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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1925
Page
2
Daily report from CHICAGO notes hog receipts around 11 000 with mixed demand and price levels across weights. Open contract futures show wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies with May and July positions moving amid steady to strong hog demand and varied slaughter pig prices.
Official estimates show Monday receipts at Chicago markets for hogs 0, cattle 22,000, sheep 26,000. Projection for next week hogs at 200,000.
The text reflects on thirteen as unlucky yet redeeming, noting adversity teaches valuable lessons. It urges readers not to fear the number, acknowledging the unknown but promising positive outcomes and growth beyond distress.
A list of upcoming public and closing out sales with dates from February 9 to February 17. Sellers include H P Grant near Washington, Wm O Connor near Riverside, Car load hedge posts in Washington, Chas Houck near Washington, Titus store and dwellings, P G Ahrens, George W Henry Bilat ter, Dr Tom Downing near Washington, Mrs Lou Gormly near Crawfordsville, J C Riley near Washington, and Mrs J W Kilgore near Ainsworth.
Chicago cash grain prices show mixed bids on February 7 with wheat led by No 2 red at 2.00 and No 1 hard at 1.87 percent. Corn ranges from 1.11 to 1.25 per unit across various grades while oats trade around 58 to 59 percent for No 2 white and 54 to 56 for No 3 white. Barley and seeds also noted with rye at 1.55 and Timothy seed 5.75 to 6.60 in the report.
Market listing shows per pound prices for eggs hens leghorn and black ducks geese swans and beef hides. Also notes horse hides and market for crippled ponies with a cryptic price line.
The forest products laboratory states no treatment fully waterproofs wood. Coal tar creosote reduces moisture changes but cannot prevent them entirely. Thorough creosoting is satisfactory. waterproofing is not necessary. A little Want-ad will do it.
The article recounts Fort Schuyler Fort Stanwix and the Stars and Stripes first raised there during 1777 siege by Barry St Leger. It covers Oriskany relief victory Colonel Wilder and Herkimer, treaty with Iroquois at Fort Schuyler, and the 1784 Fort Schuyler treaty ceding Northwest Territory.
An entomologist warns that a household cricket can damage clothing and lace by eating holes. The piece notes the proverb of the cricket on the hearth as a symbol of comfort, while suggesting scientific experts know more about pests than writers.
The Bugong mother butterfly is a delicacy for some Aboriginal groups in Australia. They travel long distances to the Bugong mountains in New South Wales where butterflies are gathered by suffocating them with smoke from wood fires under the trees.
The article explains that coats of arms began as insignia on cloth worn by knights to identify them in battle. It notes that today such arms are inherited and sometimes traced through the Heralds College in London England. The college grants arms to individuals who show they can uphold the dignity of the grant.
A mosaic of humorous and odd items from 1925 covers claims and jokes about longevity price of services and strange social notes. References to bears porcupines dental humor and curious incidents mix with slang and puns from the era.
A high school teacher in class drew a chalk end on the pointer as if it were a billiard cue prompting laughter from the students. The moment exposes how easily a serious lesson can tilt into a humorous misstep.
The quote argues learning comes from error more than success and that discovery follows wrong paths. It notes Tooke and Samuel Smiles as proponents of understanding through missteps.
A fragmented listing shows Westbound Golden State Limited No 4 and No 2 schedules with arrival and departure times. It includes Local Pass trains No 429 449 and 836 for the KnoxvilleBranch and notes daily operation of passenger services and local freights.
A New York Sun item recalls a young man leaving a barber with a vivid tale. He describes his barber’s aroma to his wife, noting the scent lingered under her nose as he inhaled the hair tonic he had used.
The Catacombia of Rome, burial places of early Christians from the Second to the Sixth century, encompass about 600 miles of galleries many of which remain unopened or unexplored.
Furs likely to reach the United States include fox, patria, skunk, gusnaco and vicuna from Buenos Aires as part of anticipated shipments.
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