Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle in Chicago
Chicago markets show hog receipts 25 000 with holdovers 12 981 and cattle receipts 12 000 to 18 000. Prices range for hogs from 9.65 to 10.30 with heavy and sow classes and calves strong. cattle show varied weights with beef steers up to 11.50 and butcher stock around 6.25 to 9.75. Sheep and lambs list bids from 4.00 to 10.75 with fluctuating feeder items. Official totals for yesterday include hogs 42 248, cattle 13 15, sheep 18 282 and calves 2 719.
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Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Kansas City
Toledo
Farm Sales and Public Auctions Across Iowa Towns
A long list of livestock and real estate sales from Jan to Feb in Iowa towns including Washington Kalona Ainsworth and Columbus Junction. Entries note buyers sellers locations and sale types such as closing out public and breeding sow sales with dates and nearby landmarks.
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San
Shaver & Pry
Poland
China
Iowa City
Fry & Shaver
Ilowa City
Wm. Ingram
Riverside
L. C. Mathers
Dublin
Ed Wells
Mayhew
Washington
Havre
R. L. Duncan
Cotter
R. L. Badger
Raper Duttwiler
Brighton Stock Pavilion
Chas
Scranton
Benn and Warner
Kalona
David
Yoder
Bower
Mike Trier
Keota
Duroc
M. J. Redlinger
T.A. Todd
Gladwin
Chas Shalla
H. T. D. Henderson
Ed Goosman
Ainsworth
A. J. O'Dell
Haskins
Frank Schneider
White Way
Mahannah
Mahannah’'s, North English. Chester White Sow
H. B. Noel
J. H. Davis
Columbus Junction
Bishop
Clennie Jones
Welsh and Wagner
John Krebs
John Foster
William G. Lewis
Crawfordsville
Eben Davis
Harry Crome
Dayton
Amlong and Oldfield Bros
West Chester
Glenn G. Hayes
Hampshire Bred Sons
Charley Robertson
Chas, Palmer
M. L. Jennings
Ainsworth H I Declamation Meet Fans Bright Evening
The Ainsworth High School Declamatory Contest is set for January 20 at 7 30 PM in the new period building. Prizes of five dollars two fifty and one dollar reward top places with the first place winner to advance to state contests. An admission of 25 cents for adults and 20 cents for children is charged. Competitors include James Fitzgerald Bessie Frame Benette Tobin Lucille Benson Ida Belle Davis Margaret Beal Elizabeth McBlain Norma Reany Homer Jones Gertrude Beal and Alice Peterson.
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Ainsworth
James Fitzgerald
Bessie Frame
Benette Tobin
Lucille Benson
Ida Belle Davis
Margaret Beal
Elizabeth McBlain
Norma Reany
Homer Jones
Gertrude Beal
Alice Peterson
Visitors and mishap noted in Crawfordsville recalls
F E Young traveled to Cedar Rapids for a Mutual Insurance Co convention. J H Huston and Elias Williams visited Washington yesterday. Mrs J A Moorhead stepped on a nail injuring her foot. the injury promises considerable pain.
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Crawfordsville
F. E. Young
Cedar Rapids
The
Mutual Insurance Co
J. H. Huston
Elias Williams
Washington
J. A. Moorhead
No clear headline from a scattered telegraph note
Fragmentary quote from the New York Morning Telegraph reflects nostalgia on schooling and teachers. The text recalls boyhood times and mentions a lack of teacher scarcity in the speaker’s memory.
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New York Morning Telegraph
Mayhew Closing Out Sale Shows Strong Cash Tells
The F A Mayhew closing out sale yesterday attracted a large crowd with nearly all settlements cash. A spotted team sold for 380 dollars and machinery sold far above average. D F Macon conducted the sale quickly while a young man bought a shotgun for self defense amid riot rumors as the family prepares to move to Washington.
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F. A. Mayhew
D. F. Macon
Mayhew
Washington
Keep serene and live simply says to keep young
The passage urges serene living with daily effort and full engagement. It emphasizes balancing daring action with relaxation each night to preserve youthfulness. It frames work play love and learning as essential, while enjoying each day fully.
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Notable quip warns against dwelling on past wrongs and memory. The author contrasts noble regret with ignoble regret and urges avoiding endless rumination on errors.
Amalgams Form When Mercury Joins Metals
Mercury forms alloys called amalgams when combined with most metals except iron and platinum. The description notes mercury is a strange liquid metal that is not wet and can merge with metals to create amalgams.
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Popular Science Monthly
Farmer near Keota blown to pieces in acetylene blast
Keota Iowa January 19 Henry Kanke 45 of ten miles southwest of Keota was instantly killed by an acetylene gas explosion at his home. He had gone to a cave shelter near the house to inspect a light plant when the blast occurred. The cave and house windows were shattered, and the body was found far from the cave in a mutilated condition with clothing blown away.
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Keota
Henry Kanke
Kanke
Nine Children Mourned in Iowa Death of Ranker
The obituary notes Mr Ranker survived by his widow and nine children, youngest under one year. Two daughters are married and the others reside at home. The body will be taken to Conroy Iowa for burial.
Fairfield to Begin New Census Next Tuesday
Fairfield plans a new census next Tuesday after dissatisfaction with last year’s federal count. The Ad club sponsors the count to be conducted under government guidelines with many new houses and crowded spaces. Citizens wonder if Rooseveltian families absence explains the small population decline.
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Fairfield
Ad Club
Common Sense as Ballast in Holmes Quotation
A fragment discusses Oliver Wendell Holmes noting common sense as ballast and science as a decorative piece for an upper chamber, implying practicality grounds intellectual status. The tone suggests a witty remark on balance between knowledge and practical sense.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
First Fire Engine Gifted to Shelletntre Nova Scotia
The first fire engine in America was presented to the town of Shelletntre in Nova Scotia by King George III in 1774, marking a historic moment for local firefighting.
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America
Aeverlea
Shelletntre
Nova Scotia
King George TH
Iowa Law Seeks Equal Width Sleighs and Automobiles
Representative Ingersoll of Tama will introduce a bill in the Iowa legislature tomorrow requiring sleighs sold in the state to match the width of automobiles and wagons. He says the measure aims to keep roads in good condition by standardizing vehicle width.
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Des Moines
Ingersoll
Tama
Iowa
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Close OF Grain Futures
Wickham Grain CO
Worricon
Washington, Iowa
Aye
Timothy
Clover
Journal’s Farm Department
Congr Yoor
Foren
S. & Yard
Illinois
Ainsworth H
Resent School
Cash Comes
Mutual
W. S. Reister & Sons
Colenso
Lowe Cream
Green
Wee Ee
Darnton
Mercury
John W. Teeter
John Wenger
Wayland
Arthur Therion
Wallace
M. C. DeLong
Wil Liane
Jane Maqie
Dorothta “Wk
Gaugnter UV
Mocuery
W. C. White
Farrow
Rock Island Gang
Mitchel Spreaker
Jack Herr
S. A. Stephens
B. F. Campbell
N. Marion Ave
Adc
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
Musterole
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Property Owners Federation, Inc
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