Daily Market Reports Chicago Ag 2 Summary
Receipts today include hogs 37 000 cattle 19 000 sheep 21 000 with prices showing heavy weights around 14 to 17 dollars and calves around 10 to 16. Bulls and sows show steady to slightly lower, with beef steers topping near 17.25 and lighter weights around 14.75 to 16.75. Official Saturday receipts list hogs 3046 cattle 1661 sheep 3834 calves 182. grain figures show mixed Chicago cash wheat and corn levels and a cautious forecast for fair weather ahead.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Wheat
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Dairy Cow Hog Combination Seen Best Farm Plan
Journal readers are urged to blend dairy cows with hogs to stabilize markets and boost profits. Skim milk buttermilk and whey cut pork costs, with Wisconsin figures showing milk can substitute for corn in pig feeding. Buying good bulls and using purebreds also improves herd value, while simple volume rules help estimate corn and grain yields.
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Cornbelt
Ivestock
J. P. Eves
Drovers Journal
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Local People Camp South of Wellston
A Glasgow shack two miles south of Wellston along the Skunk River hosts camping parties from the J. E. Kunath and Glasgow families with tents, a dug well, a boat, and ready comforts. Later this week E. B. Hammer and Dr. Sexton with John Cunningham parties join. Riverview shack near Wellston popular for picnics and camps. Miss May Jones of Etna, Pennsylvania, expected this evening to visit relatives here.
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J. E. Kunath
C.J. Jungbluth
G. S Kerr
J. D. Glasgow
Glasgow Shack
Wellston
Skunk River
E. B. Hammer
J. C. Sexton
John Cunningham
Riverview
Yester
Burns Buys Out Proudfit Shine Shop in Washington
Paddy Burns, a well known local figure, bought the Proudfit Shine Shop from Merle G. Proudfit and will take possession immediately. He plans to open a soft drink parlor and equip it for that purpose. The former Oxford Cafe space offers an ideal location, with Proudfit having recently installed modern shining equipment and operated it successfully for weeks.
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Paddy” Burns
Washington
Merle G. Proudfit
Burne
Oxford Cafe
Proudfit
Car Strikes Burlington Man. 67 Seriously Hurt
William Horstmeyer aged 67 of 2043 Highland avenue was struck on the bluff road Saturday morning while en route to work at the Burlington basket factory. He sustained a broken hip and was taken to Burlington hospital. The driver, Julius Brunken, accompanied him to the hospital and gave his name. His condition remains serious.
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Burlington
William Horstmeyer
Highland Avenue
Bluff Road
Burlington Hospital
Horstmeyer
Burlington Basket Factory
Julius Brunken
Local Celebrations Honor Minicks and Settle Farewell
Neighbors and relatives honored Mr and Mrs Ray Minick with a joint tenth wedding anniversary featuring a seven o clock dinner and home made ice cream and cake. Guests included Mrs Minicks brother and wife from Ottumwa and a chicken tricks show by Raymonds pet bird. Mothers club members hosted a farewell for Mr and Mrs John Settle who move to Iowa City, with five hundred and a luncheon. Dr Cora Smeltzer Allen joined a family gathering at East Main Street celebrating Miss Eva Smeltzer and her mother on their shared birthday.
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Ray Minick
Raymond
Mrs. Minick
Mothers’ Club
John Settle
Iowa City
John Smeltzer
East Main Street
Eva Sméltzer
Cora Smeltzer Allen
Independence
Demand for small Texas farms grows amid labor shortage
Lady Astor, M. P., moves to quell a sensational newspaper attack, promising full disclosure to Plymouth constituents about her 1903 divorce, as a labor shortage drives interest in farms that can be run without hired help.
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Texas
Lady Astor
M. P
Plymouth
How to estimate corn crib capacity in bushels
Instructions explain calculating crib capacity by volume, converting cubic feet to bushels using a 2.5 percent factor for good ear corn or higher for poorer quality. Describes standard bushel volume and adjustments for crib shapes, including averaging widths if wider at the top.
Good races at the Winfield fair draw crowds
Winfield fair races promise a strong show with several pacing and trotting events. Fred Cannon enters Celisco in the 2:25 trot and Celiseo in the 2:18 trot, while Lady Mel runs in the free-for-all pace and 20 total pacing entries aim at a $1000 purse. Washington residents expect to spend a day at the grounds.
