Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Hogs Cattle to Weigh In
Chicago hogs receipts 59 000 fully active market mostly steady to 10 cents lower than Saturday packing sows 10 to 20 cents lower top 10 40 for 190 to 220 pound averages butchers by weight ranges 130 to 350 pounds mostly 8 75 to 10 40 cattle receipts 21 000 calves 2 000 weighty steers weak to 25 cents lower yearlings around 14 50 best heavies early 14 35 slaughter steers 1300 to 1500 pounds 13 00 to 14 50 1100 to 1300 pounds 13 00 to 14 50 950 to 1100 pounds 13 00 to 14 75 fed yearlings 750 to 950 pounds 12 25 to 14.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Report with Varied Grading Prices
Receipts show 12,000 sheep with fat lambs higher by 15 to 25 cents. Lambs priced good to choice from 15.25 to 16.50 for 92 pounds or less. medium 14.50 to 15.50. cull to common 11.75 to 14.50. Ewes and feeder lambs priced accordingly.
Chicago Grain Price Figures From April 23
Wheat futures at Chicago show May to Sept contracts with minor gains and minor declines. Oats futures mirror modest shifts with May and July positions edging higher.
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report Aliased Prices List
Chicago cash grain prices for wheat corn and oats show multiple grades with varying bid ranges. Wheat lists hard grades around 1.60 to 1.61 per unit. Corn features yellow and mixed lots from about 1.01 to 1.11 with several splits. Oats quotes cover white grades from 0.62 to 0.69 per unit.
Barley and Timothy Prices Shift in Historical Context
Market notes show barley trading at 93 to 1.05 and Timothy moving from 3.60 to 4.55, while Van Clover rises from 1975 to 2675. Values indicate commodity and seed pricing shifts reflected in archival records.
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Timothy
van Clover
Toledo grain close report with mixed cash prices
The Toledo market shows Clover at 16.75 cash with 17.50 in October and 12.75 imported, Timothy at 2.16 cash, 2.15 May, 2.40 Delaware, and Alsike at 15.20 cash.
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Clover
Timothy
Alsike
Congregationalists Lose Iowa Churches Report
Des Moines April 23 1927 reports show 68 Iowa Congregational churches closed 1916 to 1926 while the denomination gained 826 members. Iowa has 209 Congregational churches with $4 721 287 in property and 40 350 members. Expenditures last year totaled $1 017 922. The annual conference meets Des Moines May 9 10.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Congregational Church
Towa
Iowa W. C. T. U. to Fight Al Smith in 1928 Campaign
Ida B. Wise Smith of the Iowa Woman’s Christian Temperance Union announces a recampaign against Democratic candidate Al Smith. She calls Smith “wet” and says he has opposed measures to suppress saloons, labeling him their greatest foe and criticizing Iowa Democrats for backing him.
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Des Moines
al Smith
New York
Ida B. Wise Smith
Iowa Women's Christian Temperance Union
Diry
Grinnell Man Dies After Car Rolls Over
Ray Cross aged 85 of Grinnell dies three hours after a rollover crash in which his car overturned following a tire blowout.
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Icgrinnell
Ray Cross
Grinnell
Jannings in The Last Command at New Graham Theatre
Emil Jannings stars in The Last Command at the New Graham Theatre in a dramatic finale not ending in tragedy for all. William Powell features as the villain while Evelyn Brent plays a Russian revolutionary who meets an unhappy fate, reflecting the film’s departure from conventional happy endings.
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Emil Jannings
New Graham Theatre
Paramount
Jannings
William Powell
Washington welcomes Harper and family to town
April 23 notes a California visitor W A Harper arriving in Washington with his uncle after a St Paul journey. People recall Bill and mention a Leslie Dunlap home where a neighbor offers to take the little girl temporarily, and a boy asks to join. Amlong from Lexington is active in keeping the town lively and hints at mayoral potential.
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Washington
W.A. Harper
California
St. Paul
Bill
Odd bits of dialogue from a crookish column
A collage of quotes and wry remarks about daily life. The snippet features a boarder asking why someone showers, a lockless bathroom door, and a quip about youth and a Ford suggesting odd street banter. Walter Goode is referenced in a casual remark about retreat from a car.
Masson Dentist Donates Five Dollar Willy
A reader notes Dr. W. J. Masson the dentist gave a five dollar Willy and urged it to keep coming. The message blends neighborly kindness with a humorous local scene.
