Market News Chicago Livestock and Grains Report
Chicago market notes show hog receipts at 16 000 with 712 holdover and cattle receipts at 11 000 with 712 holdover. Prices range with hogs mostly 6.75 to 9.80, beef steers 5.25 to 10.50, lambs 6.75 to 8.75, and feeders 4.00 to 7.50. Official yesterday receipts list hogs 22 610 cattle 7 620 sheep 24 777 calves 1 918. Also wheat futures and cash grains quoted. new white oats 33-34 cents, No 2 yellow corn 54-55 cents.
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Chicago
Poland China Sale Dates Announced
Sale dates listed include Sept 17 for W R Gamon Poland China cattle and Oct 5 for E J Paul Washington Spotted Poland China, outlining two upcoming auctions with distinct breeders and stock.
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W. R. Gamon
Poland
China
E. J. Paul
Washington
Prairie Flower Baptist Bible School and Dring to Speak
County churches invite all to Bible school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with Dr Dring returning missionary from Assam delivering the message. He will preach at Washington church in the evening. B Y P U at 7 30 p m pastor E A Anderson welcomes all.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Bible School
Dring
Assam
Washington
E. A. Anderson
New Haven Baptist Bible School and Sunday Sermon Notice
The New Haven Baptist Church invites attendance for Bible school at 2 p m and preaching at 3 p m this Sunday. The pastor E A Anderson may be absent later this month, so preaching will occur this Sunday and next. Everyone welcome.
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Bible School
E. A. Anderson
West Chester Baptist Sunday School Faces Leadership Change
West Chester Baptist notes the superintendent and his wife are moving to Keota. The church loses faithful leadership and plans to prayerfully fill vacancies as the Baptist Association and County Sunday School Convention approach later this month. E. A. Anderson pastor.
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Keota
The
Baptist Association
County
E. A. Anderson
Keota Residents Return From State Fair Trip
Mr and Mrs Orem Palmer and Mr and Mrs Flave Hagist returned Tuesday night from an automobile trip to the state fair where local Red Cross officials have pending updates.
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Europe
B. B. Brown
Glen Houston
Des Moines
James White
Beatrice Seibert
United Charities’ of Chicago
Keota
Chicago
Society
Keota Keota
Orem. Palmer
Flave Hagist
Red Cross
Nobody Knows But Father Poem Tribute
A reflective poem dedicated to fathers, touching on the hidden burdens of providing for a family. It contrasts a father’s unseen debt and hardship with the warm home life protected by love from a faithful mother.
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Father
Farm Bureau Day Highlights Roles of Rural Women and Policy
The Iowa state fair marked the second Farm Bureau Day with President Hunt presiding. Mrs. Richardson of Mahaska county spoke on farm women’s leadership in rural homes and reconstruction, while J. W. Coverdale and James Howard urged stronger federation support and legislative action benefiting agriculture.
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Farm Bureau
Hunt
Richardson
Mahaska County
Coverdale
National Federation of Farm Bureaus
J. W. Coverdale
United States Department of Agriculture
James Howard
National Federation
Congress
Howard
Dowell
Dickinson
Ed Cunningham
Hat Stand Purchase Sparks Silly Family Moment
A New York Globe item recalls a hostess showing off a hat stand to guests while her son Tommy arrives wearing his hat. She asks why she bought it, and he replies that it was for $2, telling no one.
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Tommy
New York Globe
Anniversary Ruse Over Rugs Plan
A Winnipeg Tribune quip frames a couple’s quarrel as the husband recalls their wedding anniversary, while the wife corrects him that three months remain. She insists he take the afternoon off to beat the rugs, revealing a domestic tension beneath a lighthearted exchange.
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John
Winnipeg Tribune
Earthquake Shocks Pasific Coast Town Residents
In a Pacific Coast town a slight earthquake was felt by Messrs Clancy and Callahan. Callahan asks Patrick what he thought when the ground began to tremble, and Clancy scoffs that a man with legs to run and lungs to roar would not be thinking in such a moment.
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Pacific Coast
Messrs
Clancy
Callahan
Patrick
Mr. Callahan
Mr. Clancy
Big Game filmed scenes move from Canada to California
A Blizzard in Northern California backdrop for Metro's Big Game at the Fox Theater. Bayard Veiller planned a Canadian expedition for key scenes but the script’s snowbound woods were found near Hollywood, shortening the shoot to a two day trip.
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California
Metro
May Allison
Fox Theater
Bayard Veiller
West Coast
Canadian
Hollywood
Corn crop largely frost free in Iowa report
Iowa agricultural statistician Frank Pinney reports most of the corn crop is dented and frost free as harvesting and silage cutting begin. Threshing of small grain is nearly finished, fall plowing progresses, pastures and late vegetables improve with rains, potatoes remain poor, and melons and cabbage still move from eastern districts.
