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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1925

Page

2

Chicago Daily Market Reports Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices

Chicago market notes show hog receipts around 52 000 with top hogs 11 26 and bulk 10 36 to 10 65. Cattle demand strong with high yearling and fat steer prices near 12 00. sheep to 18 50 with lean lambs scarce and fat natives firm. Wheat and corn futures listed with No 2 red at 1 99 2 00 and No 2 yellow around 1 23 to 1 25 amid mixed grain values.

Chicago Livestock Chicago Iree Jome

Livestock Estimates and Futurity Entries Stir Chicago Racing News

Official livestock estimates forecast tomorrow hogs 42000 cattle 12000 sheep 11000. Westchester Racing association reports 20 entries for its 1927 futurity stakes from Lady Sykes of Sledmore York shire England renowned as a blood stock nursery. Doncaster and Newmarket sales show yearling averages around 18000 dollars, contributing to a Futurity total of 1707 entries, a record unlikely last year.

Westchester Racing Association Lady Sykes Yorkshire England Doncaster Newmarket

Washington Produce Market Prices Report

Market listing shows prices for produce and fowl including eggs per dozen and various weights for hens pullets young roosters ducks geese and beef hides. The text reads as a price sheet with unit prices in cents per pound and per unit and includes notes about poultry conditions.

Wheat and grain futures mixed in Chicago trade

Open high low close data shows May wheat at 185 189 184 185 for May and 1.56 1.58 1.56 1.56 for July. Corn May at 1.30 1.31 1.29 1.30. oats around 62. rye near 1.59 to 1.60 for May. lard ribs and bellies also listed with January and May dates reflecting spot and contract activity.

Wheat price jumps as market opens in Chicago

Wheat futures rise sharply in early trading in Chicago with a nearly three cent gain per bushel and the May delivery contract climbing to 1.86 percent, marking a new high for the day.

Chicago

Multiple farm public sales listed around Washington area

A sequence of scheduled public and closing out farm sales along with locations near Washington Crawfordsville and Keota. Entries include dates from January 14 to February 4, listing sellers such as J E Wright Mrs Emmett Hamm Mrs Selma C Sommer Joe Soukup Tucker Schantzy Dan Rohrer Jr M C DeLong Homer Jarrard Fred Sipe Roy Fisher and others with farm names Ball farm Red Bull Keota and Robinson area details.

J. E. Wright Emmett Hamm Washington

Market Hits New Peak as July Prices Lead Rally

A price record for the season with July prices far above prior tops drove the market up. Aggressive buying by strong commission houses plus Liverpool and Buenos Aires reflecting bulges pushed the rise. Opening quotes varied from unchanged to higher, then a sharp advance with corn and oats joining wheat gains. Provisions followed higher hog and grain prices.

Liverpool Buenos Airea Slater

Thirty-three Iowa towns shine in U S high school tourneys plan

Des Moines January report from George A. Brown lists forty six high schools in a tentative sectional tourney lineup for Iowa state meets. Opening tourneys March 6 and 7 include Seargeants Bluff Oskaloosa Decorah Albia Britt Charles City and others. District meets follow March 13 and 14 with Ottumwa hosting the state final March 20 and 21.

Des Moines George A. Brown Iowa State High School Athletic Association Seargeants Bluff Oskalocca Decorah Albia Britt Charles City Dallas Center Boone Dubuque Fairfold Farmington Cedar Rapids Glenwood le Mars Mason City Osage Osceola Shenandoah Spirit Lake Storm Lake Sheldon Tama Vinton Willisea Waterloo Winfield Winterset Reinbeck Muscatine Fort Dodge Mapleton Harlan Centerville Baxter Carroll Aripse Stuart Oelwein Missouri Valley Emmetsburg McCallsburg Maquoketa Eldora Industrial School Grinnell Newton Sioux Rapids Brown Ottumwa

Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound praised by Lowell reader

A Lowell Massachusetts woman writes of relief after illness and nervous exhaustion following childbirth. She reports dizziness back pain and fatigue but says she recovered and now does all her own work. She asks readers to consider Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and notes many women report benefits.

