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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1924

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Chicago Livestock Aug 6 Hogs Cattle Sheep

Hogs receipts 19 000 slow uneven with many 10 to life lower than yesterday. Prices span 10.00 to 10.36 for 160 240 lb, 75 to 100 for heavier. Cattle receipts 13 000 largely steer run with standstill market, fat offerings, some good and choice stock, beef matured steers around 10.70 to 11.60. Sheep receipts 18 000 slow with fat native lambs near steady and odd fat ewes 6.00 to 6.60.

Chicago Livestock Chicago Atlantic Seaboard Westerse

Omaha Livestock Prices Fall Across Cattle and Sheep Markets

Omaha reports livestock receipts with hogs slow and uneven prices averaging 7.76 to 9.50 for 180 to 260 pound butchers and 8.40 to 9.25 for 160 to 180 pound adds. Cattle volumes total 2300 with steers 10.25 top at 12.69 hundred pounds, veal up to 6.50, sheep 15000 with lambs 12.50 to 13.25, western range lambs weak, feeding lambs 12.80 bid as markets show mixed demand.

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary

Kansas City Mo August 6 cattle receipts 11000 calves 3000 slow early sales grain steers 9.00 to 10.60 to 10 15 lower meat bids off one to two for beef steers yearlings stockers dull calves steady tops 8.66 mediums 10.00 heavies 3.75 5.75 hogs receipts 17500 shipper market 0.25 lower top 10.10 bulk 9.15 10.00 180 210 lb 7.75 9.00 packers bid 0.25 lower 9.60 stock pigs steady 9.00 sheep receipts 2506 native lambs up about 0.25 top 13.25 better grades 12.60 plus sheep steady fed Texas wethers 8.35.

Omaha Neb Kansas City

Livestock Receipts Report From St Paul Market

Cattle receipts 1500 with fed steers and yearlings steady to firm. grass cows weak. canners and cutters steady. stockers and feeders active. best steers and yearlings 8.00 to 9.50. Calves 1500 receipts uneven gains to 9.75. hogs around 25 cents lower with good and choice 160 to 300 lb averaging 9.50 to 9.75. sheep 1300 receipts steady with fat native lambs 11.60 to 12.50.

South ST Paul Minn Bologna

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report

Chicago market quotes for wheat corn rye barley and seeds on August 6 with No 2 red wheat at 1.20 and mixed corn prices from 1.14 to 1.16, rye No 2 at 9.65, lard at 13.62, bellies at 13.60 and other ailing grain classifications listed in ranges.

Chicago Bellies

Wheat opens weak with late rally amid world supply talk

Wheat opened lower in Chicago as Liverpool trends weighed on futures. Buying interest and bullish Manitoba rust reports sparked a late rally, while corn followed briefly before turning weaker as wheat slid back. Oats posted mixed gains and provisions stood pat.

Chicago Liverpool Manitoba

Potato Market Chicago Receipts Rise in Early August Trade

Potatoes strong receipts in Chicago on August 6 with 60 cars of U S shipments totaling 726. Kansas and Missouri sacked cobblers range from 1.25 to 1.40, with some fancy 1.40 to 1.55. Minnesota sacked Early Ohios around 1.10.

Chicago U. S Kansas Missouri Minnesota

Ewes and Market Prices Note Sparse Figures

Fragmentary text shows figures around 6.00 to 6.50 for lights and handyweight fat ewes. No broader context or dates provided to determine full market details or operators.

Eskimos Lose Grazing Lands on Seward Peninsula

Eskimo reindeer herds on the Seward Peninsula face loss of grazing due to lack of land leasing or grazing laws, according to William T. Lopp, superintendent of the Alaska division of the bureau of education, who notes natives’ prior rights are being crowded out.

Cordova Alaska

Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Praised By Doctor Ad

A physician with twenty years practice lauds Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for chronic stomach trouble. He cites dramatic relief after one dose and notes it removes catarrhal mucus and inflamed tissue in the intestinal tract. An ad claims money back at Lemon's Pharmacy and drug stores.

