EXPERT WELDING AND COAL OFFERINGS PROMOTED
An ad describes Bud's Garage offering welding services with modern electrical equipment and a phone contact. Another notice advertises good Iowa lump coal pricing per ton with volume discounts and a comparison to Waterloo prices, plus a local contact Eldin Banter in West Chester. A geographical note highlights Roraima as a sky island near Venezuela and Brazil borders with steep cliffs and a jungle approach.
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Bud’s
Iowa
Waterloo
Eldin Banter
West Chester
Luminous earthquakes and mysterious light beams in Japan 1930
Collier's Weekly notes 1500 reports showing luminous phenomena accompany earthquakes not by storms or fires as once thought. The Japanese 1930 display included beams of light flames and sparks produced by seismological disturbances.
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Japan
Collier's Weekly
Local Poultry Prices At W. S. Reister Markets
Prices for No 1 sweet cream sour cream eggs and various poultry prices listed. Hens pullets roosters leghorns ducks and stags priced by weight with discounts for delivery and deductions for culls and damaged birds. Damaged poultry rejected and bought at reduced rates.
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W. S. Reister # Sons
Kennery
Hennery
Ainsworth Sale Draws Wide Crowd in Bad Weather
A report from a Pittard sale near Wyman notes heavy attendance despite frozen roads and bank full streams. Don Rabhenold Ted Herr Join Davis son of Humphrey Davis bid alongside Pearl Bidding and Mr Dorrance, with Mr Pittard and clerk Mr Coats organizing the event to a successful close.
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Ainsworth
Don Rabhenold
Ted Herr
Columbus Junction
Join Davis
Humphrey Davis
Cotter
Miner Finds New Silver Vein Near Mojave California
In an abandoned tunnel a prospector estimates a new silver vein near Mojave California could yield about 44 dollars per ton. The discoverer, once a small holder in the Silver Queen mine, sold out for under 1000 dollars before it became an eight million dollar property.
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Mojave
Cal
Minard
Silver Queen
Blind mechanic expert helps diagnose cars by sound
Harry Erickson of Bloomer Wisconsin lost his sight in 1916 when a flying piece of steel struck him after a 1918 model year event. He remained a car mechanic and earned a regional reputation as a knock specialist by listening to engines and directing repairs.
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Harry Erickson
Bloomer, Wis
Erickson
Disagreeable Tuesday Morning Winds Sweep Florida and California
A terse weather note describes a cold windy Tuesday morning affecting readers in Florida and California. Strong winds marked the day as one of the season's chillier episodes, making for an unsettled winter mood.
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Florida
California
Hogs and Cattle Prices Rise in Chicago Markets
Chicago markets report hogs at 15 0606 with direct 2 000. Hogs up 25 to 40 cents from yesterday. 150 to 230 lb hogs 8.75 to 9.00, top 9.10. 240 to 270 lb 8.10 to 8.60. 280 to 350 lb 7.65 to 8.00. Packing sows 6.75 to 7.00. Cattle steady with beef steers 8.00 to 11.50, heifers 5.25 to 9.50, cows 4.75 to 6.75. Sheep 56 000 up 15 to 25e. lambs 7.30 to 8.00, yearlings 6.50 to 7.25, ewes 3.00 to 4.00. Estimated tomorrow cattle 7 000, hogs 26 000, sheep 12 000.
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Chicago
Historic Milford Bell Cast by Paul Revere
The 135 year old bell in Milford Town House, cast in 1802 by Paul Revere, is noted for sounding a death knell for every president but George Washington. The bell is rung hourly by a sexton and remains a historic landmark in town life.
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Revere
Milford
N. H
Paul Revere
George Washington
Miner Bruce Minard Finds Luck After Buck’s Discovery
A struggling prospector nicknamed un lucky sees fortune shift after a buck’s sign leads to a find. Bruce Minard’s long effort pays off with a notable mineral discovery and improved prospects.
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Bruce Minard
Negus Livestock and Community Sales Schedule
Weekly and special auctions listed across Washington and nearby towns. Dates include January 27 through February 23 with closing out sales for named sellers such as Oscar Hughes Glenn Dutton Walter Reed Mrs Fred Havel Maurice Willson and Ainsworth public school beside the Farmers Implement Store John Deere Day in Washington.
