Hogs and cattle market recap Chicago Feb 7
Chicago reports strong hog trade with gains of 5 to 10 cents over Thursday. Hog prices mostly 7.70 to 8.00 for light to heavy. porkers 7.90 to 8.00. Cattle market slow to steady with beeves 6.50 to 8.90, cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.0, Texas steers 4.90 to 5.75, stockers 4.75 to 7.50. Western cattle 5.60 to 7.30. Sheep and lambs higher. yearlings 6.40 to 7.90, lambs 6.75 to 8.90. Overall market mostly higher than Thursday.
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Chicago
Til
WAY
Texas
Hill
Doings of the People The Happenings of the Different Communities
Local county notes record gatherings and events across several communities. Residents attend church suppers, school plays, and field days while farmers report harvests, market sales, and weather patterns affecting crops.
Local News Roundup From Dublin Area
In Dublin on February 4 1918 Eddie Myers delivers hogs to the new Wellston station. Mrs. J B McCaleb attends the Nora Augustine and Mr Sheets wedding. Washington visits include W E Augustine and wife and Mr J L Banks heads to Ohio for a month. Ray Sanders delivers corn to Will Augustine. Continuous social notes mention several residents visiting relatives and a case of la grippe illness for W T Stevenson.
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Dublin
Eddie Myers
Wellston
J. B. McCaleb
Nora Augustine
Sheets
Rubio
W. E. Augustine
Washington
Ray Sanders
Will Augustine
Sidney Smith
Walter Hotle
Velma
Will Hotle
Ainsworth
Jake Hotle
Clint Robertson
Poet John Milton Sells Home for Fifty Bucks
The aged poet returns home to tell his wife he sold a misfit poem and jokes about wealth and fashion. He imagines better days for the kids while acknowledging low pay for verse and a rise in Easy Street for him.
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John Milton
John
James
Gambols
Domunny
Jimcrow
Coal hauled to Brighton church by H. A. Engel
H A Engel hauled a load of coal from Brighton on Tuesday for use at the church. Rhea Porter returned home Thursday night after working for C A Brook for a couple of weeks.
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H. A. Engel
Brighton
Rhea Porter
C. A. Brook
West Chester Visitors and Local Events Noted
Mr and Mrs Will Reinier and son Merle left for Sigourney, with Reinier to proceed to North Dakota soon. Mrs Will Holmes of Keota visits sister Mrs James O Loughlin. Epworth League pie supper planned near the meat market. Geo Brumback of North English attends brother's sale today. Miss Olive Munro and Mrs A T M Augustine were visitors in Washington.
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West Chester
Will Reinier
Merle
Sigourney
Mr. Reinier
North
Will Holmes
Keota
James O'Loughlin
Epworth League
Geo. Brumback
Olive Munro
T. Augustine
Washington
Grace Hill Moravian Ladies Elect Officers and Report
The Gracehill Moravian Church Ladies Aid Society elected officers: President Ivan T. Rehmel, Vice President Frank Anderson, Secretary Effie Porter, Treasurer Lew L. Lemley. The group cleared about $10 at Park's sale and carried a treasurer balance around $210. Other local notes cover Scouts meeting, visits, travel, and small community activities.
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Grace Hill
Ladies’ Aid Society
Gracehill Moravian Church
C. C. Strohm
Ivan T. Rehmel
Frank Anderson
Effie Porter
Lew L. Lemley
Ralph Lemley
al Bates
West Chester
Tom McFarland
Will Taylor
L. H. Richardson
Paul Harveys
Dayton Grove Community Notes February Updates
Ernie Meeks and family visited John Starr in Wellman. M C Dayton’s baby girl ill with pneumonia. S E C to meet Mrs Richard Disney Thursday. Mr Hesseltine moved machinery to Wm Dusenbery farm for March occupancy. Mrs Jess Campbell and Mrs Maude Campbell attend Lad ies’ Aid Society event for Mrs Geo Amiong who plans to move to Kalona. Mrs Ola Walters and Mrs J M Walker reported sick. Mr Wm Knotts delivering corn for David Tipton in West Chester. F W Brindley moved hogs to West Chester and shipped to Chicago. Mrs Jesse Nicola returned from visit near Verde. Mrs J E McClure to Dubuque Friday. Mr Bruce Moore butchered a hog. Edith Dusenbery visited home then returned to Washington school.
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Dayton Grove
Ernie Meeks
John Starr
Wellman
M. C. Dayton
Richard Disney
Hesseltine
Wm. Dusenbery
Jess Campbell
Maude Campbell
Tom Schulty
Local News Briefs From Haskins Area February 1913
Miss Eva Ebner visits Grandmother Ebner in Ainsworth. Mrs A Twinam of Crawfordville visits her son Roy. John Sands visits Washington on business. Will Raymond family move to Geo Beard farm near Ainsworth to work this year. Home talent plays Not a Man in the House and Aunt Jemima's Birthday Party scheduled for Feb 8. Atchison Bros shipped a car of cattle here. Una Godlove named central girl replacing Eth el Stone. W Hi McCarney travels to Chicago for auto show. Frank Campbell’s team breaks loose causing a scare. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs John Godlove to sew.
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Atchison Bros
Una Godlove
Ethel Stone
W. Hi. McCarney
Chicago
Frank Campbell
Ladies’ Aid Society
John Godlove
Sermon Warns Against Life as a Joke at Methodist Service
Rev A S Smith warns at the Methodist church that life is real earnest and must be taken seriously to honor God, ancestors, and posterity. He contrasts pleasure and profit with the good path and urges avoiding the wrong turn that leads to hell. The service includes songs by a large choir and a duet by Mr Sawtell and Carl Hedges. An offering for the chorus leader TM is announced for next Sunday. The piece shifts to a humorous essay on the ear and listening, noting how ears shape perception and gossip.
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Methodist Church
A. S. Smith
Mr. Smith
Heaven
Hell
Sawtell
Fines Total Fifty Thousand in Bucket Shop Raids
In Washington on Feb 7 special to Evening Journal reports the criminal court imposed fines aggregating fifty thousand dollars in bucket shop cases linked to three year old government raids. Arthur Beaupre, minister to Cuba, instructed by Secretary Knox to seek punishment for a Cuban newspaper editor accused of calling him an embezzler and bribe taker. Detroit reports on Feb 7 that the boot and shoe last trust dissolved. government alleges price fixing on all lasts.
Chugs and Sports Tour Highlights Fire Companies Upgraded
Ralph de Palma tours Chicago and Buffalo shows. Columbus, Ohio now has four fire companies equipped with automobile apparatus. Despite higher cost stone garages are preferred for heat retention and efficiency.
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Ralph de Palma
Chicago
Buffalo
Columbus, O
Automobile Shows and Tours Boost Early 1913 Motoring
The Hartford Automobile Association and Connecticut National Guard back a state show at the State armory while Baltimore hosts a combined motor show February 18 to 22. Topeka plans the first Kansas auto show February 19 to 23 with about fifty exhibitors and music. A new anti skid device uses sand-filled hollow mudguards to stop skids. The Indiana-Pacific Tour aims to run Indiana cars to the Pacific coast next summer starting July 4, with a projected cost of 370 dollars per car plus rail return.
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Hartford Automobile Association
State Armory
Connecticut National Guard
Baltimore
Automobile Club of Maryland
Baltimore Automobile Dealers’ Association
Topeka
Kansas
Indianapolis
Pacific Coast
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Journal Want Ads Encouraged by Self as Try
A quirky self-prompt in a newspaper setting invites readers to consider using the Journal want ads. The speaker muses on trying the classifieds and explores personal initiative in seeking opportunities.
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