New York Stock Exchange rules that
Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha Railway Company common and
preferred stocks be quoted ex-dividend
August 20.
II is announced that the Guaranty
Trust Company of New York and the
National City Company have underwrit-
ten an offering to stockholders OF
so $3.50 900 per cent preferred stock
Of the Proctor & Gamble Company, OF
Cincinnati. Common stockholders OF
record August 30 will have the privi-
lere of subscribing to the new preferred
stock.
Directors of the Ajax Rubber Com
pany have authorized issuance of 36. =
600 shares of treasury stock to be of
fered to stockholders for subscription at
$40 a share. The proceeds will be used
in enlarging the company's business.
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BUSINESS NOTES

According to n statement made by
government official in Washington the
net proceeds of the sale of $4,000, 900
yards of surplus cotton goods held in
this city recently were 40 per cent
of the original cost of. the merchan-
disc.
The derby hat promises to receive a
new lease of popularity next fall and
winter. If orders from hatters arc in
dicativc. Manufacturers state that re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20

Chicago. Aug. 20.--The corn market
was rrratic today. A stronger start
with offerings limited, was followed by
increased pressure under which the mar
kct weakened. Influenced by further
severe losses in foreign exchange. Sub
scqucntly there was a sharp rally, but
top figures were not held. Commission
houses were good buyers at times.
Traders were nervous and the volume VI
business was moderate.
The receipts were small and offerings
from the country were light. but
weather and crop adviccs were favor
able. Inherent stability in the cash
article was dwclt upon by the bulls.
Oats also were irregular. Dealings
were mostly local, with larger operators
active on both sides of the market. Ex-
port prospects were unfavorablc, owing
to the drop in foreign exchange.
/ Crop news showed no improvement
thrcshing returns revealing light weight
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BAR SILVER

Commercial bar silver was quoted in
New York today at $1.10 an ounce, a
decline of 11ac. In London. the quota
ton was 1sd higher. at 59Bd.
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SECURITIES AT AUCTION
The following securities were sold at
auction today by Barnes & Lofland:

a. weik in the estate CT Karoiina
welk deceased srr;f-Kt:s ss1rir;sf-Kt:s;''''''''''. 100
IL Msnayunk National Bank; par ,oo
Fourth Street National Bank; par Wv Wv
10 Fourth Street National Bank; par ~
% r,rSts f1So to subscribe to Commercial 'Zo
Trust Company. o $500 ....' s5
ar'Ef1s y,t to cSSpanS :gSssrse q
rights to subscribe to Commercial
Trust Company. O 5000. SAY
SO rSf1s rSst to sS9ssrSe t ,soo
33 rights to subscribe to Commercial
Trust Company. q 5000. 80. "a
iPrSSiSsnt pSns! pat LII .ioS Snd Trust Com. .so
90 Peoples Trust Company; par $50. 40
TEnipire Title and Trust Company;
par $50: paid s25. ........... 2oh
0dusTST.ee GIT Trg;t Company nSr s;oo At 10,
81 Mine gili ard Schuylkill Haven
Railroad Company: par $50. 5lt
"a East Pennsylvania Railroad Com
ristown Railroad Company. 1Isi
10 PlhiIsdelpSsiia povrse ] common: g,
John d. Stetson Company COM
mon. par 800. ......".; $40
aS Pennsylvar!a Cold storsEe sEe and %
2t Union Transfer Company; par s25 12i
1000 sp9kane Mining Company; par q,
2loo Monte Gcriis;to oil and Development t ~
BONDS
$1,000 North Pennsylvania R. r. Com
Janu,ry and July; due 1898. 7sl
500 Csi0o> Wayne Coal Company. q
per cent: first mortgage: cou-
pons March and September:
due 1887 III
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SELLING MOVEMENT
SENDS COTTON DOWN
Declines in Foreign Exchange
Rates Responsible for Break.
Sentiment Unsettled
COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS

