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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1924
Page
2
Daily Market Reports from Chicago show cattle receipts at 1,000 with steady to lower movement across grades. Beef steers and yearlings mostly steady. bulls and veal calves down. hogs at 16,000 receipts with mixed but generally steady trend. Sheep receipts 1,000 with lambs and wethers slightly softer. markets follow week’s shifts.
Hogs receipts 1 400 with prices mostly 5 to 11 cents lower. top 6 90 and 6 85 for 220 to 325 pound butchers. Cattle receipts 450 with fed steers and yearlings 18 to 25 cents lower. top steers 9 90, best yearlings 9 50, vealers 9 00 to 9 75. Sheep receipts none. fat lambs 15 to 25 cents lower. feeding lambs steady. weekly quotes list varied ranges.
Kansas City cattle receipts total 300 with calves 100 for the week. Better grades of handyweight fed steers and yearlings were strong to higher, with weighty kinds and medium to good short feds dull. Week’s top yearlings 11.50, handyweights 10.50, weighty kind 9.50. Cows steady to high, canners and cutters higher, bulls steady, stockers and feeders steady to weak.
Sioux City cattle receipts 400 with fat steers and yearlings 7.00 to 8.50 higher. top 10.50. Fat cows and heifers 25 to 60 cents higher. top heifers 8.10. Veals top 11.06. stockers 25 cents higher. Hogs receipts 15,000. market 10 cents lower. top 6.56. bulk 6.60 to 6.80. lights 6.15.
Chicago market watchers reported corn declines in early trading as favorable weather and anticipated gains in movement weighed on prices. May futures fell to around 78% for corn and 1.08 for wheat, with oats also weakening amid broader grain selling. Provisions retreated due to lower hog values.
Chicago market round up shows Wheat No 1 hard 1.11 and No 2 hard 1.10 1.11 with others quoted. Corn prices range from No 3 mixed 76 to No 6 yellow 73 with white and yellow varieties listed. Oats Rye and Barley prices given along with seeds and meat product quotes.
Chicago market wrap reports butter unsettled with creamery extras up to 50 percent and standards 50, extra firsts 40 to 50, firsts 46 to 47, seconds 44 1 2 to 45 1 2. Eggs rise with receipts at 5,098 cases. firsts 40, ordinary firsts 35 to 37, refrigerator extras 24 to 25, refrigerator firsts 23 to 24.
The report lists livestock counts for Monday with hogs at 75 000 head, cattle 25 000, and sheep 28 000. No additional context is provided.
Potatoes moved slowly in Chicago with 37 carloads received and total US shipments at 520. Wisconsin sacked round whites ranged 1.40 to 1.65 with bulk up to 1.75, Minnesota sacked rounds 1.35 to 1.55, Idaho rurals and Bakers at 2.00, Michigan bulk round whites 1.65 to 6.50, butchers 6.75 to 6.85, mixed 6.60 to 6.70, heavy packers 6.20 to 6.55. Sheep receipts 1,000 and market steady with lambs to 12.70 and ewes to 7.50.
Feb 21 report notes C W Jackson holding a closing out sale five and a half miles south of Washington with sale events and goods available.
At St Marys church Riverside Miss Della Kucera and Roy Kron united in marriage with Rev B Jacobsmeier officiating. Attendants were Miss Helen Kucera and Victor Kron. The bride wore georgette crepe with pearl accents and carried Ophelia roses. They will reside on a farm east of Richmond as newlyweds.
Mr and Mrs W D Caldwell returned yesterday morning to Dallas Ill after visiting Crawfordsville Their grades at the local school will present the operetta The Maid and at a later time.
A long list of public and closing out sales includes bidders and sites around Washington Keota Haskins Ainsworth Crawfordsville and Riverside with dates from Jan 17 through Feb 25. Entries specify buyers such as Glen Miller Lambert and Sigafoose E W Harrison and Chas Bohac and others at 1:30 p m on Jan 23 and various farms near towns.
Economist Glenn Griswold of the Chicago Journal of Commerce argues that after four bumper corn crops the US will see corn become a cash crop and land suited for corn will rise in value. He notes dwindling corn supplies, rising demand for corn products, and a shift in market dynamics supporting higher future prices.
With four declared Republican contenders and a fifth possible, Iowa observers expect the GOP nominating vote to fail to reach 35 percent in the primaries, potentially sending the nomination to a convention. Candidates mentioned include John Hammill, J. Anderson, Glenn Haynes, A. Banks, and J. D. Buser, with history noting Kendall’s 1926 convention nomination after a tight primary.
The notice invites readers to a Golden Supper on Friday evening January 25 in the auditorium. It also reports sports results from Wayland: the girls beat Wayland 18 to 12 while the boys fell 18 to 14.
Illinois and Missouri forecast generally fair tonight and Sunday. Snow is expected tonight in the extreme south portions, with colder temperatures and a moderate cold wave, especially in the southern areas. Sunday will be colder, particularly in the south, with continued chilly conditions in Missouri’s southeast region.
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