Daily Market Reports Chicago Prices Drift Lower on Hog and Cattle Receipts
Daily market notes from Chicago on December 5 report hogs mostly 15 to 25 cents lower with top around 9.60 and heavy weight hogs 9.20 to 9.60. Cattle receipts 6,000 with fed steers steady to firm and week’s high closes. yearling and stocker activity varied and canners and cutters in demand. Sheep receipts 10,000 with fat lambs and natives selling 15 to 25 cents lower, best above 15.00.
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Chicago
Wieker
Shoals Dam project threatens Muscle Shoals mound relics
Dr J Walther Fewkes chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian, and Gerrard Fowke excavated Indian mounds at Muscle Shoals Alabama that will be flooded by the Wilson Dam in 1925. They found copper ornaments beads and a mussel shell burial mound, signs of the tribes that used the site. The finds are being packed for study at the Smithsonian as researchers determine which tribe occupied the area.
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Washington
Big Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
J.walter Fewkes
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Gerrard Fowke
Chicago grain futures set mixed readings across commodities
Chicago cash grain prices show varied quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds. Prices range from No 2 yellow corn at 1.20 to No 6 white corn at 1.04 with oats and timothy and clover seed also listed alongside lard ribsa and bellies priced in the 15 dollar range.
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Chicago
Wheat and corn rise on eastern buying and foreign cues
Active wheat buying by eastern linked houses pushed prices higher in Chicago after a cautious start. Liverpool and Buenos Aires strength aided gains while Argentina crop hints and a blizzard tempering U.S. corn and oats supported the market. Provisions followed grain strength with lower hog prices noted.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mussel Shoals mound yields ancient village remains
Fresh water mussels in the river gave Muscle Shoals its name. A mussel mound near an Indian village contained flint heads knives and pottery fragments with cooking stones. Barbecues for cooking animals and skeletons with heavy stones were found. Dr. Fowkes estimates the mound height at about nine feet with signs of a village and cooking fire nearby.
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Fowke
Fowkes
Merchant notes seen ad in Journal
A shopper tells a merchant that they saw the ad in the Journal, indicating attention to local advertising and prompting discussion of offerings. The remark highlights the newspaper’s role in connecting buyers and sellers in the community.
Farm Sale Dates Set for Noble West Chester and Washington
Sale notices list closing out events for William Ranstein in Noble Iowa on December 10, Tom Knotts sale two and a half miles northeast of West Chester on December 10, and Frank Prebyl sale eight miles north of Washington on December 17.
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Wm. Ranstein
Noble
Iowa
Tom Knotts
West Chester
Frank Prebyl
Washington
Alva Knotts Farm
Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Prices Listed
A price sheet from Washington Produce Markets lists poultry rates for various fowl and animal products. Hens, springs and ducks are priced by weight, with per pound and per dozen figures, and notes no market for cull sick or crippled poultry.
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Anne Ee Oro
Netherlands Divided on Disarmament Debate in The Hague
In a packed Royal Hague hall Professor Van Embden urged total disarmament while General Snyders warned against it and argued for adequate preparation. They debated gas warfare and Holland’s safety amid fears of another major war with Holland as an agricultural nation ill suited to arms production.
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Hague
Holland
van Embden
Netherlands
Snyders
Amos Alfred Fries
American Chemical Warfare Service
William Luther Sibert
Tasker H. Bliss
Local Society Notices And Club Announcements
Community groups across the county schedule meetings social events bake sales and fundraisers from December 5 to 10 with teas pageants box suppers and choir rehearsals. Church ladies groups Girl Scouts and Fortnightly clubs convene at schools centers and homes, inviting all members to attend and bring items or dues.
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W. 8. Boyer
Mollie Tierney
Howard Stewart
Dan Rohrer
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
West Chester
Department of Home Economics No
Will" Dupuis
Joint-Base promises relief for painful joints
A high-class pharmacist promotes Joint-Base as a topical remedy for rheumatic swelling and stiff joints. He claims it soaks through skin to reach the source of discomfort and works on all joints from ankle to spine. Sold at druggists for 60c a tube with mail orders available. Pope Laboratories, Hallowell, Maine.
