Markets and Agriculture Rumbling Prices In Early Hull Market
Cattle receipts 25,000 with fair activity and high veal calves. Hog receipts 64,000 with prices down to 8.15 for top and mixed weights. Sheep receipts 28,000 with fat lambs easy. Chicago grain futures show December wheat 11756 and May 115%. St. Joseph markets list cattle and hogs with mixed moves and lamb values around 18.50.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
McCormick
Litchfield
New Deere
Keystone
New Century
Rock Island
McCormick Mower
Fairbanks
H. P
Dexter
Reo Automobile
Rhode Island
Hurstville’s Limestone Fortune Built by A A Hurst
In Jackson county near Maquoketa the limestone deposits fueled growth for Hurstville. Alfred A Hurst and brother William K started in 1870, building Hurst’s White Lime into a county landmark with kilns and farms expanding around the quarryed hills. A A Hurst bought the tract in 1915 and expanded the town. The quarries cover many acres with millions of tons of rock, supplying lime and crushed stone to sustain local prosperity.
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H. J. Metcalf
Maquoketa
Jackson County
A. A .Hurst
Hurstville
Fibro Electric Power Company
Alfred Hurst
William K
Davenport
Bluffs
Milwaukee
Sand Ridge
Alfred Hurst & Company
Hurst
Iowa
A. A. Hurst
Thurst
Hurtsville
W. J. Hurst
William K. Hurst
Hurst Quaries
Iine
Hurstyilie
Inside Underwriters Laboratories wild test labs in Chicago
In Chicago the Underwriter's Laboratories conducted dramatic tests on safes and doors with high heat, hydraulic presses, and automated locking systems. The piece describes furnaces reaching 1700 to 2800 degrees, a steel pillar crush test, auto locks, and a safety label system, detailing founder W. H. Merrill and the lab's broad fire protection, electrical, and aviation work.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc
Modren
The
W. H. Merrill
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Merrill
R. W. Schroeder
New York
Wingert Wins Ames Trip With Baby Beef
Harold Wingert wins the Ames trip through his baby beef entries at Cedar County fair. He earned second and third in the baby beef show and a sweepstakes prize, with calves selling for 111.42 dollars each after the fair. He describes feeding, taming, and transporting the calves to Chicago for the payout.
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Tipton
C. H. Obye
Harold Wingert
Ames
Cedar County Fair
Harold
Mr. Obye
Dad
Angus
Russel Willer
Andy
Billy Moffit
Martha Moffit
Chicago
Hill and Hill brothers run 160 acres with cattle poultry and gear
De Witt Iowa details T L Hill and son Earl running 160 acres with Aberdeen Angus cattle and 3000 purebred Rose Comb Brown Leghorn chickens. They favor tractors and radio licensed farming. Orchard work and spray programs yield 100 bushels from 50 trees.
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Jess Hill
Hill Farm
Hill
A Thought on Fortitude and Temperance
A quotation attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson discusses keeping balance in life. It urges honesty and kindness, frugal habits, family happiness, renunciation when needed, and maintaining a few steadfast friends without vanity. The passage frames self-control as a shared human task requiring fortitude and delicacy.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Window Wedges Add Rattling Charm to Gift Shop Trinkets
Window wedges for the display case show a new line of small trifles by local makers. Decorated with birds butterflies and unicorns the pieces aim to catch shopper attention on late night aisles.
Fairfield Poultry and Grain Show Set for December
County agent H W L Moser says preparations are nearly complete for a combined poultry and grain show at the Fairfield Armory on December 18 22. Local merchants have contributed premiums and $200 toward financing the event.
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Fairfield
Ila
H W. L. Moser
Fairfield Armory
Britain cites Mesopotamia costs since armistice exceed half a billion
The British government says England has spent more than 500 million dollars on Mesopotamia since the armistice. It notes widespread emigration with many baby passengers crossing the Atlantic and a steamship line supplying children's cots.
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England
Mesopotamia
Atlantic
Egyptian inspired corsage fashion described in period note
A corsage worn at the back is described as a variation of relief to break the plain long waistline. The style is said to originate from Egyptian fashion influences.
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U. S. Bureau of Markets
Holden
United States
PG. Holden
Iowa State College
TL Hill
T. L. Hill
Emil Diercks
Clinton County
Mr. Hill
Earl
Earl Hill
Karl
Farms Bureau
Agricultural Extension Service
Cash Market Report
W. R. von Stein
Creston
Afton
Shannon City
Arispe
Unity Church
Milo Whittlesey
Poland
China
Farrow
John Deere
Osborn
Janesville
Deering
Bill Foster
W.R. von Stein
John F. Russell & Son
Fred W. Ide
Omaha
Frank Frus
Prescott
Nevinville
Williamson
Guernsey
Max Kneiding
Frank Frus & Sons
E. B. Piper
F.A. Outhier
WN. B
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