Market Report Opening Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts
Est receipts today hogs 83 000 cattle 16 000 sheep 10 060 with heavy to light weight hog price ranges and top at 14 40 plus calves and veal values. Cattle and sheep markets show steady to higher trading with various weight classes and quality grades across hogs cattle and lambs. Official yesterday receipts show hogs 18 615 cattle 8 373 sheep 12 082 calves 2 126 with corresponding shipments.
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Chicago
Measao
Farm Department Sale Dates From Jefferson County
A list of farm sales and closings in Jefferson County Iowa with dates from February 6 through February 28. Sellers include Poland China breeders Wm Mayhew H F Griffin C Woodburn Duroe Jersey hog sales R S Smylie Geo Foster Glenn Hayes and others. Public and closing out sales span Washington Crawfordsville Ainsworth and Keota areas with multiple venues and auctions.
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Jefferson County
Poland
Fairfield
Iowa
Mayhew
Washington
H. F. Griffin
Trustee
C. Woodburn
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Duroe
R. S. Smylie
Columbus Junction
Duroe Jersey Hogs
Geo. F. Foster
W. D
Stanley Fishburn
C. J. Petersen
Franz Landau
J. H. Genkinger
Ainsworth
Glenn G. Hayes
W. H. Hunt, & Son
A. Debord
Town
C. R. Wells
Wm. Burton
A. J. Fuller
Haskins
S. W. Knox
Chas
Scranton
Batavia
R. H. Fetters
Jake Ramsey
Keota
Jackson and
Rathmel
R. P. Dewey
Jacob Simmering
Will Green
John May
Lewis Duke
Verdi
Matt Essley
J.R. McCreedy
Duroe Jersey
Grain Prices and Market Tones Hover in Mixed Trading
OCR fragment notes corn at 123 cars with tone 4 cents lower and No 4 at 1.41 to 1.45 percent. Other lines mention 70 arm cars lower and No 5 at 84 85 percent. March Clover price 24.65 appears.
D Annunzio Seizes Warship Trieste February 4
Catrice dAnnunzio and Malian insurgent leader at Fiume seize the torpedo boat Orsini and the auxiliary ship Citta di Roma from Ancona to Pola with munitions and food for Italian forces. The vessels were brought to Fiume.
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Trieste
Catrice dAnnunio
Jeader
Fiume
Orsini
Citta di Roma
Ancona
Pola
Failures to Fix Rail Wages Sparks Silent Conference
The Raleigh wage talks collapsed as the Atlantic strike and railway labor factions faced a stalled session. Observers note no concrete concessions emerged from the gathering led by Walter D. Blues and the Pallrond brotherhoods, with railway administration remaining tight lipped about any outcomes.
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Wear Astington
Pallrond
Walter
Dlues
Callroad
Hori Bowen
Rector Minesales
No-booze ships disposed of by government sale
Chairman Payne told President Wilson that prohibition forces sale of the former German liners seized at outbreak of war. He said the board cannot operate ships serving alcohol and that bookings to South America and elsewhere have largely canceled. He supported a sale with a government salvage clause and noted war department objections to outright title. Bankers were asked to promote shipping securities.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Payne
Wilson
South America
War Department
Paul Sale Brings High Prices at Spotted Poland China Sale
E. J. Paul held a large pure bred Spotted Poland China sow sale at the Reynolds & Gibson building drawing buyers from Iowa Indiana and Nebraska. Top price reached 660 dollars with several sows selling around 300 and two thirds above 150. Auctioneers included Charles Taylor What Cheer assisted by R. W. Davisson Wellman and Carl T. Bingley Summit.
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E. J. Paul
Paul
Indiana
Nebraska
Iowa
Charles Taylor
What Cheer
R. W. Davisson
Wellman
Carl T. Bingley
Summerset
Rhine Yanks Get Big Pay
In Coblenz on February 4 the American soldiers in the occupied zone will receive 100 marks per dollar, totaling 3,000 marks monthly, higher than German officials’ pay in Coblenz. Earlier, troops earned only eighteen to twenty marks per dollar. Fur Prices Rise Amid Bolshevik Uprising
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Coblenz
St. Louis
Russia
International Fur Exchange
Fishing aversion fuels troublemaking in anglers
A proverb notes a natural urge to provoke more than feed, suggesting a fisherman goes fishing not from hunger but to stir trouble for the fish, reflecting a satirical take on human nature in sport and pastime.
Butter and Eggs Price List at Washington Iowa
A historical price sheet from Washington Iowa lists paying prices for fresh laid eggs butter cream poultry and hides such as ducks geese turkeys and various furs. It notes high prices for raw furs and mentions two trucks repurposed to move customers and aid employees during a slow season.