Local Health Update Notes Improved Patients
Chas Warren in hospital shows great improvement Thelma Stafford sick but much improved this morning Neighbor J G Moriarty remains about the same status as before
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Chas
Warren
Thelma Stafford
J. G. Moriarty
Farm family arranges to return Journal delivery for another year
C C Rothlisberger and son stayed Saturday and agreed to keep the Journal coming to their home for a year. A neat farm northeast of town is kept up year round. Mr C M Keck asked about our number and mentioned a lost item in the park. We retrieved it but left it at Dougherty's store. The owner can call 81 3548 to reclaim.
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C. C. Rothlisberger and Son
They Had the Habit
A solicit or asks about your will naming six bankers as pallbearers. The deceased replies that those men have carried him long and should finish the job, preferring friends he is on better terms with.
Local visitors and travels noted in Mt. Pleasant area
Mrs. Mary Grecian returned from Nevada where she visited her son Elmer Grecian. Lucile Jones came home to Crawfordsville after a weekend with her grandmother Emma Bennett. Mrs. Lehman of Kalona went to Burlington for her daughter in law’s illness. William Matueha heads to Excelsior Springs Missouri for an operation at the McCleery Institute. Mrs. Dayton McNeil and son John and Mrs. Georgia Williams and Wayne and Marion of Crawfordsville are shopping in town today. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bussert and children from Mount Pleasant visited yesterday. Mrs. Morrow Reed of Marengo Iowa spent yesterday here. Clifford Brady and Theodore Castle of Iowa City were here yesterday. Clara Shalla visited the John Shalla home near Kalona yesterday. Rev. D. H. Leech and wife of Salem Oregon visit J. M. Speidel’s home. Dr. Leech plans to attend the Methodist general conference in Kansas City in May. The Leechs note a rapid swing from spring in Oregon to a late spring in Iowa and look forward to farm activity in the middle west.
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Lucile Jones
Crawfordsville
Emma Bennett
Dayton McNeil
John
Georgia Williams
Wayne and
Marion
D. H. Leech
Salem
Oregon
J. M. Speidel
Leech
Methodist Church
Kansas City
Iowa
Foolish Realization in Investment Dialogue
A brief exchange shows Bob asking about investment insight and Jack admitting he realized how foolish he had been. The dialogue centers on regret over an ill advised financial move and a lesson about caution.
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Bob
Jack
MOMIES Teaming of stars sparks new motion picture trend
Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall, co stars in First National comedy Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath, are credited with inspiring a wave of star pairings. The Fox Theatre screens the film as a landmark development, noting Mackaill’s charm and Mulhall’s smile as key draws.
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Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
First National
Fox Theatre
Miss Mackaill
Mulhall
Joanna
Women Voters Divided Over Prohibition at National Convention
Chicago April 23. The National League of Women Voters faces a split among hundreds of state delegates as it weighs whether to place the prohibition issue on its study program. Open discussion is expected later this week after a special committee reports on the matter.
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Chicago
National League of Women Voters
League
Electrocutions at Rockview Penitentiary
Two murderers were electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary in Bellefonte Pa on April 23. Marko Matakavicch 35 of Washington County was executed for the murder of George Gregich of Cokeburg Junction Pa on March 26 1927. Robert Loftus of Philadelphia was put to death for killing Flora Terrell in Philadelphia in 1926.
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Bellefonte
Rockview Penitentiary
Marko Matakavicch
Washington County
George Gregich
Cokesburg Junction
Robert Loftus
Philadelphia
Flora Terrell
American breaks auto speed record at Daytona Beach
Ray Keech, 27, drove his Triplex racer to an average speed of 207.5526 mph on Daytona Beach, setting a new world automobile speed record. He claimed the previous attempt failed due to a timing device malfunction and referenced Malcolm Campbell's February record of 206.95 mph.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Ray Keech
Daytona Beach Sands
Automobile Association
Keech
Malcolm Campbell
Four Hours Sleep Sufficient Says Scientist
A Boston Transcript quip notes a scientist’s claim that four hours of sleep per day suffices for any person and that the remaining rest can be taken at night. The remark blends humor with debate on daily rest.
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Boston Transcript
Mrs Zieske credits Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
In Rhodes Iowa Mrs Chas Zieske recounts a nervous breakdown three years ago and says after taking six bottles of Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription she gained weight from 95 to 108 pounds. She reports rapid improvement and urges trying the liquid or tablet form at local stores.
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Rhodes
Iowa
Pierce
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Harry) Herbold
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