Markets for Livestock Chicago Hogs and Sheep Report
Chicago market news shows hogs at about 6 000 head with 5 600 direct and holdovers around 1 000, steady overall. Calves and yearling steers set new high prices with heavies near 13 95, bulk steers 8 50 to 12 50, fat stock up 50 to 1 00, top yearling heifers 11 25, sheep at 2 000 with lambs pricing up 35 cm from last week and week’s top fat lambs at 9 20.
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R Livestock
Chicago
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Hampshire
Midway Sale CO
R. F. Smylie
Mgr. Viets & Duncan
Aucts
Chicago Produce Market Update February 16
Market steady for produce with receipts totaling 2,902 cases of extra firsts 81 and firsts 31. Current receipts at 129 percent and dirties 27. Butter market easy with receipts 4,862 tubs and specials unchanged.
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Chicago
Community sale notices listing multiple farms and estates
A compressed list of sale dates and locations in the Washington area shows weekly community sales. Listings include Feb 18 at City Feed Yard 5 miles SW of Washington, Feb 19 closing out sale of Kleese and J R Coulter 1% miles SE of Ington, Feb 20 DeLong and Gamble miles south Washington, and Feb 21 sale of city property at 809 N Ave B from the G W Noecker estate.
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Y. City
Fred
S. W
Washington
Kleese
J. R. Coulter
Ington
DeLong & Gamble
N. Ave
G. W. Noecker
Grain market close report from Chicago grains board
Grain table shows range and closing figures for wheat corn oats rye and rye futures with percentages for May July Sept and other months. Prices move across open high low and close with 86 80 52 44 41 66 percent readings and notes on year ago comparisons.
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Chicago
Daring Young Man Gunnar Oman Jump at Lake Placid Event
The piece notes Gunnar Oman performing a jump at Lake Placid N Y during the trial to pick members of the American winter Olympic team. It also lists poultry market receipts and assorted potato shipments with various percentages and figures.
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Gunnar Oman
Oman
Lake Placid
N. Y
Notes From Neighboring Communities by Macon
Brief items from nearby towns reported by the Journal’s subscription representative MACON. Short updates cover local happenings, small events, and community notices across the region.
Day tona Beach News Papers Highlight Local News
A. B. Macreadia sends four newspapers from Daytona Beach Florida featuring The Day tona Beach News Journal The Day tona Beach Sun Record the Sunday Post of Glasco Scotland and The Observer Daytona Beach.
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A. B. Macreadia
Daytona Beach
Florida
Washington Daily Evening Journal Reader Praise
Mr Macreadie praised the Washington Daily Evening Journal during a visit to relatives and expressed great enjoyment reading the paper.
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Macreadie
Washington Daily Evening Journal
the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Missionary tale on Africa heard by Dorothy
Dorothy recalls a missionary describing African villagers who were often hungry. He said when they hear their stomachs rumbling it could be heard for miles.
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Dorothy
Africa
No One Understands Me Amid Family Professions
A terse, fragmented line suggests a speaker complains of misunderstanding linked to parental roles as a telephone operator and a train announcer. The text hints at identity conflict within a family dynamic and social expectations.
Local residents report worsening dirt roads near Crawford
Glenn Reenblossom Ainsworth and Clint Shull from Crawford discuss deteriorating dirt roads and lots in the avenue area. Shull, living near pavement, describes needing to hitch a horse to progress along the road as conditions worsen.
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Glenn Reenblossom
Ainsworth
Clint Shull
Crawford Asvill
Ove City
Mr. Shull
Farm Helper Comes For Dinner After Yard Visitation
A farmer notes an agent left a car on the pavement and walked through the yard, which looks trampled like a bull had passed. A neighboring farmer persuades a boy at an overturned hay wagon to go home for dinner, hoping the father’s mood improves.
Cash Corn Prices and Grades Reported in Chicago
In Chicago on February 16 prices for mixed corn at No. 1 grade are 4 percent, No. 2 yellow 91 percent, No. 4 yellow 88 to 89 percent, No. 5 yellow 86 percent, No. 4 white 96 percent, and No. 6 white at an unspecified level.
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Chicago
Fer
White ST le
The Gate of Tears Passages Red Sea
The Gate of Tears marks the Red Sea passage named by Arabs for the many shipwrecks there.
