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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
8
Omaha market summary shows hogs 7,000 head mostly steady to higher with limits at 9.00 to 10.15 top for heavy weights. Cattle about 7,000 head slow, best fed steers around 9.75, yealless higher. Sheep 9,000 head with fat lambs and yearlings steady to strong, bids around 7.35 for yearlings and 38.75 for ewes. Pigs and calves mostly firm, hogs led gains, beef cattle cautious.
Chicago market notes show potatoes steady with 47 carloads received and prices for Northern white sacks and Idaho rurals. Butter and eggs rise with creamery extras at 64 cents and various egg classes around 59 to 69 cents. Poultry prices lift for alive fowls and turkeys at 20 to 40 cents per pound.
In New York the Liberty bond market closed with mixed results. First series at 86.80, second 84.14, third 85.60, fourth 84.84, Victory 3% at 94.94, and Victory 4% around 94.90, reflecting modest gains and declines among denominations.
A historical, fragmented note promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a natural way to darken hair. It claims even coverage, ease of use with a damp sponge or soft brush, and a youthful appearance without telltale signs.
Reports show heavy close across wheat and corn with March and May futures lower. The U S Shipping Board cut ocean rates to seven shillings per hundredweight, aiming to undercut Argentina, but foreign buying did not respond amid holiday effects and ample world supplies. Cash grain in Chicago and Minneapolis shows mixed declines and firm No 1 Northern prices while oats and rye hold patterns.
The article argues that meaningful human life is expressed more by short words than long scholarly terms. It lists essential two letter and three letter words like go and if, and four to five letter words such as love birth heart blood faith and death. It urges brevity over ornate diction.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch summary notes fireflies once used by Pre Columbian Indians as lanterns in gourds and glass, with signaling via a Morse code like system. Cuban women allegedly adorn gowns with glowing profiles, while eggs and larvae reportedly transmit light across generations through a chain of luminous outputs.
A method describes cutting top growth, scooping out the central stalk, and filling with salt. In dry weather apply fresh salt after rain to ensure seepage through roots. Salt kills weeds but can injure nearby grass. avoid spills on paths.
Returne from BU trades unions in Germany report 4,206,888 members with 110,628 unemployed in October, up from 2 percent in September and 0.7 percent in 1918. Unemployment among men rose from 1.7 percent in September to 2.3 percent in October, linked to halted building work and a failed Berlin metal workers strike. women’s unemployment fell from 4.1 to 3.9 percent due to textile industry gains. Also notes New Zealand reforestation efforts after a century-old volcanic devastation.
Lexington dispatch reports Count. is new as prohibition urged in Kentucky. Worded as a temperance note, the item notes shifts toward banning moonshine and enforcing stricter liquor rules amid local concerns.
A motivational piece praising pioneers from Watt to Newton and Woolworth. It highlights starting ideas, blood effort, and initiative as key to discovery. The text urges readers to think boldly and start something, noting famous examples and their origins.
A fragmented OCR entry lists businesses and contacts including Rogerson Hotel photographers, Roberts Transfer, James H Wise Notary, E V Larsen Lawyer, Guthrie Office, and Wolfe Rooms with partial addresses and phone numbers. The snippet hints at a downtown business directory page with mixed services and telephones.
A portrait of shared grief and growth after Jessie dies. A narrator recalls how loss deepens love and shifts priorities, noting how happiness needs to be traveled together and how money fades beside the depth of shared sorrow.
Department of the Interior Hailey Idaho office advertises a public land sale under federal law. The notice outlines tract details, sale procedures, and deadlines directed by the commissioner, with references to the General Land Office and applicable acts.
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