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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
2
Chicago markets report uneven hog receipts near 2000 with firm butchers and light weights slow. Cattle and sheep volumes mixed as yearlings and steers show declines while fat lambs hold steady. wheat corn and other grains quoted with mixed No 2 to No 6 futures and various white and seed prices.
Clover seed cash price listed at 19.00 with 1920 February and December bids around 19.20 to 19.40 and 19.35. Timothy seed cash at 3.25 for December and 3.40 for March.
Official figures from Chicago on December 11 show hogs at 58 000 cattle 7 000 and sheep 14 000. The report provides a snapshot of livestock categories and counts for the market.
Dr Clarence Edward Mac Artney as moderator of the Presbyterian church warned that many statements and reinterpretations of Christian doctrine are unbelief when stripped of disguise. He spoke to McCormick Theological Seminary students and faculty amid the Presbyterian national conference in Chicago noting dangers from love of popularity and agnosticism.
Wheat prices eased in early Chicago trading with Liverpool pressures and profit taking cited. May and July futures opened lower and closed down 1 to 1X cents, while corn also fell on rain in Argentina and subdued demand.
Veteran stage actor George Sidney, after thirty years of acting and seven Broadway strandings, appears in Samuel Goldwyn's In Hollywood with Potash and Pearlmutter. The First National film opens at the Fox Theatre on Thursday and Friday.
In Paris the Bank of France lifted its discount rate from six to seven percent while securities advances remain at eight percent. Domestic offerings were slightly liberal but closing prices were unsettled with oats slipping from 63 1/2 to 63 1/4 and grains showing weakness. Authorities ordered the University of Jassy closed following anti Semitic student demonstrations in Bucharest.
Potatoes traded dull on lifting market in Chicago with limited activity on Ohios and steady to firm tones elsewhere. Receipts totaled 80 cars with United States shipments at 527. Wisconsin sacked round whites ranged 0.90 to 1.00 dollars with some fancy higher and poor around 0.85, bulk at 1.00 to 1.15, Minnesota sacked round whites 0.90 to 1.00 and poor at 0.85, Idaho sacked Russets 1.75 to 2.00 with few higher, Minnesota sacked Red River Ohios mostly 1.10 to 1.15.
In Wagon Mound New Mexico a Ford touring car wore a 3% inch card tire for a long journey from New Mexico to Pasadena Long Beach Santa Ana and back via Yosemite Valley Sacramento Portland Pocatello Yellowstone Park Billings and Cedar Rapids. The tire has logged 8500 miles since Oct 23 1923 with no puncture and still promises more life despite rugged mountain desert and sand driving.
A writer recalls the funeral of Joseph Horak in Riverside and reflects on a Maple Grove schoolmate. The piece laments aging, contrasts youth and old age, and praises Muscatine County road improvements and paving plans. It also notes local YMC A dining and the role of agents in farming prosperity and warns of opportunistic financiers targeting farmers. It ends with a letter from J M Haigler of Oklahoma about cattle, wheat, and an elevator business.
A series of closing out sales listed with dates and locations. Frank Crebyl near Washington, J W Hendrickson near Haskins, Chas F E Dunshee near Keota, and Duane McCreedy at Haskins all host sales in late December with additional events in January.
The Washington Produce Markets listing shows per pound prices for hens, springs, ducks, and geese, with butterfat tests and weight categories. It notes no market for cull or crippled poultry and lists beef hides at a per pound rate in a dated market column.
A Civil War veteran and prominent Richmond figure, Boot Haigler, now 82, continues work as a top Oklahoma bank receiver. He is connected to Co. K Seth Town Infantry and once lived with his widowed mother in Richmond. He recalls 1868 homestead work and notes his son in law’s substantial bank salary.
An advertisement touts a new double action cough remedy called Mr Kings New Discovery for Coughs. It claims rapid relief by holding one teaspoon in the throat for 15 to 20 seconds before swallowing without water. It targets coughs chest colds and related throat ailments and is recommended for children and adults with no narcotics.
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