Opening Market Slows as Hog and Cattle Prices Edge Lower
Chicago hog prices open weak with first sales down 5 to 19 cents from yesterday and bids thin. Estimated receipts rise. hogs near 17.60 to 17.70 for top lines, packing hogs 16.75 to 17.35, porkers 14.00 to 16.76. Beef and butcher cattle mostly 25 to 50 lower. calves and feeders mixed. Lambs and sheep weaker, closing lamb top 15.00. receipts and shipments show large daily moves.
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My Place
Washington
Burham Farm
Shropshire
Hampshires
Close of Grain Futures Report
FE W Wagner and Co. furnishes the grain futures summary from Town City with B Hunt as manager. The report covers market close data and prices for grains.
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Close OF Grain Futures
FE. W. Wagner & Co
Town City
Town 3
B. Hunt
To Be Friends Again
Advice on healing quarrels suggests asking a favor to reopen friendship. It notes that a friend may doubt kindness but will melt the barrier by requesting a service, paving the way to reconciliation.
Clergyman Calls Kissing a Relic of the Dark Ages
An eastern clergyman asserts kissing is a relic of the dark ages. He cites many enduring customs such as eating as likewise descended from those times.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Closing out and public sales listed by towns and farms
A series of closing out and public sale notices across Iowa towns including Washington, Prairie Flower church area, Haskins on Red Ball, Richmond region, Ainsworth, Kalona, Riverside, Columbus Junction and more with dates from December to February. Names include Hesseltine, Reneau, Noel and Donohue, Vondrasek, Longer, Feichtmeir, Bible, Carlson, Hayes, Shaver, Fry, Lord, Krebs, and Smylie.
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Harry Hesseltine
Washington
Frank Reneau
Prairie Flower Church
Ainsworth
W.L. Bible
Which Beef Breed Is Best for Cattle and Hogs
The article argues there is no single best breed for beef cattle, dairies, hogs, or horses. It notes Herefords Shorthorns and Angus each have strengths, and success depends on a breeder's needs, management, and conditions. It mentions local farmers Tom Harvey and Irve Gallagher plowing sod in bad weather, signaling spring labor plans.
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Cornbelt
Tom Harvey
Irve Gallagher
Butter overrun calculations from Prairie Farmer
The note explains that water and salt in butter affect the Babcock fat reading. With legal limits of 16 percent water and 2 percent salt plus about 1 percent casein, one pound of fat yields 1.23 pounds of butter, an overrun of 23 percent.
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Babcock
Prairie Farmer
Export trade prospects in livestock at fair
Foreign commissions knelt inside swine barns at the International to fix prices and pursue preliminary export deals for high class stock. Cattle sale arena saw liberal purchases for export to South America as early forerunners of larger transactions. Breeders' Gazette.
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International
South America
Breeders’ Gazette
A Tribute to American Farmers Remains of War Effort
A Breeders Gazette tribute notes the farm sector’s wartime surge with 32,000,000 more acres planted in 1917 than 1914, surpassing shipbuilding and munitions in impact. Farmers expanded output despite shrinking labor, joining war efforts by enlisting, funding Liberty Bonds, and supplying food.
Wellman Community News Notes Health Losses and Local Fragments
Mildred Sh rig, 14, sophomore, died of pneumonia after influenza on Tuesday afternoon. Funeral at Pleasant Hill cemetery. O B Klockentager from Idaho Falls attended his mother’s funeral. Neighboring families visited for flu care. Mrs. Bertha Mellicker named Eastern Star instructor. Fred Gardner of Sioux City visited over holidays. Local residents traveled for health care and family visits. Maplethorpe family sold Marengo business and plans winter in California.
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Wellman
Mildred Shrig
Mildred
Homer Thing
Pleasant Hill
O. B. Klockentager
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Sara Topping
Wilton
Henry Lauser
Maplethorpe
Marengo
California
Phend
Nappanee
Ind
al Miller
Cecil Anmlong
Des Moines
J. R. Palmer
Stuart
Iowa
Br. G Butterbaugh
Carrol Durian
Iowa City
Kalona Community Notes From Round of Visits
Local residents report school and army duties after furloughs. Kalona visitors include Mrs. Moothart and others. Ernest Gingerich returns from Taylor dray line to Davenport. Ora Starr discharged from Camp Pike. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh visit from Nitro WV. Walsh discharged from army. Mrs. Blumenstine returns from Chicago. Glumenstine to Baltimore. Standard Bearer girls hold coed meeting with Miss Maud McConnell. Mrs. Ward spends day in Iowa City.
