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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1924
Page
2
Dec 24 market notes show hogs mostly steady to 10 cents lower with top at 16.60 cattle and feeders rally with heavy steers up to 11.50 and yearlings 8.50 to 11.00 sheep and lambs active with prime lambs at 18.75 and fat sheep steady. Trading centers on Chicago stockyards report receipts for hogs 26 000 cattle 9 000 and sheep 7 000 with shifting buyer demand across weights and grades.
Hoot Gibson stars in Broadway or Bust a Fox Theatre comedy where two cowboys dream of Broadway. Dave Holles sells his ranch for fortune and wins a love story with Ruth Dwyer. A memorable hotel suite scene and the Blue Book squadron add farcical humor.
Washington reports the prohibition office will rely on existing agents to handle seasonal illicit liquor trade. Chief E C Yellowly said no extra staff will be hired for Christmas and New Year. Several agents may be moved from quiet areas to strategic points if needed.
Jud Tonkins remarks that a man who thinks only of himself becomes lonely because most people are not interested in the same subjects.
Prices listed for cream butterfat per pound fresh laid eggs hens ducks and other poultry with per pound rates and notes on quality and market status. No market for cull sick or crippled poultry is indicated.
Chicago markets report current prices for cereals and meats with No 3 wheat at 1.81 percent, corn futures No 4 mixed 1.19 to 1.20, No 2 yellow 1.30, oats No 2 white 60 to 60 percent, rye No 2 1.48, barley 88 to 97, Timothy seed 6.00 to 7.15, Clover seed 25.75 to 33.00, lard 16.60, rib 15.50, bellies 16.37.
Wheat prices rose early in Chicago on December 24 as futures gained on Liverpool delivery optimism. Trading was scattered ahead of holidays with May around 1.73 to 1.74 and July near 1.50 to 1.51, then mixed with a late modest upturn. Corn and oats followed with uneven moves and firming notes on diminished surplus. provisions eased without strong buying.
Journal ads announce closing out sales by various sellers around Ainsworth Keota Washington and Tipton. Dates range from Dec 29 to Jan 27 with locations including 4 miles SE of Ainsworth 6 miles NE of Keota Ainsworth Washington and Haskins.
The article recounts Frank P. Abraham’s profitable cow husbandry method near Mt Pleasant, relying on high quality cows, pasture, silage and clover hay. It details feeding, calving, and finishing practices, noting 22 yearlings averaged 900 pounds selling for 11.25 per cwt and calves worth 50 to 60 dollars at weaning, plus a carload of finished porkers sold in Chicago.
Russel Sponberg’s complete feeding record shows corn oats barley oil meal molasses feed and hay totaling about $50 for 228 days. The calf grew from 460 to 1070 pounds, a 610 pound gain at about 8.0 cents per pound, selling for 123.60 with 47.50 paid for the calf. Total expenses reached about 97.00 leaving roughly 25 dollars profit plus 40 in prizes and two paid trips.
Keota reports a high merit Christmas program with children singing carols, readings, and a candle light distribution of candy by Santa Claus. If weather fails the event moves to the Methodist church. Also noted: union service for Rev. Hoffman, a new baby Clifford Lyle Johnson, Keota visitors from Baltimore, and local club meetings including Sunshine and Havre Social Club gatherings.
Havre reports two car stock shipments last Tuesday December 16 and four cars loaded Thursday December 18 with two cars more on Tuesday December 33. Mrs Elmer Collins of Pryor Oklahoma assists her ailing father George Hillhouse this winter. John Green and family visited Joe Klopfenstein on Sunday. Miss Mildred Genkinger who teaches at No 7 spent one night last
Tacoma reports a statewide effort to create a permanent school fund for Washington totaling up to 100 million dollars. The fund, now over 23 million, is invested in bonds from sold school lands and protected by law, with mineral gas and oil rights reserved for future revenue. Clark V. Sage estimates endowment growth as lands are sold.
A Balzac quote praises the true physician as guided by love for science and a sense of societal usefulness, stating the profession is sustained by that passion as well as duty to society.
In the District Court of Iowa Washington County Ancillary Administrator cum testamento annexo W M Keeley files for sale of Eunice B Scofield real estate Lots 1 2 3 in Block 5 Wilsons Addition Washington IA and names defendants and unknown claimants. Hearing set Jan 12 1925 at Washington Court House. failure to appear by Jan 12 1925 may yield default and decree. Brookhart Bros Attorneys for Receiver Dec 10 17 24 31
In the District Court of Iowa Washington County plaintiff Robert L Leach as receiver seeks an order and decree to assess 100 percent of capital stock of the Brighton State Bank Brighton Iowa. Defendants listed include Mary A Yates Willis Andrews B E Brinton N A Buck Wm A Craft Anna J Day F L Eck Estate Edith Griffith HL Co Jones Anna E Lambing Arthur H Lloyd Edmund BD Morrison A Laird Woodford and others. The petition and amendment are on file in the clerk of court's office.
Canada has boosted exports of canned fruit and vegetables to 16,605 in shipments of 1924, a rise nearly fourfold since 1922, according to a bulletin from the federal Department of Agriculture.
The report notes 116 pounds valued at $1,193,459 versus 4,475,379 pounds worth $321,625 two years prior. The United States bought about half of Canada’s exports, with the UK France and Cuba taking the rest. Total Dominion investment in canning plants stands at $11,500,000.
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