New York. Aus. 20. The following tom
perstures we're recorded in the cotton belt
"a; NicksburE Macon. Augusta and At
lanta. 10: Shreveport. Little Rock Thorn
asville. Savannah and Wilmington, 70:
San Antonio. Fort Smith. Memphis New
orleans. Charleston and Tampa a: Pen
sSc9ia sSr,L,, and Jacksonville !G, Corpus
Christi, IS; Galveston. So. The follow
ing preciptaticns were recorded Jack.
sonville. .O2; Thoma svilie, .n4; Galveston
.n6 Wilmington. .0S Charleston, 80;
New Orleans. so; Savannah. POS.
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POULTRY

.LrvE-The market ruled arm at the lat.
advance, with demand absorbing the lin
tied offerings: Quotations: Fowls. via ex-
press. s793sc; spring chickens, broilers,
not Leghorns. yellow-skinned. weighing ~
@2 lbs. apiece, 8s@4oc; do, broiiers. not
I,eghorns. yellow-skinneds weighing IDiH
ibs apiece, ss@s7c; white Leghorns. yei.
low,skinnsd; weighing l% o. lbs: apiece. So
@84o; do. do. smaller sizes. 80 a 32c; Toost
sr,: ssS24s; = SSskS s%i spring. $o@s2c; DO,
2e@2se; pigeons. old; Per pair. 400 45e;
DRESSED was In fair demand and firm
under light offerings; The. quotations. Fowls,
4 lbs. and over Apiece, Ain 9; weishins ~
smaller sisss ss SIC; fresS-kiiisd. n iSSSSSso SSIs
fancy dry.picked. weishlns I lbs. and oyer
ssc; wsishihs 8 lbs. apiece. st0ssc; sms ilsr S
broiiers. Jersey. choice. 4s@Soc; other near.
western. IS q sSc; spring ducks. nearby. Sec
sSusss ystsa ,ySeissSins i@L1 lbs Pr
. iss' per dozen. IT5oGs. .2S; do. DO %eisSins
iSs. P:f x, dgssh. a;So5S e; a. a. a. welsh;
$l.B0Q225; small and No. . B0c 6DSa
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GOVERNMENT SALE OF
TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION
MATERIAL

900 pairs climbers; ITO payout
reels; 400 belts; 1000 clamps;
1881 kits. Sealed bids will be
opened 10 A. M, September 2,
1919, at Munitions Building,
Surplus Property Division,
Washington, D. c. Particulars,
special bid forms can be OBJ
tanned at above Office or Zone
Supply Office, attention Surplus
Property Officer, Philadelphia,
Pa. Refer to S. P. D. No.
6S6 ME.
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Philadelphia Markets
GRAIN AND FLOUR

wHEAT-Receipts. 2o1, ,0o7 bushels. The
market was quiet but firm. We quote: No. 1
!sd. winter, ;S;ss: No; no5thsyg sgrinsi;
winter, .saricky. .2.s7; No: / red smstty.
No: 2 RED winter. s2.9e; No. ? northern n
Sa sR5ns red i2aS iSie 10 :arcS hsrd ,n's No
s1nn,,y smvt,y' So s2as; No ? red sarlieky and
coRN-Receipts. 1880 bushels. Offerings
there was not much doing. We quote yel-
and legation. at s2;I2@2,15 per bushei;
was quiet but prices ruled steady under
igst offerings GRote lots Is tS
white, 50 SSos: No. : White, ss@soc:' No
:, FtoUR;IRecsigts. 25 bbls. and s7o. osa
lbs In sacks. Little doing and prices NOM
inally unchanged. Quotations: To arrive
ssr sr,Fs ,s iSs IN l40S 0e1 1Hts SHS Winter
BY. new s10@1O.25; Kansas straight. new
sl1@1l. .25; Kansas short patent. new
sll;5o@1i rs; spring. short patent: old, sI3
9eT 'id6SS11 So Dc 1nSo rst clear ne old. 1925
RYE FLOUR was dull and barely steady
We quote at ss.359s.50 per barrel. in sacks
As to quality.
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BANK ClEARINGS

