Daily Market Reports from Chicago Grain and Livestock Exchange
Chicago market report summarizes hog and cattle receipts and price ranges with weekly comparisons. Notes include hog classes by weight, packing and slaughter hogs, cattle grades, calves, stockers and feeders, and sheep prices, alongside grain quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley and seed prices. Top figures include fat lambs at 18.00, hogs around 9.90 to 10.85, cattle steer tops near 18.85, and corn around 1.17 to 1.20 per bushel.
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Chicago
Livestock futures outlook from Chicago markets
Chicago price notices show Monday entries for cattle and sheep with 85 000 cattle and 27 000 sheep listed. Hogs projected for the following week are not specified.
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Chicago
Justice Holmes May Resign
Persis ce reports that Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes would retire within a few weeks from the supreme court were circulated at the Capital. The justice himself made no comment on them. Justice Holmes will be 84 years old March 8. If he decides to retire soon, he probably will do so in time for appointment and confirmation of this successor before congress adjourns, March 4.
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Justice Holmes
Washington
Persisce
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Congress
Public Sale Schedule Around Washington and Crawfordsville
A long string of sale announcements lists buyers and locations near Washington Crawfordsville and Keota with dates from January to February. Entries include George W Brush Albert English J E Wright Mrs Emmett Hamm Selma Sommer Joe Soukup Farmers Cooperative James Boyd farm Tucker Behantzg Dan Rohrer J F Duffy M C DeLong Homer Jarrard Fred Sipe Roy Fisher and others with closing out and public sale notes miles NE of Keota and nearby farms.
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J. E. Wright
Emmett Hamm
Washington
Jean
Joe A. Soukup
Market quotes for pork ribs and bellies dated January to May
Trading quotes show rib and belly prices with January and May figures. Ribs range from 14.96 to 16.40 while bellies move from 16.86 to 17.07 across the noted months.
Communist Papers Reveal Plans Made for French Activity
Paris reports claim the French Communist party issued an espionage system with cells and rayons to gather factory output data, arms stocks, and bourgeois movements. The documents urge spying on police, porters, and workers and enumerating vehicles for future insurrection logistics. France downplays the scare while some officials cite a drop in American tourism due to exaggerated stories.
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Paris
Communist Party
Humanite
France
Wheat Prices Move Up Amid Rising Chicago Trading
Wheat futures rose in early trading with No 2 red wheat at St Louis reaching 2.02 per bushel. May contracts climbed to 1.80 with corn and oats following higher as the market outlook included a reduced European bread grain crop. Hang Arizona Negro Sam Fowers hanged for the murder of his wife Sabina Flowers in Tucson. he claimed self defense.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Arizona
Florence
Ariz
Sam Fowers
Sabina Flowers
Tucson
Flowers
Washington Produce Markets Ad Rates
Journal ad listing for produce market pricing. Includes butterfat 87 ½ cents per pound, eggs per dozen, hens and pullets priced by weight, young roosters by weight, ducks and geese rates, beef hides and horse hides with price, and a note that culls or sick poultry have no market.
Community Notes from Havre Area Gleaned Gatherings and News
Havre reports include New Years dinner at the Charlie Wolf home and gatherings at the Edgar Meyer, Carl Zieglowsky, and Joe Klopfenstein homes. Stock movements, wood cutting, and moves by Oscar Gardners shape local activity. Sunshine Community Club and Havre Social Club held meetings with mixed attendance, while high school students returned to Washington and Ainsworth.
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Havre
Edgar Meyer
Charlie Wolf
Washington
Glenn Pratt
John Putnam
Will McBride
Martin Westen
Charley Zieglowsky
Carl Zieglowsky
Lester Macon
Kennedy Hill
Joe Klopfenstein
Fred Zieglowsky
John Reeves
Oscar Gardners
Ainsworth
Howard
John Putman
Joe McGinnis
Sunshine Community Club
Arthur Ruebsam
John Eiben
Washinton
Rob Kephart
Rucksam
Alcorn
Arthur Conrads
Della Neal
Len Richardson
Laurene Putman
Bertha Klopfenstein
Marjorie Green
Florence Gardner
Theodore
Maurice Meyer
Valma Stafford
John Baers
Woman Murderer Paroled After 19 Years in Prison
Aggie Meyers, convict in the 1904 Kansas City husband murder, was paroled from Missouri’s state penitentiary after serving 19 years of a life sentence. She reportedly spent the longest time in prison ever served by a woman in the United States.
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Jefferson City
Aggie Meyers
War department gets 331 million appropriation pass
Washington reports the House approved a large war department funding bill totaling 331 million dollars by a 182 to 81 vote. The action comes as lawmakers push for expanded military spending.
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Washington
War Department
House
Ainsworth News Confirms Visitors and Local Happenings
The Ainsworth column notes visits by the Miller family from Des Moines and Columbus Junction, plans for a Florida winter, and a postponed M E Church dinner. Dr. A J Laird returns to visit family. Art Reubsam captures a gray wolf after a chase. ice harvest concludes as firehouses fill with quality ice.
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Ainsworth
W. In Miller
Wilma
Byran Miller
Des Moines
Rollin Lynn
Columbus Junction
Jennie Walker
Ella Crawford
Florida
M. E Church
A. J. Laird
Art Reubsam
Eli Jackson
Reubsam
Art
Mrs. Alcorn
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Alcorn
No. 11
Wm. Kilgore
C. W. Burris
Nathan
Muscatine
Accident at Stewart garage leaves two burned men improving
A. M. Rickerd and George Stewart suffered severe facial burns when heating an Essex propeller shaft caused an oil gas explosion. Rickerd is out and improving. Stewart’s face was badly burned but doctors say he is practically out of danger. George lives alone and stayed with his brother J.
