Chicago hog cattle and sheep prices drift on midweek trade
Chicago traders report mixed hog cattle and sheep receipts with gradual declines in some hog prices and firm support in cattle. Hogs top around 11.70 for heavy weights while lighter classes ease. cattle show strength in heavy fed steers and demand for desirable heifers and cows. sheep and lambs open steady to firmer with bulk fat lambs trading near 12.00 to 12.75.
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Chicago
Quaajry Plain
Hampshire
John Deere
Harrow
Livestock Estimates from Chicago Report
Official livestock estimates for tomorrow list 14 000 hogs 9 000 cattle and 16 000 sheep in Chicago.
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Chicago
The Primrose Path You Can Say One Thing for Love
Ruthind Herald notes love at first sight eases divorce lawyers' work as a witty remark on relationships and legal splits.
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Ruthind Herald
Ghosts and a wedding at the haunted Cross farm
Nora and friends in a sunlit studio recount a ghost tale of headless Civil War soldiers. Nora reports sighting them at midnight, only to discover the riders belong to Bob Bol and friends planning a marriage proposal. A wedding is arranged with three white horses leading the procession.
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Nora
Helene
Gloria
Old Cross Farm
Joh
Thob
Bob Bol
Nan
Bob
Hob
Brighton sales and social notes from a busy harvest period
In Brighton the soil and town prosper with evergreen growth and electric lights. Farmers and buyers thronged the sale pavilion where L. G. Gabby of Little York sold native work horses for 125 to 250 dollars. Other buyers included Ben Stout and Dan Hesseltine who acquired top and extra-good teams. Pleasant Ridge hosted a box supper and Roxie Beenblossom delivered a fine program.
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Brighton
L. G. Gabby
Little York
Ill
Gabby
Cherryholmes
McElhinney
Winfield
Ben Stout
Dan Hesseltine
Ballard
Doc Johnson
Homer Brown
Lupton
Magidefran Bros
Wayland
Seattle
Frank
D. Cooper
R. G
Tom
Jake
John Jones
Haskins
Roxie Beenblossom
Pleasant Ridge
Bessie Conrad
Lester Beenblossom
Jew Packard
Dayton
Elder
Shannon
High School Week Highlights Evangeline Play and Activities
Monday tickets sold in the main hall for Evangeline with G R and Hi Y members canvassing, Tuesday rushes for stage material and props, actor Nathaniel Young ill, Mrs Kenneth Carrins filled in. Wednesday assembly featured Junior High band and G B Christmas meeting with candy recipes. Thursday rural program box supper drew large bids, biographies added to school record with Mae May 29 1910 style notes.
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G. R
Hi-Y
Stace
Stanley Mauser
Evangeline
Nathaniel Young
Gabriel
Kenneth Carrins
Merritt Eugene McDaniel
Florence Pat Brookhart
Girl Reserves
Glee Club
Hi-Life
Mars
Early U S slavery milestones from 1619 to 1865
The first slaves arrived in 1619. Congress banned importation in 1807. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in seceding states in 1863, and the Thirteenth Amendment prohibiting slavery nationwide was ratified in December 1865.
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United States
Friday Assembly Sparks Holiday Spirit at High School
A Friday pep meeting led by Assistant Principal Barnes featured three speakers Supt Poet and Secretary of Y Mr Kreider and Professor McCleery. Winifred Allen performed The Christmas Spirit by Van Dyke with high praise and Miss Patton announced no school until January 3. Catharine Coulter.
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Ass’t
Barnes
Supt
Kreider
Professor McCleery
Winifred Allen
van Dyke
McCleery
Winifred
Quail Retrieved Bread Story From Elmdale Farmer
Arthur Drummond of Elmdale Kansas tells of an old hen that stole a quail nest in the orchard and hatched eight quails and ten chicks before a mother quail reclaimed her brood. The tale appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Arthur Drummond
Elmdale
Kan
Intianapolis News
Christmas Service at Minsworth Glee Club Recital
The churches unite for a Christmas program at the M E church led by Miss Martha Condon with the High School Glee Club. The concert features Handel Largo, Mendelssohn Silent Night, and Come All Ye Faithful with reader Clare Gordon and accompanist Wilma Pearson. Students head home for vacations as Neil Sands and Charles Mullen visit.
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Gruber
Calkin
Glee Club
Charles Mullen
Iowa State College
United Presbyterian
Methodist
George Eden
Iowa City
Accident Injury Breakdown by Body Part Stats
The report shows 53 percent of accidents injure the arm and hand, 28 percent the leg and foot, 81 percent the trunk, 3.8 percent the eyes, and 4.8 percent the head. Among arm and hand injuries 67.2 percent affect fingers, 14.2 percent hands and 18.6 percent arms. Head injuries are the most fatal at 22 percent. Injuries to the trunk follow.
Auction Notices and Sales Calendar
December 12 Everette Teets closing out sale miles northwest of Washington January 6 W D Martin five miles northeast Public gate January 10 G W Weigman three miles southeast January 17 Knotek Bros Duroc bred sow and gilt auction details listed for local farm sales and livestock buyers.
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Everette
Sal —S
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Primrose Path
Beauty
Aspen Co
Pine St
St. Louis
T. R. Phillips McDaniel. Drug Co, Lemmon's Pharmacy
Ah Francisco
Clarice Barry
Sydney Australis
Persy
Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
John A. Babcock
G. W. Dash
Washington
Dosh & Waggoner
Sutherland
D. E. Peters
Geo. L. Duke
Drish
Chutty
Waggoner
Carter and Mulligan
Frank Magdefray
Charley
McKay
Lawrence McKune
Henrietta Wilson
Estelle Davidson
Evening Journal
Poland
China
J. B. Wright
A. Reubsam
Reids
R. EB. Co
Fii
J. I. Colthurst
Ainsworth
Lampshire
W. M. Darbyshire
C. H. Wolfe
Frank Kuhn
S. R. Ranshaw
Paul Helen Building
Iowa
W. Op. Booth
Marcus Kuhn
Little Red Glover
Philip Strabala
Richmond
American Pearl Button Co
Ed Kos
East Third St
Light and Gae
John Putman
Tdte
Hom
Garag
Silas Ross
East Second Street
Methodist Church
C. A. Speer
W.s.reister & Sons
Eggs & Poultry
Mutual
Reisters Creamery
Hone
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