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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1924
Page
2
Beef, veal, and sheep prices mostly higher amid 10 000 cattle and 1 000 sheep receipts. Hogs steady to higher with 21 000 head traded and bulk weights showing gains. top fat lambs for the week reached 13.90 with strong demand across buyers and feeders.
Cattle receipts 800 and calves 100. Desirable handyweight steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents higher. weighty steers up 10 to 15 cents. Beef cows 25 to 35 cents higher. bulls up 25 cents. Calves $1 to $2 higher. stockers and feeders scarce. Hogs receipts 2,500 with prices 6.45 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 600 with top at 13.35 and lambs to 13.50. wooled ewes at 8.60.
The after holiday economizing trend reduced butter use during the week with demand matching supply. Boston and Chicago saw slight price increases for fancy butter amid limited stock while New York eased marginally. Receipts at four major markets rose about 19 million pounds versus last year, with storage withdrawals near 500 thousand pounds above 1922 levels.
A confused account notes that during the early French Revolution winged hints and opposing factions used terms like treurers and pantaloons in contempt and later as symbols. It suggests a shift from derision to a badge of good patriotism among rival parties.
Monday livestock estimates show hogs at 70 000 head, cattle 22 000 head, sheep 23 000 head across markets. Stronger demand expected for pork and beef with seasonal trade activity.
Chicago and Winnipeg showed heavy offerings causing a setback in wheat prices after a brief early advance. May prices fell from the day’s highs, closing weak as gains in corn and oats faded amid profit taking and shifting market sentiment influenced by Liverpool trends and Winnipeg selling pressure.
Chicago cash grain prices listed for wheat corn oats and mixed grades with multiple No numbers and yellow white varieties. Timothy seed mover seed lard ribs and related averages are shown with price ranges and percentages.
In Chicago on January 5, corn led weekly grain gains as farmers held back stocks awaiting better prices. Wheat rose modestly while oats gained one to two cents and provisions varied from declines to small increases. Wheat and corn arrivals dropped, signaling light on-farm stocks, while foreign exchange rates limited export activity, indicating a market awakening after holiday lull.
The article lists explorers like Toss, Inglefield, De Haven, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Greely, Peary and Nansen who charted Greenland. Nansen crossed from sea to sea in 1888 while Peary did so in 1812 and 1805, noting the ice cap’s mnacular character amid coastal expeditions.
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on grain rates in the southeast nears completion in Atlanta as witnesses oppose Western rate cuts. Alabama Farm Bureau to urge adjustments to preserve south-north balance, with M M Caskie outlining the bureau’s stance for a January 21 Washington hearing in the ongoing nine-session inquiry initiated by President Coolidge.
The apple of Sodom or Dead sea fruit is a yellow border fruit of the Dead Sea region. It is striking in appearance yet bitter in taste, filled with tiny black grains like ashes, used as a metaphor for unsatisfactory pleasures.
London dispatch reports Howard Carter under mounting tension from his tomb excavations in Luxor Egypt. After weeks of high expectations he shows fatigue and strain while pushing to reach the sarcophagus lid within a fortnight amid tense relations with the Egyptian government.
The President Harrison of Dollar Steamship departs San Francisco to inaugurate an around the world passenger service under the American flag. President Coolidge signals the whistle by radio from Washington at 5 p.m. The ship will visit 21 ports and complete the cruise in 112 days.
A remark cautions a radical seeking violent upheaval that the world spans millions of years and moves at its own pace, suggesting restraint and patience over force.
The earliest periscope records show its use aboard the federal monitor Osage in 1864 during the Red River expedition. It was devised by Thomas Daughty, acting chief of engineers for the U S Navy.
A reflective passage warns that ignorance breeds danger to health and life, emphasizing how satisfaction with known beliefs can worsen outcomes. It highlights the perils of staying unaware in medical and public welfare contexts.
A list of upcoming sales from January through February including buyers and locations such as Joe Amerine near Coppoch Chas Gray in Ainsworth Hillhouse and Reigard in Brighton McCoy and Rose at Crawfordsville and nearby sites Elias Williams trustee J E Myall near Washington Lambert and Sigafoose near Washington Henry Witting Crawfordsville Chas Bohac near Ainsworth Henry C E Griffith Wellston and P W Palmer near Washington with closing out and stock sales scheduled across multiple counties.
Leading European archaeologists deem a peat preserved woolen cloak found by peat cutters in Gerum Fen near Skara Sweden among Europe's oldest garments. It lay a few feet under peat surface and sea water preserved it for about 8000 years though Britain’s collection has earlier fragments.
A playful exchange frames a lively dance as the "dance of death" stirring intrigue. The remark contrasts merriment with a grim phrase, hinting at a cultural or theatrical context without specifics.
A concise note presents a Shakespearean line on how all pleasures fade and the most vain gain comes with pain, illustrating the paradox of joy tied to suffering. The quotation highlights contrasts between worldly delight and the burden it carries.
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