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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...final crop yield of 902,749,000 bu. last year. Market (Chicago, No. 2 red) last week, $1.42 bu.; last year, $1.62. Progress has been slow on the Board's formation of a National Farm Grain Growers Association to stabilize prices. Reason: difficulty of securing adequate storage space. Cotton. Prices were down due to a larger crop than was expected. Latest U. S. estimate: 14,915,000 bales. Latest traders' estimate: 15,000,000 bales. Market (New York, middling upland): Last week, 18? per lb.; last year, 19 4/5? per lb. Within the month the Farm Board...
...perpendicularly." Thus, at the top the towers are much larger than at the bottom. Each tower rests on a gigantic concrete pedestal; each is supported by a core of solid concrete through the centre. Architect Wright explained that his scheme was specially good for a crowded city because there space is more valuable the higher it is off the ground...
...With a respectable amount of indifference, the Athletic Association has reserved a group of small, wire pens for the convenience and residence of these unexpected guests as long as they choose to remain on the field. The inmates do not seem to be more than ordinarily annoyed, and the space serves no other purpose at that specific time. The only difficulty seems to be with the legitimate spectators...
...know, Mr. Briggs, that it is easy to touch a match to him.' I remember his showing me certain inscriptions that he had written for an arch at the World's Fair in Chicago. When I asked him whether they would fill what I understood to be the allotted space, he answered, 'Oh, the arch is all covered with women and horses...
Strangely enough the score board in the Stadium is equipped with no device which can give out this information. There is a small space in the lower right hand corner of the board which is apparently reserved for time, but it is just as apparently never used. Even in the press box, special messages from the side lines are necessary to keep the scribes in touch with the progress of the periods...