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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1911
Page
7
Eight year old Philip in his town reflects on widows after noting several men have died. He defines a widow as a poor woman with a large family who takes boarders, offering a quiet, insightful view from a child.
War veteran A K Smith of Erie Pennsylvania says he suffered indigestion constipation and liver trouble for years until Dr King’s New Life Pills cured him. He urges try them for stomach liver or kidney trouble. Available for 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
A badly beaten golfer explains he suffered neuritis all day. His opponent replies with a curiously blunt line about never beating a man in perfect health, revealing a sharp exchange after the round.
L McConnell of Catherine Street Elmira New York writes that five bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured a severe kidney complaint and proved it the most reliable kidney medicine she ever took. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. offered it.
Chicago reports show flour trade failure to improve amid dull cash activity and mild winter temperatures. Traders cautious on long wheat positions while millers buy sparingly. corn and oats markets pressured with limited receipts and weak foreign bids. Provisions soften as larger grain receipts and farmer leverage influence hog prices and shipments.
Demand improved for beef cattle with prices 10 15c higher. Cows and heifers up to 6 25. feeders to 5 95. Hogs moved higher earlier but closed 26 30 lower. top at 7.95, bulk 7.80 7.90. pigs scarce to 8.10. Sheep and lambs 16 5e lower. best wool lambs 6.60, ewes 4.40, yearlings 5.75. receipts 101,090.
Cattle receipts 22 480 with prices 15 20c higher. Beef steers 4.80 6.50, cows and heifers 3.00 5.25, stockers and feeders 3.50 5.90, bulls 3.20 0.490, calves 3.50 825. Hogs receipts 42 258 market weaker with long strings 7.70 7.75, heavy hogs 7.65 and less, lights up to 7.80, week earlier higher. Sheep receipts 38 069 modest price gains, ewes to 4.00, wethers 4.25, yearlings 5.00+, lambs up about 15 20c, fed westerns up to 6.15, shorn lambs 5.00.
Market report lists multiple produce prices including apples at $3.50 per bbl and $2.50 per box for Jona thans, bananas 4e per pound, dates, Smyrna figs, limes, grapefruit 4.50 per case, lemons 4.00 per box, oranges 2.50 to 3.50 per box, and various vegetables and oysters with specific regional origins and weights cited. Also includes nuts, celery, and new vegetables with unit pricing and crate or dozen references.
Price table shows patent spring wheat flour at 5.20 to 5.40 and winter wheat flour 4.70 to 4.80 per unit. Other items include pure rye flour 2.40, red graham 2.30, boted meal 2.45, cracked corn 20.00 to 21, coarse meal 21, bran 2, brown shorts 27, white shorts 30, screenings 1.25, with notes on quantities and small discrepancies.
Butter prices range from 22 to 30 cents per pound with country and creamery varieties listed. Eggs show several finishes and weights, with chicken and duck offerings noted alongside turkey entries and prices per dozen for certain eggs.
OCR text shows May Timothy priced at 13.00 13.50 and wild hay at 10.50 11.00 with oat straw 5 60 and wheat straw 5.00. The snippet lists product names and mixed price formats without a clear article context.
Alfredo Zayas is listed as a candidate for vice president in Cuba. The report notes his ongoing leadership within the party and potential impact on the presidential race.
George G. Wilson of Harvard outlined three main theories of air control at the American Political Science Association meeting in St. Louis. He traced origins to a Paris conference and noted state sovereignty over air above borders, free air above, and a mixed zone like maritime rights.
The king and queen hosted Lord Mount-Stephen at Brocket Hall. From a Scottish herdboy he became a draper’s apprentice and London shop assistant. He emigrated to Canada in 1850, rose to head the Canadian Pacific Railway, led the Bank of Montreal, and presided over the St Paul and Manitoba Railroad. He earned a peerage as Canada’s first such honor for a colonial national. At eighty two, he remains vividly active and close to King George.
A Boston publishing house gave each of its 147 employees a bank book as a cash Christmas present, boosting individual deposits dramatically. Two years ago the firm deposited 85 dollars to each account, and deposits rose about 950 percent in the period.
The article notes 147 original accounts, now with 90 active depositors increasing from $4.50 to $4,206. Seventy three depositors still with the publisher show deposits rising from 6 to $3,428. Seventeen former depositors grew from $8h to $1838, with remaining and former employees reflecting similar gains. Twenty seven still employed, thirty moved to other positions, withdrawals outside employment slightly higher.
In Mentone two Englishmen joked over smuggling a parcel of 3,000 cigarettes to Paris. The Londoner agrees to carry it, and in Milan and Paris the absurd plan unravels as customs officers and a taxi ride reveal the prank.
An assortment of short humorous quotes from Baltimore American Philadelphia Record and Lippincott's. Topics range from a reporter’s attempted photograph to publish a ball account to a merchant joking about his wife bossing staff and a quip about marriage.
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