Market Summary: Hog and Cattle Prices Edge Higher
Chicago August 9. Estimated hog receipts 2,000 with 6,025 holdovers. Cattle receipts 1,060. sheep 4,000. Market irregular to strong, top 22.65 for heavy cattle. various weights show prices up 0.25 to 2.00. Pack er and feeder activity expected moderate next week. Official yesterday shows substantial operations limited to 50-60 percent of normal trade.
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Chicago
Packer
Ian
Caren Dais
Swdvises
Grain futures close mixed amid unrated demand
Market report from Iowa City notes grain futures ending with modest gains and losses. Prices shown include October clover and December clover with slight gains, while some contracts display limited movement. Information supplied by E W Wagner & Co and J B Hunt, managers.
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E. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
Iowa
J. B. Hunt
Two Women Scalded In Missouri Valley Accident
In Missouri Valley Iowa on August 9 Mrs James Acherton and her young daughter were badly scalded when a pan of boiling water was overturned by the child. The mother sustained less severe burns while the daughter suffered extensive burns to the upper body and arms.
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Missouri Valley
James Acherton
Pli ers Prom Montana to Iowa Cedar Rapids
Lieut H R Filson took a break from flying to visit his sister Mrs Sam Christainson in Cedar Rapids Iowa He piloted a Curtiss 12 from Billings Montana and planned to visit his father near Tipton Cedar County after the stop The account notes his passenger business and successful westward flights
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Cedar Rapids
H. R. Filson
Sam Christainson
Billings
Mont
Tipton
Cedar County
Obsolete Bequests Spark Lively Inheritance Tales
E V Lucas recalls an innkeeper who left £300 yearly for a town Ben Wasbour supper and a donor who provided interest on £1000 for a surprise treat to schoolchildren. He himself muses about leaving £1000 to a chest maker whose drawers offer easiest use as a joke.
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E. V. Lucas
Ben Wasbour
Telegraphing Pictures by French Inventor Uses Relief Cues
A French inventor develops telegraphing of pictures via a hollow relief system where a stylus traversing the surface varies transmitted current. the roughened or recessed areas modulate intensity to form an image.
Farm Department Posts Can Be Preserved In Dairy Talks
A farmer notes rot at the ground line on creosoted fence posts after improper burying. Bulletin No. 158 from Iowa State College explains post treatment. A Webster county Missouri bull association shifts from 18 mixed bulls to six pure-bred sires, cutting costs and boosting dairy cattle quality and cow productivity.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Dairy Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Webster County
Bull Association
Turkey Red Proves Best Winter Wheat
Wheat growers seek high yields and Iowa Agricultural Experiments Station tests show Turkey Red remains the top winter wheat. The new Burbank wheat has not proven valuable for the corn belt, and the Marvelous variety lacks winter hardiness and grain quality.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiments Station
Burbank
Corn
Bulls Transform Community with Eighteen Pure-Bred Herds
A rural bull association reshaped a quiet town by organizing eighteen well bred bulls, turning scattered livestock into a coordinated program. Local farmers joined supplies and markets, boosting breed prestige and regional trade opportunities, while shaping community identity around the herd project.
Iowa trap shot sets world mark in midwest event
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake Iowa broke the world trap shooting record with 469 registered targets and a continuous run of 589. The sequence began in Cherokee on July 29 with 16 targets then Pocahontas July 31 with 160, Spirit Lake August 4 with 310 and Hampton August 7 with 103, accomplished under mixed conditions.
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Hampton
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Cherokee
Pocahontas
Drowning at Warsaw Beach Claims Two Young Lives
At Warsaw bathing beach Mildred Payton 18 and Dean Cockerel 21 drowned while trying to rescue Miss Payton who sank after stepping into a deep hole. Pearl Pribble attempted rescue then exhausted herself. bodies recovered two hours later. Four others present were Miss Edna Payton Miss Mildred Payton Miss Pearl Pribble and Miss Olie Buckett with Dean Cockerel guest of the Payton family. This is the first accident of the season at Warsaw beach.
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Kpokuk
Mildred Payton
Dean Cockerel
Warsaw
Miss Payton
Mr. Cockerel
Pearl Pribble
Edna Payton
A. W. Payton
Olie Buckett
Princeton
Cal
Payton
Young Cockerel
Iowa Named For New Superdreadnought Battleship
The Navy authorizes construction of battleship 54 to be named the Iowa. It will measure 684 feet, 106 foot beam, and speed 25 knots. Oil burner with electric drive carries 12 16 inch guns, 16 8 inch guns, 4 3 inch guns, 2 submerged torpedo tubes. Crew 1129 men and 62 officers.
