Wheat and Corn Rally Widens Market Gains
The market shows continued strength as wheat rises again today with corn also advancing. Analysts point to supply concerns and demand momentum supporting gains across grain futures.
26 Jan 1899
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
1
The market shows continued strength as wheat rises again today with corn also advancing. Analysts point to supply concerns and demand momentum supporting gains across grain futures.
The journal announces a new feature delivering the same day close on grain and stock markets via telegraph. It compares the value to Chicago papers and Drovers Journal and urges subscribers to pay for daily market insights. Includes a sample Chicago grain market note with January wheat and cattle/receipts data.
Mason City reports turmoil after a Friday social hosted by the Traveling Men s Protective Association. Several women were refused entry or escorted out, prompting accusations of character reflection. In response, hotel waiters refused service to association members and were dismissed.
In January 1899 OsKaloosa reports B McFall traveled to Kansas City earlier in the week. Miss Alberta Converse writes her mother Mary that McFall visited the hotel, dined with her, and attended the show. Letters home hint at McFall's possible mental state.
Mt Pleasant Jan 26 Henry Wilson appeared before Justice Wag Beek and pleaded guilty to disturbing a religious meeting at Benjamin chapel in Trenton township on the evening of Sunday January 15. He was fined costs which he paid. He is the second person to pay a fine for this offense and more may follow. Several boys have paid fines for disturbing meetings at White Church on Christmas evening.
Judge Welborn in Gibson circuit court finds Mrs. Rebecca Rosenberger guilty of attempting to kill her son Alva with poison. She is ordered imprisoned in the Indiana woman's reformatory for seven years. The decision cites the defense as self-contradictory and accepts the boy’s account of the poisoning plot.
Des Moines January 26 The supreme court sustains building and loan associations in collecting dues membership fees fines and interest on loans despite rates. The court notes these institutions function as profit sharing with benefits to stockholders through share value increases and finds the practice constitutional for shareholder loans.
In Chicago at St. Peter's Belmont Avenue Rev Samuel Cook Edsall was consecrated missionary bishop of North Dakota with Rt Rev William Edward McLaren presiding. Six bishops attended along with many Chicago clergy as 1,000 tickets issued for the service.
A Paris court recently granted 295 divorces in four hours, about one minute per case, while other items report on plumbago prices rising 100 percent in Ceylon and a series of brief incidents across North America.
In Washington on January 26, Indiana Republican Johnson and Iowa's Dolliver sparred on expansion, arguing over the Philippines and army growth. Johnson denounced the treaty as a threat to republic ideals, attacking the administration and pegging annexation as dangerous imperial policy.
Fairfield reports another jailbreak attempt as prisoners secured a door key with a new plan. A prisoner tipped Sheriff Black’s wife, foiling the escape after prior breakouts and recapture attempts in the weeks before.
A lengthy floor battle unfolds as Johnson deserts cautious language while Dolliver defends the administration. Dolliver’s eloquence draws roaring applause and mixed reactions from galleries as he argues to end the war by ratifying the treaty and warns against entanglement in a European war. He emphasizes Spain must withdraw and the Philippines gain liberty, while opposing ideas about the Monroe doctrine and U.S. obligations abroad.
Frances Evans argues in Ladies' Home Journal that two kinds of husbands harm families. One is a generous figurehead who never engages in family conversation yet placates spending to avoid conflict. The other appears active in church and community but tyrannizes at home, prompting wives and children to deceive him to keep peace.
A Chicago Post scene shows a madam demanding answers from a man on a stepladder installing new-window fixtures. The Scandinavian answers gently claiming his mouth is full of screws and he cannot speak until Javaller something is resolved.
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