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Red Sea
Farmer Wins Case Over Hay Heist In Hilarious Return
A farmer retrieves his hay after a dispute with a guest. The guest’s son reveals the paw is hidden under the hay, ending the exchange with a lighthearted end to the meal.
Town Gossip and Local Anecdotes Highlighted in Journal
A fragmentary reading recalls C A Fishburn visiting the city from Wellman gravel road amid muddy roads. A high school principal scolds a sophomore for ducking a student in a pond. The Journal notes a sale of town property to settle an estate.
Local Notices Report Washington Business and Sales Activity
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Turnip seed of Washington R 3 and Mrs G W Noecker of Brighton attended to business in Washington Saturday. A horse sale at Joe Wolfes home Friday drew many buyers with Col Charles Brown auctioneering. Nearby cars struggled on Washington street highlighting pavement issues. The Gamble DeLonge sale is near the Wayland gravel road at the Arthur Therion farm and scheduled for next Wednesday February 20.
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Lloyd Turnipseed
Washington R. 3
G. W. Noecker
Brighton
Washington
Joe Wolfe
Col
Charles Brown
Washington Street
Gamble-DeLonge
Wayland
Arthur Therion
Washington County
France
Evening Journal
Des Moines
Iowa
Gasoline Vapors Elevate Explosion Risk
Gasoline is more explosive than kerosene because it vaporizes more readily. Vapors fill the air near gasoline, creating an explosive mixture, while kerosene emits much less vapor.
Camels in Egypt Dating to Old Kingdom Found
Archaeologists report evidence of camels in ancient Egypt, with camelhair cord dating to the Old Kingdom and suggesting camel presence over 1,600 years before Christ. The find highlights early animal domestication in northeast Africa.
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Egypt
Old Kingdom
Wrecked Aircraft Sank in 20 Minutes
Lieutenant Commander H V Wiley described the Macon disaster off Point Sur California during a public radio address at Pier 14 San Francisco. He recalled 81 crewmen leaping as the dirigible’s stern struck the sea and lifeboats drifted for an hour with two men missing.
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Macon
Pacific
H. V. Wiley
Pier 14
Mission Street
San Francisco
Laad
Wiley
Shenandoah
Akron
Point Sur
Carmel
Calif
Funeral attendance and local notes from Crawfordsville area
Mrs Herald Clegg attended the dual funeral in Crawfordsville Sunday afternoon. Measles spread locally with Myra Edmondson Francine Arthur Billy Norman and Bernard Walker children among the cases. Richard Stephens and son visited John Krause home. Ed Davis visited Wayne Norman. Dewey Stephens threshed corn fodder for Richard Stephens. Ralph Morris bought a new Chevrolet from Wapello dealer. delivery delayed due to stock. Roads poor for travel. Anna Wagenknecht and Herman Wagenknecht families visited Rudy Wagenknecht Sunday.
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Xenia
Herald Clegg
Crawfordsville
Myra Jane Edmondson
Francine Arthur
Billy Norman
Bernard Walker
Richard Stephens
John Krause
Ed Davis
Wayne Nor
Ralph Morris
Wapello
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Washington City
North Ave. B
D. F. Macon
C. A. Fishburn
Wellman
Our City
Henry
H. I. Ward & CO
Broadgate Electric Shop
Stucco Russell
Soilfs W
Sars Simpson
Albert Simpson
H. J. Ward & CO
Scott Furniture
North Side
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Phillips & Herbner
Druggists
McDaniel's Drug Store
Beam & Carson's
Eclipse Lumber Company
Farm Bureau Service Company
Wolf Floral Co
Orie Kephart
West Chester
Collier’s Weekly
Yrooder Houses
Spencer Reed
John Deere Ganz
Harry Wentworth
H. E& Busby
al Schmoeller’s
Poland
China
Myers Power
Donald McLaughblin
Roan Bull
Howard Brown
Chine
C. V. Crull
REED
G. W Grecian
Hereford
D. C. Griggs
Holden
Farm Bureau Oil Station
George Anderson
Stephen's
Call Journal
E. D. Morrison
J. T Risk
West Main
Gibson Produce Company
M. G
J. D. Rabenold
J. & M. Tire Service
R.F.D. No
Kady
R. L. Stephens
Dewey Stephens
Anna Wagenknecht
Herman Wagenknecht
Rudy Wagenknecht
University of
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Teleshone
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