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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1924
Page
2
Chicago market report details large cattle and hog receipts and price ranges for beef steers yearlings heifers and packing pork futures wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds. Includes IBB and wholesale figures, weight bands, and grain prices across No 2 No 4 mixed and white grades in heavy trading for August 6.
Sioux City August cattle receipts 3,000 with steady to weak prices for slaughter cattle and steady stockers. fat cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.50, bulls 6.25 to 8.76, yearlings 4.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts unspecified with top 9.90 and most hog stalls 8.00 to 9.90. sheep receipts 100 with lambs 13.25 and ewes 7.00.
Cattle receipts reach 13 000 with yearlings steady to lower and stockers mixed. Hogs top at 10.30 with most sales 9.25 to 10.25. sheep receipts around 1 000 and lambs quoted 13.00 to 13.50, with regional references to Idaho and Colorado prices.
Chicago expects 18 000 hog receipts 12 000 cattle and 21 000 sheep in tomorrow's market.
A quotation from Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay discusses freedom across generations. It argues each generation believes it gains unprecedented freedom yet fears the next will have too much, suggesting freedom does not simply increase over time.
The Gret jury trials occurred when John Robisson and John Smith sued deposed President Wingfield of the Jamestown colony on September 17 1607 and recovered damages.
Chicago grain notes from August 5 show open high low and close data summarized. The brief lists market activity without detailed prices or specific grain types.
Chicago markets opened with wheat firm on Liverpool gains but soon tumbled as profit taking and hedging of new harvest weighed on prices. September and December futures eased two to three cents, while corn showed a general decline after initial gains. Oats stayed firm then eased on harvest delays with hogs lifting provisions.
Waterloo Iowa cattle breeder Hugh G. Van Pelt spoke at the Middle Tennessee Farmers Institute in Columbia on dairy herd selection. He urged treating cows as machines that convert farm raw materials into milk and butter fat, stressing balanced breeding for beauty, size, and high production.
A fragmentary note quotes Sydney Bulletio asking if the best road is taken and laments a creedful thing left in its place, suggesting confusion over direction or policy in a disrupted setting. The readable text centers on doubt and misplaced items in a Secretive Substate context.
Potatoes in Chicago on August 6 show firm prices with 49 car receipts. United States shipments total 568 cars. Kansas and Missouri sacks sell from 1.00 to 1.30 with rare 1.35. Minnesota early Ohio quality items trade at typical values, Virginia barrel cobblers range 2.50 to 2.75.
Four men were charged today after arrests tied to street clashes in Niles Ohio between several hundred Knights of the Flaming Circle members and an equal number of Ku Klux Klan adherents last night. No serious injuries were reported though about twenty combatants suffered bruises. Mrs R C McKiernan of Ainsworth was a Washington shopper Saturday.
The funeral for Burns Ween was held at his Riverside home and cemetery, with Masonic and American Legion honors. Attendees included family and friends from Cedar Rapids Muscatine Lone Tree Iowa City Washington Dubuque and Des Moines.
Des Moines August 6 Governor Kendall sent to the state treasurer a federal aid check totaling 8 860 dollars for the Iowa Soldiers Home at Marshalltown.
District Court in Washington County Iowa appoints W M Keeley as Receiver directs creditors to file sworn proofs of claim by August 30 1924 or be barred from distribution. Statements should include claimant name address facts invoices notes and interest to July 31 1924 all sworn before a Notary Public and filed with the Clerk. Aug 6 12
George Hauser, former Minnesota assistant in football and track, was selected as line coach for the Iowa State College football team. Hauser is an All American tackle and Western Conference medalist for scholarship and athletics in 1917. Announcement by Frank D. Paine notes further athletic council updates forthcoming.
The text names F. R. Willaman as coach of Freshman teams and head of intramural athletics, Chellis Chambers as trainer, and W. F. Beanlossom as coach of the cross country squad.
A banking authority states that the tax paid by every American family equals one dollar for each working day. The assertion frames the national tax burden in daily terms and implies a standard rate across households.
A Howard Lake Minnesota reader describes relief from years of pain after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed ability to work and house chores and recommends the product to friends in a testimonial with a request for the company booklet on ailments peculiar to women.
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