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Newspaper
Daily Captial News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
1
Cole County observers weigh memorial funding while urging voluntary contributions beyond the initial 1,000 grant. Local committee members welcome gifts of any size, stressing a nationwide standard of public generosity over formal campaigns.
Livestock receipts at East St Louis total 2,500 cattle and 13,000 hogs with mixed gains. Cattle see steers up to 10.25 top, hogs firm near day’s high with lights and pigs leading, and sheep steady to slow with lambs bringing around 9.75 to 10.25. Grain quotes show No 2 red winter wheat around 2.08, corn about 0.72, oats near 0.485, with futures nudging higher on some contracts.
Listing of young toms and hens at 45 cents, culls at 32 cents, dicks at 28 cents, geese at 27 cents, old guineas per dozen at 3 dollars, young guineas 184 pounds and per 5 dollars 50 cents, under 112 pounds not wanted.
Jackson Michigan December 22 The Michigan State penitentiary has adopted an X ray machine to photograph inmates skulls to assess whether surgical operations can correct criminal tendencies. The measure is described as an innovation in prison management and was just undertaken at the prison.
Mrs Margaret Tucker of 618 School Street Jefferson City testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cure her kidney trouble and back pain. She says relief comes quickly and she continues to trust the remedy, taking it as a spring kidney tonic. Ad from FosterMilburn Company Buffalo N Y notes 60 cents at dealers.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound as a remedy for ailments blamed on wives and mothers. It invokes backaches headaches and displacement pains, urging women to use the tonic for restored health and happiness. The piece ends with a stray line about pine kindling and a phone cue.
J Powers formerly chief clerk in the secretary of state's office and now in banking at St Joseph is home on a visit to his city friends. During six years here he made many warm friends who will be glad to see him. John J Leslie Clarke Leslie and Will Wiley, students at Columbia University, are home for the holiday.
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