Market Opens as Hog and Cattle Receipts Surge in Chicago
Chicago grain and livestock market report shows estimated hog receipts 18,000 with 13,593 holdovers and cattle receipts 11,000 with 18,593 holdovers. Market very slow with prices 50 to 75 cents lower. top hogs near 21.10 and various weights and grades listed for heavy, medium, and light hogs, sows, and pigs. Cattle and calves mixed with declines of 25 to 50 cents on many classes. beef steers and butchers described with price ranges, along with stockers and feeders. Estimated total receipts around 30,000. lambs and ewes show softer demand and mixed prices.
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Chicago
Grain futures closing report from Iowa City exchange
Close of grain futures shows corn at 1.92 percent for No 2 white and 1.93 percent for No 2 yellow with 148 cars and slight tone off. Oats at 714 and 72 1/2 with 167 cars and steady to a half cent decline. December coffee at 19.00.
Storage fowl kills Yank as Ohio officer dies in Canton
Charles C. Weybrecht aged fifty, former adjutant general of Ohio, died in Canton after hosting a Lake Side Country Club dinner. Physicians blame contaminated storage turkey. Mrs Helen Gabris and Mr Mrs Sharer suffer paralysis with doubtful recovery. Weybrecht recently returned from France where he commanded the 146th Infantry.
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Alliance
Charles C. Weybrecht
France
Lakeside Country Club
Canton
Helen Sebring Gabris
William J. Gabris
Sebring
John ©. Sharer
Cleveland
Etvicken
Weyrecht
Ohio
Farm Sale Dates and County Auction List
The Farm Department lists public and administrator sales across Washington area sites from Sept. 3 to Sept. 20, including W. H. Helmick and Mrs. N. W. Noecker auctions. The Iowa Cow Testing Association notes 11 participating associations and high cows Brindle and Buchanan County leads. 36 cows over 50 pounds fat and 138 over 40 pounds. A new United States Wyoming Horse Breeding Station opens July 1 at Buffalo to produce high-class stallions for western range and farm use. mares may access station services locally while some stallions travel to Colorado and Wyoming. Town Experiment Station hosts October 29 demonstrations of pig feeding methods with 48 approaches, plus commercial feed testing with 22 feed lots and strong attendance at past Feeder Days.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wyoming Agricultural College
Buffalo
Wyo
United States
Wyoming Horse Breeding Station
Colorado Agricultural College
Ing
Colorado
Chicago
Ames
Towa
Iowa
Proper orchard spraying avoids harming bees insists expert
Orchard spraying is not harmful to bees if done correctly says R. B. Herrick at Town State College. The only risky time is during full bloom but spraying then is wrong. bloom time should be just after petals fall and again later in summer. He calls for cooperation between orchardists and bee men to protect pollination and honey flow.
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R. 8
Herrick
Town State College
Mr. Herrick
Swine Feeders Day at Ames
Ames farmers join Swine Feeders Day to learn cost efficient pork production strategies. The event focuses on feeding practices, grain pricing, and minimizing input costs for meat production.
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Ames
Mutual 12 W S Reister Sons Produce Market Prices
Mutual 12 W S Reister & Sons lists daily produce prices with butter 55c per lb, eggs 7e per dozen, cream 8d per lb, hens 24e per lb, springs 25c, old roosters 12e, ducks 1d per lb, geese 10c, turkeys 20e, beet hides 8e, kip hides 60c, calf hides 40c, horse hides 12.00 each. Rail strikes are seized for now, affecting shipping safety and delivery rates.
Mail pouch loss of 75000 in bonds between Joliet and Chicago
A registered pouch containing about 75000 in Liberty bonds and other securities disappeared from the mails between Joliet and Chicago. The shipment involved bonds sent by local banks to Chicago financial institutions.
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Chicago
Joliet, Til
Joller
New London Paris Air Line Inaugurated
A new freight and passenger air service between London and Paris began with a test flight from Hounslow at nine in the morning returning at 2 45 in the afternoon. The machine carried general cargo on the round trip. 80 000 Telegraphers Want Raise. A meeting of general chairmen and officers of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers will meet in St. Louis on September 1 to formulate wage demands. The union has about 150 000 members in the United States and Canada.
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London
Paris
Hounslow
County of Middlesex
St. Louis
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
United States
Canada
Cholera Outbreak Alarms Scott County Hog Herds
Davenport reports a growing hog cholera outbreak in Scott County with inspections by Dr. G B Munger warning of serious spread during threshing season. Quarantines on pens at Hldridge, suspected sick hogs in shipments, and calls for anti cholera serum and veterinary advice aim to curb the threat and comply with state prevention laws.
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Davenport
Scott County
G. B. Munger
Cedar Rapids
Hldridge
Burlington Banks Prepare New Merger
Burlington Iowa August 27 National State Bank of Burlington and First National Bank will merge into a single bank to be named the First National on September 15. Details of the union were released today.
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Burlington
National State Bank of
First National Bank
First National
Bank Merger Sets September Stockholder Meeting
A merger was arranged and a stockholders meeting is scheduled for September 13 to ratify it. The bank will have 300000 dollars capital and starts with deposits of 3000000 dollars. Charles F. Brook of Burlington is slated for the presidency.
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Charles F. Brook
Burlington
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John Aft
Babcock Iion Merchant
Cennaee
Illinois
Close OF Grain Futures
E. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
J. B. Hunt
WANT
Journal’s Farm Department
W. H. Helmick
Washington
N. W. Noecker
Artie McCully
Fast Main Street
Will Conger
West Chester
Alliman Bros
Noble
Duroe Jersey
Milo J. Shalla
Wellman
Buchanan County Association
Pioneer
Brindle
F. G. Drahn
Monona-Farmersburg Associaion
Mutual
W.S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
Eral Townships
Fairview Farm
Wm. J. Berane
Riverside, Iowa
S. E
Kalona
Broonar
Lemmon
J.L
Brookhart
D. F. Macon
Wolf
Sherman Brothers
McKenzie & Shilling
W. J. Walkinson
Riverside
J. D. Duncan
Cotter
Miller
White Way
Formu
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Redusoc
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Wen RY Tee
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