Daily Market Reports from Chicago Hogs Cattle and Wheat Prices
Chicago market notes show hog receipts 48 000 with prices mostly 10 to 20 cents lower than yesterday. Cattle demand steady to weak with fat stock and beef heifers easier. Sheep and lambs active with fat lambs up to 14 14.25. Wheat and corn futures mixed with No 2 yellow around 80 cents and No 1 hard about 1 12. Prices for lard and ribs given with pork products steady to higher in parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhirago
Chicago
Iowa Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Omaha market data shows hog receipts around 20,000 with slow demand and price drops to 6.50 to 7.60 for various weights. Cattle receipts about 8,300 with slow demand. top steer price around 10.00, bulls and feeders up to 11.00, stockers 6.25 to 7.85. Sheep receipts 1,300 with fat lambs 12.50 to 13.80 and feeder lambs about 13.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kansas City Livestock Prices Climb Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle receipts 8 000 and calves 1 500 with strong demand for desirable beef steers while other classes ease. Top veals hit 11 50 and best feeders at 8 25. Hogs receipts 15 600 with slow demand. top shippers 6 85 and most sales 6 75. Sheep receipts 4 000 lambs stronger with top 13 89 and ewes to 8 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Potatoes Steady as Receipts Reach 235 Cars in Chicago
Chicago market report notes 235 car receipts with steady prices. Wisconsin sacked round whites bring 1.25 to 1.45, bulk 1.46 to 1.50. Minnesota sacked round whites 1.30 to 1.25, sacked Reds 1.25 to 1.45. Idaho sacked rurals 1.86 to 2.00, russets 2.25 to 2.50, a few at 2.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River Ohios
Idaho
Rurals
Russets
Few
Quebec Winter Carnival Sets International Ski Events
Quebec hosts a three day winter carnival starting February 20 featuring ski jumping snow shoeing speed skating figure skating ice hockey curling and the annual dog sled derby. Thirteen American and three Canadian dog teams compete with top performers from both nations signaling participation. A women ski jumper contest will feature Miss Margaret Towne of Berlin New Hampshire facing leading Canadian jumpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Margaret Towne
Berlin
N. H
Canada
Corn Prices See Mixed Strength and Oats Hit High
Fresh corn strength emerges after a weak opening as country offers thinly supply Chicago buyers. Oats reach a season high while corn slips to May 79% under pressure. wheat rises on tight receipts and crop damage talk. Hog prices ease. livestock estimates listed for tomorrow.
England and Wales See Big Drop in Cultivated Land in 1923
The 1923 Board of Agriculture report shows England and Wales reduced cultivated land by 129000 acres yet farming levels match prewar totals. Wheat area held near prewar ten-year average while 95000 fewer acres were planted for potatoes after the 1922 crop. Fruit trees reached 21638000 with apples plums pears and cherries. Sugar beet acreage doubled to 16900 acres. Cattle herds rose to 5823000 and sheep to 13826000. pigs reached 2612000. Employment on the land fell by 97000, with about 66000 in regular work and the rest casuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Wales
Board of Agriculture
Sheriff’s Sale of Chandler Dispatch Model Automobile
A writ of general execution directs a public sale in front of the Washington County Court House in Washington Iowa. On February 14 1924 between 9 am and 4 pm the Chandler Dispatch Model automobile licensed 1923 93-1531 will be sold to satisfy Bevins Motor Co. judgment. Sale begins at 2 pm. Sheriff Charles M Denison notes cash terms. January 22 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Geo. N. Pell
Court House
Washington
Towit
Chandler Dispatch
Geo. N. Beil
Bevins Motor Co
Charles M. Denison
Public auction calendar for Washington area farms
A sequence of farm stock and closing out sales scheduled near Washington Iowa and surrounding towns from January 31 through February 28. Listings include vendors such as Roy Steele Milo Kemp C E Griffith J E and H E Keating Ed Hotle Sebe Jones Ernest Carlson Fred Cannon John Laney P W Palmer James K Helmick and Son Frank Tierney W Jackson Paul Coffman Fleming Elmer Kolosik Rathmel and Wella with locations north of Haskins Riverside Wellman Kalona and Chester White Broad Low Sales.
