Chicago Describes Livestock Markets and Prices
Livestock market report from Chicago and Des Moines dated December. Hogs receipts 23 000 with direct 6 000. hog prices 170 230 lb 4.20 4.30 top 4.35. Cattle receipts 5 000 with calves 2 000. steers 5.50 9.00 bulk. slaughter cattle and vealers 7.25 11.75. stocker and feeder 4.75 5.75. Sheep receipts 10 000 mostly steady with lambs 5.00 5.50. ewes 1.50 2.75. Des Moines 12 28 quotes hogs 3.60 3.85 for 189 280 lb and 3.55 3.99 for 180 250 lb, packing sows 3.00 3.45.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Towa
Minnesota
Market Summary of Eggs Butter Poultry and Produce
Unsettled eggs show receipts 1 733 cases with extras and firsts in the high 20s to 28 range and seconds around 12 to 15. Butter unsettled with 7 900 tabs, extras 2914, firsts 24 to 25 and seconds 23 to 2316. Poultry unsettled with 1 car receipts fowls 13 to 16 springers 17 leghorns 10 ducks 16 to 19 geese 15 turkeys 20 to 28. Cheese twins 13 to 131 percent young Americas 133 to 13 percent. Potatoes on track 202 cars AR rivals 40 shipments 360 market about steady. Wisconsin round whites 7 to 80c Idaho russets 1.45 to 1.60 Nebraska triumphs 1.00 to 1.10 Colorado MecClures 1.30 to 1.40.
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Wisconsin
Idaho
Nebraska
Colorado
Grain Receipts Reported Across Wheat Corn Oats
Grain receipts listed include 1 car of wheat, 104 cars of corn, and 33 cars of oats. The brief item notes shipment totals by commodity, indicating a sizable corn inflow and smaller wheat and oats arrivals.
Grain and commodity market update from Chicago
Chicago trading roundup shows Wheat Corn and Oats with mixed futures. Dec through July contracts display varied highs and lows across Wheat Corn Oats and byproducts with fluctuating margins and several percent ranges recorded.
Chicago Cash Grain Close Summary
Chicago price report notes Wheat 5 northern 48 cents, Corn 2 mixed 34 to 36 percent, 4 mixed 35 to 35 14, various yellow and white corn and oat prices. Rye none. Barley 42 to 67, Timothy 46 0 to 42 5, Clover 13 25 to 15 75.
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Chicago
Timothy
Market quotes for Clover and Timothy prices cited
Toledo market report shows Clover prime at 8.50 with near term range 8.50 to 8.75 and future Mar 8.85, cash 8.50. Feb 8.75. Mar 8.85. hay Timothy per hundredweight noted with unclear timothy timing.
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Clover
Few
Aljike
Hay Timothy
Rube comedian linked to vanishing race theme remark
A brief line from Country Home references a rube comedian seen as part of a vanishing racial group and notes fear of regret as a broader cultural concern. The comment raises questions about humor, identity, and social consequence.
Neighboring Communities News Notes
A compact roundup from the Journal's subscription staff highlights brief local items from nearby towns. Short notices include civic updates, upcoming events, minor committee actions, and community announcements gathered for readers in the region.
Christmas shopping amid bad roads near Washington
The Harris area journal notes a Christmas shopping morning in Washington with residents recalling past farm prices and travel by carriage due to poor roads. Local figures like Mrs. Jack Caldwell, Lloyd Hayes, and Frank Schantz share road conditions, while anecdotes mention old turkey prices, hog prices, and community life including school and town scenes.
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Washington
Logan Ahrens
Frank Henderson Famly
Mahin
Ainsworth
Lloyd Hayes
Lloyd
R. B. Palmer
West Chester R
JV. H. McConnells
R. 4
Louis Fetes
Brighton R
Lester
Times
Geo. Brown
Cryvus Birka
Frank Birka
Wayland
Clyde Lambert
Pleasant Hill
Charley Anderson
Range Law with Tarzan and Ken Maynard at Fox theatre
Tarzan the horse Tarzan learns school hours from master Ken Maynard between Western action scenes in Range Law. Maynard trains Tarzan in tricks, while the cast includes Lupe Velez, Ernest Torrence, Jimmy Durante, Karen Morley and others in a Christmas show at Fox theatre.
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Ken Mayard
Horse
Tiffany
Fox Theater
Maynard
Ken Maynard
Ken
Cuban Love Song Delights Audiences at State Theater
Lawrence Tibbett, famed baritone and screen star, stars in The Cuban Love Song a tropical romance of a sailor and a girl. The modern melodrama blends drama adventure comedy and haunting music with Tibbett in a swashbuckling marine role.
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Lawrence Tibbett
U.S. Maine
Tropics
Tibbett
Japanese to Open Attack on Bandits in Manchuria
General Shigeru Honjo announced a general offensive against bandits in Manchuria with aim to drive Chinese forces from the region. The remark signaled an impending major operation, widely viewed as a prelude to an attack on Chinchow.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Shigeru Honjo
Chinchow
Iowa AG seeks injunction against unlicensed practitioner
The Iowa attorney general petitions Johnson county district court to restrain H. A. Baker of Lone Tree from practicing medicine without a license. The filing, requested by the state department of health, alleges Baker holds osteopathic license yet treated patients as a physician without proper authority.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hoover backs gold standard as currency debate grows
President Hoover will maintain the gold standard amid reports abroad that the U S may abandon it. Officials do not officially deny the rumors, labeling them foreign propaganda while domestic pressure builds for currency reform, including possible bi metals or silver inclusion.
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United States
Enyland
Japan
Meat Advertising Plan Promoted At Iowa Livestock Meeting
Des Moines December meeting of Iowa livestock producers heard a plan to advertise meat as a food. Arden McKee of Creston and A. Sykes of Ida Grove led the effort, stating producers must help cover campaign costs to popularize meat.
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Des Moines
Livestock Producers
Iowa
Arden McKee
Creston
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
Sykes
Journal Sales Date Column West Chester stock sale
Brought to West Chester on December 23, a sale by Mrs. Rose Moorhead in Crawfordsville offers household goods. The listing notes a stock sale dated December 29 with items from household use.
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Least
West Chester
Rose Moorhead
Crawfordsville
Sore Throat Relief Ad Lets FPhoxine Do The Talking
An advertisement promotes FPhoxine as a prescription throat remedy with rapid relief from sore throat. It claims the medication targets the cause, stops coughing, and is safe for all ages with a money back guarantee for five cents. Local drugstore McDaniel's Drug Store is named as the vendor.
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AETNA
Frank IL
Wilson
McDaniel
Twain's Tom Sawyer Finished in 1875 After Year of Work
The novel began as a new project in 1874 and reached completion by July 5, 1875. It appeared later that year in December in S76.
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