Bank clearings today. compared with cor
responding day last two years:
1919 1918 1917
Boston .s54. 440.5 SIT $is5 .sS7 s34.I42. .74O
y y. 100. 8.a27.l1+ A70I9. $40 4S2. S71 III
Phila.. 74.l3l,475 rs, 308.03i 5l,2Sl,78l
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CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS

Chicago. Aug. 20. - BUrTER-Receipts
S07S tubs.
EGGS-Receipts. II. .OG0 cases Market un-
changed. No session today on account Of
picnc
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LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS

Chicago. Aus. O.--HoGs--Recelpts, IL
900 head. Uneven. but mostly 2ac higher
hesHyy, SsH ye;fsg ,issSg - $St medium, ;,ss$S3i:
hssS fcssS Gffki9f GsissS SS f2E' S%G0's STss
cATTLE.Reeeipts. $4,000 bead head. SLOW.
tie; calves steady with yesterdays close;
Feeders steady top steers p 10 O. GsSt ms
dum and good. sio 500 10: common, slo4
i2.7O lisht weisht, sood and choice ut9
hcifers. ST. i25dlS; common. s725dl3.7S;
calves, s19. 80 q 90 So
SHEEP-ReceIpts, %. 600 head Native
to city butchers SITES; prac ctical top. ,N7.ho;
western steady to shade lower. YIN PAID.
sI535
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for several weeks and that the only
cotton going forward is on old con.
tracts.
The close was finally steady at a net
decline of IS to 6J points.
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CHEESE-There was little trading and
prices favored buyers. Quotations: New
York and Wisconsin. whole,mik flats. cur
higher; New York and Wisconsin, whole.
milk nats. current make. fair to good, sO@
BUTTER-There was a fair dSmard ,or
desirable table grades and the market ruled
firm under light offerings. The quotations
cry :, extras, 57c: higher scoring goods,
bs eoe, the latter for jobbing sa.ss: extra
onds. b0852c; sweet creamery. choic. 10
fancy. 80 981c; do. fair to good 54@Ssc;
fair TO choice. 52GSic o-Vo'e'
EGGs-F'ine stock continued scarce and
nrn1. Supplies were mostly Of unattr "a ctiye
invoices. which were dull and unsettied.
The quotations follow: Free cases. nearby
SIS. so per crate; current receipts that viii
grade. s15; fair to good. $4,000 il 90:
western extra hrsts. SIS. 80 per case; frsts;
S14.40Q1b; nearby and western seconds
$40. .so@12.6o: fancy selected eggs jobbins
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CORN TURNS ERRATIC
AFTER STRONG START
Rally in Early Trade Fails to
HoId-Oats Also r.
regular
GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST

GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST
Chicago. Aug. .--IllInols-Showers TO-
night and Thursday, probable followed by
clearing, north and west warmer tontrht.
Observation-Disclosures showers this afternoon
or tonight: cooler tonight: Thursday fair,
Wisconsln-Showers tonight. east ana
south. fair northwest: Thursday fair ana
cooler. Minnesota tnnieht rnn
Thursday. cooler TONIGHT. 1owa--Cnsettleh
with showers tonight. eNtrcre east
Thursday fair. North and south Dakota
Fair tonight and Thursday Nebraska
Fair tonight and Thursday. kansas-Falr
tonight and Thursday. Montsna-Fair TO-
niEht and Thursday, WYomins-Fair to-
rlKht and Thursday.
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Proposals
OFFICE OF TIE SUPERINTENDENT OF
puBIhG, GGdMMSHsyrA GR9TSHpsSy AEr T., B6EIILDJSgs "
SYLvANIA. CAPITOL BUILDING. HAR. !
RIeRJIRG, PA,

sYLyANIA; GAPiroL BuiLDiNG. HAR.
Sealed proposals. accompanied BY a check
on a solvent bank or trust company, duly
:ss q y GSs5 a'FS
scs al hs T s
monwealth OF Pennsylvania. at Hsrrisburr.
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