Chicago Live Market Opens With Mixed Hog Sheep Cattle Quotes
Hogs estimated receipts today 12,000 with holdover 14,345. Cattle estimated receipts 2,500. Sheep estimated receipts 19,000 with holdover 24,345. Market 15 to 25 cents lower. top 15.15. Bulk sales 14.90 to 15.10. Heavy weights 14.75 to 15.05. Medium weights 14.90 to 15.10. Light weights 14.95 to 15.15. Heavy packing sows 14.00 to 14.60. Pigs 13.50 to 14.50. Official yesterday hogs receipts 44,440. cattle 8,154. sheep 5,009. calves 1,109.
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Chicago
Market report with grain and corn prices from Iowa firm
Furnished by ER. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City. B. Haunt manager. Corn opening prices show highs and lows for January May July futures with oats trading May July. Cash market notes 175 cars steady tone No 4 WC 140 third quarter oats 150 cars No 3 WC 85 486 Clover March at 24.25.
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ER. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
Iowa
B. Haunt
W.C
A Family Surprise Ends With a Gender Joke
John, the only child for five years, learns a baby sister has arrived. The parents praise the darling girl, while John privately wonders if the sister might actually be a boy, turning the joke around.
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John
Appreciation of Cucumbers in Egyptian Cities
In Cairo and Alexandria cucumbers are highly valued. They are grown to high quality, widely eaten, and favored by locals. Women use cucumber juice as a skin lotion, squeezed from the vegetable for beauty.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Egypt
Bound to Do Some Good in a Small Exchange
A brief editorial note urges scattering seeds of courtesy and kindness at little cost. Some will fail yet may cultivate benevolence in others, and all will yield happiness in the heart that sows them.
What She Was Making Up
Virginia had been out the night before and looked tired so mother suggested she stay in. John comes down and mother asks if sister is staying in. he says she is making up her face to go out.
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Virginia
John
Mother
Sister
Farms Hold Public and Closing Out Sales Near Washington
A sequence of farm auctions and public sales across multiple Iowa locales runs Jan 19 to Feb 27. Names include Nickerson Ayers Wiegman Savage Lukovsky Dempsey Land Co Helmick Forner Hanlon Vincent Todd Snyder Bailey Shalla Cannon Nelson Emry Loveland Crandall Lord Stewart Birney Koehler Soukup Shaffer Mayhew Woodburn Du Roc Jersey Hogs Sale dates and locations span Dublin Wellman Riverside Washington Keota Mt. Pleasant and more.
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Howard Ayers
Wellman
Keota
West Chester
Loveland Stock Farms
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Poland
J. K. Helmick and Son
Col. Junction
Chester
Osbert Allender & Sons
W. M. Forner
Ainsworth
Otto Hanlon
Town
G. G. Vincent & Son
Wm. Todd
Washington
Upper Mill Farm
Wapello
Duros
R. L. Livingston
Mart Crandall
Brighton
J. M. Lord & Son
Columbus Junction
R. D. Snyder
Grover Booth
Havre
J. M. Stewart
Clyde Birney
W. B
H. J. Myers
E. J. Paul
City Limits
Davis & Roberts
Crawfordsville
J. A. Koehler
J. M. Soukup
Riverside
W. S. Reister & Sons Hides and Furs Ad in Washington
Hides furs wool pelts tallow beeswax feathers rabbits and Washington butter offered by W S Reister & Sons. Paying top prices today for creamery butter and diverse animal products including beef hides kip hides cali hides and live or dead pigeons. Claims largest Washington receivers and highest bidders with record payouts for red fox mink raccoon wolf musk rats and more. They also offer custom made coats robes rugs and ladies furs.
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Washington
Farmers Union Meeting for Officers Election
Farmers Union Local No 270 to elect officers for 1920 at John Griffith school house on Wednesday evening January 21 at 7 00 oclock.
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John Griffith
McGraw Sale Brings In About 13000 Dollars Near Keota
A large crowd attended the J. L. McGraw sale near Keota on Thursday driving bids across cattle milk cows chickens and geese prices remained strong. Weanling mules sold for 285 a pair white face steers averaged 131 27 per head and milk cows reached 185.00 with chickens at 17 00 to 18 00 per dozen and geese at 3 25 each. The sale totaled about 13000 dollars with Frank Macon handling the bidding.
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J. L. McGraw
Keota
Mr. McGraw
Frank Macon
Sincerity as Swift Wisdom in Dispatching Business
A quoted extract extols sincerity as the shortest path to solving matters and gaining trust. It likens honesty to a plain road that leads quickly to outcomes, avoiding the detours of overly cautious or evasive replies.
Desert of Salura Vast North Africa Region
The great Salura desert covers most of northern Africa spanning about 3.5 million square miles. It rises from 100 feet below sea level to 8,000 feet in places and includes snowy peaks for a third of the year. Most is a dry sandy waste with rare oases and very hot dry winds and almost no rain.
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Great Salura Desert
Africa
Europe
Earth Shines Light to Moon and Back
The sun lights Earth and its glow reflects onto the Moon, then the Moon reflects light back to Earth creating moonshine. Observers may see Earth shine on the darker lunar surface when conditions are favorable.
