Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle Trends Chicago Dec 15
Hogs receipts 122000 with higher 200 lb averages near 9.85 top. 225 lb averages 9.00 and up. 160 190 lb mostly 8.75. packing hogs 9.00 9.26. slaughter pigs 6.75 7.00. Cattle receipts 29000. slow trade, weaker bids 25¢ under Friday. yearlings to 14.60. steer runs 9.50 and down. export buying appears. Sheep receipts 26000. fat lambs 15.75 16.00, fat shorn lambs 14.00, feeding lambs strong 15.00 15.50.
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Chicago
Livestock Estimates Forecast for Tomorrow
Chicago officials release tomorrow estimates for livestock with hogs at 64 000 cattle at 11 000 and sheep at 17 600.
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Chicago
Potatoes Market Mixed in Chicago Trade
Chicago December 15 Potatoes move slowly as receipts reach 72 cars and U S shipments total 610 Saturday and 23 Sunday Wisconsin and Minnesota round whites trade fair to ordinary with prices 90 to 95 cents. Minnesota Red River Ohips air to 1.10 to 1.15.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River
Patching Concrete Repair Tips From Popular Science Monthly
Keep the repair area thoroughly wet for hours before patching. Roughen smooth surfaces with hammer or chisel. Maintain the original sand gravel and cement ratios so the new concrete expands and contracts like the old.
Faulty horseshoe design contradicts luck lore
The article notes a horseshoe piece intended as good luck jewelry that often has pins pointing down when worn. Experts say the design thwarts luck rather than attracting it, as good fortune hinges on pins pointing upward.
Has Many Meanings The origin of Chautauqua word
The origin of the term Chautauqua has no single accepted meaning. Scholars suggest options including a foggy place, a phrase meaning bag tied in the middle, a site where the film was removed, place of easy death, or a location where one was lost.
Quotable Thought on Trust from Duluth Herald
A Duluth Herald quotation argues that people lose faith in others because others do to them what they would like to do in return. The line reflects a social critique of reciprocity and human behavior.
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Duluth Herald
Closing Out Sale Near Keota by Charles E Dunshee
On December 20 a closing out sale is announced by Chas E Dunshee located 6 miles northeast of Keota.
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Frank Prebyt
Miles
Washington
J. W. Hendrickson
Haskins
Chas. E. Dunshee
Keota
Chicago Grain and Commodity Prices Report
Chicago markets show mixed grain futures with wheat and corn varying by grade and class. Oats, rye, barley, timothy seed, clover seed, and meat prices such as lard ribs and bellies are listed with current ranges across No. 2 to No. 6 grades and sample grades.
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Chicago
Wheat Market Dips With Profit Taking In Chicago Trade
Chicago December wheat prices fell early as traders booked profits and awaited new export demand. May and July futures slipped from opening lows before a late rally on strength near day’s end. corn and oats followed wheat’s lead with mixed shifts and a weight from larger receipts and bigger visible supply. Provisions eased as hog values and grain slumped.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Liverpool
Tracing Arabian Numerale
Arabian numerals were introduced into Spain near the end of the tenth century by the Moors who obtained them from the Hindoos. Before that time, little is known about them. They did not come into general use in Europe until the sixteenth century.
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Spain
Europe
Poultry and Egg Prices Listed with Hides Market Notes
Price table outlines butterfat tests and per pound rates for eggs hens springs and ducks with separate lines for leghorn and black varieties. Hens under four pounds and large breed ducks priced per pound. No market for cull sick or crippled poultry.
Christmas party and church socials in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on December 11 the What-So-Ever class held a lively Sabbath school party with games, contests and a Christmas exchange. Hostesses served refreshments. Rev. A T James and his married couples class enjoyed a social at the Presbyterian church. Local residents and visitors were noted, including attendance at a funeral in Washington and high school basketball results with Crawfordsville teams defeating Yarmouth girls 15 3 while boys lost 14 13.
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Crawfordsville
Methodist Sabbath School
Myron Hayes
Walden Stith
Gladys Strothman
A. T. James
James
Presbyterian Church
J. J. Anwyl
Lee Lease
John Lease
C. A. Sprague
EB. G. Davis
Genevieve
Stanley Fishburn
N. D. Fishburn
Buxbaum
Clint Fletcher
Mary Manners
Washington
Lee Hanna
Frank Sands
Pan Maxwell
Wallace Carson
James Sands
Community notes and visits in Muscatine area
Mrs. Howard Griffith and Mrs. Geo Stapp visited the Price Davis home. Evan Edwards is ill. Mildred Willey and Scott Willey have mumps. Teachers Grace Arthur and Riggs absent. Several Muscatine visitors dropped by Thursday afternoon. W C Davis contemplates a closing out sale on December 19 due to a crippled limb. Ray Quinn leads six men in the corn field this week to finish up.
