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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1924
Page
2
Hog receipts 42 000 with uneven demand and declines from Monday s best. Desirable grades show small losses while bulk 250 325 lb butchers reach 7 30 top 7 35. Cattle receipts 11 000 with beef steers steady to weak and early sales 8 50 10 00. Sheep receipts 10 000 kill lambs 26 60c higher and native lambs around 13 66 13 56 to 14 75.
Cattle receipts 6000 and calves 1200 show generally steady to higher demand for yearlings and fat stock. Hogs receipts 12600 slow and mostly 5c lower with top at 7.15. Sheep receipts 2000 with killing classes 25 to 50c higher and Idaho lambs at 13.60, others 13.40.
Chicago July 1 official estimates project tomorrow's livestock receipts with hogs about 32 000 cattle around 10 000 and sheep near 16 000 reflecting market activity and supply levels ahead of trading.
In Chicago July 1 Jacques Fournier hit a brace of home runs off Nehf as the Giants beat the Robins 7 to 5. The win puts New York five and a half games ahead in the league as Ruth trails with 19th homer in a separate doubleheader at Philadelphia. Other games feature Meeker, Rommel, Faber, and Hooper homers across Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis with rain canceling parts of the Reds game.
A kitchen gadget named the novel cork puller aids fast opening of corked bottles. Attach screweyes to each cork and swap as the bottle empties to save time and effort.
A reader instructs to tell merchants to reference their Journal advertisement. The guidance emphasizes using the phrase to initiate inquiries or transactions with local sellers. This item reflects consumer etiquette promoted in the periodical.
Wheat prices quoted for No. 3 red at 1.14 to 1.15 dollars per bushel. No. 1 hard at 1.18, No. 2 at 1.21, No. 3 hard at 1.13. Corn ranges include No. 2 mixed at 98% to 98. No. 3 mixed 98% No. 4 mixed 97% No. 2 yellow 99% to 1.001%. No. 3 yellow 98% No. 4 97% to 68. No. 3 white 1.00 No. 4 white 99% No. 5 white 98%. Oats No. 2 58% No. 3 white 57% to 58% No. 4 white 56%.
Chicago futures opened higher on wheat and corn as bullish crop estimates sparked initial gains. Profit taking and good harvest weather later pressured prices, with July wheat around 97 to 98 cents and September near 1.16 to 1.17 dollars, while corn finished easier after hitting new high intraday levels.
July 1 Chicago market notes weak trading for potatoes with a total of 548 new and 14 old shipments nationwide. Bliss Triumphs sold 2.50 to 2.60, with rare 2.70, decayee 2.25. Virginia barrel Cobblers 4.50 to 4.70, North Carolina Cobblers 4.25 to 4.40, decayed 4.00.
The core idea holds that no one should be harmed and that justice serves the public good, establishing two guiding norms for fair governance and moral action.
A brief quote from The American Legion Weekly contrasts women’s fashion advice with strategic wartime guidance. It frames advice as a tool of influence and wartime strategy, linking gendered perspectives to leadership decisions.
Lancaster Pennsylvania testimonial from Mrs. Frank H. Garma describing severe run-down weakness after marriage. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health enough to work until her baby’s birth and endorses the medicine to others with symptoms of female trouble.
Keota reports a Friday night storm described as the fiercest in half a century. Hail up to a man's fist shattered hundreds of windows, toppled trees and damaged roofs. A three story barn was demolished north of Perry Palmer's Dan Dill place, with crops ruined and livestock spared. power and telephone lines fell, leaving lights limited to Main Street and south side by eight.
Lawrence Kansas June 30 thirty seven tribes of American Indians are represented in the two Kansas National Guard units of 80 men each at Haskell Institute here these are said to be the only two Indian units in the United States Company D of the 137th Infantry was organized at Haskell three years ago. A few days later the Haskell authorities were granted.
An all day meeting is planned at Mrs Ed Gallaghers home on Wednesday June 2 with pieces of material needles and thimbles to quilt. Also notices of other clubs and meetings appear in this community brief.
The infantry company topped all other outfits in field activities at the Kansas National Guard encampment. Three white men from Haskell served as officers in the cavalry troop, while only two white men, both officers, were connected with the infantry unit. Walter P. D. Owl, a first lieutenant in the infantry, is a full blooded Indian and the son of a chief.
A dense overview lists multiple stations and time slots with varied programming. Entries include orchestras bands news lectures and special segments such as children talks school of the air agriculture talks and a Democratic Convention coverage.
Jared Faust a Nebraska shoemaker at 1906 Warren Ave University Place credits Tanlac with reversing years of stomach trouble and dramatic weight loss. He says he gained 25 pounds in 60 days and remains healthier, praising Tanlac as the best medicine. Tanlac pills also marketed by its manufacturers.
WBZ Springfield airs a 4 con cert at 5 30 bedtime, 5 40 concert, 7 recital, 7 30 harmonica, 9 30 or chestra, 10 songs. KSD St Louis Post Dispatch and Delmonte theater noted.
In Plovdiv Bulgaria on June 19 a quarrel between the Bulgarian royal house and villagers of Mechkúr near the city was settled after 25 years. King Boris sold Mechkúr Island, about a square mile, to the village council for a nominal price to maintain it as a model farm. Ex king Ferdinand had used the island as a game preserve and later a model farm.
Seattle July 1 a memorial volume honoring the late President Harding has been issued by the Seattle Press Club. It records his last public Seattle appearance and utterance, includes his handwriting, a message from Mrs Florence Kling Harding, and contributions by Governor Scott C Bone of Alaska among others.
Off the Mexican coast the Panar ma Pacific liner Finland attacked a huge sperm whale in a large school. The whale was cut in half and a portion of the body remained fast to the bow for two days before removal. The Finland was delayed several hours by the collision.
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