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Negus Livestock Auction
Washington
Milwaukee Yards
Midway
Columbus Junction
City
Negus Bros
Oscar Hughes
Glenn Dutton
Keota
Hartley
Pine Ridge Stock Farm
Glenn McCall
West Chester
Washington Riverside
Walter Reed
Joe McGraw
Riverside
Havel Homestead
Fred Havel
Chicago Produce Market Highlights From January 25
Chicago report shows eggs steady with 9 574 cases received and price spreads from 18% to 19 4 for firsts. Butter steady with 8 281 tubs on specials 22% extras 32% extra firsts 32%. Poultry mostly steady with ranges for broilers ducks geese and turkeys across 12 to 24 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Opens With Mixed Wheat Corn And Rye Tables
Chicago grain table shows wheat May at 57% high 96% low 65% close .96 with July 80% and Sept 90% 90% 20% for wheat. Corn May 60% high 61% low 60% close .60% July 61% .61% Sept 62% 62% 61% 61%. Oats May 31% July 29% Sept 29%. Rye May .75% .78% .73% .75%
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Chicago
July 70 Percent and September 66 Percent Figures
OCR fragment shows percentages including July 70 percent and September 66 percent with decimals .67 and 665 percent indicating data may relate to rates or yields. No clear event or subjects identified.
Chicago Uasa Corn Color Data Summary
Chicago INS lists corn color percentages across grades for January. Mixed categories show No. 2 mixed at 60s, No. 4 mixed around 57, No. 3 yellow near 58, No. 4 yellow mid 56 to 58, No. 5 yellow 54 to 56, No. 6 and white around 59 to 60, with No. 4 white 57 to 58.
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Chicago
Jan
Series of Rates Shows Minor Variations Across Months
A line of figures lists small percentage changes around 1.05 percent for two periods, with a note suggesting May and July values. The data appear as a fragment, lacking context, dates, or entities beyond the rate indicators.
Early Cuban sugar industry relied on slave labor
The Cuban sugar industry developed slowly using slave labor with many small mills and little mechanization. Emancipation movements began in 1872, and slavery was completely abolished by 1880.
Turquoise Yellow and Crimson Said Core Colors
An assertion claims the true primary colors are turquoise yellow and crimson rather than red blue and yellow, suggesting all other colors can be created from this trio.
On Wings of a Hurricane A Hamilton Origin Story
In 1772 a Virgin Islands clerk named Hamilton described a hurricane in vivid detail. His vivid account impressed friends in the American colonies, who funded his voyage to the mainland where he pursued education and rose to prominence as a leading statesman.
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Alexander Hamilton
Virgin Islands
Hamilton
Sleeping bears and Kodiak Alaska brown bears
The text notes several bears hibernate in winter. Kodiak bears use caves for winter months and have brown fur. They are the largest members of the bear family and are often called Alaska brown bears.
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Alaska
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Homer Kephart
Westphal
EF. Smith
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Louis Baird
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Colenso
Joe Wolfe
Ramseyer’s Hatchery
France
Holland
Flanders
Germany
Aberystwyth
London Tit-Bits Magazine
Lowealth
Oetjen Seed Store
Ainsworth Produce
Leghorn Springs
Crall
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Sam Bowser
Globe Beauty Shop
Washington Oj Company
the Evening Journal
Eelipse Lumber Company
Rothschild
Donald H. McLaughlin
Sorrell Auto Parts
Abner
Abus
T—Ke—S
Joe Caputo
E. D. Rayburn
Harwood
P. RB. Holstein
H. J. Dare
Iowa City
Lagas and
Bronze Breeding
J. R. Williams Sons
Crawfordsville
Tai
Ramserer’s
John EB. Long
Eclipse Lumber Company
Albla
E. 7Th St
Wm. Palmer & Sone
Hulless
Washington Street
T. L. Dodds
Airdale
Arnold
Roraima
Venezuela
Brazil
British Guiana
D. F. Macon
Aineworth
Johann Ahmling
Wellston
Brighton
O. EF. Pittard
Wyman
Straw College
Pittard
Cora
Chicago Livestock
Mary R Berry
Harrisburs, Ill
Howard Anderson
Howard
Chas. Marek
Brighton R
Mr Marek
Inek
Simpson Finance Co
Washington Co
Journal Building
Uasa
Brighton Canning Co
Brighton, Town
Massey Harris
Watts
Hart-Parr
Rock Island
Heyes
Otto J. Fritz
Auet
Phiaumdson
Reister
Herman‘s Funeral Home
Telephone 268 Ambulance Service
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