Market report shows mixed hog and cattle demand in Chicago
Estimated hog receipts 11 000 with holdover 12 658 and cattle receipts about 11 000. Market steady to higher with strong weighy butchers. Beef and lamb values fluctuate with top yearlings around 12.00 and top steers near 11.25, while sheep and lambs show strength and weakness across categories. Receipts and shipments listed. grain prices and Monday projections included. Jud Tunkins quip notes town’s burglar wages.
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Chicago
Plod remarks on overworked doers in city duties
In a candid line Joe the Plodger comments that those who take on tough tasks are already swamped with work. He notes the tension between willingness to act and the burden of concurrent duties.
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Joe
She Made a Clean Sweep
Horace Brown in a four room apartment contemplates divorce from Elizabeth amid her cleaning frenzy. A walk to the butcher yields a new idea for his heroine May, but neighbor Mrs Emory reveals Elizabeth’s patient support. He returns believing Elizabeth is a good wife and his writing benefits.
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Oe Brown
Horace
May
Elizabeth
Shy George
George
Mrs. Emory
Keota Deaths Mark Christmas Season Observances
Word reached Keota of the Dec 21 death of W H West at his daughter Mrs Loren Bennett's home in Boulder Cole after influenza and possible pneumonia. Everett and Joe West bring his body home, funeral in the Christian church. Roy Menefee, former Keota resident, died in Ottumwa and his funeral is in Keota. Community Christmas tree celebrations proceed amid hopeful weather, with 825 candy bags prepared for children and elaborate lighted trees along Broadway.
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Keota
W. H. West
Loren Bennett
Boulder
Cole
Christian Church
West
Roy Menefee
Ottumwa
Margaret Harris
R. V. Pike
Menefee
Edith Chesney
Gilbert Johnson
Broadway
Santa Claus
R. C. Lemon
of the
Des Moines
Lemon
Clement Miteau
Singmasters
France
Radiogram
Mitean
James Early
New York City
Early
Pauline Gislain
Adolph Gislain
Harold Dings
5. Dings
Elva Ashel
Thirty-fourth Street
Thelma Kirkpatrick
Columbia
Missouri
Stevens College
Leila Carris
Monmouth
Herbert Hinnah
Ames
Louise Luers
Nina Lenninger
Ward Richard
Waldo Teeter
Lester Smith
Pauline Randolph
Robert Singmaster
Elizabeth White
Harriet Pike
Jeanette Stewart
Mildred Ochs
Lucile Willis
John Cupp
Helen Helscher
Hazel Irelan
Ase Pike
Myrtle Cummings
Marian Hoffman
Marian Morris
Vera Buck
Erma Kleinschmidt
Donald Holmes
Lila Carter
Marjorie Ochs
Florence Brown
Lucile Sheetz
Lois Russell
Kate B. Glover
Rebekahs
Vianna Sharp
Vanda Hess
V. G
Ella Rusdell
Daisy Chambers
Princess Theatre
Clara McNarlen
Bernice Moser
Mabel Stevenson
Clara McNurlen
Eva Gayle Lyle
Merry Makers
Robison family in Moline for arm surgery update
Bright residents report Floyd Robison undergoing elbow surgery after a wrist fracture failed to heal. The operation involved two long incisions, bone scraping, resetting, and wiring. Family members C V Robison and son Wayne visited from Brighton as friends hope for a smooth recovery.
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Brighton
C. V. Robison
Wayne
Moline
Floyd
P. van Zante
Ada Tracy
Scott Diller
Des Moines
Esther Cole
R. B. Jones
Smith Donovan
Mr. Beekman
Alspaugh
Beekmans
Kansas
Alspaughs
Centralia
Lil
The Making of Character by Edith Wharton
An excerpt notes that willpower cannot be grasped instantly but must be built gradually. Character forms through steady effort, facing daily duties, and resisting avoidance, a slow arduous process akin to constructing a solid foundation.
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Edith Wharton
Valley News Roundup from Valley No. 2
Weather note says more rain but a nice winter so far. George Frank builds a new shed for the truck. Charley Churchill works for Charles Augustine. Mr and Mrs Sam Munson and Mr and Mrs Guy Black visited Ottumwa yesterday. Sam Orn has been building a fence north of town. Alois Beiter visited J E Deal home. Walter Mayer and family visited E L Breitenbach home last Saturday and George Breitenbach and family were there Sunday.
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E. L. Breitenbach
George Breitenbach
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Daily Market Reports
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Burlington
Iowa
Liverpool
Lucky Man
Jud Tunkins
John A. Babcock
Exchange Commission
U. G. Yard
Illinois
de M. Lord & Son
W. R. Luckey
Ainsworth Stock Yards
Howard Hopping
Washington
John Koehler
Wiles
Crawfordeville
Eling Williams
Henry Witting
Crawfordsville
Frank Gray
Dublin
Chas. Gray
Ainsworth
Nebraska
W. S. Reister
East Third St
Mutual
East Washington St
R. L. Gibson
By Anthony Reimert
Western Newspaper Union
Presbyterian Church
Wm. Beal
Glen
Iowa Gas
Valley NO
George Martin
Antioch
Merry Christmas
Benteco Kash Store
the Benner Tea Co
and Mrs
Fred Rohrer
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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