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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1923

Page

2

Daily Market Reports First Report Hogs and Cattle

Chicago market notes show estimated receipts for hogs at 8000 today with 6268 holdovers and 6000 new. cattle receipts 38000 with strong demand and higher prices for fat cattle. top hog price 7.25, cattle top 10.90, veal 9.59. Sheep and lambs also firm with woolly lambs around 13.05 and 11.50 for recently shorn. Receipts include cattle 539 calves 20 hogs 11106 sheep 895. shipments Cattle 694 calves BR hogs 3670 no sheep.

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Bride’s Wedding Plans Stir Baby-Free Invitation Thought

At a reception a guest questions the crying baby during the ceremony and the maid of honor jokes about future weddings. She quips she will have engraved on the invitation that no babies are expected, reflecting lighthearted social tension about children at events.

Running Over a Chicken Costs as Much as Dining Out

A curious comparison notes that the expense of running over a chicken in a modern vehicle equals the cost of eating it at a contemporary restaurant, highlighting parity between accidental incident costs and dining prices.

Christmas gatherings fill Crawfordsville with family visits

The Crawfordsville a nd surrounding area hosts a busy Christmas season as residents return from Columbia Mason City Tipton Jefferson Keota and Waterloo for holidays. Friends celebrate birthdays share meals and hold church services with Rev Lytle and Rev Kimmelshue scheduled to preach next Sabbath.

Crawfordsville John Wooley Columbia Elizabeth van Horn Mason City H. C. Hull Eva Gormly Irene Holmes Tipton Iowa Vera Yangery Jefferson, Iown Lois Davidson Sioux Rapids Mina McCleary Keota Frank McCoy Mt. Pleasant Moorhead McCoy Fletchert Huston Washington Aletha Holmes McCleery L. G. Sherwood Robert Long Doris Olds Mary Twinam Sarah Davidson Davidson Lillian Holmes Waterloo Hayes Oskaloosa Myron Hayes Hazel Anwyl Fremont Rex Beauchamp Weiner Rex C. R. Gallagher James Lytle Monmouth Ill United Presbyterian Church Kimmelshue Des Moines Iowa Synod

Damascus Shrine No 10 Meeting Date Change

Notice announces Damascus Shrine No 10 will meet Thursday December 27 at the Commercial club rooms instead of December 28. Members are urged to attend as matters of importance will be discussed. Mrs Eva Mae Michels W H P 26613 The Womans Home Missionary

Damascus Shrine No. 10 Commercial Club Eva Mae Michels

West Chester church groups schedule events this week

Society of the West Chester M E Church meets with Mrs Hough Thursday afternoon. Mrs W S Boyer leads. West Chester Methodist church hosts a New Years day dinner for all members and friends at 12 30. Bring baskets. Notice Woman's Missionary Society of Bethel church meets Friday afternoon with Miss Myrtle Pearson. A little for sale ad appears.

West Chester Methodist Church Womans Missionary Society of the Bethel Church Myrtle Pearson

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Daily Market Reports Beach- Wickham Grain Co Burlington John A. Babcock Exchange Commission 8 Yard Illinois W. R. Luckey Ainsworth Stock Yards Howard Hopping John Koehler Elias Williams J. RE Myall Henry Witting Frank Gray Dublin Lumber Sale Chas. Gray Ainsworth W. S. Reister East Washington St Mutual R. L. Gibson Asec Judd White Place Shields Coal Yard Ee Oe Jersey Rock Island de Laval Howard A. Hopping Macon The Womans Home Missionary Wilson Sale Jos Hampshire Rhode Island John Deere Davne Emerson Litchfield H. P. International Imperial Range A. H. Kief Cray & Workman, Suctioneers Viret Lumber and Cattle Wells Dublin Washington and Rubio Frank H. Gray H. A. Engle Chas, W. Brown, Audt Our Christmas Club
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