Pelican Walk Declared Fashion Law for New England Women
A fashion note proclaims pelican walk as the trend for England's new women, dictated by long snug skirts and modistes who set the pace. Ex-government misses and war economizers may resist the shift to a mincing dainty stride, but fashion decrees the change.
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England
Bears Hold Up School at Bear Creek Rescue
A country school at Bear Creek, Louisiana, was marooned by two large black bears. Miss Eile Schaffer fled to warn hunters who arrived and frightened the animals, allowing about a score of children to be rescued.
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Bear Creek
Eile Schaffer
Hallion
Miss Schaffer
Like Game of Chess in a Strained Marriage
A distressed speaker likens financial pressure in a marriage to a game of chess. The husband continually demands money while the wife warns that withholding funds will still resemble a chess match, with check after check.
Duroc Jersey Breeders Plan Banquet and Sale in Washington
The Duroc Jersey breeders of Washington county announce a banquet on Monday night February 9 to unite breeders In cooperative selling exhibits and pig clubs. A futurity show is being promoted with liberal premiums, plus an association sale February 9. Farms with favorable prices are offered via Godfrey and Eldridge, including 100 acres at 275 per acre 200 acres at 250 per acre and 240 acres at 350 per acre. Ernest Carlson leads the effort aiming for a strong 1920 Duroc year.
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Washington County
Washington
National Duroc Jersey Record Association
Ernest Carlson
Godfrey
Short Course Abandoned Over Influenza Fears
County Agent M. H. Fedderson announced the annual Ames short course has been canceled due to influenza prevalence. Farmers from Washington County had planned to attend the event, which was scheduled for February 9 to 14.
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M. H. Fedderson
Ames
Washington County
Where the Trouble Lies in Relationships
A reflective line notes that people rarely meet the standard of better behavior in difficult times, instead choosing far better treatment than circumstances justify. The quotationframes the fragility of mutual esteem in challenging partnerships.
Clean-Up Sale Mirth Note on Weather Humor
A Boston Transcript quip defines Indian summer as a joke between the weather man and the ice man to clear away old remnants. The remark frames seasonal change with a playful, timely jab at forecasts and refrigeration.
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Boston Transcript
The People's Might and Feudal Past Restraints
Quotations from Daniel Webster praise people power and legal restraint on prerogatives. The passage contrasts the feudal system with modern law and the intelligence of the common voice guiding governance.
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Daniel Webster
Sorrow Clothes Figurine Appears in Halloween Craft
Mary Ellen describes a clothespin dressed in black as having lost its husband and wearing sorrow clothes, reflecting a quirky Halloween craft moment from a local scene.
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Mary Ellen
Beyond Feeling. Shirley’s Grandmother Death In Exchange
A terse exchange reveals Shirley saying her grandmother is dead after a several days illness. The line emphasizes the abrupt end and the emotional weight in a brief family moment.
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Shirley
Old Gentleman Away and Pansy Pyetin clash over speech
The Old Gentleman Away story features Pansy Pyetin objecting sharply to her father's use of English. She argues his grammar is flawless yet dismisses his habits of avoiding theatres cabarets and similar venues.
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Pansy Pyetin
Father
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
There is more catarrh in this section than other diseases and was long deemed incurable. Local remedies failed, so doctors suggested incurability. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is advertised as a constitutional internal remedy that works through the blood on mucous surfaces.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Atria
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Market Report
Journal’s Farm Department
John A. Babcock
Illinois
Close OF Grain Futures
E. W. Wagner & Co
Towa City
D'Annunzio
Tiume
Paul Sale
China
Reynolds & Gibson Produce Company
C. E. Lemley
B. J. Southard & Son
Nobleville
Howard Benn
Kalona
Harry Whittaker
Frank Howe & Son
J. Rogers
Alburnette
John Griffith
M. Kallaus
D. C
R. C. Marshall
Winfield
Joe Piefer
M. C. Dayton
West Chester
H. D. Mahan
Guthrie Center
Harmon Brady
West Ceicester
O. J. Rogers
H. D. Direks
Col. Junction
R. C. Wells
W. D. Augustine
Rubio
S. E. Ward
Brunswick
Neb
Thomas Ross
Dows
John Schmidt
B. S. Southard
Ind
Ll. R. Barton
Mitchilville
F. BE. Snider
Brighton
Shaver & Fry
Lafe Stout
M. Kallous
Rhine
Mutual
Green
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
Lanna
BEARS
Johnsonburg
Bruins
John BR. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Industry
House Agricultural Committee
Bureau
Duroc
Ening
Journal Office
Whittaker
Todd
Concord
Chas. Brown
Beur
J. M. Finney
South Third Avenue
John M.br
Ely Oypun
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