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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1925
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 76 000 with declines in lighter weights and steady to firm numbers in heavier classes. Cattle receipts 16 000 active with beef steers strong. calves and stockers mixed. Sheep receipts 10 000 active with fat lambs higher and feeding lambs strong. prices listed across categories.
Chicago officials release official live stock estimates for tomorrow with hogs at 60 000 head cattle 14 000 head and sheep 11 000 head in the agricultural market report
In Shreveport Ralph Brooks stopped Andy Schmader in four rounds. In New York heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey plans a summer bout, with Dan McKettrick named as his eastern manager.
Senate and House men meet at noon as the Senate votes on President Coolidge's veto of the postal salary increase bill. National council of farmers cooperative associations continues sessions while House committees resume hearings on Oklahoma Indian lands and cattle relief measures. Secretary Weeks to testify on military affairs legislation recognizing world filers.
Two men arrested in Colorado Springs confess to the robbery for which Ray M. Snodderly was sentenced to the Anamosa Reformatory. The Webster City Daily News also reports multiple local items from Iowa cities including a death and a deed.
A repair tip describes securing loose casters by filling the caster hole with melted paraffin and resetting the caster while the wax cools. The method aims to stabilize wheels in furniture and similar items.
Wheat prices range from 1.72 to 1.84 percent for various grades. Corn values span 1.06 to 1.21, with sample grades near 1.06. Oats, rye, timothy seed, clover seed, lard, ribs, and bellies show regional quotes and ranges.
Chicago markets show mixed moves in May July and Sept contracts for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and fats. Prices for wheat May July Sept trade around 1.7 with small gains, corn around 1.26, oats near 0.60, rye near 1.53, lard and ribe and bellies also quoted with varied levels and margins.
Chicago traders show substantial buying with forecasts of a turning point in wheat and rye, pushing May and July contracts higher before brief pullbacks. Corn and oats receive support but drift from intraday highs, while hog-led provisions weaken in line with lower hog prices.
Franklin aphorism notes that the absent are never faultless and the present always has an excuse, reflecting on human accountability and perception. The line emphasizes universal imperfection regardless of time.
Young roosters priced by weight and breed categories including over 4 pounds 4 ba 17e under 4 pounds 18e staggy per pound tie leghorn and black varieties listed with cents per hundredweight and totals noted as lite 07e 120¢.
Washington reports Harlan F. Stone is nominated to the U S Supreme Court to replace Justice Joseph McKenna who has resigned. House leaders reach agreement to pass a 38 million dollar rivers and harbors bill this session. In Kingston Jamaica Ramsay MacDonald arrives for a short vacation. In Melbourne Australia the government bans immigrants with less than forty pounds sterling.
At a Riverside meeting of Robert Allen W R C officers were installed with Laura Godlove presiding. Anna Griffin became president, and the slate included Ethel Flynn as senior vice president and Ella Knittel as junior vice president. Edna Bushek was treasurer, Clara Fitzsimmons conductor, Sarah Woodburn assistant conductor, Lucy Eman guard, Lily Littrel assistant guard, Irma Heltzman secretary, Alma Siemen patriotic instructor, Mary Wilkinson press correspondent, Emma Frank musician, and color bearers Hattie Hahn Estelle Critz Hazel Blythe Laura Cress. Refreshments followed. Outgoing president Ellen Krebs received aluminum ware as thanks.
A string of public sale notices dated January and February detail sellers and locations near Washington and Crawfordsville. Entries include owners such as John Erlenbush G C Bowden H E and C W Busby George W Brush Albert English J E Wright Mrs Emmett Hamm Selma Sommer Joe Soukup and others with closing out sales and farm auctions in surrounding townships.
Swedish engineer Lieutenant Sven Lundberg says a raft designed as a floating power station can generate electricity from waves. Tests with a small unit show a five foot wave delivering 2,700 horsepower, rising to 15,200 hp with a ten foot wave. He envisions factories atop such rafts and even ship propulsion linked to wave power.
Sir Roderick M. Jones, Reuters chairman, lauds American journalism education in a letter to The Spectator. He notes high standards, wide recruitment from universities, and cites the University of London as a pioneer in progressive journalism training.
Washington January 6 Chicago lost the sanitary district suit in the Supreme Court.
Send name and address with 5 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa to receive a trial package. Includes Chamber Lains Colgh Remedy for coughs colds croup flu and whooping cough tickling throat Chamberlains Tablets for stomach troubles indigestion gassy pains biliousness and constipation Chamberla ins Salve for burns scalds wounds piles and skin eruptions. All for 5 cents. Don’t miss it.
A collage of light bulletins and jokes spans Christmas season mishaps and silly observations. Notes include accidental misreads about a police shooting in Georgia, a Chicago medium’s fortune tale, goofy costs and boondoggles, and yuletide thrift humor.
Des Moines January 6. Herbert Hough assistant attorney general announced a broad revision of the inheritance tax laws to simplify administration. Details of the proposed changes were not released.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tasty, inexpensive remedy to boost appetite and gain weight in weak children. It claims doctors and pharmacists endorse the product, noting dramatic gains in a sickly child and a woman, with 60 tablets priced at 60 cents.
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