Daily Market Reports From Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
Hogs receipts 12 000 with a slow close and declines to 10¢. top hogs 11 10. cattle receipts 1 000 with mixed declines and higher fat cows. beef steers 7 86 to 10 00. sheep receipts 7 000 with generally steady tone and fat lamb prices around 16 00 to 17 00. grain bids include wheat 1 71–1 76. corn 1 10–1 24. oats 0 60–0 68. rye no sales. barley 0 92–0 96. seed prices for timothy and clover reported.
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Chicago
Unofficial Livestock Estimates and Davenport Fire Reported
Chicago notes Monday livestock guesses with hogs at 85 000 cattle 24 000 and sheep 25 000. In Davenport Iowa the Bengston drug store fire caused $25 000 loss of stock and building, due to wiring with full insurance coverage.
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Chicago
Davenport
Bengston
Public sale dates listed around Washington area farms
A sequence of farm public sale notices lists dates from January 5 to February 4 with sellers including Joe Simmerman B E Booth Will Cross John Erlenbush G C Bowden H E and C W Busby Poland China sale George W Brush Albert English J E Wright Mrs Emmett Hamm Joe Soukup Farmers Cooperative Base James Boyd Dan Rohrer J E B Wright Tipton and Simmerman Homer Jarrard Fred Sipe and Crawfordsville. Locations consistently reference miles from Washington and nearby towns.
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Farmers Cooperative
Joe A. Soukup
Washington
Wheat Prices Jump on Export Hopes in Chicago
Wheat futures rose with May at 1.76 to 1.76 percent and July at 1.51 to 1.51 as export demand and stronger sterling lift futures. Corn and oats rallied briefly but faced selling pressure from rising stocks, while provisions eased on heavy lard deliveries.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Grain and seed prices listed for Toledo market
Toledo seed market prices show wheat No 2 red at 1.90 and 1.91, clover seed cash old 19.50 new and January 19.75, futures 19.90 for February and March, Alsike cash old 13.10 new and January 13.25, March 13.50, Timothy seed cash and January 3.35, March 3.45.
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Toledo
Ohio
Clover
Alsike
Timothy
Washington Market Prices for Poultry and Hides
Market notices list per pound and per item prices for dairy butter eggs and poultry. Prices include hens pullets roosters ducks geese and swan geese by weight with notes on special breeds and sizes. Hides listed by type with no market for certain cull or crippled poultry noted.
Cheaper to Marry a Cook
A faded scene unfolds as Jud Benson seeks a wife to manage his home and dairy. Miss Jemmy scoffs at matrimony while Marianne guides a stranger to Benson, who reveals his sorrow and eventual rise as heir. The tale ends with Marianne finding love and a new fortune through the unexpected visitor.
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Benson
Jemmy
Marianne
Ginger-Cake
Ginger- Cake
Miss Jemmy
Sarah
Jemmy Stoudy
Sarah Benson
Helples
Suitors threaten retaliation over union dispute
A fragment notes threats by a suitor regarding unions and boycotting a daughter, with a promise to report to the suitors' union. The wording shows tensions arising from a dispute and warnings of social or familial repercussions.
Death Rate Drops in England and Wales in 1924 Third Quarter
England and Wales recorded a death rate of 9.3 per 1000 in the third quarter of 1924 the lowest on record. Birth rate stood at 19.3 per 1000, also the lowest third quarter since the war. Improved infant care and fewer summer epidemics reduced deaths, while natural population increase declined to 96 493. More marriages were recorded in 1924 than the previous year.
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London
England
Wales
Typhoid Death Reported for Millionaire Orphan
Chicago January 3 Coroner Oscar Wolff announced Wm. N. McClintock known as the millionaire orphan died of typhoid fever. The coroner's inquest confirmed the earlier finding.
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Chicago
Chem'st Haus
Wm. N. McClintock
Oscars Wolff
Famous Forts in U S History
A historical look at Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth New Hampshire and the fortress that followed Fort Constitution noting the December 1774 siege the capture of gunpowder and the early acts that precipitated the American Revolution. It cites Paul Revere Johns Langdon and John Sullivan in the collision of colonial rebellion.
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Lexington
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
Paul Revere
Wortsmouth
Committee of Public Safety
General Gage
Fort William and Mary
Portsmouth Harbor
John Wentworth
Revere
Cochran
John Langdon
New Hampshire
John Sullivan
Bunker Hill
Wentworth
George
Fort Constitution
Kansas College Adds Photo Gallery to Student Records
Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan installs a gallery system adding each freshman's photograph to his personal history in college records. The duplicate photo page serves as a permanent link between student, records, and recommendations, giving a lasting personal touch to the archive.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State Agricultural College
Edge blocks investigation of power trust resolution
Senator Edge Republican New Jersey again blocked immediate consideration of the Norris resolution in the Senate. The move centers on the federal trade commission probe of the so called power trust viewed as a fishing expedition.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Power Trust
Edge
New Jersey
Senate
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Daily Market Reports
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Cash Grain
Joe Simmerman
B. E. Booth
N. EB
Will Cross
Sale
Richmond
John Erlenbush
Pubiic
G. C. Bowden
Ainsworth
H. E
C. W. Busby
Poland
China
George W. Brush
George Brush
Albert English
Nc Sale
J. E. Wright
Emmett Hamm
Joe Soukup
James Boyd
Haskins
Dan Rohrer
West Chester
J. E B. Wright
Tipton and Simmerman
Homer Jarrard
Ball Farm
Fred Sipe
Crawfordsville
Dikket
John
Tllinoi
Chicago Grain
Washington Produce Markets
Haat A
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
N. Marion Ave
Martha Williams
Palm Beach
Shwone
U.S
Wm. D Shepherd
Young McClintock
Wright Jackson Gille
Florida
Thos. Healey
New Orleans
Nellie Wright
Wm. Wright
Nobile
Ala
Elmer Kolosick
Farrow
Ford
John Deere
Bert E. Booth
D. BP
Macon
Kansas College
Mauthe Farm
Guernsey
Ghain
Hay
Deering
Emerson
Bain Bros
Anet
H. A. Whittaker
Grace Hill
AMD
My Place
John Smeltzer
Jersey
Emerson Gang
Black Hawk
Deere
Eood
Joe A. Limerman
Charles Brown
Whiptaker
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