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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1924
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs receipts 64 000 with mixed pricing down 10 20 cents from Monday while cattle receipts 7 000 with steady fed steers and yearlings many at 10 00 to 11 00 and fat cows and beef heifers around 7 50 or less fat cattle easing. Sheep receipts 25 000 with fat lambs 12 35 to 13 85 and feeding lambs 12 76. sheep largely steady.
Kansas City livestock receipts total 33 000 with cattle calves hogs and sheep. Cattle show steady to higher best heavyweights around 10.00 with feeders 8.00 and 7.50 bulk. Hogs light demand with prices around 6 75 to 7 36 for various weights. Sheep lambs higher with top around 13 30 and ewes near 7 75.
Omaha stockyards report hogs 20 000 head mostly 15 to 25 lower. weights 180 to 220 bringing 6.89 average. Cattle receipts 16 000. fed steers and yearlings steady to lower with plain quality. vealers 25 lower. butchers 3.75 to 6.25. stockers 6.00 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 20 400. lambs steady to strong. woolled, clipped, and feeding lambs at 10.55 to 12.85. ewes 7.60 to 17.65.
Cattle receipts reach 3,000 with market slow and prices varying by class. Fat steers and yearlings range 6.50 to 11.50, hogs down 10 to 15 cents with tops near 7.00, sheep receipts 4,500 with market steady to 25 cents lower.
At South St Paul receipts totaled 2 609 with a slow but steady tone. Cattle runs arrived late while hogs and are slaughtering quality noted as improving. Market shows steady price trends as buyers watch for late consignments.
Wheat prices rose in early trading in Chicago on a light buying day aided by sparse grain snow cover in the east. May futures opened around 1.08 to 1.09 dollars and June futures, with corn and oats firmer, closed unsettled versus yesterday as rainfall in Argentina dampened gains and hogs weighed on provisions.
Potatoes showed slight weakness in northern stock while western markets held firm. Receipts totaled 33 cars with 454 shipments nationwide. Wisconsin and Minnesota round whites sold around 1.60 to 1.70 with some 1.75, frozen bottoms 1.50 to 1.60, bulk round whites 1.65 to 1.75, frozen bottoms 1.50 to 1.60, and Idaho sacked russets at 7.40 to 7.50.
Chicago dairy market data lists creamery extras 54 percent and standards 52 with extra firsts around 52 to 53 percent. Firsts gray area 47 to 49 percent while seconds appear at 44,445 cases. Bees 99,977 cases. lower category includes first 39 to 40 percent and ordinary firsts 34,436. refrigerator extras 26 to 27 percent. refrigerator firsts 25 to 26 percent.
Receipts show 2,500 calves strong with best lights to packers at 10.00 to 10.25 per cwt and outsiders at 10.50. Hoyes receipts at 25,000 slow averaging 10 to 15 lower with better grades around 6.75 to 6.85 for 175 to 250 pound cattle. Sheep and sows slow with medium to choice fat lambs around 12.50 to 13.10 and fleshy ewes 5.30 to 5.50. beef steers and yearlings 8.00 and down. fat cows 5.50 to 7.00. bulk 6.00 and under. canners 2.25. stockers steady at 5,006.25. hogs around 6.00 for packing sows and 5.75 for stock pigs.
East St Louis market report shows hogs receipts 22 000 prices 7 4 7 5 top 7 40 sows 6 25 cattle receipts 6 000 steady bidding 7 25 7 85 cows down. Scanners 2 15 2 50 bolognas 4 25 5 25 light yearlings 13 25 13 50 sheep receipts 2 500 few sales steady native lambs 5 13 00 fed yearlings 11 66 wethers 8 ewes 7 50.
Des Moines Iowa January 8 a senate protest over including state printing of Iowa teachers association proceedings in state expense led Secretary Charles F Pye to send a letter to assembly members explaining the rationale The printing supports teachers by publishing addresses and papers from the annual convention drawing national educators and public figures to Des Moines aiding classroom work and citizenship education.
Chicago cash grain data shows Wheat No 3 hard at 1.05 and varied Corn prices including No 2 yellow 76 and No 3 yellow 73 74. Seeding items list Timothy seed 6.50 8.00 and Clover seed 12.00 21.75 with lard at 12.62 and rib averages at 9.87.
Grinnell college basketball team defeated Missouri University 25 to 18 in Grinnell. Pioneers led 24 to 9 at halftime as guards Galvin Winters and center Roge starred on a stout five man defense. Haynes was Missouri’s high scorer.
The report lists tomorrow's livestock estimates with hogs at 33 000 cattle 13 000 and sheep 21 000. Merchants are reminded to read the Journal for market details.
Lieutenant Osborne Cutler Wood son of General Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippines plans resignation soon. He is reported to have made nearly a million dollars in Wall Street speculations and is about to enter the diplomatic service.
Mrs. Gus Voce of Detroit describes severe back pains and headaches eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits relief from crippling symptoms and sleepless nights to the remedy, noting she avoided a planned operation and now performs her own work.
A survey shows many Iowa towns and counties honor national and local leaders. Examples include Mason City named for Mason Long, Danbury from Daniel Thomas, and Denison for Rev J W Denison, with Boone and Rockwell City named for Captain Nathan Boone and Col J M Rockwell.
The article recalls George W. Jones, a delegate to Congress from a territory who later became a United States senator, tracing his early political role and career progression.
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit and ice can reach much colder temperatures in extreme climates. Any material above absolute zero contains heat, with absolute zero being minus 459.67 Fahrenheit.
Coal tar was discarded as waste until mid 1800s when its value was found. Beginning in 1846 it was first used in Germany to produce roofing felt, marking a shift from disposal to utility in industrial materials.
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