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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1923
Page
2
Daily market notes from Chicago and Chicago Ill 1923 show estimated receipts for hogs 6000 cattle 1000 sheep 2000 with holdovers 18371 hogs steady to weak and heavy weights strong. Beef and lamb sections show top prices and shifts in yearlings canners and feeders with varied demand.
A line from the Danish source shows Old Lady bidding farewell to her niece Emily as she leaves Copenhagen bound for Langaa. The note wishes safe travels and notes no need to change trains after Langaa.
Sale dates and locations for hog sales are announced including Aug 21 Ed E Bicher near Noble 3% miles northeast public sale Sept 25 W R Gamon Sons 6 miles southeast Poland China Hog Sale Oct 10 Chas Nicola Son Brighton Duroc Sale Oct 13 Ernest Carlson Duroc Jersey Hog sale
National League batting leader Rogers Heenaby sits at .405 after another week, with Zack Wheat second at .382. The report notes runners and hits leaders including Pep Young, Frankie Frisch, and Cy Williams, plus various stat leaders across teams and positions.
Edmond Morris Jr of Albia becomes a trained court reporter after studying at the Iowa Success School in Ottumwa. He secures a $2400 salary plus travel and transcript bonuses, potentially earning about $3500 yearly, proving early career planning and business training pay off. The ad promotes shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, and related courses at the Ottumwa school. Fall term starts September 3.
The Christian Science Monitor reports Warren G. Harding told friend John A. Stewart that if fate required, he would not abandon goodwill as his policy. He said he would pursue neighborly good will in all issues, domestic and international, even at potential political cost.
A regional columnist mocks the idea that beauty or youth defines worth arguing that a sweet disposition and amiable behavior outlive aging. The piece laments physical changes while praising inner charm and warns that shallow attributes rarely secure lasting happiness or marriage.
Two main events a revolver and rifle match headline the Fort Des Moines tourney next month staged by the Late Vigilance Committee, a trained men’s group under Iowa Bankers Association. State shoot Oct 17 follows county elimination rounds Sept 24 and 29. cash prizes to winners.
Public sale at my residence 345 miles northeast of Noble on Tuesday August 21 1923 at 10 am lists 4 head horses 4 head cattle 74 head hogs including 14 sows and 50 shoats 100 chickens and extensive machinery including wagons buggies plows cultivators mowers corn shellers etc plus 8 tons hay and about 500 bushels corn.
An old advertisement explains cold symptoms as nasal catarin and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. It details an ointment for local use and a tonic taken to affect the blood and mucous surfaces, claiming to build the system and reduce susceptibility to colds. Bold by F J Cheney Co Toledo.
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