Daily Market Reports Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Figures
Hogs receipts 60 000 with prices mostly steady to 10 cents lower amid heavy supply. Bulk 260 lb averages 9 65 to 9 76, 200 240 lb averages 9 00 to 9 40, packing sows 9 00 to 9 25, porkers up to 25 cents higher on some lots. Cattle receipts 8 000 with killing quality plain. best yearlings 13 00, choice handyweights 12 65, big weighty steers scarce, feeding cows and bulls mixed demand. Sheep receipts 18 000 with fat lambs weak to lower, bulk lambs 16 75 to 16 00, fat sheep dull, ewes 6 25 to 8 00, feeding lambs 15 00 to 16 60.
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Chicago
Seed prices for Clover and Timothy in Toledo market
Toledo reports seed prices with Clover cash bids at 18.90 for December 19.10 for December 19.40 for February and March. Timothy seed bids are 3.20 for December and 3.35 for March.
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Toledo
Clover Seed
Timothy
Christmas Programs And Basketball In Crawfordsville
Rev W C Porter attended the funeral of Mr Buwer in Washington and preached at the First United Presbyterian church. Crawfordsville grades plan a Christmas program Thursday in the auditorium with The Wedding of Mother Goose and Santa Claus and a cantata On Christmas Eve. Friday features basketball games between Ainsworth and Crawfordsville teams. Miss Bessie Packer has improved enough to return to teaching in the high school.
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Crawfordsville
W C. Porter
Buwer
Washington
First United Presbyterian Church
Mother Goose
Santa Claus
Ainsworth
Bessie Packer
Thieves Hold Fast to Story in Burlington Bonds Case
In Council Bluffs Iowa federal officials offered Keith Collins and Fred Poffenbarger 10000 each if they revealed hidden loot from the Burlington mail robbery. The pair insists they tossed the bonds and money into the Missouri river from the Douglas street bridge. Loot unrecovered totals about 1300000, mostly bonds, with a February trial approaching for the two men on charges linked to the November 1920 theft.
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Council Bluffs
Firemen's Fund Insurance Company
San Francisco
Calif
Bank of California
Burlington
Keith Collins
Fred Poffenbarger
Missouri
Douglas Street
Leavenworth Penitentiary
A. P. Stroeble
Pottenbarger
Collins
McCoys Cod Liver Oil Tablets Promote Growth
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets as a tastier alternative to cod liver oil for thin weak children. It claims quick flesh gain, especially after illness or suspected rickets, and sells a 60 tablet bottle for 60 cents through druggists.
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J. E. Lemmon
Grain and fat markets report Chicago prices
Chicago markets show wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.79 and No 2 hard at 1.65 percent. Corn and oats list various mixed grades with values around 1.20 to 1.28, rye at 1.41 to 1.42, barley 81 to 95, Timothy seed 5.85 to 7.00, Clover seed 24.00 to 32.00, and lard ribs bellies priced from 14.75 to 16.75.
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Chicago
New High Price for Wheat on Strong Open and Diminished Supplies
Chicago reports a new high for the season as general commission houses buy all wheat deliveries. Rain in Argentina boosts demand while domestic supply shrinks, with Europe expected to maintain demand. Wheat futures rise May 1.70% to 1.70% and July to 1.49% to 1.49% before closing firm. Corn and oats follow with modest gains and firm closes amid heavy profit taking.
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Chicago
General Commission
Argentina
Europe
Gompers Helped Win War and Opposed Bolshevism
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor who died Saturday influenced wartime policy and opposed Bolshevism He praised the League of Nations supported famine relief in Russia and urged unity across the Americas He aligned with five presidents and mediated major labor disputes while warning against radical labor elements and German influence.
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Associated Press
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Two Americas
Mexico
League of Nations
de Valera
Harding
Gompers
National Industrial Conference
Labor
Washington
Wilson
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Sweden
Switzerland
America
Mr. Gompers
Germany
German Federation of Trade Unions
Federation
Nicholas
Russia
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Petrograd
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Ottumwa Relatives Probe McClintock Will Fragments
Seven Ottumwa relatives and the law offices of McNett and McNett are examining the will of Wm. McClintock, a Chicago millionaire. The document reportedly leaves an $8,000 annuity to his fiancée and the rest to Willam D. Shepperd of Kenilworth, Ill. Attorneys have held several conferences but no action until the full will is reviewed. Charles Faton, a local butcher and relative, denies knowledge of a published statement about local kinship.
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Ottumwa
Wm. McClintock
Millonaire — Orphan
Chicago
Willam D. Shepperd
Kenilworth
Ill
Umwa
McNett and McNett
Charles Faton
Girl Shy at Fox Shows Lloyd’s Bold Bashful Hero
Harold Lloyd stars in Girl Shy at the Fox with Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels, and Crafton Griffin. Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor direct this lively comedy praised as a new type of hero and a strong mood lifter. The engagement ends tonight.
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Harold Lloyd
Pathe
Fox Theatre
Lloyd
Jobyna Ralston
Jobyna
Richard Daniels
Crafton Griffin
Fred Newmeyer
Sam Taylor
Investigation Opened by Chicago Law Firm
A Chicago law firm named Taylor Miller Dickenson and Smith was engaged to conduct an investigation. The filing outlines a formal inquiry into applicable matters and assigns designated partners to oversee the review. No further details are provided in the available text.
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Chicago
Taylor, Miller, Dickenson and Smith
Glacial Period Evidence Across American West
Geologists confirm a glacial period in the northern United States with rocks showing glaciation. Remains of glaciers appear in the Sierras Cascades and in Montana and Colorado. Moraines also testify to ancient ice sheets.
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United States
High Sierras
Cascades
Montana
Colorado
The Crooked Line
The text notes that walking straight with eyes closed is rare due to leg length differences. It explains that without visual guidance people stumble because steps become uneven when the body lacks uniform cues.
Closing Out Sales Notice List at Multiple Locations
A sequence of closing out sale announcements lists dates and locations. Frank Crebyl 8 miles north of Washington on Dec 17. J W Hendrickson 4 miles north of Haskins on Dec 22. Duane McCreedy Has kins on Dec 23. Chas E Dunshee 6 miles northeast Keota on Dec 20. Gus Croquet at Ainsworth on Dec 30. Tipton and Simmerman 12 miles SW of Washington on Jan 28.
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Frank Crebyl
Washington
J. W. Hendrickson
Haskins
Duane McCreedy
Chas. E. Dunshee
Sale
Keota
Gus Croquet
Ainsworth
Tipton and Simmerman
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Tan
Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago Grain
Eos
Levest
Vermanett
LaSalle Ave
Marinello
Tower Court
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Comfield, N. J
Mutual
Marion Ave
Washington Steam Laundry
Titus Co-operative Company
Titus
Iowa
National Cash Register
Ford
Carlton C. Wilson
H. S. Ward & Co
H. I. Ward & Co
Washington, Iowa
Washington County
The
American Legion Auxiliary
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