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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1925
Page
2
Hog prices ease with bid ranges from 10.50 to 11.99 for slaughter pigs and various weights. Cattle receipts reach 5,000 with fed steers mostly 12.00 to 14.25 per hundredweight and stockers active. Sheep supplies at 15,000 with fat lambs slow and averages listed for yearlings and ewes.
Chicago officials release livestock figures for December 2 listing hogs at 35000 cattle at 11000 and sheep at 16000 in the day's market snapshots.
Fred W. Patterson of the National Selected Morticians explains that relatives and friends often bury jewelry with the dead. He notes jewelry items average about $10 per trinket and estimates 2,000,000 Americans die annually carrying about $20,000,000 in jewelry to the grave.
Verdi will be commemorated in Rome with ceremonies in Busseto next January and a statue in Rome funded by a national subscription. The Italian composer’s natal city Busseto marks the anniversary of his death observed with official tributes.
Chicago market prices list No 2 hard wheat at 1.75 to 1.80 dollars, corn varied by grade with No 4 mixed 70 to 72 cents, No 1 mixed 66 to 67.5, No 4 yellow 71 to 75, oats No 2 white 41 to 42, rye none, barley 65 to 78, timothy seed 6.50 to 7.25, clover seed 21.00 to 30.50, lard 13.92, ribs 15.75, bellies 16.00.
Toledo news notes seed prices for Cash and Timothy seed with listed futures for December January February and March. Also reports a fatal shooting in Sioux City involving Fred Williams the printer who killed his wife and another man. reference to former residence in New Albia Iowa and marriage to Dorothy Gantembein.
The Iowa State college at Ames showcased Chicago-Mah Jongg, a 2 year old Aberdeen Angus steer, as grand champion at the International Livestock Show. The steer is scheduled for auction Thursday morning.
The Iowa Horticultural Society, over sixty years assisting fruit growers, outlined its history and key achievements at its annual meeting in Ames. Notable figures include M. F. Hinkley, J. Meek, D. W. Adams, Suel Foster, N Reeves, and C. G. Patten, plus early orcharding efforts from 1836 onward. The society promoted fruit breeding, forestry, and commercial orchards, shaping Iowa's fruit industry.
The text links a sunny disposition to healthy liver and stomach, notes that digestive issues affect the brain, and promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a simple harmless treatment to remove mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract, claiming it can help stomach liver and appendix concerns. Available at druggists.
Williamaburg Mrs Thomas Roberts living nearby was severely burned while attempting to start a fire in her kitchen range with kerosene and is not expected to survive.
The list shows butterfat test prices for butterfat products and assorted poultry rates from Washington Produce Markets. Prices include hens, springs, ducks, geese by weight and breed, plus beef and horse hides, with a note that sick or crippled poultry have no market.
The timetable lists CRE and Knoxville Branch trains with arrivals and departures, noting No. 4 Golden State Eastbound at 3:29 a.m and No. 18 at 1:18 a.m, plus several local and freight trains and branch services. It includes agents H W Russell and J C McKay and service notes for daily and Sunday operations.
Governor Mc Mullen of Nebraska plans to dispatch a trade and commerce official to Des Moines to brief Governor Hammill on the Nebraska bank guaranty law. In Des Moines, attorneys wrangled over evidence in the liquor trial with sessions lasting most of yesterday. In Lamont, farmer Thomas Campbell died after a fall from the top of a corn crib.
Closing out and public sale notices list December events around Washington Havre and nearby towns. Names include A Munson Ode Ferguson A C Plummer W Saville Foster J Campbell Albert Novy Sr with sale dates from Dec 4 to Dec 23 and locations north east of Washington and Havre.
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