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Keota
Rickerd
George Stewart
Stewart
Mr. Rickerd
George
Local Keota Notes On Weddings and Lodge Installations
Mrs. Ethel Dickinson remembered in Keota after a tragic death last Wednesday. Ethel Long and Clarence Aller wed at St Marys Manse with a reception and oyster supper at the Aller home. Eastern Stars and Masons install officers for the year with Jon Forest Embree as W M and a full slate of officers. Masons entertain with brick ice cream and coffee.
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St. John Kansas
Ethel Long
H. EF. Long
Clarence Aller
Anthony Aller
St. Marys Manse
J B. Decker
Miss Long
Keota Telephone Company
Aller
Eastern Stars and Masons
J. M. White
EF. L Kirkpatrick
Marshall
J. Forest Embree
W. M
W. C. Moser
Eva Gayle Lyle
Econ
Anna B. White
Mae Ramsey
Clara Eckerman Marshal
Emily Brown
Edith Teets
Adah
Margaret Arnold
Ruth
Helen Durst
Esther
Edith Dunn
Martha
Clara Droz
Electa
Pearl Dupuis
Roy White
Sentinel
Masons
Local Social Notes From Wayne County
Wallace Carson returns home from Davenport after a weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs W A Carson. Roy Johnston hauls oats to Olds. Residents attend S O Carson sale. Paul Maxwell helps Osie Calhoun saw wood. Mrs Armand Gissar and children visit John Krantz. Frank Sands family visit Will Richards. The Sands family visit Mrs James Sanda in Washington. Charles Shaffer cuts wood in Moorhead timber. Lee Sands visits Frank Sands in Ainsworth. Frank Young delivers cattle to Wayland and purchases more from Frank Rich. Paul Maxwell and family visit E W Alsip near Columbus Junction.
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Ainsworth
Frank Sands
Baby Donald
Washington
James Sanda
Charles Shaffer
Moorhead
Lee Sands
Frank Young
Wayland
Frank Rich
Paul Maxwell
E. W. Alsip
Columbus Junction
Family mourns death of Mrs. Ethel Dickenson in Rublo coast
Shock spread through Richland when word came that Mrs. Ethel Dickenson died in an accident while coasting at Rublo. The grieving family receives condolences from neighbors and friends.
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Richland
Ethel Dickenson
In Rublo
Community marks 54th wedding anniversary with gathering
About 40 neighbors and friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lew at home to celebrate their 54th anniversary with supper and a large arm chair gift. School opened with near perfect attendance as officers were installed in O BE and Rebekah lodges. Several local residents noted illnesses and travels including Virginia Lee Hadley and Mrs. Vera Payne Miche announcing a new baby.
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Kirkeville
Earl Coffman
Paul Raney
Fred W. Smith Lumber Co
Gary
Ind
Richland
Vera Payne Miche
Fayette
Iowa
Carson Sale Draws Large Crowd in Crawfordsville
January 9 report notes many attendees at the Carson sale in Crawfordsville. Mesdames Waldo Wells M. W. Welch and De Long hosted a birthday anniversary gathering for the Lend-a-Hand Sabbath school class of the Methodist church at the Welle home yesterday afternoon.
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Crawfordsville
Mesdames
Waldo Wells
M. W. Welch
de Long
Methodist Church
Welle
Anni
Community gathering at school hosts and visitors noted
Mrs Bila Nelawanger of Washington Mrs Robert Shaffer and Mrs Robert Wells attended. Contests and refreshments followed as the county school nurse visited the schools. Mr and Mrs Clint Rhea leave quarantine and friends celebrate. A prayer meeting at Mrs C H Pishburn’s drew 21 people led by Rev James.
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Bila Nelawanger
Washington
Robert Shaffer
Robert Wells
Clint Rhea
Peope
C. H. Pishburn
Rev. James
American Oratory Favored by Brazilians in Brazil
A Rio de Janeiro local paper mocks Brazilian public speakers for vague, adjective filled orations that run on with excess detail and quavering voice. It contrasts North American laconic directness with Brazilian style.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
North America
Southwestern Iowa high school conference talk in Red Oak
Representatives from ten schools in southwest Iowa plan a meeting in Red Oak Saturday night to discuss forming a new conference. The attending schools include Red Oak Sidney Clarinda Willisee Creston Corning Atlantic Glenwood College Springs and Shenandoah.
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Shenandoah
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Daily Market Reports
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Cash Grain
George W. Brush
Albert English
Selma C. Sommer
Joe Soukup
James Boyd
Haskins
Tucker & Behantzg
Noble
Dan Rohrer
West Chester
J. F. Duffy
Toton and Simmerman
M. C. DeLong
Homer Jarrard
Ball Farm
Fred Sipe
Roy Fisher
M. NE. Keota
ChicaGo Grain
Main
Journal
Washington Produce Markets
Wee Eee
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Marion Ave
Howard Kieper Relief Corp of
Mary Richards
Mae Spessard, Jr
Jennie Carson
Malinda van Horn
Treas
Kate Annas
Etta Rush
Lily Townsend
Asn
Mae Jeffrey
Carrie Wheeler
Della Adams
Evelyn Dea
Pearl Marr
Corres
Grace, Walker
Edna Reubsam
Nordyke
Will
Ethel Henderson
The
Corp
Hollinger
Department
Ray ,Townsend
Wayne Hethcote
Dea
Wayne
North
Clark Street
Madison Street
Peter R. Schantz
Crawfordville
Poland
China
Farrow
Sattley Gang
John Deere
Tucker & Schantz
WH. Rinner, Auet
Guernsey
Deering
Emerson
Bain Bros
D. F. Macon
Rh. A. Whittaker
Grace Hill
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