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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1909
Page
3
The Day's Trading and Closing Quotations report shows Chicago grain prices slipping as harvest expectations in the northwest weigh on markets. Wheat, corn, oats all ease amid firmer provisions. cash prices list No. 2 hard at 1.07 to 1.08 per bushel, No. 2 corn 70 cents, No. 2 white oats 47 cents.
Omaha August 2 cattle receipts 900 with best steers at 4.50 to 7.00. Heifers 3.00 to 5.25, westerns 5.50 to 6.50, calves 3.00 to 7.00, and stags 2.75 to 4.75. Hogs higher with heavy at 7.20 to 7.50 and bulk sales around 7.25 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 10,000 with yearlings 4.75 to 5.40, ewes 3.75 to 4.50, lambs 8.50 to 7.50.
Chicago live stock auction results show cattle receipts up to 16 percent higher with steers around 7.70 and cows 3.50 to 6.00. Hog bids steady to 10 cents higher with choice hogs 8.00 to 8.15 and pigs 5.50 to 7.65. Sheep receipts near 16,000 with lambs 6.00 to 7.75 and sheep 5.25.
In Sweden the labor dispute over wages spread to wool and ten industries with a lockout of iron workers affecting up to 80000 men. A general strike is planned for tomorrow as employers' federation enforces the stoppage. In Chicago, motormen and conductors vote on a strike after rejecting company wage offers.
Washington Academy opens August 30 with upgraded equipment promising top status. The county plans a major revival gathering at the Commercial Club Friday to boost support with alumni undergraduates and friends urged to buy tickets at Lemmon's Pharmacy as attendance is expected to exceed previous years.
A Lemmon's Pharmacy pitch promotes Mi-o-na tablets as a cure for indigestion and stomach distress. It promises relief within days and a money back guarantee if not satisfied, claiming rapid relief from belching heaviness pain heartburn sour stomach and coated tongue. Sold by leading druggists nationwide.
Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia recounts severe kidney disease healing after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. She notes a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her, and recommends it to others. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McKinnehy Drug Co promote the remedy.
Call up phone number 1 to place orders for city bus line service. Provide street and number to ensure prompt attention by Frank Rogers.
City council of Washington Iowa adopts ordinance establishing curb lines at fifteen feet from street centers on all streets avenues and boulevards. Parking to curb lines allowed under street and alley committee direction. Ordinance repeals earlier rules and takes effect after publication.
News from Rome Georgia reports a white black clash in Farrill Alabama after Garvin Perkins a colored man attacked Harper Wright a post office employee Perkins was captured. A posse pursues four more negroes amid the rising violence on the Alabama Cherokee county incident.
Washington August 3 The Internal Revenue Bureau reports a fiscal year ending July 30 saw a drop of 5 290 773 in whisky tax receipts due to the prohibition wave.
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The Eighth Nineteenth and Twenty-fifth Kowa infantry regiments plan a reunion in Washington Iowa on September 29 and 30 1909. Comrades are urged to attend the first morning and bring memories of Civil War days. Musicians are requested to bring drums and tires to march to old tunes. Old Confederates are invited to attend or share reminiscences of battles such as Prairie Grove Shiloh Vicksburg Atlanta Morganzie and Spanish Fort. Address unknown members are asked to send postal cards with contact details.
In this notice the undersigned John W. Morton Co C Kh Iowa Inf Chairman Press Bureau directs all communications to him. The document serves as a formal channeling point for correspondence connected to the unit and its public affairs.
G P Tate reports a Baluchistan superstition in The Frontiers of Baluchistan that rabies comes from wild beasts eating dead larks. Shepherds say larks once die from a surge of vitality and singing, causing beasts to contract rabies after consuming a dead bird.
William Earl of Warren witnessed bulls fighting from castle walls and, after dogs chased a mad bull through town, allocated the castle meadow as a common for town butchers. The grant continued forever, with a mad bull to be provided six weeks before Christmas each year for sport.
A short note endorses Berlain's Colic Cholera Remedy as effective for diarrhea in adults and children. The message concedes its usefulness for quick relief and mentions L. Stolte as a endorsing party.
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