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Earth
Moon
Export of Cattle from America to Fagland
Live cattle were first exported to Fagland from America in 1801 but it did not become a regular business until several years later.
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Fagland
America
Trier Durocs Average 332.60 At Keota Sale
Mike Trier’s Duroc sow sale at Keota drew breeders statewide with 39 head averaging 332.60. Pathfinder sire debut drew top bids to 1175.00 for a spring gift son. other sons sold 800, 740, and 600 dollars. The event celebrated Trier’s new 500-seat pavilion and hog plant, noted for modern design and efficient pens. Notables from the industry helped oversee the auction.
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Mike Trier
Keota
Orion
Trier
Mike
John Satterly
Independence
Iowa
New Trier
Keota Bank Series and Local Names List
A compact ledger-like listing shows individuals and numbers associated with Keota and nearby towns. Names include Paul Helscher Harper 160 Keota Bank series 100 J W Putnam Hirschman Al 270. Hanks Bishop New London 690. Bert Browning Manning 240. G Donohue Holbrook 150. W E Woods Chesterfield 180. Ed Kirkpatrick Keota 100. Dave Teuscher Keota 102.
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Paul Helscher
Harper
Keota Bank
J. W. Putnam
Hirschman
Hanks & Bishop
New London
Bert Browning
Manning
G. Donohue
Holbrook
W. E. Woods
Chesterfield
Kirkpatrick
Keota
Dave Teuscher
Wireless Jazz Potential At Iowa City Dance
University of Iowa wireless operators tested Chicago orchestra music in the photometry room of the physics building. Carl Menzer and E J Sterba demonstrated a two stage amplifier and loud speaker receiving distant phonograph records. They suggested electrical engineering students stage a formal dance with an orchestra from afar.
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Iowa City
Chicago
University of Iowa
Carl Menzer
E. J. Sterba
Menzer
Sterba
Pure Bred Stock Draws High Bids Near Maquoketa
Maquoketa area farmer Chris Werner raises pure bred cattle on his farm west of town. After selling animals at high prices, he rejected a $700 offer for two young heifers saying they are worth more to him as breeding stock, and bulls would have justified selling.
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Maquoketa
Chris Werner
Fragmentary Quote Reflects Family Ambitions
A partial quotation notes remarking on future prospects and expectations for offspring, contrasting with current waiting time for growth and success. The text hints at social pressures and economic aims linked to offspring outcomes.
When Bearcat Went Dry at Graham Theatre
Charles Neville Buck crafts a Kentucky mountain tale ideal for film. The story set in the Kentucky Cumberlands features rugged life and stark contrasts of wealth and hardship. It plays at the Graham theatre today and tomorrow to thrill audiences.
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Charles Neville Buck
Kentucky Mountains
Mr. Buck
Kentucky Cumberlands
Lfe
Bret Harte
James Fenimore Cooper
John Fox, Jr
Graham Theatre
The Sleeping Lion at Graham Theatre Monday
Monroe Salisbury stars as Tony Vallero an Italian immigrant who leaves New York for life in the west. He evolves from a servile foreigner into a bold ranch leader in the new Universal release The Sleeping Lion showing at the Graham Theatre next Monday.
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Monroe Salisbury
Perfume's Ancient Roots in Persia and Egypt
Perfume first developed in Persia and later in Egypt where learned priests specialized in making perfumed and aromatic oils. The text notes that priests were the primary scholars of that era and dedicated significant time to the craft.
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Persia
Egypt
Traces Said to Exist on Mount Ararat Summit
The text notes that no remnants of the Ark remain today but claims an outline may be traced on the summit of Mount Ararat where the Ark is alleged to have landed.
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Yard
Close OF Grain Futures
Washington County
Journal’s Farm Department
John Nickerson
Dublin
Robert Shaffer
Mayhew
L. C. Woodburn
Duroc
R. S. Smylie
Jersey
Geo. F. Foster
W. D
Stanley Fishburn
D. J. Petersen
Franz Landau
J. H. Genkinger
Glenn G. Hayes
W. H. Hunt & Son
A. Debord
Charles Hodges
Wm. Burton
Bata‘via
R. H. Fetters
Jake Ramsey
Jackson
Rathmel
John May
Lewis Duke
Verdi
Matt Essley
I. K. Beal
Mutual
Cream Station
Green Hotel
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
McGraw
National Remedy of
Holland
Trier Durocs
Pathfinder
Ladies of the Christian Church
The
Duroc Bulletin
Perry Hanks
Bulletin
Harry Browning
Duroe Digest
Elmer Lamb
Wallace’s Farmer
Col. W. M. Putman
Tecumseh
Nebraska
Col. I.E. Stickleman
Clarinda
K. F. Macon
A. C. McNarken
M. S. Motes
Missouri Valley
O. E. Wilcox
Deep River
Roy Treso
Cumberland
Roy A. Peters
Adams
Porter Bros
Center
Ernest Carlson
Harry Eddingfield
Mr. Pleas
Sarak
Pat Neers
Ben Panther
West Point
M. Hatcher
North Maelish
M. J. Woods
Kennon
Kingley
W. Cc. Brenneman
Ellery Foster
W. C. Brenneman
Kalona
Will Jazz BY
Wireless
Jackson County
Nore
Glenn G. Hays
West Side
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