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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1925
Page
2
Hogs receipts 86,640 with prices mostly 5 to 16 lower than Saturday and top at 41.00. Cattle receipts 17,000 with fed steers and yearlings 26 to 50 cents higher, shipping demand broad. Sheep receipts 18,000 with early sales around 10 cents lower, fat sheep steady and feeding lambs 17 to 18 dollars.
Chicago January 26 livestock estimates show hog receipts 46 000 cattle 10 600 and sheep 11 000 for the next day.
In Omaha on January 26 Mrs. L. S. Hiythe received a postcard her father H. W. Russell mailed from Stony City in September 1921 after violating Sioux City records. Russell, formerly of Woodstock Minnesota, now resides in Omaha at the same address where the card was initially sent. The postman returned the card to the Omaha recipient.
Wheat prices hold around 2.10 for No 2 red and 2.06 to 2.09 for No 3 red. Corn shows varied values from 1.02 to 1.22 for multiple grades and yellow and mixed lots. Oats Rye barley and seeds listed with ranges. lard ribs bellies priced mid teens to seventeen dollars.
May wheat touched peak prices today with speculative demand driving advances from altered quotes. Early gains ranged near 1% with Liverpool markets boosting buying activity in Chicago. profit-taking cooled futures briefly before further rallies. May opened around 1.96 and July near 1.71 with later bulges lifting May again. Large corn arrivals noted.
Iowa State College announces its Farm and Home Week February 2 to 7 in Ames with topics from dairy farming to radio and agricultural engineering. The event marks the 23rd year, tracing back to 1900, and will feature extensive exhibits, corn show results, state agricultural conventions, and the high school judging contest alongside other farm and home programs.
First National film The Woman on the Jury directed by Harry Hoyt screens at Fox Theatre. Sylvia Breamer stars with Frank Mayo and a notable cast including Myrtile Stedman Hobart Bosworth Henry B Walthall Bessie Love Mary Carr Arthur Lubin Lew Cody Roy Stewart Ford Sterling Stanton Heck Jean Hersholt Leo White. The courtroom scene centers on a young accused mother awaiting verdict with a jury containing a woman hopeful for justice.
Sweden opens direct New Year greetings to the United States through a new Grimeton radio station. Messages from remote Sweden reach New York in about thirty minutes. Over the first week of service more than 1,000 messages were sent. Hawaii Tax Figures Exceed Many States Revenue from 1924 fiscal year shows individual income of 5,021,422 and miscellaneous taxes 775,355 totaling 5,796,777. The figure surpasses payments of every other state in the union.
A list of sale dates and locations appears for multiple sellers near Washington including Jan 28 and Feb 3 to Feb 7. Items range from closing out sales to public stock and farm sales near Crawfords ville Keota and Riverside with several entries naming buyers and landmarks such as Ball farm and 132 acre improved farm.
Timetables list arrival and departure times for the Golden State Limited Express trains No 4 and No 11 No 12 and No 29/30 local passes including Knoxville Branch locals. Freight and local passenger trains Nos 835 836 429 430 450 run daily except Sundays per agent H W Russell LP IND Lim 1:07 am.
Pharmacists claim Joint-Ease relieves sore inflamed rheumatic joints when other remedies fail. The product is described as clean penetrating and fast acting with quick results. Available for sixty cents at Sherman Bros and druggists everywhere. Advertising note advert.
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