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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1923
Page
2
Chicago reports include hogs receipts 54 000 with 13 percent holdover and cattle and sheep receipts around 64 080 and 15 004 respectively. Market action shows varying weights and classes with beef steers and yearlings firm to higher, fat lambs 12.75 to 13.25, and feeding lambs around 12.00 to 12.25. yesterday’s totals and shipments listed.
The saying is misattributed to Horace Greeley. It first appeared in 1861 in John L. Soule's Terre Haute Express. Greeley later used the line in an editorial and reprinted Soule’s article to show he did not originate the expression.
A short exchange features a line about someone returning and insisting on importance. The witty remark frames the idea of self-importance in a humorous note.
A sequence of public and closing out sales listed with dates in January and February at towns including Washington Crawfordsville Dublin and Coppoch. Notable entries mention Jean Chas Gray McCoy Rose Williams Myall Lambert Sigafoose and Henry Itting as the listings' names.
In Wellston on December 27 Mr and Mrs Geo Lemley and two children visited Guernsey Iowa for Mrs Lemleys fathers funeral held Christmas day Homer Porter drove them to Guernsey Poweshiek county. The McClellands Brinnings families and Iren Miksch spent Christmas Eve and Day with Ed Miksch and C H Brinning. Some sent Christmas invitations from afar stayed home due to rough roads and locals noted the weather pattern hinting at colder times ahead.
A Des Moines church notes discussants on a Sunday school lesson urging Christ for the World as the New Year 1924 call. The piece contrasts American abundance with global need and colonies a call to missionary effort and moral duties alongside a Washington Iowa bond sale notice.
City Clerk S J Kellogg announces funds must be made before February 1, with notice dated December 28 to January 4. The snippet notes in Japan ninety per cent literacy among people.
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