Daily Market Reports Chicago Hogs and Cattle Prices
Hogs receipts 76 000 fairly active with top at 11.85. Bulk good and choice hogs 180 to 325 pounds 11.40 to 11.75. Packing sows 10.50 to 10.75. Cattle receipts 21 000 beef steers and yearlings up 10 to 15 cents on better grades. Stockers and feeders scarce. Fat cows 4.50 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 22 000 bidding around 25 cents lower for fat lambs, good 88 to 92 pound lambs 16.75 to 17.00, shipping lambs 17.60, fat ewes 8.50 to 9.25.
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Chicago
Fed
Policing and Call Boys in European Cities
In parts of Europe police are used as personal call boys or alarm clock servants for residents who request specific awakenings. The practice allows officers to perform such personal tasks as long as their official duties are not neglected.
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Europe
Athletic Elephant tale stirs old Captain Lou dispute
A fragmented London tale describes an elephant hunt in Africa where Captain Lou clashes over a wounded herd member. The narrative kit includes a landing net chase and a palm tree upheaval as the elephant evades pursuit amid jumps and a mysterious ending.
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Louchalk
London
Africa
Joon
Hidalgo Hats Weigh Heavy In Mexican City Display
In Mexico City the Hidalgo hats are described as heavy ornate headpieces. They are said to weigh up to ten pounds and be studded with silver, with some priced as high as four hundred dollars.
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Hidalgo
Mexico City
Peanut of Bean Family
The article notes that peanuts are not true nuts but belong to the legume family with beans and fen. It explains the name nut appeal is due to similar flavor to some true bus.
Suffolk man uncovers 18th century Spanish gold coins
After thirty years George Hawkins of Suffolk Long Island reports digging up 100 Spanish gold coins dated 1770 while placing bean poles. He found canvas bag remnants and has sold them to collectors at a premium over the years.
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George W. Hawkins
Sctauket
Long Island
H. Ta
Water Spaniel Best Retriever Tests in Field Trials
The Trish water spaniel dominates among retrievers in public opinion as the test against wild fowl. These spaniels, if trained, are highly tractable and obedient, showing qualities of steadfastness and persistence without giving up.
Local families share visits and farm events in Glendale
Mrs Irve Gallagh and Mrs Gillette host. The Redlingsers and children toured Washington. William and family visited the Gerdes home. The Gerdes, Koehler and Hopping groups helped butcher hogs at Lee Chambers. Keating family visited in Washington. McCartney moves to Hunt farm on Red Ball Route. Keating Bros stock sale draws buyers. Corn at $1 a bushel with cattle and hogs selling well. Spread Eagle school meeting postponed due to weather. patriotic program planned. Ray Redlinger entertained with a Friday dance.
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William McCartney
Thomas Gerdes
Merit
Caroline Koehler
Clark
Lee Chamber
John Hindah
William Miller
Spread Eagle
Ita
Ray Redlinger
Ambitious advice and quips from a 1925 NEA service feature
A collage of aphorisms on learning, work, wealth, and risk with dated asides and humor. It notes that watching others teaches little, progress hurries change, and one should save a parachute amount when investing. The piece blends social maxims with playful slams at vanity and poets, ending with a copyright notice.
Dublin News Notes on Wood Hauling and Local Socials
Dublin updates recount wood hauling and timber work, visits by Mrs. Blam Johnson and Mrs. Alvin Strum, and a W S C meeting hosted by Mrs. James Corpening. Other items note residents' moves, visitors, illnesses, and a New Haven social union gathering with many attendees.
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Dublin
Blam Johnson
Sigourney
Alvin Strum
Eagle
James Corpening
W. S.C
Grace Brinning
Fred Hutt
Howard Mangold
Cloyce
Clayton Robertson
W. C. Robertson
Howard Brown
Dankwardt
Walter Wolfe
Nick Tinnes
Zeno Tinnes
Albert Tinnes
Talleyrand
Social notes from Washington high school weekend events
Seventy six seventy six reports a mobile weekend in Washington with Miss Havel Huber at home and Helen Green hosting a birthday party. Several residents including Myrtle Huber and Corrine Powell returned home from trips while Roy Fisher and John Henderson moved or delivered goods. Neighborhood gatherings feature Mr and Mrs Huber and the Bock Club hosting and Ira Huber family visiting Washington.
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Havel Huber
Washington High School
Helen Green
Ruth Endicott
Ainsworth
Bill Shaffer
Myrtle Huber
Packwood
Corrine Powell
Washington
George Shellman
Roy Fishers
LeRoy Huber
Donald Romine
Roy Fisher
Harry Huber
Birney Gretter
Bock Club
Huber
Ira Huber
Marie Pulvere
John Henderson
Wellman
Keota
P. M
Closing Out and Public Sales Near Washington Iowa
A list of sale dates and locations includes E. W. Hummer six miles northwest of Washington with a closing out sale on Feb 24 Ernest G. Carlson three miles northwest of Washington with a du roc diversion sale on Feb 24 R L Smylie breeders low sale in Columbus Junction on Feb 26 Lee Chambers six and a half miles northeast of Washington with a public sale on Feb 28 and a stock yard community sale at Noble Iowa.
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E. W. Hummer
Washington
Ernest G. Carlson
Duroc
R. L. Smylie
Low Sale
Columbus Junction
Lee Chambers
N. E
Noble, Ia
quiit@farming
Frank Navy
Bethel
Gladwin
Slashins
Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Poultry Prices
A fragment lists poultry and animal product prices including ice cream butter fat content, hens by weight, leghorn and black varieties, ducks and geese large breeds, beet hides, and horse hides. Also notes market conditions and cull or sick poultry concerns.
White House History From Gray to White Paint
The article notes that John Adams first occupied the White House in 1800 when it was gray Virginia freestone. After the British burned it, white paint was applied to cover fire marks, a practice renewed since. The grounds on the iron fenced property cover 18 acres and the adjoining White lot spans 70 acres.
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John Adams
White House
Ist
White Lot
Proverb Roots in Charlemagne Days and Soldiers Amis Amile
The piece traces the proverb Amiss is as good as a mile to legends of Charlemagne’s soldiers Amis and Amile. It notes their likeness and fame as heroes, their role in popular tales, and how later church traditions invoked their names, shaping the saying.
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Amis
Amile
Individual mind power defies place and time says Phelps
William Lyon Phelps argues in Scrivener's Magazine that the human mind remains largely independent of geography and era. He notes that since history began the individual mind has not gained measurable power or intelligence.
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William Lyon Phelps
Scrifmer's Magazine
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