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Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
School Editors Hold Convention at Grinnell Friday
Harvey Ingham of the Des Moines Register will headline the fifth annual Iowa State High School Press association meeting at Grinnell College. Delegates from forty to fifty high schools will attend with speakers from Burlington, Washington, Grinnell, Monticello, and Des Moines.
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Grinnell
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register
Iowa State High School Press Association
John F. D. Aue
Burlington Hawkeye
Alec Miller
Washington Democrat
Lyceum
W. G. Ray
Grinnell Herald
Montezuma Republican
Brooklyn Chronicle
Misa Hilda Mauck
Grinnel
Frank Bunnell
Omaha
Sigma Delta Chi
Theta Sigma Phi
D. W. Norrie
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Council Bluffs
Rand Cymnasium
Oskaloosa High School
Oskaloosa
Kellogg's Bran Ad Promotes Health For Children
A Kellogg's Bran advertisement from Battle Creek Michigan recounts a father's letter praising their krambled bran for children troubled by constipation. The notice urges regular daily use of ALL bran to achieve relief, with a money back guarantee if not effective, and notes the product is made in Battle Creek and sold by all grocers.
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Kellogg
Brad
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg’s
Alt Grocers
National League All Star Team Named From 1924 Balloting
Giants provide three selections with Buck Herzog and Burleigh Grimes among Brooklyn's Arthur Vance the MVP leads five pitchers named. Frank Frisch and Kiki Hartnett headline a star lineup with Rogers Hornsby praised as the era’s greatest hitter.
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New York
Giants
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Arthur
Dazzy) Vance
Brooklyn
Vance
Committee of Baseball Writers
Burleigh Grimes
Hornsby
Heydler
National League
Walter Johnson
Washington Americans
Eddie Collins
White Sox
Kelly
St. Lou's
Maranville
Palmas Island dispute cools as Netherlands hold Palmas
Manila dated report states the Netherlands and United States continue disputing Palmas Island’s ownership. The Netherlands control the small speck of land south of Mindanao after Spain ceded the area to the United States under the 1898 treaty of Paris.
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Manila
Netherlands
United States
Palmas Island
Philippine Archipelago
Mindanao
Spain
Paris
Karnak claims sweep Iowa health issues nationwide
Testimony from dozens of Iowans promotes Karnak as a rapid health booster. Mrs. Joseph Ray of Clinton reports relief from nerves and digestive troubles after three bottles. A mother and sister also credit Karnak with renewed health, urging others to try the treatment and Karnak Pills as a key part. Sherman Bros. distributes in Washington with general druggists selling Karnak.
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Andre
Joseph Ray
2Nd St
Clinton
Iowa
Washington
Sherman Bros
Advt
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Daily Market Reports
Chicago Livestock
Srecle Shoals
Taro
Kentucky
John Shields & Sons
Schulty Garage
Clark & Boss
Chamberlain
John A
Chicago Grain
Chicago Cash Grain
Washington Produce Markets
Mutual
Marion Ave
Woman's Auxiliary of the County Hospital
Union School
Prairie Flower Church
Henrietta Byers
A. R. Oates
Lexington King's Heralds
Wilma Anderson
Franklin Center
Mildred Davidson
Pleasant Hil
Washington Cleaners
Rebekahs
Farmer's Union
Havre
Crawfordsville
C.D. of A
Albert M. Huff
G. A. R. Hall
Epworth League of
Children's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Home Economica Department of
Etha Dawson
Freakins Hospital
Milan Shields
Girl Scout
Mae Campbell
Board of the Christian Church
Frank Wilson
Washington County Hospital
Crail's
Journal
Mayr
Susan J. Gardner
Team Bay Mares
Brown Mare
Black Mare
Holstein
Concord
Studebaker
Rock Island
John Deere
Oscar Gardner
D. F. Macon
KR. A. Whitacre
Yde
Pittsburh
Alexander
Karnak
Schuettler
Emerson
Fordson
Oliver
Fordson Tractor
Peter's
Hays
O. K
Shaffer Lamp
Chas. Brown
Harry Dusenbery
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