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Navy Department
Iowa
Idaho
New Mexico
Germany to Ship 140000 milking cows to France and Belgium
Berlin reports the government will ship 140000 milking cows under the peace treaty. Only about 1.7 million cows remain for Germany’s milk supply, with sick and babies needing 6.5 million liters daily. Milk allotments drop as fodder shortfalls bite, prompting radical critique while a 500 million mark farm colonization bill is debated in the Reichstag.
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Berlin
France
Belgium
Germany
National Assembly
Weimar
Riots and Labor Trouble Roil Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago stock yards report race riots last week kept negro workers from plants while militia restored order. Firebombs hit Polish and Lithuanian homes. some workers returned gradually. Market prices fell across cattle hogs with light receipts. experts forecast continued pressure as labor unrest and food price fears persist.
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Chicago
Bunker & Swiney
European nations seek to cut costs through modern production methods
Government spokesman Herr Scheidt argues that nearly every European government spends taxpayers money to lower the cost of living. He notes that countries are subsidizing food sales at a loss and warns the practice cannot continue. He proposes cheaper production through modern, efficient methods as the proper long term solution.
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Herr Scheidt
Europe
Daily Thought Love all trust a few do wrong to none
A compact quote attributed to Shakespeare invokes universal love and cautious trust, urging fairness and restraint in dealings. The line emphasizes personal ethics without citing a specific event or source.
English Bros. Land Offers in Missouri Near Fair Grounds
English Bros. Really Co advertises Central Missouri land with dairy potential and grazing seasons near the Missouri State Fair Grounds. It notes a soil map in office from a Government survey and reports sales approaching half a million dollars to home buyers since January 15. Contact a local Sedalia banker for details.
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Missouri
Sedalia
Smylies Big Sale At C J Goes Well In Columbus Junction
Smylie conducted a Duroc sale at Midway Farm pavilion in Columbus Junction totaling near 10000 dollars with seventy head sold and an average of 163 dollars. top price 290 dollars for a four year old daughter of Lucy Wonders bought by Jack Gardner of Wapello.
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R. F. Smylie
Midway Farm
Columbus Junction
Mr. Smylie
Smylie
Lucy
Jack Gardner
Wapello
Alliman Brothers of
Noble
Iowa Governor Opens Campaign Against High Living Costs
Des Moines Aug 9 Governor Harding led a statewide effort to curb profiteering by convening county attorneys. A special committee pledged cooperation to prosecute price fixing and guide indictments where law violations occur. He urged federal and state cooperation to curb speculation and create reliable supply data.
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Des Moines
Harding
House of Representatives
Novelist demands knighthood for wartime smoke box proposal
Charles Hannan, novelist and playwright, seeks knighthood and a pension for himself and his wife claiming he proposed smoke boxes to the British Admiralty on February 5, 1915. He says the admiralty rejected the plan, later conducted experiments, and that smoke boxes were first used at the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916. He has pressed Lloyd George and Sir Eric Geddes for reward and gone public with his claims in London newspapers.
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London
Charles Hannan
British Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Hannan
Jutland
Lloyd George
Eric Geddes
The
Fire destroys Garner dress club building
A fire yesterday gutted a one story frame building in Garner owned by George Schuler, a furniture dealer, housing Wedco Sister’s cleaning and pressing shop.About $200 in clothing and some furniture and equipment were lost. The blaze started when the dry cleaning apparatus exploded. The building was insured.
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Garner
George Schuler
Wedco Sister
Garner Dress Club
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Yard
Dillinois
Close OF Grain Futures
Montana
Journal’s Farm Department
Turkey
Mutual
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington
Lowa
Stevens
English Bros. Really Co
Sedalia, Missouri
C. J
Paature Duroc Sale
J.B. Burnsiesd
Hamilton
J. M. Co
Hamilton, Lee
M. J. Yoran
Delaware
H. A. Willoughby
Grundy
State of of Iowa
Department of Justice
State of Iowa
Bar of Justice
Dairy and Food Department
Barney
Havner
Cosson
Playwright
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Monrop
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