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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1926
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hog receipts at 52 000 with steady to 10 cent declines and varied weights trading 10.65 to 12.05. Cattle receipts 25 000 with yearlings and light heifers steady to strong and fat cows bid lower. Sheep receipts 24 000 with fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower and bulk wool lambs around 13.00 to 13.50, feeding lambs scarce and steady.
Open high low close figures show mixed moves for wheat corn oats and lard futures in Chicago. December contracts range with slight gains in some months while May and July positions display varied percentages and prices across wheat corn oats ribs and bellies.
The list reports firm prices for nine cars of various goods including fowls eighteen to twenty four, springs eighteen to twenty four, turkeys and roosters three hundred forty three roosters eighteen, ducks twenty five, geese twenty one.
Butter prices rise in Chicago trading with receipts totaling 8 885 cases including firsts standards and extras. Eggs show executive totals at 6 914 cases with varied price ranges for firsts ordinary firsts and refrigerator classes.
Official live stock estimates from Chicago list hogs at 42000 cattle at 13000 and sheep at 15000 for tomorrow. The figures reflect government estimates used by traders and farmers for planning and market activity.
Chicago market notes corn prices by grade on December 6 with figures for No 2 mixed yellow white and other grades. Prices range from 55 to 78 and reflect bid ranges for No 2 to No 6 across mixed yellow white and white varieties.
Toledo on December 6 reports Clover prices at 20.40 cash imported and 22.50 cash domestic with February and March at 17.55 and December 17.30. Timothy cash is 2.55 with unclear December value and March at 2.80.
A black and white etching at St Johns College Oxford appears ordinary at first glance. On closer look the artist has carved minutely written characters forming the Lord's Prayer the Apostles Creed and the entire Book of Psalms within the head of Chartes U.
According to Herodotus, Egyptians shaved continually and only let hair and beards grow in mourning. The barber, called hag, used tools including a small hatcher shaped razor with a recurved blade and other knife like instruments.
A Saturday farewell at the Rock Island depot for Sherd Wilson and family bound for Idaho. The scene includes tears and jokes as locals share a visit, a jail stop, and a sale of household goods. Reports on bank talks, lending rates, and local business reflect a town easing into better times.
Columbus Junction Ia December 1 Members of the Priscilla club and their husbands enjoyed a three course dinner at the Commercial hotel. Hostesses included Mrs A H Ohlson Mrs B H Shearer Mrs Clyde Duncan Mrs J E Bell Mrs Wm Edmondson Mrs Russell Gilkey and Mrs John H Wykert. Games and Christmas gift exchange followed. Mrs John Hoover hosted the Presbyterian missionary society gathering that evening.
Pearl Harrison leads a meeting as a book review of The Expectation of Siam is discussed with about 30 attendees. Officers elected include Mrs. Earl Smith president and Mrs. J. A. Green vice president.
Croce argues that the belief in a separate genius arises from mistaking quantity for quality. Some are born great poets, some steal, but true genius is a habit developed by humanity, not a heavenly gift. The imagination mirrors shared human potential, leveling the illusion of divine endowment.
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