New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1924, Page 12

| § | HOFFMAN INWHEAT AND CRN Chicago Grain Merchan! L‘leaus' Up Big Fortune [3 Chicage, July 1 'ro tween $1,600,000 and $1,500,0 estimated by brokers to ha made’ by Arthur W, Cutten, gratn morchant, in a sale of bushels of July corn around § addition to lurge have made him fortu predicted big . Cash corn yesterduy sold for $1.13 A cent less thun year's high point, | B while July corn was quoted at $1.10, | B8 The recont jump o ) caused Cutten's profits July wheat reached the | of the season with $1.23 1.2 in Chi cago and $1.32 in Winnipeg A month ago, Mr. Cutten predieted corn would reach & dellar a bushel hi- | 1§ fore the end of July. He persisted in | this belier and wet weather which re- tarded the crop vindicated his judg- ment, Despite the fact that he took large losses in May when he was com- pelled to pay for 4,000,000 bushels of | § cash corn bought on contracts for May delivery, he continued his trad- | B ing. & In discussing the “killings" hrokers recal the exploits of James A, Pat- ten, whose large profits, now mostly given to philanthropie, educational | and charitable enterprises, resulted | from persistence In maintaining his judgment, a In 1009, Mr, Patten became an fn- || ternational figure through his efforts | B to corner the wheat market. He |JS bought 30,000,000 bushel, Publicity | fi wrecked the scheme and in ten days | j%g the “paper profits” shrank from an N estimated $5,000,000 to $500,000, A year later he was associated in an attempt to corner cotton and was | & indicted for violation of the Sherman | law, He had been sued in 1902 for restraining trade by cornering oats that year., In 1912 after a year's ef- fort involving 12,000,000 bushel of corn, Patten was said to have cleared $2,000,000. CLAIMS MADE FOR SEFRESS. Munich, July 15.—IKlsbeth claims to know what is destined to happen in Germany in 1924-1927. Her prediction for this spring, made in |8 February, included failure of banks, the death of several “very rich per- | § sonalitics belonging to the financial | ¥ world,” and the revelation of fraud |i§ on a large scale. The deaths of | Stjnnes and Helfferich and the fail- | & ufe of the Neufille bank are pointed | g to by Frau Ebertin's friends as evi- dence of her ability to forsce the future. [ g e ) HOT WATER A PLENTY INSTALLS the No.25 (B ‘ ‘Gas Water §| Heater TIME ONLY [ FOR A SHORT IS J. Leroux § Tel. 1336 | g 171 ARCH ST, NEW BRITAT™N DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1024, g The public has already been informed of the purchase of the Jerome E, Sage Store and stock on Pratt street by Wise, Smith & Co, Aside from the purely business standpoint there ix much of sentiment attached to this transfer of Hartford Cen tral Property. Jerome E. Sage and Wise | Smith & Co. have been friendly neighbors for more than twenty five years and this business friendship had much to do with | the purchase. Friendly Neighbors For a Quarter Century WISE, SMITH & CO. — JEROME E. SAGE ' —ANNCUNCING — The Greatest Merchandise Event Connecticut Has - Known in Years THE ABSOLUTE QUICK DISPOSAL —ENTIRE STOCK— JEROME E. SAGE I e WISE, SMITH & CO.’S Main Street, Hartford, Conn. Sale Commencing Thursday, July 17 at 9 a. m. No need to tell you of the kind and quality of the Sage stock. For twenty-five years, Con- necticut women have known the Jerome E. Sage Store, and its policy of always maintaining the finest and best of everything in the lines carried. SAGE’S Entire Stock WOMEN’S DRESSES On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock WOMEN’S COATS AND SUITS On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock MISSES’ AND WOMEN’S SKIRTS On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock SILK UNDERWEAR On Sale At Our Third Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES * SAGE’S Entire Stock DRESS LINENS On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock UMBRELLAS On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock MISSES’ DRESSES On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock MISSES’ COATS AND SUITS On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES e SAGE'S e Entire Stock EVENING GOWNS On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES Entire Stock CORSETS On Sale At Our Third Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock SWEATERS On Sale At Our Third Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES BAGHS i Entire Stock LACES On Sale At Qur Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES We invite our own customers, the former customers of Jerome E. Sage and the great pub- lic in general to come to this sale, with great ex- pectations, and we promise realization in quali- ties and MOST EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. SAGE’S Entire Stock FINE TABLE AND BED LINENS- On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S — Entire Stock KNIT UNDERWEAR On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S : Entire Stock HANDKERCHIEFS On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock TOWELS On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE'S Entire Stock NECKWEAR On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES Some lots are large, some quantities small, 50 in this announcement, we do *not mention price—but say to you “all will go quickly” be- cause Style, Quality and Value appeal so strong- ly that, to all women who attend, this sale will prove irresistible, WISE, SMITH & COMPANY, INC. SAGE’S Entire Stock MADEIRA LINENS On BSale At Our Art Department AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE'S Entire Stock WOMEN’S WAISTS and BLOUSES On Sale At Our Second Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock MUSLIN UNDERWEAR On Sale At Our Third Floor AT IRI{ESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock GLOVES On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES - SAGE’S Entire Stock HOSIERY On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES SAGE’S Entire Stock TOILET GOODS On Sale At Our Main Floor AT IRRESISTIBLE PRICES REMEMBER! SALE COMMENCES THURSDAY, JULY 17