Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle in Chicago
Hogs receipts 12 000 holdover 10 218 cattle receipts 1 000 sheep 4 000 holdover 10 218 market active steady to strong. Top hog price 9.76 bulk sales 9.30 9.60 pig prices 9.50 9.75 official yesterday totals and Chicago grain quotes follow with futures open as listed by Reach Wickham Grain Morrison Building Washington Iowa.
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Hogs
Chicago
Reach Wickham Grain
O. Morrison
Washington, Iowa
Chicago Cats
Rotary Club Raid Ends With Ginger Ale Discovery
In Dubuque on January 15, police and a U.S. marshal searched coats at a Rotary luncheon. Four members were identified, bottles were found, but a doctor later certified the contents as ginger ale, leading to apologies from the officers.
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Dubuque
Giellis
United States
al Houston
Eugene Adams
Dave Murphy
F. Lusch
William Manson
Rotary
Receiver Sues Linden Bank Over 1.8 Million Notes
John A. Cavanaugh as receiver for Associated Packing Company filed suit in Des Moines district court seeking possession of 1.8 million dollars in notes held by Linden Bank. He accuses fraud in the contract handling company notes and contests a 263 thousand dollar claim by the bank. He seeks denial of the bank claim and a strict accounting of alleged asset depletion due to alleged conspiracy between the bank and promoters.
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Cavanaugh
Associated Packing Company
Dr LeGear Poultry Prescription Praised by Hens
A Miss Carlina Freeman of Harriston Mississippi reports from four months with no eggs that after using Dr LeGear's Poultry Prescription her 28 hens laid twelve and a half dozen eggs. The ad claims the tonic builds strength and vitality without overstimulation and offers a money back guarantee.
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Praiire Kr. LeGear
Dr. LeGear
Carlina Freeman
Harriston
Dr. L. D. LeGear Med. Co
Louis
Washington
McElhinney Drug Co
Advt
Bank Seeks Amount Allegedly Wrongfully Taken
The report notes a request for the amount alleged to have been wrongfully taken by the bank and is part of the ongoing dispute.
City Light Plant Reports Profit Despite Coal Strike
Webster City reports an $18 280 66 net profit for the last year after operating expenses. City Manager Long notes electricity costs are the lowest in the Mississippi Valley at 5 cents per kilowatt, with about 2 000 patrons. A turbine and boiler were purchased to improve service funded by bonds. The coal strike in late 1919 reduced revenue for November and part of December.
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Webster City
Mississippi Valley
Long
Key of the Bastile Presented to Washington at Mount Vernon
Lafaytte presented the key of the Bastile to George Washington during his first American visit. The antique key hangs in the main hall of Washingtons mansion at Mount Vernon.
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George Washington
Lafayette
America
Washington
M Mansion
Mount Vernon
Farm Sale Notices and Agricultural Economic Update
A long list of upcoming farm sales across Iowa counties from January 17 to February 22, detailing vendors, locations such as Washington, Keota, Columbus Junction, and Riverside, and sale types including closing out and public sales. The section also reports on 1920 farm values totaling over 22 billion dollars, noting price declines and the ongoing importance of farming, plus agronomy notes on phosphates and silage as cattle feed, with practical guidance from Iowa State College experts.
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Shaver
Cotter
R. L. Badger
Roper Duttwiler
Brighton Stock Pavilion
Chas
Scranton
Washington
Benn and Warner
Kalona
Poland
Bower
Morrow
Keota
Ed Goosman
Ainsworth
Frank Schneider
White Way
J. H. Davis
Columbus Junction
J. K. Helmick & Son
Chester White Broad Law
Chas. Palmer
M. L. Jennings
J. T Moore
Frank Te Bockhurst
B. K. White
County Line
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Setting definite farming goals and silage for dairy cows
The County Agent in Farm Life urges setting definite goals for cropping systems and feed planning. It notes silage and roughage are key for cows and steers, with records showing horse labor requirements per crop area. Also mentions a closing out sale of farm implements in Fort Dodge and a January 15 reply notice.
Webster County Farm Bureau backs buy-in to force lower farm implement prices
At the Webster County Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting farmers pledged a buying strike until pre war prices return. A Rock Island plow works representative announced a 10 to 20 percent cut on all horse drawn implements. County Agent Monormith to supply affordable implements. Haymond argued that increases in implement prices were only slightly higher than farm product prices with wheat corn oats and other goods rising similarly.
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Ing
Webster County Farm Bureau Federation
Webster County
Rock Island
Fort Dodge
International Harvester Company
Haymond
Farm Bureau
Bureau
J. J. Ryan
A. W. Monormith
Pretty Nearly the Right Idea
A girl named Anna visits the big city and wonders at the many electric lights in the evening asking if they are trying to make the day longer. Her question reflects a child's wonder at urban spectacle and modern tech.
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Anna
Mumbie Poet and Robert Dodsley Rise in Letters
A domestic servant of the eighteenth century, Robert Dodsley, began as a footman and published The Mase in Liv ery or the Footman's Miscellany while in service. Proceeds from his works and The Toy Shop funded his move to bookselling in Pall Mall and he rose to prominence as London’s leading publisher.
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Robert Dodsley
Pall Mall
London
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Daily Market Reports
Close OF Grain Futures
Timothy
Clover
Ooneigh
John A
Rotary Club
Linden Bank
Mutual
W. S. Reister & Sons
Ade
Eawee
Guilntee
Journal’s Farm Department
Olds
Crawford
Howard Kerr
John Krebs
Riverside
John Foster
William G. Lewis
Crawfordsville
Eben Davis
P. H. Hedger
Arthur Therion
Dayton
Secretary of Agriculture
H.W. Warner
Soils Extension Department
Iowa State College
Armsworth
Samson
WM. Ingram
David
Yoder
Havre
Horskes
Parm Machinery
Hayes
Emerson
Laine
Emerson Gang
John Deere
Portland
Seateh Collie
Garland
de Laval
Macon
Ralph Dougherty
Ladies Aid of Pleasant Hill
Jack Herr
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
Mrs. Taylor
Lydia E. Pinkham
Roxbury
Mass
Maupe E. Taylor
St. James Place
Property Owners Federation, Inc
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