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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
2
Chicago Aug 21 reports buyers active across cattle and hog markets. Yearling and heavy steers scarce and firm. packers bidding up to 13.60 for good hogs while cattle futures show strength and demand broad. Sheep and lambs steady with late bidding lifting some lots, stockers and feeders in lighter demand.
Sioux City livestock receipts 21,600 with slower market. Fat steer and yearling price ranges around 7.00 to 11.60, stockers mostly 4.50 to 7.60, fat cows 6.50 to 9.75, veals 8.00 to 10.60, feeders 6.00 to 6.60, calves 1.00 to 8.60. Hogs receipts 10,000 with prices 8.66 to 9.75, top 9.78, lights 9.60 to 9.76, butchers 9.56 to 9.75, heavy packers 8.65 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 6,000 with market steady.
Cattle receipts 9,600 slow to steady. fed steers 8.00 to 9.00. cows 4.26 to 6.25. fat heifers up to 6.16. calves 10.60 to 31.00. Hogs 6.00 to 10.20 higher. sows 8.40 to 8.60. feeders 8.26. Sheep receipts 2,008 with lambs 13.25 to 13.28. ewes around 6.00 to 6.26.
Cattle receipts 4,000 with calves 800 in Kansas City Missouri. Desirable fed steers and yearlings steady to strong with top yearlings at 10.00 and bulk 8.06 to 9.76. Beef cows mostly 3.26 to 4.66. heavy heifers up to 6.88. Hogs receipts 6,900 with mostly 10 cents higher, top around 9.9 cents. bulk 9.35 to 9.86. Sheep receipts 24,000 with native lambs steady to 10 cents higher and top not specified.
Chicago cash grain report lists prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds on August 21 with varied grades and bid offers. Prices show No 1 and No 2 hard wheat and multiple corn yellow and white varieties, oats rye and minor seeds plus lard ribs bellies in fluctuating figures.
Chicago August 21 Wheat rose early on gains from Liver pool advance and tight weather in western Europe and Argentina with frost reported in Canada. Corn weakness pulled wheat lower later. prices eased and then steadied before a heavy close, December futures down about 1 to 2 cents. Export demand expanded amid the decline.
The market reports steady activity with better grades achieving higher bids. Prices range from 5.00 to 13.60 for various classes, while odd lots and ewes attract bid levels around 5.00 to 6.60 in a generally steady session.
Market notes from Omaha report hog receipts 9 860 with 210 to 300 pounders selling near 9.50 to 9.75. Cattle receipts 3 200 with beef steers and yearlings steady to firm and calves uneven. Sheep receipts 11 006 with lambs strong to 26 cents higher and best fat ewes around 6 75.
Stock prices moved irregularly higher at the opening with industrials leading gains. Southern Railway hit a record of 69 1 2, Marine preferred and Nash Motors posted new 1924 highs, while Mack Truck fell and several popular issues retreated on profit taking. Foreign exchange opened firm.
Official estimates from CHICAGO list hogs at 24000 head cattle 3000 and sheep 12000 for tomorrow’s market totaling a robust livestock outlook after the midweek update.
The Vocational Aid Bureau in Stockholm, run by the Board of Education, assists high school students near graduation to find work or pursue trade training. It cooperates with the city Employment Agency for Minors, and in its first month placed 392 of 657 applicants, including 124 young women.
A memorial for Knute Nelson born in Norway and raised as a peasant was unveiled at Evanger in Voss county Norway. The obelisk memorial, funded by the Young Peasant People's Society, honors Nelson who rose to the U S Senate.
Free broadcasting station to be opened by the American Radio Relay League at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. It will send individual messages anywhere in the United States during the exposition from August 20 to 29.
In London on August 21 a bill to prevent burial alive was presented in Parliament. It requires medical inspection of a dead body before death certification and a proper inquiry into cause. The cost would be charged to the deceased's estate.
Berlin reports a new threat from women robbers who target men in the suburbs after midnight. They are described as large and strong and prefer hammers or clubs over revolvers. In Dresden German schools religious and patriotic songs have been removed under Communist pressure.
Prices for hogs rose on quotations but provisions lacked backing amid cautious trading. The market showed higher quotes, yet support remained thin as traders weighed supply and demand factors.
Potatoes traded steady in Chicago with receipts of 3 cars and 871 total US shipments. Prices varied by grade and state, with Kansas Irish cobblers at 1.20 to 1.35 and Missouri at 1.00 to 1.30, while New Jersey traded 1.75 to 1.80 and Minnesota 1.15 to 1.25 for early Ohios. Virginia price listed at 1.76.
Ames report says humans need roughage like cellulose in summer. Dr E W Johns of Iowa State College notes people eat excess starch and fat while meat intake is high among Americans. He advises more green foods, exercise, and avoiding patent medicines to stay thin.
Margaret Beal of Ainsworth high school won second prize in the Iowa Good Roads essay contest, with the Journal publishing her full piece on how good roads strengthen social, economic and educational facets of home life. The essay argues direct road taxes fund closer towns, better education, and richer community life through easier travel, school consolidation, church attendance, and cultural exchanges.
Detroit Mich August 20 Senator James Couzens said in two speeches he will support the Republican ticket in November regardless of September primary results where he seeks renomination He thanked Senator La Follette for his endorsement but said he aims to shape party policies and will not simply accept creed from others
National conference of Catholic Charities will meet at the Des Moines auditorium on September 7. The coliseum will be converted into a cathedral replica for pontifical high mass to open the conference, with delegates from many parts of the United States anticipated.
Mexicans call for postal reforms to expand mail delivery to street addresses while many use post office boxes. The move highlights demand for improved mail service options and reliable delivery nationwide.
The article explains that the Tivoli theater name derives from Tivoli near Rome, Italy. It notes the ancient city’s pronunciation Tee-vo-lee, while U S usage commonly renders Tivoli in New York as Tiv-o-ll.
Berlin residents celebrate the return of whipped cream as wartime restrictions end. Demand soars, dairies struggle to meet it, and shipments from Holland and Scandinavia flood in. Prices reach about 50 cents per cake.
Mrs W M Green and Miss Marjorie Green traveled to Kirkwood Illinois this morning for a visit.
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