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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 29 000 with mixed gains to 26 cents higher than Saturday and top at 14 40 while 240 to 325 pound butchers average 14 10. Cattle receipts 20 000 with better grades in slow demand and light grain yearlings scarce at 16 20 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts 22 000 with fat lambs around 50 cents lower and sheep 25 to 50 cents lower.
East St Louis reports hog receipts 9 500 with varying prices per hundredweight from 14 to 14 50 for different weights. Cattle receipts 9 500 with native beef steers slow and westerns bearish. yearlings cows and vealers mixed at 11 50 to 13 50. Sheep receipts 4 000 with fat lambs around 14 50 to 14 75 and ewes from 5 50 to 7 00.
Chicago August 3 estimates show tomorrow's receipts of hogs 20000 cattle 9000 and sheep 10000. The report lists anticipated volumes for the next trading day.
Clover seed cash 17.20 with October 15.75 and December 14.85 bids. Timothy seed cash 3.95 with September 4.35 and October 4.15 bids. Jewell—Twelve hundred people attended the annual meeting of the old settlers of Webster and Hamilton counties.
Washington markets list prices for cream butterfat per pound eggs per dozen hens by weight leghorn springs old roosters ducks geese reef hides and horse hides with notes on sick or crippled poultry and no market for some items. The list reflects regional poultry and hide trading terms and unit prices.
The Chicago board shows wheat at various futures levels from No 2 fed 1.66 to No 4 hard 1.68 and corn ranging around 1.04 to 1.41 for different grades. Oats uniform around 1.05 to 1.07 with rye at 100 percent and barley absent. Livestock quotes include lard 17.15 ribs 18.57 bellies 21.62 amid overall fluctuating bid prices as trading opens.
Des Moines August 3 reports from across Iowa indicate bumper yields with oats up to 70 bushels per acre and barley over 40. Muscatine melons market two weeks early while sweet clover and various oat fields set promising totals. A Woodbine note covers a separate kidnapping reunion dating 29 years prior.
Iowa City’s law gallery features a 1866 Iowa University law class portrait with eleven graduates named from Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Freeport Illinois, Colorado Springs, and Des Moines. One member, George J Peet, was absent but later died and practiced in New York City.
Avalon California August 1 Prophecy that this pleasure ground would become a silver and lead mining center gains substance as Brade ore from Black Jack and other Wrigley properties ships to the mainland The 67 tons assayed at 110 to 2347 dollars per ton were moved along a new road from Mt Black Jack to the wharf Work begins on seven prospects with Black Jack as the focal point at the 350 foot level a rich ore body is found and development proceeds unhampered since the entire property is owned by one man
In Netrway, 17 men per 100 follow the sea or are dependent while it for a velocity nod.
In Des Moines, Rev. Sarrad Longworth of the Methodist Episcopal mission in Angola died by drowning during his Sweden honeymoon. He directed a 5000 acre farm and agricultural demonstration project at Quessua, Angola, and had overseen plans for a school and crop expansion as part of church work. He had been in Angola since 1980 with the mission.
Oxford researchers debate who invented the telescope with attention to Roger Bacon and Leonard Digges. They cite Bacon’s 13th century observations and Digges mid 16th century work, noting Digges’ son later claimed him as inventor, while Galileo is honored as the great promoter, not the inventor.
A compact aphorism reflecting on inner character versus outward actions, drawing from a Shakespearean sense of integrity and deception. The line contrasts appearance with deed, suggesting honesty lies beyond surface, inviting readers to weigh true motives.
About seven hundred ministers and workers of the Presbyterian church of Iowa return home after a week at the Iowa synod and Fellowship conference on the Iowa State College campus in Ames. Dr Silas Evans led daily Bible lessons and Dr Herbert Booth Smith spoke on Pauls program for life urging discontent with the present, forward vision, unity of aim, and strenuous pursuit of goals.
The Tower Hill mint claims the top ranks of coinage artistry with orders from Poland for 20 million coins and past work for Russia Egypt and Lithuania valued at 50 000. Copper coins flow fast while silver coins demand care and can reach seven million in a week. Designs stand out with dies made from submitted plans.
A late Scottish landowner left a legacy of S35 for a monument honoring his favorite cat. The bequest reflects his affection and a lasting tribute to the pet. The article notes the unusual earmark and the intent to preserve the animal’s memory.
Vienna reports the death of Dr Joseph Breuer a pioneer of psychoanalysis aged 83. He early treated hysteria with hypnosis inspiring Sigmund Freud to develop his own system. The pair published The Psychic Mechanism of Hysterical Problema in 1893 and Hysteria later. Breuer later limited further analytic work but maintained a cordial relationship with Freud.
Chicago July 30 The Indiana dunes park commission seeks 2 000 acres for a Hoosier park along Lake Michigan with dunes forming shifting landscapes and a tree covered marsh fringe. funds totaling two hundred thousand dollars are available and an additional one million dollars is to be allocated within eight years for ongoing acquisition.
Persistent euritis pains are described as piercing and tormenting. The ad promotes Allenria Special Formula No 2 capsules as the fastest safest remedy, claiming relief within 24 hours and lasting two to three days until pain vanishes, with J E Lemmon or any good pharmacist able to supply it.
Hartwig II, sought for six years on Mann Act charges, was brought back to Davenport and jailed after arrival from Chicago.
Send your name and address with 10 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa to receive a trial package containing Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles indigestion and constipation Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for abdominal pain cramps and diarrhoea and Chamberlain's Salve for burns wounds and skin conditions Try these valued family medicines for only 8 cents Don’t miss it.
The timetable lists daily and Sunday service for Westbound and Knoxville Branch trains. It shows arrival and departure times for passenger, local, and freight trains including No. 3 33 49 11 87 450 442 433 449 and 835 with agents H W Russell and J G McKay.
Readable parts show a timetable style with times such as 0:20 a m and 3:10 a m and scattered days like Thursday and Wednesday. Details are incomplete and place names or events are missing.
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