Lowell Masachusetta Lydia E. Pinkham Cipital Apella Olive Avoer Howard Street Massachusetts

Notice to Bidders for Corrugated Culvert Pipe

Washington County Iowa invites proposals for Class B Corrugated Culvert Pipe 80-16 by 26 inches delivered to multiple stations. Bids due February 8 1925 at 1 30 PM with 5 percent certified check. Bond 75 percent of contract price and delivery by May 1 1926. A L Griffith County Auditor.

Board of Supervisors Washington County Iowa Washington A. L. Griffith

County Seeks Douglas Fir Bids For 1925 Job

Washington County Iowa Board of Supervisors will receive bids February 3 1925 at 1 30 p m for Douglas Fir timber deliveries in several sizes totaling numerous feet with No 1 Common grade. Deliveries to start within sixty days and finish by July 1 1925. 5 cash bid bond accompanies each bid and 75 bond on contract. payment due on completion. County Auditor Helen Villa noted.

Board of Supervisors Washington County Iowa County Auditor Washington A. L. Griffith District Court of

Explanations for Hughes Resignation and Kellogg Appointment

Paris newspapers offer reasons for Secretary Hughes resignation and Kellogg's appointment to succeed him. They claim Hughes disagrees with President Coolidge and favors intervention in Old World issues, while the president prefers isolation and Senate influence.

Hughes Paris Kelloge Pertinax Echo de Paris Coolidge Senate New York

Small schools targeted for sectional district tournaments

The state board aims to attract more small schools to sectional meets and organize events so top performers from small schools can compete in district tournaments. Last year twenty eight sectional meets were held. forty are likely this year.

Brown Board of Control Lawa

Keota Briefs Local Repairs and Community Notes

Lone and Mike Streit opened a four person carpentry and general repair shop in the O'Brien building on West Broadway. Mrs. J. S. Martin was hospitalized in California but is improving. The United Presbyterian Ladies Aid hosted a cafeteria dinner and supper, clearing about $100. An M. E. Ladies Aid event is planned for January 15 at the church basement. Keota Chapter De Molay installed officers for the new quarter with J. M. White as installing officer assisted by A. L. Richardson.

Keota Lone Mike Streit O'Brien West Broadway J. S. Martin California M. E. Ladies Aid The de Molay J. M. White A. L. Richardson M. C Doyle Palmer Omer Palmer J. C Clarence Russell Harold Holmes Lester Smith Donald Holmes Robert Sheldon Morris Glen Huston Ward Richard Harold Rhodebeck Carlton Bowen Harold Dremerly Clarence McGraw FE. J. Wade Waldo Miller Wayne Romine Jesse Sellman Elmer Irelan

Still Danger From Black Rust in Wheat

Warning that common barberry bushes remain in the spring wheat region to cause black stem rust losses was found by midwest agricultural authorities at the fourth annual conference for rust prevention. Delegates from thirteen northern centers attended in St. Paul Minnesota.

St, Paul Minn Middle West

McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad

Is Your Child Thin and Weak These health tablets claim rapid weight gain and relief after sickness or rickets. They replace cod liver oil with a candy like taste and promise easier administration. An example notes a nine year old gaining twelve pounds in seven months. Ask J E Lemmon or any druggist for the original McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets 60 tablets price sixty cents.

J. E. Lemmon McCoy

rust worry dampens optimism at cereal group meeting

Delegates from several states and Canada including Frank Lowden former Illinois governor and farm leaders attended. Dr C R Ball and Dean L Boley joined discussions as Dean B E Freeman cautioned that low rust evidence in 1924 does not guarantee future safety. He noted that about 1.5 million barberry bushes were removed last year and another million may go next season. Officers were to be elected and Governor Christianson was floated as possible president.

Tral States Canada Frank ©. Lowden Ilinois Farm Bureau C.R. Ball United States Department of Agriculture Dean L. Boley North Dakota Agricultural College BE. M. Freeman University of Minnesota College of Agriculture Dean Freeman Chris

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