Iowa Has More Milk Cows and Sheep in Iowa Despite Fewer Hogs and Horses
Iowa's January 1 1924 livestock report shows milk cows up four percent over 1923 and sheep rising twelve percent, while hogs decline about five percent from 1923 peak and horses fall two percent nationally. Other cattle hold steady in Iowa at 3.479 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Associated Press
Des Moines
United States Department of Agriculture
Charles F. Sarle
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Leslie M. Carl
United States
Towa
United Sta
55th Wedding Anniversary Surprise for Mr and Mrs Gray
Young America notes a small gathering on Saturday January 26 to honor Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gray for their 55th wedding anniversary. Sixteen friends arrive with flowers, share games and an oyster supper, ending with warm wishes for many more celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Oliver Gray
Mrs. Gray
Philathea class social hosts in Brighton gathering
Mrs R W Hinson and Mrs Will Bristow hosted the Philathea class of the Methodist Sunday school at the Hinson home Friday night. Twenty two attended the social evening with sandwiches salad and coffee served. Other local notes mention residents returning from travels and visits to Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
R. W Hinson
Will Bristow
Methodist Sunday School
Hinson
W. O. Shafer
Edna Crile
Buffalo
N. Y
National Carner’s Association
James Reeser
Des Moines
J. H. Pragter
W. P. Brier
Cedar Itapitu
Brighton News Notes and Local Family Events
A surprise wedding joins Miss Pearl Foster and Mr. Lawrence in Fairfield with both families from Brighton, now settling in Richland. Elder White and Mrs. White left Chicago after Mrs. Gowey’s death in Pleasant Plain. Various locals visited relatives, attended funerals, or hosted gatherings at homes in Brighton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Holcomb
Brighton
Richland
Elder
Brighton Hill Crest
Jim Shafer
Quincy, IL
John Teninlty
Will Lamasky
Burlington
Maire Conrad
Blanche McQarty
Ray Conrad
West Chester
Leona Davison
Parsons
John Kessel
Fairfield
Chauncey Stone
Pekin
Iowa City Hospital
A. R. Gowey
Julia
Minnie Northcutt
St. Louis
Bruce Fox
Piles Can Be Cured Without Surgery
An instructional book by Dr. A. B. McCleary, Kansas City, details a noninvasive cure for piles. It claims success for twenty four years in over eight thousand cases and offers free posting to interested sufferers with name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 8. McCleary
Kansas City
McCleary
Parkview Sanitarium
Alarming Reports of Outlawry From Ban tang Szechwan Missionaries In Peril
Reports from Peking describe Ban tang in Western Szechwan as perilously under bands of outlaws since November. Ten American missionaries, including M. H. Duncan and family and Wm. Hardy and family, were stationed there with villagers allegedly besieged by Tibetan bands and foreigners largely confined to the town. The Tibetan bandit commander reportedly warned missionaries they need not fear for their safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
A. P
Bantang
Szechwan
Rantang
Yunnanfu
Takang
Yunnan
Bantane
Beg
M. H. Duncan
Wm. Hardy
J. Rufus Moore
United Christian Missionary Society
French youth Felix Grange wins 18.2 balkline championship
Paris report says Felix Grange the French youth won the 18.2 balkline billiard title with a 25.72 grand average across five games. In the final he hit a 248 run, scoring 39 draw shots, and is tipped as France’s hopeful to face Roger Conti and represent France at the world championship in the United States next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Felix Grange
France
Louis Cure
Edmond Derbier
Grange
Roger Conti
United States
Good way to introduce yourself in a Journal ad
A reader notes a helpful opening line drawn from an advertisement in the Journal. The remark suggests using a direct reference to the item seen in print to spark initial contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Market Reports
Chicago Cash Grain
Amaha Livestock
New York
John A. Babcocke
U. & Yard
Illinois
Lee
Beach-Wickham Grain CO
Trade
England and
Sheriffe’s Sale
Roy Steele
Haskins
Milo Kemp
Kalona
Wellman
C. E. Griffith
Wellston
J. E. and
H. E. Keating
Washington, Iowa
Ed Hotle
Keota
Welding Walters
Dublin
Clarence Richards
Ainsworth
Sebe Jones
Membee
Ernest Carlson
Duroc Sale
East End
Fred Cannon
John Laney
Riverside
P. W. Palmer
James K. Helmick & Son
Columbus
Chester White Broad Low
Russell McLaughlin
Frank Tierney
W. Jackson
Paul, Coffman & Fleming
Elmer Kolosik
Rathmel and Wella
Tes
Young America
Hetty
Bernard Malish
Philadelphia
Outlaw
Monarch
Sring
Taylor & Taylor
Lowa
Prench
R. L. Gibson
Caceh
Ize
W. S. Reister & Sons
Casa Bauyore of
de Cen Hs
Creramert
Wallington St
Aaa
Washington Ren
Poland
China
Concord
Kiser
Clement E. Griffith
A.C. McNurlen
NCH Bethel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!