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Washington
Winfield
Fred Cannon
Celisco
Fred
Local arrivals and visitors in town gather today
Miss Ida Rowe arrives from Galesburg for employment here. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Eylen of Cedar Rapids visit Mrs. John Smeltzer’s home briefly before returning home. Miss Florence Watkins and her nephew Walter James Donley of Delavan plan to visit Miss Watkins’ niece Mrs. A B Schmoeller and then head to White Sulphur Springs Montana with Harold Schmoeller. Vilhjalmur Stefansson notes the Arctic fox is less intelligent than the Arctic wolf.
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Milo Eylen
Cedar Rapids
John Smeltzer
Florence Watkins
Walter James Donley
Delavan
Miss Watkins
A. B. Schmoeller
White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Harold Schmoeller
Fleming Family Reunion at Fleming Home near Washington
The Fleming family gathered Saturday at Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fleming’s home near Washington for a reunion honoring Miss Sarah Fleming and Miss Emma Fleming of Akron Colorado. About forty relatives attended a long luncheon and an ice cream cake later, with games, music, and fine weather. Out of town guests included George Fleming and son Samuel Newton Iowa Josephine Fiske New York visiting Burlington and other relatives from Kansas City and Fort Scott. DES MOINES Iowa July 31 For upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Probably fair Monday and showers later in the week.
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Fleming
W. F. Fleming
Washington
Sarah Fleming
Emma Fleming
Akron
Colorado
George Fulton
Harold, Clarence
Hazel Fulton
Littl Thelma Ruth Benson
Clara Darbyshire
Elmer Cherry
Jennie Fleming
Mae Fleming
Hayes Fleming
Jason Kleese
Martha Fleming
Ralph Robertson
Lttl
Laurene
Nancy Fleming
Helen Fulton
E. M. MccConaughy
William
Mary Jeanette
Catherine
Helen McConaughy
George Fleming
Samuel
Newton
Iowa
Josephine Fiske
Frank Fleming
New York City
Burlington
Everette Fulton
Fort Scott
Kansas
Jay Brown
Elisabeth Jane
Mt. Pleasant
Joe Fleming
Watson Stains
Shirley
Jane
Kansas City
Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Fines levied on carnivals in Marshalltown case
In Marshalltown Iowa on August 2 municipal court fined Frisco Exposition shows 50 and 25 dollars plus costs and the 5S. W. Brundage Shows for gambling devices. State agents failed to confiscate or destroy the devices which owners may ship out of state. Fines targeted carnival management, concessions were closed, devices stored and to be shipped to Omaha.
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Marshalltown
W. Brundage
Carnival
Omaha
Brother of Dr G W Hay Dead in Kansas
Alex Hay aged 60 died Saturday at his Eskridge Kansas home from heart disease after two years illness. He was brother to Dr G W Hay Dill Hay Mark Hay and Mrs 8 P Wylie. His death ends a ten-child family. He left Washington county thirty years ago and is survived by his widow and four children including Fred Hay who lived here two years before moving to Alberta Canada four years ago.
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Alex Hay
Eskridge
Kansas
G. W. Hay
Dill Hay
Mark Hay
8. P. Wylie
Mr. Hay
Washington County
Fred Hay
Alberta
Canada
Fittings Stolen From Burlington Car Reported
A. J. Lutzenegger of 900 Grattan Street reported to police that an auto cushion a jack screw and an air pump were stolen from his automobile Saturday night. The car was parked on Fifth Street between Jefferson and Valley.
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Burlington
Iowa
A. J. Lutzenegger
Grattan Street
Fifth Street
Jefferson
Valley
Blood Purity and the S. S. S. Remedy
An advertisement extols the health benefits of keeping blood pure to support all organs. It promotes S. S. S. as a long used blood cleanser, claims its thorough cleansing, and offers free medical literature from the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta.
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S.S.S
Swift
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
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Close OF Grain Futures
Beach Wickham Grain
O. Morrison
Washington, Town
Peoria
Rocky Mountains
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Plains States
Middle West
Journal’s Farm Department
Corn Belt
Wallace
John A
May Jones
Etna, Pa
Burns
Proudfit Shine Shop
Ida Rowe
Galesburg
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Wil
Porecast
Carnivals
Mutual
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Weashington, Lone
Goldfinder
Pathfinder
Ernest O. Carlson
Sherman
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Tas
Whone
Mutual 91
Blue
Call Central
Lemley Reduction CO
Roy Alpath
0. Carlson
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
Chichester
Sonic
Cone
Gardite
Bruns Seed Store
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