Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle and Sheep
Chicago December 11 estimates show hog receipts 62 000 with holdovers 2 618. Cattle receipts 25 000, sheep 23 000. Market mostly 10 higher. heavy weights 8.30 to 8.50, medium and good 8.15 to 8.50, light weights 8.40 to 8.56. Pigs 356 to 850. Estimated receipts today 28 000 cattle 23 000 sheep. Killing quality steady. beef steers 6.75 to 13.50, select and prime 12.00 to 13.50. Heifers 4.50 to 11.15, cows 2.46 to 8.25, bulls 3.40 to 6.50. Feeder and stocker ranges 3.00 to 8.00. Lambs 9.25 to 15.50. yearling wethers 9.50 to 13.25. ewes 2.50 to 7.75. Official yesterday receipts hogs 7002 cattle 1044 sheep 288 calves 140. Shipments hogs 3377 cattle 1203 sheep 677.
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Chicago
Beach markets and grain quotes at Wickham Grain Co
Market listings show corn oats and wheat prices with bids and highs. Hogs, cattle and sheep estimates for tomorrow follow in regional agricultural notes amid local business context. A sermon on prayer emphasizes stewardship and the power of prayer in daily life and governance.
Closing Out and Public Cattle Sales Across Illinois Dates
Sale dates list multiple auctions at Rock Island Stock Yards and rural sites. Brown and Shirley handle Dec 9 sale. Thomas and Leahy Dec 12 near Rubio. Alfred Nash Dec 13 near Crawfordsville. Clyde Hill hosts a Dec 15 public sale at the Brighton house.
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Brown and Shirley
Rock Island
Ant Weather Lore Signals Early Cold Winter
A saying credits ants with seasonal weather sense. When ants enlarge and stiffen their nests in summer, it foretells a coming early and cold winter.
Burro Too Eager to Park in Kid’s Trial Ride
A boy recalls his first ride on a burro last summer. After a short jog and frequent stops, he asks his mother what makes the donkey want to park all the time. The anecdote captures a child’s humorous observation of animal behavior.
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Burro
Billy
Mamma
Postal Silence in Constantinople Shuts Mail Routes
In Constantinople mail service fails to deliver messages. Residents must send a servant with letters or travel personally to communicate, highlighting a breakdown in communication infrastructure and reliance on informal channels.
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Constantinople
Not Wasted Love Echoed In Washington Sermon
Sunday sermon by Dr. W. W. Bowers in Washington churches centers on the immortality of goodness. The talk uses Mark 14 4 9 and cites a widow’s mites and Mary’s anointing as keys to Christlike acts lasting through time. It argues that humble service endures, even amid suffering.
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W. W. Bowers
Jesus
Mary
Lly
Milton
Bunyan
Bedford
Stewardship of Prayer in a Sermon by Rev Regan
The sermon on Matthew 7 7 argues that prayer is a stewardship as real as money and time. It highlights scripture illustrations exhortations and instructions about prayer and notes history shows prayer powers church and world missions.
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Baptist
M .R. Regan
Parables in Luke 15 and Jesus' challenge to Pharisees
W H Hampton discusses Luke Chapter 15, showing three parables linked to vindicate Jesus teaching. He contrasts publicans and sinners with self righteous Pharisees, noting Jesus chose mercy over ritual purity and defended mingling with those deemed sinners.
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W. H. Hampton
Luke
Christ
Moses
God
Jesus
Neten
Lost Sheep and Coin Reflect on Human Will and Surroundings
A sermon contrasts the lost sheep and lost coin to show ignorance vs self deception and stresses human will while noting surroundings shape souls. It laments millions lacking true chances and highlights doomed children born into lust and degradation without love or care.
Parable Verse On Healing and Spiritual Life
A sermon reflection on Matthew 10 1 noting limits of miraculous cure versus spiritual cleansing. The speaker acknowledges we cannot instantly heal physical disease or cleanse lepers though transformation occurs gradually in life.
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A. R. Oates
Spiritual healing and self reform urged by church leader
A religious speaker extols miracles and modern medicine while urging self examination. He criticizes gossip and unworthy ambition, calling for charity and the Golden Rule, and asserts Jesus cleanses sins and heals even deep spiritual illness. He cites the Children's Hospital as proof of healing.
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Children’s Hospital
Jesus
Food Is Food to Him in Brazilian Wilderness
A vivid description notes an Indian of the Brazilian wilds feeding on rats eunkes alligators and parrots to appease hunger. The account emphasizes survival and cultural portrayal within a historical newspaper fragment.
Early coinage origins and timelines
The article traces metal money from early coins to later European minting. It notes silver coinage in Rome by 860 B.C and 269 B.C, with England first coinage in 1097. Gold and other developments implied.
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Rome
England
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Daily Market Reports
Beach
Wickham Grain Co
Burlington, Lown
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yard
Illinois
Washington
Methodist
Christian
R. L. Lytle Grocery
MH. L. Wittrig
East End Garage
Olds
Lyore
W. S. Peister
East Third St
Mutual
East Washington St
the Farmers & Merchants State Bank
R. L. Gibson
India
W.A. Hutton & Co
Mershey
Mascatine
Iowa
Telephone
Chicago Board of Trade ,Correspondence
Hartlett, Frazier & Company, and
Logan & Bryan
New York
Kansas City
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Davenport
Muscatine
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