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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 24000 with mostly higher opening bids for desirable grades. Top hog 10.16 with buyers active on 160 200 lb averages 9.75 10.00. Cattle receipts 10000 slow trade with firmness on Handyweight steers 11.25, light trade on western ranges and fat cows. Sheep receipts 16000 with native lambs 13.75 14.00 and range lambs 14.26 14.35 while overall market remains steady in parts and sparse on others.
Sioux CCTV August 19 reports cattle receipts 3 600 with a slow market and steady killers. Fat steers and heifers bring 10.06 to 11.00, bulk 9.00 to 10.26, fat cows 6.76 to 9.76, veals 10.00 to 10.60, yearlings 3.56 to 7.00, hog receipts 700, top 9.50, sheep receipts 300 with native lambs 13.75 and ewes 7.60.
Cattle-receipts 16 000 calves 4 000 slow bids on beef steers and yearlings 15 to 25c lower. Top long yearlings 1 206 pounds 121.30, best handyweights 10.75, bulk fed steers 8.06 19.00. Hogs receipts 12 000 opened steady to bc higher, top 9.75, bulk 9.25 9.70. Sheep receipts 8 000 lambs steady to 15c higher, top Colorado 14.00, natives 13.00 13.50.
Omaha market report notes 9,000 hogs received with better quality butchers and light activity. Prices rise 15 to 20 cents for some loads, with bulk 200 to 300 pound porkers trading around 9.25 to 9.40 per hundredweight.
Wheat and corn prices shown for multiple grades. Oats and rye values listed with varying percentages. Barley timothy and clover seed quoted with dollar amounts. Lard ribs bellies also cited.
Corn prices showed initial weakness on the Chicago market as forecasts of rising heat and heavy storms in Illinois and Iowa influenced trading. December futures fell to about 1.17 to 1.18 cents and then rallied, closing with unsettled, fractional gains or losses.
Cattle receipts 8 900 with steers and yearlings weak 10 to 15 cents lower Western kinds off most bulk 8 50 to 10 25 few loads to 10 75 Some held higher Grain fed stock steady to weak grassers dull weak to 25 cents lower Weaker stockers and feeders West bulk fed cows and heifers 3 00 to 4 76 Bologna bulls 3 25 to 4 00 Selected vealers up to 9 60 Stockers and feeders 9 45 to 9 50 Top 9 59 Sheep receipts 27 000 fat lambs steady to 25 cents lower Natives 12 75 to 13 25 Western 13 50 to 13 60 Best 13 75 Sheep fully 25 cents lower Early sales fat ewes 5 50 to 6 25 Feeders fully 50 cents lower Feeding lambs 12 00 to 12 35 Yearlings 10 25 Feeding ewes 4 75 Breeding ewes mostly 6 00 and up.
Official livestock estimates for tomorrow list 16,000 hogs 13,000 cattle and 16,000 sheep from CHICAGO on Aug 19.
Fragmentary text states statements verified before Federal State Courts. Mentions F H Seeley Home Office and ties born St. Chicago. Content is incomplete and lacks a coherent event or outcome.
High water floods Iowa towns Charlotte and Hudson with losses from wind and rain. Charlotte sees eight feet of street flooding and a creamer y floor submerged while a butter carload sits under four feet water. Hudson reports 100 acres underwater as Blackhawk creek rose over six feet damaging oats and flooded fields and storage.
In a Washington Evening Star exchange Senator Borgham notes the investigation has surpassed any chance to be halted. The dialogue frames the inquiry as proceeding beyond traditional authority and influence.
A note explains camels are the only domesticated animals that cannot trace their parentage to any wild species. The remark highlights unique evolutionary origins and domestic status.
A wary man seeks help after failed attempts to borrow money. The era appears harsher and the borrower senses a shift toward wiser world views and stricter lending. The narrator notes changing times and the dwindling chance of easy credit.
Chicago reports show December corn hitting a season high then retreating on profit taking and wheat weakness. Market factors include Argentina corn imports and weak export demand, while oats gain on wet weather. Provisions follow corn trends as prices close mixed with declines in wheat.
In Chicago on August 19 potatoes moved slowly due to rain, with 92 cars received and total US shipments reaching 588. Prices varied by region with Kansas sacked Irish cobblers trading 1.30 to 1.40, Missouri 1.25 to 1.35, and Virginia barrel cobblers selling around 2.75, amid sparse sales elsewhere.
The article warns political patronymics handicap children who inherit a candidate's name whether their parent wins or loses. It cites Calvin Coolidge and Lincoln Dixon as examples and notes younger generations may vote differently, questioning the value of official candidate notifications.
Iowa State College announces four plays directed by Prof. Fredrica Shattuck for the Little Country Theatre at the State Fair. Performances include morning shows at 11 in the Women’s and Children’s building and afternoon talks on production, scenery, makeup and rural theatre craft. Casts feature teachers from rural schools and students from Ames, Galena, Chariton and others, led by George Preston and Monica Berry O Shea penned works The Monkey s Paw Feed the Brute The Ghost Story and The Rushlight with production by Frank Radcliffe and L Shartle handling lights.
The deepest hole is in Marion County near Fairmont West Virginia reaching 7579 feet from an altitude near 1000 feet The second deepest is in Harrison County West Virginia at 7355 feet both drilled for natural gas.
The text describes Babylon as part of Mesopotamia, notes the distance to Jerusalem as 500 to 700 miles, and states the buried city of Nineveh was located near Babylon.
Baltimore notes native American stock is rising and may dominate future U S population. Dr Raymond Pearl, Johns Hopkins biologist, uses 1915 to 1921 birth and death data to project a peak U S population near 197 million by 2100. He also argues limited U S density and food import constraints shape growth.
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