Chicago Livestock Market Reports Mixed Cattle and Hog Prices
Chicago market notes hog receipts 63 000 with slow uneven trade down to 250 lower than Saturday. Best early bid 8 70, heavyweights around 8 75, packing sows 7 50 to 7 75. Cattle receipts 21 000. beef steers uneven and mostly lower, stockers steady, slaughter cattle and calves split by weight with buyers mixed and top around 18 00. Slaughter cows and calves price ranges listed across grades and weights.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Dec. Wheat Opens Steady in Trade
Chicago grain report shows wheat futures opening with a 1.28 percent increase in the December contract as prices move within narrow ranges. Market activity at Chicago Board of Trade reflects steady interest and modest gains for wheat futures.
Chicago Cash Grain Trend Recaps Mixed Prices Across Grains
Chicago markets report mixed grain prices on December 12 with wheat values ranging around 1.36 and 1.31 for red and hard varieties, corn showing a broad band from 84 to 91 for several yellow and white kernels, barley at 0.86 to 0.93, oats near 0.56 to 0.62, rye at 1.08 to 1.09, and Timothy and Clover priced at 3.15 to 3.99 and 21.75 to 28.75 respectively.
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Chicago
S. G
Timothy
Toledo Seed Market Prices Summary
Toledo seed market report lists Clover and Timothy with cash and imported prices for Dec, Jan, Feb, March. Clover shows 16.30 to 18.25 ranges and Timothy 2.00 to 2.15, while Alsike features 16.00 to 16.45 and notable Dec 1609. Prices reflect import and cash values across months.
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Toledo
Clover
Timothy
Alsike
Livestock Estimates From Chicago Market Desk
Chicago livestock aims for December estimates with cattle 12000 hogs 56000 and sheep 14000 for the coming day.
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Chicago
Momies Star of Nobody's Widow Shines in Comedy
Leatrice Joy, known for drama, displays comic talent in Nobody's Widow directed by Donald Crisp. The New Graham shows the film tonight and tomorrow with Charles Ray Phyllis Haver and David Butler in the cast.
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Leatrice Joy
Donald Crisp
Halibut Changes Color Linked to Sight and Nerve
Popular Mechanics reports halibuts can change color to match surroundings. The ability hinges on eyesight as cutting the optic nerve stops color change. fishermen keep color from changing by placing the fish eyes down.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Poison Ivy Varieties by Region Classified by Botanists
Botanists classify poison ivy into three species by region. One type is common in the Far West, another in the middle northern states, and a third in the Far East. Leaves form groups of three leaflets and white waxy berries resemble mistletoe.
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Middle Northern States
Far West
Saturday Morning Visit to Sam Bakers and Local Farms
Dec 12 report recalls a visit south of Havre to Sam Bakers home with fine sheep and a playful goat incident. Rex Smith and family are described as busy with corn and pigs, with high yields and a year’s Journal left to aid sales. Local residents Rex and Mrs Shaffer, J. T. Fletcher, and Earnest Eisele are noted for farming, schooling, and neighborly humor.
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Sam Baker
Havre
Sam
Lester
Rex Smith
Rex
W. J. Edgar
R. R. Shaffer
Crawfordsville
Miscellaneous rural notes and letters from Washington area
Local commentary and short notices recount daily life around Washington including farm work, hunting notes, weather jokes, and visits. Mentions S. P. Finch with 400 acres south of Washington, Mr. Staggner, Lem Logan, Beitel of Grace Hill, Jack Stinson, and community chatter about elders, farming tasks, and upcoming sales.
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David Johns
S. P. Finch
Washington
R. 2
Ray Staggner
Staggner
Nebraska
Lem Logan
West Chester
Beitel
Grace Hill
Jack Stinson
Jack
Hides of Unequal Value
A report notes cow hides yield 35 pounds of leather while horse hides yield 18 pounds. The comparison highlights the greater leather output from cows versus horses.
Early Tobacco Use In Europe And The New World
In the sixteenth century Spaniards found tobacco chewing common among New World tribes. England soon used cake tobacco known as carotte, sweetened with treacle, in long rolls or balls used for chewing or smoking. England’s tobacco began as cake tobacco around 1500, later shifting to loose tobacco for chewing and smoking.
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New World
England
Hendrik van Doon
Smokers’ Companion
Evil Spirits Invoked by a Devil-Doctor of Ceylon
A cadaverous figure in colorful garments sits under a tree among jungle and heaps of refuse. He performs incantations with red flowers hair, blood drops, betel leaves, a mirror, and a book of charms, then resumes with a self-satisfied smile after offering the unholy heap to his demons.
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Ceylon
Biz
For Sale Extra Good Calves and White Pekin Ducks
For sale at John Simmering Dairy 3 extra good calves and white Pekin ducks. Contact details not available.
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John Simmering Dairy
Local Farm and Closing Out Sales Planned in December
A series of farm and closing out sales announced for December lists sellers including C F Norton near Washington, James Porter Estate at Ainsworth, F E Smith near the old fairgrounds in Washington, and Mrs John Fredrickson northwest of Crawfordsville with dates from December 14 to December 21. G W Wright and son near West Chester also appears with a mine mention.
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Frank Norton
Washington
C. F. Norton
Chester
Timber
Safe Finke
Crawfordsville
Cal. Underwood
wWest
James Porter
Ainsworth
West Chester
John Fredrickson
Howard Leacox
Wellston
Oracle and patient fate in anxious households
A healer enters a patient’s home to relay the oracle to anxious relatives. The oracle is usually favorable but the patient’s stubbornness leads to a false prophecy as the majority resists acceptance.
Wellston Social Club Hosts Mrs Jean Jensen Meeting
Wellston social club will meet with Mrs Jean Jensen on Thursday December 15. Household Economics Section 1 plans a play titled Mrs Oakley's Telephone at the Ys community room at 2 30 p m.
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Rosemary Club
Charlie Wylie
Wellston Social Club
Jean Jensen
Oakley
Words as keepers of art and thought in life
A reflective line cites words as the highest representatives of thought life and the sources and preservers of all that is greatest in picture and sculpture as echoed by Holland.
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Holland
Influenza Fatalities Peak Early in the Year
Over 36 years of influenza data show the highest death tolls occur around weeks nine or ten, while the lowest occur around weeks thirty five to thirty six.
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Rockford
Rock Island
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Hays
Paul Klotz
A. E. Sands
J. T. Fletcher
Journal
Earnest Eisele
M. E. Crayne
Jersey
Guernsey
Hampshire
George F. Wright
Evening Journal
Larkin
Colenso Hotel
Miss Little
Buff Rock
Reyms
Journal Office
Knotek Brothers
John Greiner
W. M. Darbyshire
Mangold
Plymouth Rock
Jas. J. Benda
R. E. Thornton
Washington Motor Co
Schmoeller Bros
Floyd C
Banks
Kennedy
Young’s
South Side Dining Room
Lois Dodds
Larw&e
T. R. Phillips
Hampshire Bears
Glenn G. Hayes
I. B. Rabenold
Geo. W. Stewart
W. A. Palmer
Glenn Davis
Wahl Fountain Fen
R. A. Beauchamp
Crawfordaville
Valley Ladies and Chicken Pie
Harry Drake
West Chester Pythian Sisters
Shalom Group
Sere Pune
R. L. Gibson
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