Mayr Lemmon's

Stock market Strengthens as Rail and Oil Records Rise

New York traders pushed prices higher across rail, oil, leather and public utilities issues with several reaching new yearly highs. Atlantic Refining slid further while Pan-American, Standard Oil of California, and Producers and Refiners inched up on steady demand. United States Industrial Alcohol rose on higher price news. Delaware and Hudson, Western Consolidated Gas, Detroit Edison, and Central Leather preferred joined new 1924 highs. Fisher Body gained, Pressed Steel Car preferred fell to a 68 low as call money opened at 2 percent.

New York Atlantic Refining Pan-American Standard Oil California United States Delaware and Hudson Western Consolidated Gas Detroit-Edison Central Leather Fisher

Ticket profiteers active during Wimbledon tennis

Wimbledon authorities report profiteering in tickets for the lawn tennis championship. Investigations reveal some resellers demanded up to 250 dollars for a week book of tickets sold by the club for under ten dollars. Speculators used multiple names to obtain tickets in a single ballot and sell at high profit.

London Wimbledon

Austria Lacks Large Cities

Vienna dominates Austria with about 2,000,000 residents. Graz has 150,000 Linz 101,000 Innsbruck 56,000 Salzburg 39,000 and Klagenfurt 27,000 are the next largest cities, all well below Vienna. The country has only a few towns above 20,000.

Vienna Austria Graz Linz Innsbruck Salzburg Klagenfurt

69-year-old student earns PhD at Munich University

Heinrich Zimmermann, a 69-year-old student at Munich University, was conferred the degree of doctor of philosophy recently.

Munich Heinrich Zimmerman Munich University

No Bargain Luck for Irish Buyer in Drugstore Window

An Irishman peers into a chemist shop window and notices discounted medicines. He sighs that his luck is against him when he needs to be fit, a quip attributed to Pearson's Weekly.

Pearson's Weekly

How Age Is Measured In Whales

The age of a whale is determined by counting laminae in specific mouth organs, with size and number indicating successive years. This method links growth marks to age, reflecting biological aging in baleen whales.

Trotsky Attacks American Imperialism in War Anniversary Speech

In Moscow on the tenth anniversary of World War outbreak, Trotsky denounces American imperialism and pacifism, saying the United States uses Europe for capitalistic gain and aims to Balkanize Europe. He calls for European proletariat unity to resist imperialist Americanism.

Trotsky America Associated Presay Moscow Germany United States Europe England France Hughes London Trotzky

Australians see population rise to 5.77 million in 1921 census

Melbourne reports Australia’s population reached 5,777,262 as of March 31, up 341,528 since the April 1921 census.

Melbourne Australia

For His Sake New Dentist

A short comic life vignette features Bronco Bill in a Western dental chair. The dentist offers gas with a stubborn rider insisting it will hurt without it. The exchange ends with Bill choosing the gas for his own sake, underscoring frontier grit.

New U S Law Shifts Emigration Pressure to Dominions

London reports Britain's reduced U S immigration quota pushes emigrants to other lands. Over 60 000 seek visas in Glasgow as 8 000 can be granted. Domini ons like Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa seek agriculturists while skilled workers face unemployment and high transport costs.

London Great Britain United States Dominions New Zealand Canada Australia South Africa Clydeside Scotland Glasgow Dominion British Isles

Journal Adverts Highlight Smart Promotion

The Journal offers advertising guidance to boost business. It emphasizes thoughtful placement and effective messaging as a reliable path to success for local merchants and readers seeking value.

Imbrie Cited for Respecting Oriental Religious Practices

Washington reports a National Geographic Society letter defending Maj. Robert W. Imbrie American consul at Tehran. It rejects theories that his murder reflected careless intrusion on Oriental religious ceremonies and notes his habit of avoiding mosques holy places and refraining from photographing religious rites.

Washington, D. C Robert W. Imbrie Teheran National Geographic Society John Oliver la “Goree Carr Maj. Imbrie

Emperor Revered by Children in Japan in Tradition

The article notes Japanese children are taught to revere the emperor as a semi divine being while the regent prince, after extensive travels in Europe, favors more democratic reforms within the imperial family.

Japan

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