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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
2
Markets report hog receipts 34 000 with mixed price moves led by lighter weights up to 16c and late slow trading. Cattle receipts 5 000 with fat steers weak and dull demand, heifers and heavies steady to down. Sheep receipts 7 000 active with higher spots for yearlings and fat lambs and better bids for shippers.
Chicago early market report shows wheat at No 1 hard 1.76 to 1.79 and No 2 hard 1.74 to 1.76. Corn values range across multiple grades from No 4 mixed 71 to 72 to No 6 yellow 66 to 68. Oats and barley also listed with various quality grades and seed prices.
A brief notice lists item prices in Chicago with lard at 14.45, ribs 14.50, and bellies 14.59 amid the open market as of December 18.
In Toledo on December 18 Clover seed domestic trades at 18.75 while December January and February run 14.40 and March 14.50. Timothy seed cash and December list 3.50 and March 3.65.
Chicago officials publish tomorrow’s live stock outlook with receipts of 6000 hogs 2000 cattle and 1000 sheep.
A new Sonora Mexico divorce law allows marital bonds to be severed in 15 days. Foreigners may establish residence and plead incompatibility, with final decree if no reconciliation in 15 days. The policy puts Sonora in competition with Reno for speedy marriages.
Local ad lists unit prices for eggs butter and assorted poultry including hens springs ducks geese and beef hides. Notes no market for crippled poultry and specifies weights and breed distinctions for several items.
Illinois chief engineer Frank T. Sheets recounts a 100 year road history at the Iowa Good Roads convention in Des Moines. He credits bond financed high way expansion with rapid growth, notes no gasoline tax, and predicts Iowa can match Illinois in six years using a primary system and pay as you go.
Sale dates list two closing out events near Washington. Anthony Malichky, ten miles northeast, hosts sale on January 5 and Frank Vicha, eight and a half miles northeast, hosts sale on January 12.
Dec 21 Nancy E Moore estate at 117 West Madison Street sale at 1 30 P M Dec 19 Mattie Crawford property Washington Iowa sale Dec 22 Closing Out Sale six miles SE of Washington W 8 Saville Dec 28 Albert Navy Sr 11 12 miles N FE of Washington Closing Out Sale Dec 22 Joseph H West two miles north of Dublin Public sale of cattle and hogs Dee 24 Closing Out Sale H W Cassel 1% miles east of Ainsworth
Pierce social favorite Franklin Pierce noted for handsome appearance and fashionable White House scenes. Despite a raw wind and ankle deep mud after heavy rain at the capital, inaugural turnout featured striking millinery and fashionable dress.
The text defines heroin chemically as diacetyl morphine, a white crystalline neutral powder with slight bitterness. It notes low water solubility unless an acid is added, mentions medical use dating from 1898, and observes ongoing debate about its action and value.
The Woolworth Building in New York is estimated to weigh about 206 million pounds. This figure reflects the mass of the structure and its foundations as assessed for structural context and historical record.
F M Hubbell of Des Moines Iowa long noted as the state's wealthiest man has been critically ill with pneumonia. Physicians announce he is no longer in immediate danger.
The Simplon tunnel between Italy and Switzerland spans 12 miles 458 yards. The Cullinan diamond weighs 3 025 carats, and platina has a specific gravity of 2 150, making it the heaviest known material.
London doctors attribute winter illnesses to milk produced in darkness and the Sunlight league was told that half of the light London should receive is blocked by the smoke pall.
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