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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
2
Hayes receipts total 23 000 hogs with uneven sales and prices 60 cents off Wednesdays level. Cattle receipts 10 000 with fed steers active and steady to firm. hogs at 13.10 to 15.80 for heavy weights. sheep 18 000 with fat lambs near steady.
Livestock receipts: cattle 2500 no fresh natives ten western steers 11.25, two westerns 5.85, cows 4.50 5.50, heifers steady. Sheep receipts 2000 fat lambs 14.75 top, bulk 14.50 14.75, fat lambs 7.50, canners 1.00 3.50. Hogs receipts 10000 mostly lights 14.00 14.15. packersows 12.00. Desirable 100 to 150 pounds 14.00 14.15.
In Chicago on August 6 official livestock estimates list hogs at 21 000 cattle at 2 000 and sheep at 14 000 for the following day The figures provide a snapshot of expected market supply from major categories across the region.
In Toledo Ohio on August 6 clover seed bids quoted at 17.45 for October 16.00 December 15.10 and March 15.30. Timothy seed bids listed at 295 for September 4.35 October 4.15 and December 4.25.
Potatoes receipts 17 cars and total U S shipments 427 with active trading. Kansas and Missouri sacked cobblers bring 3.25 to 3.50, Idaho sacked cobblers mostly 3.50, Minnesota sacked early Ohios 2.75 to 2.90.
American Doors reports its Popular Doors line widely used overseas with installations in South Africa Australia Belgium and other nations. The article notes export growth and international demand for the domestically produced doors.
The Chicago market listing shows wheat prices across multiple grades from No. 1 hard at 1.63 to 1.65 as futures, corn mixed grades around 1.07, various yellow and white corn values, oats and barley values, rye absent, and seed prices for timothy and clover. Lard and meat cuts prices noted at 17.25 and 18.62 to 21.87 respectively.
Multiple court notices in Washington County Iowa announce petitions by C Summings A W Shatlla and others asserting fee simple ownership of described parcels. Defendants and unknown claimants are warned that failure to appear by the specified September 1925 terms will result in default and judgment quieting title in the plaintiff.
The document outlines a claim by the plaintiff to strip all unknown claimants of any right or title to specified real estate and seeks general equitable relief. The filing notes a petition on file and warns defendants that default will be entered if they fail to respond. The notice is approved, published, and dated July 30 with attorney A. F. Baldrigh listed for the plaintiff and August dates noted.
Third party observers are notified that a report of receiver classification and allowance of claims and rejection of preferences has been filed in Washington Iowa. Creditors must appear at the Washington Court House before 10 AM on September 2 1925 to object and show cause why the report should not be approved.
Mrs N R Layron of St Louis writes of severe side pains after childbirth. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, she felt relief after the first bottle and repeated it after a second birth. The ad urges others with similar weakness and pains to try the product available at druggists.
Eastbound trains include No 433 Local No 449 Local No 435 Local Freight and Golden State Limited No 4 with departures around 6:25 am and 6 pm Westbound lists No 3 Golden State Limited No 33 Local Pass No 409 Local Pass and No 11 Express, with early morning and late night departures Knoxville and Branch schedules shown Daily operations by agents W Russell and J C Bell with multiple passenger and freight services listed.
IL A Andrew Superintendent of Banking of the State of Iowa acts as Receiver for the Hreciton State Bank of Brighton Iowa in liquidation.
Mrs. Grouch critiques varied buttons while her husband jokes they could hold his underwear on if sewn on, in a light Cincinnati Enquirer style quip.
The term Serendipity, in good standing in English, traces to Horace Walpole who coined it from The Three Princes of Serendip. The fairy tale about three princes in Serendip led to discoveries by accident and sagacity, not by search.
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