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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 45 000 slow at early with gains 10 to 16 cents. Packers bid steady with top 7 35 and bulk 7 10 to 7 25 for 170 to 225 pound hogs. Cattle receipts 13 000 better grades steadier on shipper demand while other cattle and fat cattle slow. Sheep receipts 18 000 fat lambs steady to strong with top 14 00 and feeding lambs 13 00.
Cattle receipts 11 000 calves 2 600 good grades active market steady with best handyweight steers around 11.00 and yearlings 7.50. cows and heifers steady to strong. bulls and canners steady. Hogs receipts 15 000 very slow. top 7.05, many between 6.70 and 7.05. weight classes 130 to 190 pound averages 6.20 to 6.60. Sheep receipts 7 000 lambs 15 to 250 higher, top 13.30, fed lots 12.75 to 13.25.
The report lists tomorrow's livestock estimates including hogs 32000 cattle 11000 and sheep 12000 reflecting regional market expectations with large numbers across species.
Reports of Maupin execution rope failure at Fort Madison prompt lawmakers to consider a humane method of capital punishment. The code commission says no bill exists and action would require rule suspensions and a joint resolution to study the subject. The current law requires hanging between sunrise and sunset on the governor's appointed day.
Chicago market report lists futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and fats with figures for No 2 red and yellow wheat No 3 and 4 hard corn mixed and yellow No 2 white oats and rye numbers for barley timothy and clover seed and pork belly and rib values with per hundredweight and per unit amounts in effect January 22.
In Chicago on January 22 fresh uprisings in corn prices followed scant receipts and cold wave forecasts. Opening bids showed fractional gains, trading strengthened as bears warned banks may demand repayment. May corn rose to about 78 3 4 cents, closing 11 2 cents higher. Wheat and oats firmed with corn, hog prices boosted the provision market.
A dated advertisement enumerates numerous closing out and public sale events by date from January 23 to February 28. Listings include sellers such as Henderson Kern Kalona Coffman Beranek Anderson Bohne Hotle Richards and others with locations near Keota Riverside Ainsworth Washington Wellman Kalona and Columbus Junction.
Nature Magazine notes the downy gentian as a striking violet blue perennial. It favors open prairies and dry fields, with brilliant bell shaped flowers appearing in early fall across wheat regions of Minnesota and South Dakota and extending to Ohio and Maryland.
The lawmakers acknowledge the difficulty of resolving the capital punishment issue this session. They expect most docket matters to be settled before the regular session, doubting any broad agreement on an alternative method to hanging and noting past failures to abolish capital punishment in Iowa.
Potatoes remained barely steady in Chicago with 61 car shipments and a national total of 339. Wisconsin sacked round whites traded at 1.50 to 1.60, Minnesota Red River orips at 1.40, settled shipments for frozen at 1.25.
In Washington County Iowa March Term 1924 Albert A Thomann and Joseph G P Thomann sue August Thomann Charles J Thomann and Frances Thomann over real estate interests. The filing details ownership of multiple parcels in Sections 19 and 30 including fractions and described bounds. Defendants are notified to appear in Clerk of the District Court as the case proceeds.
Des Moines led Iowa cities with the highest building valuation in 1923 totaling $30,754,963, up from 1922. Cedar Rapids gained about $1.5 million, Davenport $200,000, Fort Dodge over $1 million, and several others posted gains while Des Moines topped permits with 2,845.
In the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter Section 14 and adjacent lots in Riverside, several defendants Frances Thomann Anna C Thomann Joseph Stransky Catherine M Thomann Annie Thomann hold inchoate interests. The plaintiffs seek partition or sale with proceeds divided and costs including attorney fees. Appearing before noon on March 17, 1924. default judgment possible.
Mrs. Joan W. Warsi of Mannington West Virginia says seven years of illness including left side pain numb spells hot flashes and weak spells ended after taking Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength able to do housework and garden work and urges other women to try the product.
Des Moines Iowa January 21 1924 the American Legion announces a ten day community service week from February 12 to February 22 in which every post in Iowa will seek ideas for constructive Legion projects for 1924 Governor Kendall to issue a proclamation and civil organizations will be asked to cooperate. The Davenport post reports handling about 3000 bonus claims and 290 compensation claims for veterans in 1923 while adopting two Boy Scout troops and giving citizenship talks. The Fremont post offers a loving cup to the 1924 membership leader while the 40 and 8 group meets to plan a state conference in Des Moines February 22.
The Saratoga Post of Clear Lake Iowa opens its club rooms on two evenings weekly for local boys. A rule allows smoking or card playing in Legion rooms on those nights. Youth not yet registered for the June 6 1917 draft is invited to use athletic gear and access books and magazines.
A fragment notes pricing prompts for poultry deliveries and hides, mentioning geese swan and pigeons with reference to different animal hides and animal types. The text implies additional payment or premium rates for delivered poultry but lacks concrete figures or locations.
Dublin expects many visitors including Americans for the Tailsteann games next August. Officials face lodging challenges as a committee studies the situation. Since 1924 Dublin has lost 20 hotels and now has fewer hotels than any city of its size in Europe.
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