Daily Market Reports First Report Chicago Dec 6 1922
Hogs estimated receipts today 24000 holdover 17947 cattle 12000 estimated 15000. Market slow to weak with top hog price 8.20 early and bulk 7.85. Heavy weights 7.96 8.15, medium weights 7.05 8.15, light weights 8.00 8.15. Hogs estimated receipts today 12000 market steady to strong. Live cattle and calves show varied prices with steer and heifer ranges and feeder categories. Official yesterday figures show hogs 57820 cattle 16010 sheep 17937 calves 4266 with shipments and grain prices noted. Tomorrow’s estimates: hogs 48000 cattle 11000 sheep 16000.
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Chicago
Til
Clemenceau to Attend River Meet Conference
Former French premier Georges Clemenceau is invited as guest of honor at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress convention in Washington. The three day event features speeches by Secretary Weeks and Secretary Denby with debates on water competition and long and short haul relief.
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Washington, D. C
Georges Clemenceau
France
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
War Weeks
S. J. Wettrick
Transportation Depacwsecet
Seattle
Merce
Frank Lyon
Washington
Luckenbach
Intermediate Rate Association
Ian Transportation
Malik
Ilinois Central
A. Newton
Missouri
Wator Wys
Winthrop L. Marvin
American Steamship Owners Asociation
Marin
Army
National Transportation Association
Congress
Waterways speakers map future terminals and ports
Major General Lansing H Resch and Chief Engineer partners lead sessions on water terminals and inland waterways. Attendees include J Hampp of Moore Philadelphia Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Roy Miller Corpus Christi and Julius H Cohen of Port of New York Authority.
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Lansing H. Resch
J. Hamppon Moore
Philadelphia
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
Roy Miller
Corpus Christ
Texas
Mr. Barnes
Division of Waterways
Department of Pubic Works and Buildings
Chicago
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Julius H. Cohen
Port of New York Authority
Great Lakes
Wm. G. Bruce
Board of Harbor Commissioners of
Milwaukee
J. H. McCallum
California Board of Harbor Commissioners
San Francisco
W. E. Lea
Orange
Gulf Ports
A. M. Lockett
New Orleans
Dock Board
Sarah Willard Strout
Portland
Maine
Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Sale Dates Announced For Stock Yard Auctions
December 7 sale at Washington with J H Baird, Brown and Shirley at Rock Island Stock Yards cattle sale on December 9, and December 13 closing out sale by Alfred Nash at the north west of Stanfordsville.
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J. H. Baird
Washington
Washing White Furniture Care Guide
White non enameled furniture should be washed a little at a time with sans soap. Enamelled pieces require a neutral soap. Each spot must be thoroughly dried as it is washed.
It Started Something Your Medicine the Talk of Town
A testimonial touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as removing catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and curing ailments from gall stones to appendicitis. One dose allegedly proves its worth with a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy and leading druggists advertise widely.
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Mayr
Lemmon's
Advt
Profitable Pigs Stop Growing at Livestock Exposition
The exhibit Pork Production at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago presents essential pig raising points. Emphasis on continuous growth from birth to market, early corn access, full feeding after weaning, and proper self-feeders for steady weight gain.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
American relief supplies reach Saloniki to aid refugees
One thousand tons of relief goods for Turkish refugees have been unloaded in Saloniki. R. M. Davidson of Ashland Kentucky, Near East Relief representative, directs the unloading. In Kavalla American tobacco men organize supplies and at Dedeagatch Dr W W M Wright of Philadelphia leads the American relief effort.
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Saloniki
Turkey
American Red Cross
United States
R. M. Davidson
Ashland
Kentucky
Kavalla
Dedeagatch
W. W. M. Wright
Philadelphia
Juniors Earn Chicago Livestock Show Trip From Grundy Club
In Grundy Center Iowa on December 6 a group led by L. W. Plager traveled to the Chicago International Livestock Show. One girl and five boys earned the trip with expenses paid for outstanding work in Grundy County Junior Club activities sponsored by the Grundy County Farm Bureau.
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Grundy Center
L. W. Plager
Chicago
Grundy County Farm
Grundy County guests to appear on health contest show
Earnest Hostetter of Grundy Center won a trip as best physical specimen among boy club visitors at the 1922 state fair. He will enter the health contest in Chicago. The champion girl from Town hails from Linn County. Other Grundy County members include Clarence Ranst Reinbeck Fred Wubbens Wellsburg Flossie Weatherly Grundy Center and Wilbur Plager Grundy Center.
Farm Bureau to Hold Annual Meeting December 16
The Farm Bureau plans a full program on Saturday December 16 featuring Prof W H Stevenson ISU soils expert and former US delegate to Rome. A morning business meeting will elect 1923 officers and the county convention delegate with an optional January 11 12 report of the county agent and a luncheon at the Commercial Club to follow.
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Farm Bureau
W. H. Stevenson
Iowa State College
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Stevenson
Des Moines
Commercial Club
American Birds Arrive in Liverpool on Cunard Liner Scythia
Thousands of American land birds blown to sea by unfavorable winds sought safety on the Scythia during its last voyage from New York to Liverpool. The flock, several thousand strong, settled on decks and in lounges transforming the ship into a floating aviary. Many birds died from exhaustion but passengers cared for them. three owls and about twenty pigeons were captured.
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Liverpool
Cunard
Scytha
New York
North Atlantic
Caribbean
England
West Indies
France
Africa
Scythia
Livingston potato shows high yield in Wayne County trials
In Corydon Indiana on December 6 farmers report planting certified seed boosts potato yields by about fifty percent. Livingston variety leads in this section with 281 bushels per acre this year versus a county five year average of 59. Farm bureau directors will provide a bushel of Livingston seed to each township for further trial.
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Corydon
Wayne County
Livingston
Wayne County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union of America Opens Four Day Fort Worth Meeting
The Farmers Union of America begins a four day convention in Fort Worth Texas aimed at building a farming as a business system. Organizers plan to give farmers control over planting acreage production and pricing with more than two thousand members expected to attend.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Farmers Union of America
Ladies of light class in China dainty thimbles carved in pearls
The piece describes Chinese ladies of high status crafting thimbles from enormous pearls and adorning them with gold bands etched with quaint designs, highlighting intricate handwork and artistry.
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China
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Daily Market Reports
Wickham Grain Co
Burlington
Iowa
John A. Babcock
U. S. Yard
Illinois
Clemenceau
River Meet
Bors Congress
Dare
Weeks
Denby
Moore
James A. Reed
Winifred Mason Huck
H. L. Wittrig
East End Garage
Journal’s Farm Department
Iowa State
Ames
J. C. Holbert
Purdue
Kansas
Nebraska
Ewing
Horace B. Boyle
Norton
E. G. Dubhbert
Laurens
E. Irwine Graham
Omaha
Nebr
Jas
H. Hilton
Sherman
James H. Hilton
Peoria Thiefll
Wheeler
Duthbert
Iilbert
Dubbert
Peoria
Boyle
Kansas City
Gio
W. A. Hutton & Co
Hershey
Moascatine
Chicago Board of Trade
Correspondence
Bartlett, Brazier & Company
Logan & Bryan
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Devonport
Muscatine, Lowa
Sire
W. HH. Stevenson
Hone
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Lite
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
Loz
Per
Mie
Idiec
National Farmers Union Meet
East End Grocery
J. B. Kunath
Buick
Tucker & Eicher
White Way Garage
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