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Des Moines
Frank 8. Pinney
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Morkets
Nichols
West Chester Social Notes and Local Bits
Local residents share visits and travels from West Chester to Pasadena Baxter and Sigourney. Helen Mayhew and others plan trips. Howard Augustine travels to Chicago. A neighbor recalls oats price shifts from $3.25 to 65 cents, noting market concerns and organizational impact on goods.
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West Chester
Helen Mayhew
Miss Thompson
Mr. Risk
Howard McCall
Miss Mayhew
Pasadena
Calif
W.S. Boyer
Tressa
Baxter
Kan
Ed Blattner
Geo. Blattner
Sigourney
Blattners
W. S. Boyer
J. D. Dayton
Howard Augustine
Chicago
Crawfordsville Students Headed to Colleges and Jobs
Aug. 31 Crawfordsville notes list local youths heading to colleges and teaching positions across the country. Names include Mina McCleary at Keota Mina Spangler at Martinsburg Bruce Lease Hull Stella Barnett Escalon Irene Holmes Cotter Leila Edgar Beaver Falls Pa Mabel Crooks Monmouth College Velma Twinam Westminster College Frances Eicher Mabel Borman Grace Lease Parson's Fairfield Leonard Graber Bluffton College Doris McNeill Elizabeth Squires nursing Washington County Hospital Grace Hesseltine Havre Veda Twinam Selma Ala Jeanette Wooley Drake University. W A Carson visited from Washington to see son Wallace Carson.
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Crawfordsville
Lloyd Moothart
Washington
J. T
E. L. Clark
Mina McCleary
Keota
Mina Spangler
Martinsburg
Bruce Lease
Hull
Iowa
Stella and
Mary Barnett
Escalon
Calif
Irene Holmes
Cotter
Henry Frederickson
State University At
Lincoln
Neb
Alice Maxwell
Lillian Holmes
Leland Maxwell
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Cloyce Huston
Iowa City
Leila Edgar
Beaver Falls
Mabel Crooks
Monmouth College
Monmouth, Ill
Velma Twinam
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Frances Eicher
Mabel Borman
Grace Lease
Parson's College
Fairfield
Leonard Graber
Bluffton College
Bluffton
Ohio
Doris McNeill
Elizabeth Squires
Washington County Hospital
Grace Hesseltine
Havre
Veda Twinam
Selma
Alabama
Jeanette Wooley
Drake University
Des Moines
W. A. Carson
Wallace Carson
Truthful Pass Lifts a Boy Home for Free Ride
Dean Richmond, once head of the New York Central, terrified a boy seeking a pass with a fearsome roar then praised the boy for telling the truth when he admitted not wanting to pay. The conductor granted the boy a free ride, remarking it was the first time anyone had spoken truth to obtain a pass.
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Dean Richmond
New York Central
Richmond
Iowa Wool Growers Hold 3,000,000 Pounds in Storage
Des Moines reports Iowa wool growers now keep 3 million pounds of wool stored in Chicago. The move, driven by the Iowa Fleece Wool Growers association, aims to hold for better prices as markets improve. Officials note shipping and marketing reforms have elevated wool to a true Iowa industry with prices showing initial signs of recovery.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Iowa Fleece Wool Growers’ Association
Frank Warner
Iowa Jhankers’ Association
Warner
Montana
Idaho
National Wool Warehouse & Storage Company
Ohio
United States Bureau of Markets
Boston
Philadelphia
Railroads fight Iowa tax rulings over farm land values
Des Moines reports a major suit where railroads seek a federal injunction to delay county tax rolls, arguing Iowa may overtax rail lines while farm land assessments could rise about twenty five percent. If railroads win, counties must defend farm valuations and tax policy before the courts.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Supreme Court of the United States
Aged Minister Dies in Xenia Ohio at 90
Word arrived of the death in Xenia Ohio Saturday of Dr. David Carson aged 90. He was the sole surviving member of the commission that formed the United Presbyterian church in 1858 and the oldest living graduate of Washington and Jefferson College. He had lived in Xenia over 50 years and planned to move to Pennsylvania to live with relatives.
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Monmouth
Ill
Xenia
Ohio
David Carson
Carson
United Presbyterian Church
Washington and Jefferson College
Pennsylvania
Tennis Players Seldom Go to Jail
Sioux City report notes only two of 500 inmates had played tennis, based on Rev. J. R. Perkins former Council Bluffs warden during a prison survey at a banquet.
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Sioux City
J. R. Perkins
Council Bluffs
Lowal Penitentiary
Mr. Perkins
Mexico to tax lottery winnings decree enacts a tiered tax
Mexico City reports a government decree ordering a 10 percent tax on winnings over 5,000, 6 percent on 500 to 5,000, and 2 percent on prizes under 500. The measure, effective August 1, targets all prizes from lotteries in the republic.
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Mexico City
Republic
Jud Tonkins Urges More Helpers for Heavy Workload
Jud Tonkins says many men are needed to finish the job and warns that existing helpers are stretched thin as they work long hours. He highlights the strain on crews and the risk of delays if additional staff are not provided.
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Jud Tonkins
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