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Moothart
Bert Dean
Richard Freel
Mary Jones
Matt Jones
G. I. King
F. L. Hicks
Kalona
Ernest Gingerich
Davenport
G. I. Dutton
Town City
U. S. Hospital
Ora Starr
Camp Pike
Robert Walsh
Nitro
West Virginia
Polly Crawford
Walsh
Army
Lloyd Blumenstine
Chicago
Weeks
Glumenstine
Baltimore
Maud McConnell
J. J. Ward
Iowa City
Death of Mrs. Fred Getlin in Cedar Rapids prompts note
Stephen Haden learned this morning of the death of his niece Mrs. Fred Getlin born Mamie Sturdivan in this neighborhood. She was a daughter of Barzella Sturdivan and lived on a farm east of town. Other local movements include Mrs. Charles Driden of Chicago visiting, Jesse Marr heading to Chicago for hospital care, and Miss Mamie Rush of Colfax caring for Mrs. Walter Jennings ill with flu.
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Ainsworth
Stephen Haden
Fred Getlin
Cedar Rapids
Getlin
Mamie Sturdivan
Barzella Sturdivan
Charles Driden
Chicago
Jesse Marr
Mamie Rush
Colfax
Walter Jennings
Local Notes From Eureka Area Health and Weddings
Eureka area report notes influenza spreading with several recovering including Mr and Mrs Wm Powell and Lester Beenblossom while Mrs J M Snider and Frank Snider’s family are ill Averette faces possible pneumonia. Two weddings last week Cecile Hopping and Fred Kephart at George Hopping home and Mabel Snider and Arthur Nicola at Frank Snider home. Dr Glendinning attended both. Walton Bros relocate to West Chester. Harry Hesseltine advertises closing sale on the 17th.
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Eureka
Det
Wm. Powell
Lester Beenblossom
J. M. Snider
Frank Snider
Averette
Cecile Hopping
Fred# Kephart
George Hopping
Mabel Snider
Arthur Nicola
Dr. Glendinning
S. A. Petratz
Howard Zickafoose
Walton Bros
West Chester
Harry Hesseltine
President Wilson Welcomed by Parisians and Brest Crowd
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson received a thunderous welcome as the presidential fleet and allied ships fired salutes near Brest. French officials boarded the George Washington to greet him while crowds cheered from quays and hills as the president spoke briefly through the mayor’s address.
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Uis Avenue
Lardor
George Washington
Wilson
Stephen Pichon
Georges Leyenes
Marine
Brest
George Washington Ar
Pier No. 38
Tribune
President Wilson
Notable Brest Welcome As German Visitors Stay Behind
A crowded town greeted the president with a throng along the station route. Patriotic societies and locals in Breton costumes lined the streets while German visitors remained in the background. Andre Tardieu, the French high commissioner to the U S, the Brest mayor, Ambassador Sharp, Col F E MM House, Gen John J Pershing and Gen Tasker H Bliss were among the first to meet the president alongside French ministerial delegates.
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Andre Tardieu
United States
Brest
Sharp
FE. MM. House
Flu Mask Proves Its Value in Des Moines Meeting
DES MOINES, Dec 14 Members of the mayor s flu committee report the mask program showing value in controlling illness. Officials emphasize community adherence and ongoing surveillance measures as cases fluctuate through the season.
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Des Moines
Buffalo Bulletin Credits Masks in Flu Fight at Local Firm
A Buffalo health department report confirms the city’s mask rule helped curb influenza spread. It notes one large Buffalo firm with over 6000 workers complied with masking, and sickness appeared only among the 10 percent who refused masks.
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Who
Health Department of Buffalo
Buffalo
Early Declines in Attention to Statistics
A quotation from the Dallas News notes that women live longer than men, suggesting the truth may lie in how women ignore statistics, implying a comment on social behavior and longevity.
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Dallas News
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