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Price Davis
Rob Duncan
Humphrey
W. C. Davis
Ray Quinn
Womens Relief Corps officers elected at Columbus Junction meeting
At the regular meeting Friday afternoon of the Womens Relief Corps in Columbus Junction officers were elected for the coming term. President is Mrs. Nina Pence senior vice president Mrs. Jetta Turkington junior vice president Mrs. Harry Rausenberger treasurer Mrs. Alice Anwyl chaplain Mrs. Louise Hannan guard Mrs. Ora Simons conductor Mrs. May Anwyl. Installations planned for January.
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Columbus Junction
Womens Relief Corps
Nina Pence
Jetta Turkington
Harry Rausenberger
Alice Anwyl
Louise Hannan
Ora Simons
May Anwyl
J. H. Jones
Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Louise Reaney
Kensington
A. F. Abbott
Winfield
Muscatine
Frank Minder
Earl Idle
Bridee Club
Newell
John Fry
Letts
William Emmack
Lottie Townsley
Clinton
R. J. Reaney
Joint-Ease touted for fast joint relief by druggist
A druggist friend extols Joint-Ease as the top remedy for stiff swollen joints whether rheumatic or not. He notes a 60 cent tube available at druggists, rubbed on to vanish under the skin with instant relief. Pope Laboratories Hallowell Maine handles mail orders and COD.
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Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
Local residents travel and community events filling Letts week
Muriel Hull Ruth Jennings visited Muscatine Friday while Mildred Anwyl pastor student at Ss. A. 1. helped a patient at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Ed Hicklin Wapello townsfolk traveled Friday. Muscatine visitors included Mr and Mrs Henry Wykert Mrs William Rahmiller and others. The Zion church bazaar netted 28 dollars. Columbus Junction high school basketball teams beat Letts at home Friday with the girls' game ending in a win.
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Hartman
Zion Congregational Church
James Kerr
Short Creek
Tuen
Mable Rockhill
Ames
Otto Hoffman
Francesa Gay
Redlands
Calif
R. W. Owen
The
Public Library
Robert Fish
Washington
C. W. Hannan
Muscatine
Elizabeth McCormick
Cone
Columbus City
Columbus Junction High School
Letts Hich School
Cymnasium
World's Oldest Umbrella Preserved in Hobart Heritage
The umbrella, bought in 1770 by William Clevett in Dorset, England, remains in Tasmania. It is kept by a Hobart resident and has passed down through generations to a descendant of the first owner.
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Hobart
Tasmania
William Clevett
Dorset
England
Oriental Rugs and their diverse weaving styles
The article explains oriental rug as a general term for rugs from the Orient including Chinese Nakhara Caucasian Turkish Persian and Indian. It notes velvet pile rugs are common while Kelime are flat and双sided and Cashmeres have a flat surface with a unique weave.
Trade balances and the balance of trade explained
The term trade balance refers to the difference between exports and imports. A surplus means the United States exported more than it imported, historically measured by metal flows, with many factors shaping modern trade relations and general tendencies.
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United States
Fisherman Captures Giant Pike at Lake Crescent
The fisherman Idehe Varn reports a seven pound northern pike catch at Lake Crescent. He describes it as the biggest he has landed and sends a jubilant telegram to his wife noting the size and beauty before the humorous correction about a ten pounder.
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Lake Crescent
That's Quite Different Doctor
A witty exchange features a wife correcting a doctor about her husband who smokes between meals, and the doctor noting the odd habit, underscoring a domestic humor moment from the period.
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Central
Letts Delegation Attends Local Game in Record Night
A large delegation travelled from Letts to attend the game as performances unfolded. The score figures mentioned include 37 to 9 and 28 to 10 indicating lopsided outcomes during the event.
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Letts
Editor Voice on Subscriptions Touts Attention to Women
The Tutis Record editor comments that a man who squeezes a dollar never squeezes the wire and notes that in taking over subscription books, awfully good women may not be getting the attention they deserve, per the Mobile Register.
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Tutis Record Save
Mobile Register
Pearl superstition of tears of heaven inspires lore
A belief linked pearls to congealed heavenly tears. In old tales, during the full moon the pearl oyster rises to the surface to receive dew from heaven, which then hardens into pearls.
Safe and Secluded The Nobody Has One Advantage
A fragmented piece notes a lone figure gaining an edge while others fail to expose the truth about an unnamed Herald. The cryptic text hints at social or personal dynamics with unclear specifics.
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Menes
Probate Notice for Wm H Goble Will in Iowa Court
In Washington County Iowa the District Court in vacation opens probate for the last will and testament of Wm H Goble deceased dated September 25 1911 A hearing is set for December 27 1924 at 11 the day and time fixed at the Washington Iowa Court House Frances E Wilson Clerk of District Court issues the notice urging interested parties to appear and show cause why the will should not be probated
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Washington County
Wm. H. Goble
Washington
Iowa
District Court
Said County
Frances E. Wilson
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