Chicago Daily Market Report Summary of Livestock and Grains
Chicago reports today estimated receipts for hogs 34 000 cattle 12 000 and sheep 12 000 with markets mixed to higher for hogs heavy weights up to 10 dollars gains and lighter weights active. Cattle demand slow with best fat steers and prime values 9 00 to 9 50 while feeders and calves show varied quotes. Sheep and lambs steady to strong with prime lambs 12 25 to 14 25 and yearling wethers 9 75 to 13 00. ewes 2 50 to 7 75. Grain markets list May wheat around 1 28 1 29 and Chicago cash and St Louis bids shown for wheat corn and oats.
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Chicago
Weeiun Road
St. Louis
Iowa Fires Reach Five Hundred Thousand More Losses in 1921
Des Moines reports 1921 fire losses in Iowa surpass 9.6 million dollars with total state losses rising by about 590 thousand from 1920. Unknown causes drive much of the rise as Farm and urban incidents accumulate across cities like Sioux City Des Moines and Fort Dodge.
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Iowa
Des Moines
J. A. Tracy
Tracy
Marshal Tracy
Sioux City
Mareha Tracy
Western Life Insurance Company
Davidson
Suugesa Brdi Rdiu Aludiuth
Belle Plaine
Troy Township
Monroe County
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Clarinda
Eldora
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Juvenile Edition Wanted Mamma Asked for Kittychism
A child asks for an easier catechism titled Baptist Boys and Girla. The snippet shows a playful line where the boy Fred requests a simpler version, reflecting juvenile humor in church education.
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Fred
Baptist
Public Sales of Live Stock and Horses Near Washington IA
A sequence of livestock and horse public sales listed with sellers and locations around Washington and nearby towns in Iowa. Dates run February through late February, featuring Duroc Jersey, Hampshire, Spotted Poland China, Aberdeen Angus cattle, Percheron horses, and general stock sales hosted by numerous local breeders and firms.
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Albert Janecek
Riverelde
Benson & Kephart
Washington
W. D. Booth
Durce
J. A. Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Orris Bros
Orris
James Prebyl
Andy Pimme
West Chester
Keating Bros
J. L. Benton
R. F. Smiley
Columbus Junction
Duroc Jersey
Gilenn G. Hayes
Hampshire
Martha Lauderman
Crawfordsville
John Krebs
Riverside
T. A. West
Joe Pieper
Poland
W. E. Acheson
Ainsworth
John Clegg
J. M
Brighton Sale Pavilion
L. G. Jugenheimer
Alfalfa and fertility talk dominate Iowa farm notes
Reports from Ames feature Iowa State College agriculture experts on alfalfa viability across counties, potential yields of four to six tons per acre, and its value relative to corn. They warn soil fertility loss, advocate tiling, liming, inoculation, and lime or phosphate fertilization to restore humus and nitrogen content and sustain yields.
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J. Warter
Warner
Date with the prettiest girl in school prompts dress rule
A boy must wear long trousers to go on a date with the prettiest girl at school. He plans to sneak out with JT in the dark, but returns when he sees his aunt had sewn white ruffles on the bottom of his shorts, recalling the rule.
Living Room: Centerpiece of Home Comfort and Study
A writer extols the living room as the heart of the home a place of discovery and comfort. The piece advises furnishing for every family member with a fireside chair a nearby table a reading lamp and a stool for the master of the house to enjoy reading and relaxation.
Iowa Adds Five Registered Painted Pole Roads in 1921
Ames February 7 four new painted pole trails were added to Iowa highways in 1921 by the state highway commission. The Webster Trail Detroit Lincoln and Denver highway Glacier Trail and the Marshalltown Colfax short line join fifty two trails already registered in the state. The history notes Iowa as originator of the painted pole tourist trail idea and lists numerous early routes.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Detroit
Lincoln
Denver
Marshalltown
United States
Great Whiteway
Green Crescent
Center Point Motor Club
Chariton and Leon
Hamlin
Hawkeye
Lincoln Highway
Perry Pike
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Grand Line
Burlington Way
Denison
Sioux City
Des Moines
Woodward-Ogden
Custer Battlefield
Eldora
State Center
Colfax
Wood grain patterns and light effects described
The American Forestry Magazine notes that certain tropical woods show roe or ribbon grain with narrow light and dark stripes. The effect is caused by light reflection on layered structures, not true color differences, and appears as distinct grain patterns.
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American Forestry Magazine
Boy Wins Baby Beef Club With Record Gains in Iowa
In Montgomery County Iowa 1921 a boy in the Boys and Girls Baby Beef Club raised a grade Shorthorn calf. He fed corn oats hay with linseed meal and bran and achieved a gain of about two and a third pounds daily from 490 pounds to 1030 pounds in 253 days. Total cost about 45.13 dollars.
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Carl Alander
Baby Beef Club
Montgomery Co
Iowa
Montgomery County
Mothers blamed for flappers in modern age
Representative Alice Robertson defends 1920s flappers, arguing mothers set the pace as they flap at teas and card games. She says the girl of today is no worse and distinguishes innocence from assumption in youth behavior.
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Washington, D. C
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
What is a flapper and how is she viewed
The piece cites university responses to the term flapper. Mary Ida Bentley of the University of California describes a flapper as a girl who believes personality is physical and changes constantly. Eleanor Richardson of the University of Chicago notes a flapper is defined by outlook rather than age. The Daily Maroon adds vivid details of campus fashion and demeanor.
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Ed Prudery
Mary Ida Bentley
University of California
Eleanor Richardson
University of Chicago
The
Daily Maroon
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