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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1923
Page
2
Chicago reports opening hog and cattle receipts with 21 000 hogs 14 000 cattle and 12 000 sheep. Second report notes slow steady market, beef steers weak to 25 lower, top prices 11 90 for early beef steers, notable ranges for weight classes and cattle types. Estimated receipts hogs 45 000 cattle 13 000 sheep 13 000.
A long list of farm and livestock auctions scheduled from January to February in towns including Washington Ainsworth Chautauqua Grove Cotter Wellston Crawfordsville and Crawfordsville with buyers such as Ernest Carlson J E Wright J M Brockway and many others featuring horses cattle hogs and real estate closings and dispersions across the region.
Fat lambs strong and tending higher with early top at 14.65. Feeders steady while sheep rise about 25. Lambs show 12.75 to 14.75 for medium to prime grades. culls 9.50 to 12.75. Yearling wethers 9.25 to 13.00. ewes 5.00 to 8.00. culls 3.50 to 6.00. Feeder lambs 12.75 to 14.85. Receipts total 30,466 cattle and 11,486 sheep with shipments listed.
Daily business schedule listing 9 30 a m receipts and shipments estimated carrots and local weather, 10 and 11 a m futures quotations and stock receipts, 12 M cash grain, 12 30 and 1 00 p m futures quotes, 1 20 p m closing futures and day highs and lows. On Saturdays prices posted by 12 05 p m. Regular concert schedule 10 00 p m Tue Thu Sat evenings.
delegates supported retrenchment and opposed higher appropriations or new state funded projects. they resisted increasing tax levies and favored budget discipline, rural education reform, and opposition to ship subsidies while backing improved transportation and revised interstate regulations. the convention elected Hunt as president and set district representation for future federation delegates.
The German mark continued to weaken as of January 17, trading at fifty five hundredths of a cent per mark, or 18,181 to the American dollar. At pre war levels the mark would have equaled 23.8 cents each, making 18,181 marks worth $4,327.08.
Jud Tonkins declares the average man loses any chance of improving with every year and his photograph. He argues appearances do not get better with time.
The 1890 fire at Dearborn station recalls early radio work from its clock tower. John W. Clarke notes aerials from the tower in 1890 and experiments with wireless messages to the Tribune building. Benjamin Thomas was general manager. a Notre Dame professor attempted tests, but signals were weak and noise from Dearborn street interfered.
A short quotation attributed to Hosen Ballou emphasizes gratitude as the fairest blossom of the soul. It reflects on the heart of man recognizing kindness and virtue as foundational values.
Prices for produce today show 28e, 4c, 166c, 100¢ and $4.0 across items. Details include various unit costs and denominations as listed.
Officials Murphy and Clark among the oldest on the road recount Dearborn tower’s distant part in wireless invention. Most staff joined after 1890 and did not know the tower’s early contribution.
Chicago January 17 official preliminary figures show manufactured gas use in 1922 rose about ten percent from 1921's record of 326 billion cubic feet. Oscar H. Foge secretary of the American Gas Association notes the gain and outlines implications for homes and industry.
The announcement notes that improved living standards and greater industrial efficiency led America to consume three times as much gas last year as twenty years earlier, reflecting a long term trend in energy use and productivity.
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