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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1924
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hog receipts around 3,000 with steady demand, top hog prices near 9.69 and bulk hogs 6.80 to 8.90. cattle receipts about 34,000 with uneven steer trade and high quality yearlings 11.60 to 13.50, vealers 8.50 to 9.00, sheep receipts 20,000 with fat lambs and native feeders firm and fat ewes 8.00 to 8.50, early tops around 15.50.
Official live stock estimates for December 8 place hogs at 68000 cattle at 15000 and sheep at 15000. The figures reflect national demand and herd size for the period.
George Garretts haul corn to Lewis Dukes while Lewis Duke and his father shipped hogs this week. Mrs Joe Wolfe and Willard Stone serve on the jury. Ed Kuhn from Texas visited Chas McKaye to shuck corn and tap a tree bee. Chas has not left home since Thanksgiving after being hurt by a horse. Dale Garrette helps with chores and Fred Longer hauls wood from Dukes timber. Walnut Womans club plans a meeting with Joe Wolfe on Thursday the 11th for possible cooking school recipes. The rain on the 4th worsened field husking conditions and Geo Duke traveled to Chicago.
Potatoes steady with slower trading in Chicago. Receipts 95 cars. United States shipments Monday 771, Sunday 35. Wisconsin sacked round whites 90c to 1.50, bulk quality 1.15 to 1.25. Minnesota sacked round whites 90c and 1.00, Red River Sacked Ohlos 1.15 to 1.25.
Toledo seed market notes Clover seed cash old 19.00 new 19.15 for December and 19.35 for February and March. Timothy seed cash 6.25 for December and 3.40 for March.
Five men robbed the Northwestern National Bank in Milwaukee capturing $10,000 in cash and bonds valued at $300,000. Cashier Harry A. Diggman was struck and knocked unconscious while resisting. Three tellers were pistol whipped, three customers present were not harmed.
Chicago market notes show Wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.70 to 1.71 and No 3 red at 1.69 to 1.70. Corn prices range from No 2 mixed 1.20 to 1.22 up to No 6 yellow 1.10 to 1.15 with various grades listed. Oats barley rye and seed prices also given. lard ribs bellies and other items priced.
Chicago grain prices open mixed with gains and losses across commodities as traders await U.S. crop data. The session shows slight movement in corn and wheat while soybeans hold near steady on expectations for demand and weather impact.
Chicago reports a new high price for corn as deliveries climb and weather woes persist. Argentina faces heavy rains that could trim the crop. drought and locust damage add to the uncertainty. Wheat futures also hit new season highs with sustained gains, while oats and provisions follow the overall bullish trend.
Sale dates listed for closing out auctions across Noble and neighboring towns. Hannstein closes Dec 10 near Noble, Tom Knotts sale 2 1 2 miles northeast of West Chester also Dec 10, Frank Prebyl sale Dec 17 eight miles north of Washington, J W Hendrickson sale Dec 22 four miles north of Haskins.
A catalog of local market rates shows butter fat cream and eggs priced per dozen or pound. Hens and springs are listed by weight with assorted per pound rates for Leghorn and black varieties, plus prices for ducks geese and hides. No market reported for cull sick or crippled poultry.
Mrs. Helen Mak led a Christmas crafts gathering with the Social Hour club to prepare sock dolls for a Perkins hospital box in Iowa City. The event featured a luncheon and a Christmas exchange while guests met Miss Jane Alison Graham.
Mrs Sam Bakger and children visited Washington relatives for Thanksgiving. L F Sigafoose family held a reunion at Walter Gardner's home. The Rock club celebrated a wedding anniversary at John Green's home despite snow. Three carloads of stock were shipped from Havre with Sam Witting Don Wiley Ode Ferguson and Jim Long sending cattle and hogs to Chicago.
Mr. Elmer Collins of Oklahoma visited the George Hillhouse home last week while Miss Reba Garrett stays with Grandpa George Hillhouse as he is not well. Charley Green spent Thursday in Crawfordsville. Farmers report corn husked. bad weather limits attendance at the St Paul Borangical Ladies Aid meeting at Charley Zieglowsky home.
Dr. A J Laird of Des Moines visited the Crawford home earlier in the week. Vane Wallace of Haskins Community returned to town after an autumn accident. O B S chapter officers elected: Mabel Real, Wm Richards, Jennie Carson, R C McKiernan, Nellie Richards, Kate Annas, Mellie Parrow. Wyman boys lost to Ainsworth 6 to 13. girls won 20 to 8. Glen Sanda family suffered a Wisconsin fire loss, most contents ruined. Edna Bell ill at home on East Jefferson. Mrs Martha Fields ill at Ward store. Mrs J C Anthony of Perry visiting, returning home today.
AP radio listings detail tomorrow’s schedules across major stations from WEEI Boston to WRC Washington. Programs range from musical hours and orchestras to talks, news segments, bedtime stories, and dance bands featuring artists like Clara Laughlin Addy Britt Dick Finch and John F. Hill with stations in New York Chicago Los Angeles and more.
Lisbon endures nightly bombings blamed on communists as shops are wrecked and windows shattered. Explosions occur in central streets with dynamite and nitro films. police struggle to catch perpetrators, and arrests provoke retaliation and public unrest amid strikes by barbers and waiters.
The article notes widespread indifference as communists are arrested for a bomb blast. It contrasts cities with daily rain and frequent thunderstorms, highlighting how Lisbon experiences daily bomb outrages amid public resignation.
Federal prohibition agents reported 68 161 arrests for violation of the national prohibition law during the last fiscal year. The figures highlight widespread enforcement activity in the prohibition era.
The text describes how Nero avoided direct executions by ordering victims to leave his path. A man with a death warrant would go to the public baths, enter the tep idarium, and have a physician open his veins. He would bleed slowly and calmly while chatting with friends.
Nearly all of Java's renowned teak forests have been cleared, leaving vast tracts stripped of timber and habitat. The widespread deforestation signals a drastic shift in land use and raises concerns for ecology and local economies.
Winter users report Joint-Ease dramatically eases severe lumbago with the external remedy addressing painful swollen and stiff joints. The ad claims the product to be effective and available for 60 cents per tube at druggists and pharmacists with mail orders from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
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