Hogs and Cattle Receipts and Prices In Chicago Market
Daily market notes from Chicago dated January 21 show estimated hog receipts of 11 000 with holds around 6 919 and a mostly higher market by 19 to 1Se. Cattle receipts estimated at 500 and sheep at 3 000 with steady to higher prices. Prices for hogs range from 8.00 to 8.75 with various weight class quotes and packed sow and pig figures. Also includes grain market snippets with cash wheat and corn prices and futures figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Farrow
King Chick Hatchery Co
Iowa City
VT. G. Mandt
Janesville
Janesville Gang
Concord
South Bend
Closing Out Live Stock Sales Across Iowa Towns
A long list of farm sales dates and venues across Washington Columbus Junction Keota and nearby areas includes breeders and auctioneers. Dates run January through February with multiple closing out sales for Duroc Poland China Hampshire and Percheron horses and hogs. Officials include A J Nicholson Ernest Carlson Chas Shafer and Roy Busby among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Mathers
Haskins
Thompson & Lang
Washington
A. J. Nicholson
J. C. Turkington
Columbus Junction
Ernest Carlson
East Bed Garage
Durec Jersey
Mike Trier
Keota
Dureo
Chas. Shafer
Roy Busby
Eale
F. J. Paul
Poland
James Helmick & Son
Chester White
Hunter
D. Sheetz
China
Daering
Scranton
Brighton
L. BH. Larson
W. D. Booth
Duroc Broad
Orris Bros
Orris
R. F. Smiley
Duroc Jersey
James Prebyl
Glenn G. Hayes
Hampshire
John Krebs
Riverside
Earl Edmondson
T. A. West
West Chester
W. E. Acheson
Ainsworth
J. M. Brockway and Co
Duroc
J. C. Huston
Crawfordsville
Harry Dodson
Helmick & Son
J. B Cornie
Evercreer Fair Columb Junction
Iowa
Bessie McCoy
Columbus
Goodbye in English usage and its forgotten origin
The piece notes that good bye derives from God be with ye though most people forget this. It cites everyday speech to a butcher over the phone as an example of a phrase whose original blessing is unlikely to be intended. The tone reflects a humorous linguistic observation about common greetings.
Community notes from Clay Clay Iowa district event updates
Local clerkship and social updates cover Holstein cattle purchase by A Laird Woodford, pruning demonstration by County Agent Bilis, an oyster supper January 24, and a taxpayers cooperative meeting January 25. Birth, illness, choir practice, basketball double header in Richland and Brighton, lodge installations, missionary social plans, and a funeral notice are listed with numerous Woodford and community names.
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Clay Clay
A. Laird Woodford
Peter Pederson
Cedar Falls
Bilis
Washington
A. W. Woodford
Clay Church
Ellis
F. M. Johnson
Richland
Ethel Woodford
Omaha
Neb
Maude Woodford
G. A. Stannard
John B
J. G. Carmichael
Henryetta
Oklo
Ollie H. S
Geneva Woodford
Calvin Elmore
Near
Yeo
Miss Davis
C. D. Robinson
Centerville
Brighton H. S
Mildred
Phylis Woodford
Brighton
A. J. Morgan
Keswick
Indigestion and Commuting Claim by Doctor
A physician who has practiced in New York City and a suburb says suburbanites suffer indigestion more than city dwellers. He attributes this to commuters who rush breakfast to catch trains, starting the day with a poor routine and triggering digestive discomfort.
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New York City
Explaining Earth's Attraction and Gravity in Vacuum
The passage states that without air resistance all bodies fall at the same rate due to Earth's attraction. It notes that differences in fall speed between a stone and a feather arise from air resistance, not gravity. In a vacuum, every object would descend with equal rapidity.
Frustrated Applicant Seeks Paid Position Without Qualifications
An English newspaper column voices a sharp, satirical view of a hopelessly incompetent applicant. The piece portrays the person as unqualified, indolent, and untrustworthy while seeking any remunerative role.
County Agent Sees Growth and Struggles in Washington County
The annual report reflects four years of Farm Bureau work in Washington County with rising membership from 352 in 1919 to 768 in 1921, a year ending deficit of 865 dollars, and emphasis on soil, crops, and poultry. It notes improvements in orchard spraying, bean and seed testing, alfalfa, and erosion control, plus new efforts in TB control and school-based youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Farm Bureau
Biddy
Horace Ingham
Brighton Township
Harry Rittenhouse
Harlan C. Foster
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Schaffer and Anderson
Lime Creek Township
Will Brown
Farm Bureau Board
Woodford
Clay
C. George
Washington Township
George
Rotary Club
Washington
T. B
Stannard and
Stannard
C. L. Stannard
Chicago
Cooperative
Poultry Record Farms
Spray Ring Organization
Infant burial for Rev A kh Oates daughter
Private funeral rites were held at Elm Grove Cemetery for the infant daughter of Rev and Mrs A kh Oates who died within hours of birth. Also noted are family movements and a county teachers examinations schedule for January 1922 with a three day timetable and subjects listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kh. Oates
Elm Grove Cemetery
Court House
Washington
Iowa
Shell dust coats forests across New Holland continent
The article describes forests appearing glazed with shelly encrustations on the continent of New Holland. It suggests the dust originates from decomposed shellfish carried by winds and deposited on trees and vegetation.
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New Holland
Social Gatherings Highlight Weekly Club Events
The Covered Dish club met at Dr. and Mrs. Pred Reid for a bountiful dinner and bridge. Mrs. Fred Weekly hosted neighbors and families from the Gray neighborhood thrashing company for an evening of music visiting and games lasting into the morning. A noon luncheon featured home made ice cream angel food cake and coffee. Families from Ed Myall Asa Harter Sasie Hoxworth Clevee Henson Jim Nickelson George Walter Nickelson and others attended sharing good cheer and hoping for future invites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Reid
Wran
Fred
Ed Myall
Asa Harter
Sasie Hoxworth
Clevee Henson
Virginia
Jim Nickelson
George
Walter Nickieson
Fred Kephart
Earl Birney
Arthur
Geo. Brown
Walter Brown
Linas Wood
Donald
Earl Birskhire
Sam Perry
Dwight Hesseltine
Wes Finch
Clark Wright
Alpheus
Bertha W
Precaution for Poison Handling Warns Against Mix-Up
The notice urges avoiding accidents with poisons by using special bottles and keeping a rotund headed pin in the cork of every poisonous liquid. The goal is to prevent fatal mixes even in darkness.
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Markey orUhis
Hoge
St. Louis
Frank
Fareau
River Products Co
Peo
Dickey
H. H. Sanderlin
Ames
Ethel Guthrie
Muscatine County
Coco Bee
Geog Gee Cemareteo
Camne
Wdmnn
Harry Kracaw
Katheryn
S$. FE. Sage
Henry Hiller
Bevins
Ics
Clara M. Wallace
Reister & Sons
Mutual
East Washington St
D. F
Society
R. L. Gibson
Ggs
Pouirny
Kiotz & Hendrickson Auctioneers
L. H. Orr Land Co
Safeguard Or Gazette Office
Oildag
John Striegel, Jr
Harper, Iowa
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Fire Ax Payers
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