Daily Market Reports First and Second Chicago Hogs Cattle Lambs
Summary of August 28 1923 market data with hogs estimated receipts 26000 holdover 16181 cattle 9000 sheep 20000 calves 2000. Second report notes holdover 16186 steady market with top hogs 9.45 and steers to 12.90 and lambs around 12.75 13.40. western lambs steady to weak and light weights up to 8.00. Includes Chicago cash grain figures through Beach Wickham Grain Co with wheat corn and oats prices and futures for Liverpool wheat outlook for Oct and Dec.
Compliment Sparks Guessing Game Among Inquisitive Guests
A Richmond Times Dispatch anecdote notes a woman hosting a guessing contest about her age. An Irishman responds that she does not look her stated age, delivering a playful compliment without committing to specifics.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Freshmen Debate Fathers Hitting Big Money
Three college freshmen compare fathers earnings. One says his father writes a song in one evening and sells it for 25 dollars. Another says his father writes a story in one evening and sells it for 50 dollars. The third boasts his father preaches for an hour and earns enough for 12 men to carry the money up to him.
Hog sale dates announced for Poland China and other breeds
Sale dates listed include September 25 at six miles southeast for W R Gamon and Sons Poland China Hog Sale. October 6 Welsh Wagner Pol and China Hog Sale. October 10 Chas Nicola and Son Brighton Duroc Sale. October 13 Ernest Carlson Duroc Jersey Hog sale.
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W. R. Gamon & Sons
Poland
Welsh & Wagner
China
Chas. Nicolla & Son
Brighton
Duroc Sale
Ernest Carlson
Duroc Jersey
Soybean Demonstration Tours Planned Across Iowa
Ames Iowa Aug 28 Beginning in Linn county September 7 a series of soybean meetings will tour about thirty five counties in Iowa. Farm bureaus and the Agricultural Extension Service of Iowa State College cooperate with auto tours to soybean demonstration plots where eight to ten varieties are tested. A Extension Service crops specialist or county agent accompanies each tour to discuss methods of harvest and use. Iowa's soybean acreage this year is reported at least double last year with some counties showing 99 acres under cultivation. Thirteen five cooperative test plots were started last spring and 60 will be visited in county tours. Counties include Adams Appanoose Black Hawk Boone Buchanan Clayton Dallas Davis Chickasaw Guthrie Harrison Jackson Jasper Jefferson Kossuth Lee Linn Lyon Madison Mahaska Marion Monroe O’Brien Pottawattamie Poweshiek Sac Scott Story Tama Union Wapello Washington Wayne Worth Wright.
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Ames
Linn County
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Agricutural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Extension Service
Ajdams
Appanoose
Black Hawk
Hoone
Buchanan
Clayton
Dallas
Davis
Chickasaw
Guthrie
Harrison
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Kossuth
Lee
Linn
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Monroe
O'Brien
Pottawattamie
Poweshiek
Sac
Frazer Concertiers Charm Crawfordsville Chautauqua Audience
In Crawfordsville on Aug 27 the Frazer Concertiers presented a chautauqua program with Mr Frazer and Miss Hinshaw performing readings and songs while Mr Bashore spoke on the value of perseverance. A second evening show featured opera sings and a Highland dance. Local residents and visitors attended and the L T L program at United Presbyterian drew a large crowd.
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Crawfordsville
Prudence Johns
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Frazer Concertiers
Chautauqua
Frazer
Miss Hinshaw
Bashore
Henry McCoy
Ottumwa
Mina McCleary
Mesita
Colorado Springs
Denver
Colorado
Des Moine
Shoppers and Social Visits Mark Dayton Grove Week
Jennie and Lucile Strum were Washington shoppers on Saturday. Mrs. Willard Leet and Ruth visited Mrs. Bruce Moore on Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. Knox and others spent Sunday at Geo. Ferguson's. Roy Gardner and family visited in Columbus Junction. A good rain was enjoyed Sunday night and Monday. Raymond Ferguson visited Fairfield and Perlee.
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Jennie
Lucile Strum
Washington
Willard Leet
Ruth
Bruce Moore
Wm. Knox
Omer Dillon
Howard
Blanche Conrad
Geo, Ferguson's
Will Embree
Embree
Keota
Dorothy Disney
Lexington M. E
W.S. Ferguson
Lester
Lynn
Margaret
Dale McBride
Geo. Ferguson
Roy Gardener
Columbus Junction
James Embree
Raymond Ferguson
Fairfield
Perlee
Kalona Labor Day Celebration Planned by Legion and Firemen
Ren of Richland and several families joined five other campers for a five day outing at Cone Lake. Kalona plans a big Labor Day event on September third under the American Legion and Firemen. The community also notes society events, store staff changes, and local travels.
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Ren of
Richland
KE B. Swank
Chas. Faulkner
Hal Figgins
Cone Lake
Kalona
Labor Day
American Legion and Firemen
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society
the Methodistschurch
D. C. Miller
Joye Page
O. C. Steigleder
Roy Osborne
Iowa City
A. A. Warner
Myrtice
G. F. Howard
Des Moines
Everette
Edward EB. Herschberger
Edna Marner
Bishop Y. Swartzendruber
Marriage at Jackson Home with Noon Charivari
Tressa Jane Phillips and Charles Johnson wed at the Jerome N Phillips home near Wellman on a Wednesday morning. Fifty neighbors joined a noon charivari with cigars ice cream and cake. The couple left for northern Iowa lakes after the celebration. Melville Kline of Kansas City visited the Briley home during chautauqua and then returned home.
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Melville Kline
Kansas City
Briley
Chautauqua
Woman's Club
Iowa River
Gladwin
Funeral Held for Kenneth Hicks in Muscatine
Kenneth Hicks, 24, died after falling six stories from a Chicago painting job, leaving a wife and baby daughter, along with his parents two brothers and a sister. Emil Heasselschwerdt Mae Snyder attended the Muscatine service.
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Kalona
Emil Heasselschwerdt
Mae Snyder
Kenneth Hicks
Muscatine
Hicks
Chicago
O. L. Morgan
Gladys
Charles McConnell
Young America notes and local visits in Iowa City area
Aug 28 report lists Mr and Mrs W J Marie and sons in Iowa City. Porter and Briley finished threshing for Young America Threshing Co after 40 000 bushels. Visitors include Miss Meyers of Zion City AL aunt of Mrs Cherry and Miss Brook of Chicago visiting Mr and Mrs McLaughlin.
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Young America
W. J. Marie
Leo
Leonard
William, Jr
Iowa City
Edgar Porter
Ben Briley
Young America Threshing Company
Johanna Meyers
Zion City
Charles Cherry
Frank Pringle
Keola
Mary Brook
Tucker and Eicher Agency
Robert McLaughlin
H. B. Porter
Clarence
Unbearable Threat to Deceive World Says Boston Editor
A Boston Evening editor warns against deceiving the public, arguing the world has faced greater deception and more experience than the speaker. The line underscores a stance on honesty and accountability in discourse.
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Boston Evening ‘Transcript
Merchant Ad Message Mentioned in Journal
A shopper tells the merchant I saw your ad in the Journal and seeks a response. The note references the newspaper as the source of the advertisement and implies interest based on that placement.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Co
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John A. Babcock
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W. S. Reister
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Lisle Maxwell
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Lawrence
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Freda White
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Hazel
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Howard Huston
Children’s Hospital
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Tas
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South Ave
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Maynard Kallous
Ruggists
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Milwaukee Road
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Terrace Garden
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