Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another Marshall County boy, Keith Collins, 15, won the other best coveted prize of the live stock show, the carcass contest. The McCaulley Market of Mt. Kisco, N. Y., paid him $6.75 a pound ($4,873.50) for his yearling steer Benny, killed and dressed...
...Live stock breeders have a conceit which thoughtless urbanites find quaint: if it is worthwhile to raise good, chunky stock, it is worthwhile to raise good, chunky boys and girls. Hence at each live stock show judges pick the country's healthiest adolescent. Prizewinners last week were strong Thelma Svarstad, 17, of Brown County, S. Dak., and husky William Tobias, 15, of Saginaw County, Mich. Thelma weighs 122 lbs., stands 5 ft. 2 in., William weighs 130 lbs., stands...
...Decline Stock closing closing Curtiss Aero 148 129 19 International Harvester 372½ 307 65½ Montgomery Ward 420 340 80 Radio 376½ 296 80½ Victor...
Speculator Smith had committed the imprudence of buying at the top of a tremendous bull market which last week came to an end. In the last three days of trading the market value of listed securities fell off $6,000,000,000. The average of 100 representative stocks (compiled by the New York Times), fell off 15.61 points. In the last 10 minutes of the week's trading, Radio broke 20 points, in the last three days market valuation of radio stock went from...
...week closed with no signs of a rally. There were stories of a bankers' conference in the offices of J. P. Morgan-stories that the bankers might support the market to prevent a stock panic. It was thought that "bargain hunters" (shrewd traders who pick up stocks at low prices after a deflation) would start a buying movement that would rally the market. On the whole, the bear market was considered a local hurricane, not at all reflecting the condition of the nation's soundly prosperous industrial life...