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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
2
Hog receipts 62 000 slow mostly steady with best 250 to 300 pound butchers 7.25 7.30 top 7.35. Cattle receipts 9 000 most slaughter classes slow at week’s end with killers neglecting lower grades and vealers sharply higher to 12.00 and up for good light calves. Sheep receipts 17 000 fat lambs active to steady with feeding lambs 12.50 13.25 and fat lambs 13.65 15.90.
Cattle receipts about 4000 with calves 1400 show steady to weak demand for handyweight steers and cow grades, best natives around 9.25, fat cows 4.00 to 5.00, calves slow but best veals near 10.25, stockers very slow and uneven. Hogs receipts 12006 dull with early sales light weights near steady, 5 to 10 cents lower on top cuts, averages 6.00 to 7.00 for various weights, sows and stock pigs steady. Sheep receipts 3000 lambs slow but mostly steady with top bids around 13.15 for spots and 12.85–13.10 for other fed lots.
Omaha livestock market summary shows hog receipts at 22,000 with prices mostly down 10 to 25 cents. butchers 210 to 360 pounds average 6.75 to 6.85 with top 6.90. Cattle receipts 7,500 with close fed steers and yearlings 10 to 25 cents lower, best steers around 9.70, yearlings 9.50, butchers and heifers 3.85 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 11,000 with lambs 13.06 13.10 top, and range 12.75 to 12.90 for others.
Sioux City on January 24 reports cattle receipts at 3 500 with steady to 15 cent declines for killers and stockers. Fat steers and yearlings 6.25 to 6.50, fat cows 4.06 to 8.00, veals 5.00 to 6.0. Hogs receipts 19 000 with prices 5 to 10 cents lower, top 6.40 to 6.60, bulk 6.50 to 6.85, lights 6.00.
Chicago cash grain prices list wheat corn oats rye barley and seed values with bids and ranges dated Jan 24. It includes No 2 red wheat at 1.11 and 1.15, corn mixed at 79 to 76, oats white at 47 to 48, barley at 63, Timothy seed 6.00 to 8.00, Clover seed 18.00 to 23.75, lard 12.12, ribs 9.62 and bellies 9.62 with 79% and 80% scores noted.
Government moves to aid northwest agriculture buoyed grain values at the open. Corn led activity with May at 80% and new high season prices after commission-house buying. Wheat and oats followed with firmer closes as provisions stayed steady amid hog value trends.
The Chicago potato market shows slow trading with receipts totaling 30 cars and overall U.S. shipments at 896. Wisconsin sacked round whites bring 1.35 to 1.50, while Minnesota sacked round whites fetch 1.25 to 1.55, with duties higher.
A store force acknowledges a reader noting they saw the store's advertisement in the Journal. The exchange confirms readership and the ad’s reach in the local paper.
The market lists sheep receipts at 2,000 with butchers at 6.75 to 6.90, mixed cattle at 6.40 to 6.65, and heavy packers at 6.00 to 6.15.
Livestock estimates released for tomorrow show hogs at 56,000 head, cattle 6,000 head, and sheep 12,000 head. Market watchers note totals reflect regional farming activity and seasonal demand.
Traces of flowers possibly millions of years old were discovered in the petrified forest of the Southern Black Hills, with ages exceeding one hundred million years. A reconstructed blossom is displayed at the Field Museum, linked to Yale authority Professor Wieland, depicting extinct non flowering plants related to sago palms.
A long list of public and closing out sales with dates from Jan 25 to Feb 28 across Ainsworth Washington Riverside Wellman Kalona Wash ington and surrounding towns. Listings include sellers D Ti Coffman Chas Bohac Ed Beranek H J Whiting Roy Steele Milo Kemp C E Griffith Sebe Jones Ernest Carlson Fred Cannon John Laney P W Palmer James K Helmick & Son welding Walters Russert McLaughlin C W Jackson R H Paul Himer Kolosik Rathmel and Wells and others with locations described as miles from Riverside Washington and nearby townships.
In Akron Ohio on January 24 U S Senator Oscar W Underwood urged replacing four year terms with a six or seven year single term for presidents and making the chief executive ineligible for re election He attacked bureaucracy and warned of risks to democracy while praising Akron and its industries and discussing foreign policy and reform.
Dr Edwards 17 year physician introduces Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative. They are sugar coated olive colored tablets that ease constipation and torpid liver without griping. Take one or two at bedtime for relief at loc and 30c. trusted by thousands nightly.
Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen of the U S Army, chief organizer for the American Olympic effort, will tour Iowa in the coming months. Charles Rawson says Iowa’s quota will be set after his visit, with athletes like Iowa hurdler Charles Brookins and other state stars likely to qualify for Paris.
Prices posted by R L Gibson Produce Our list fresh eggs at 48 cents a dozen and assorted poultry and livestock rates, including hens under 4 pounds at 12 cents per pound and beef hides at 43 to 48 cents per pound with an extra four percent premium for delivered poultry.
Mrs. L. EB. Wyrick of Jefferson City Missouri credits Tanlac with restoring her health after a severe influenza two years earlier. She says four bottles increased her weight by twelve pounds and revived her appetite, calling the remedy life saving and urging others to buy Tanlac from druggists.
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