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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
2
Hogs receipts 9 000 opened active on better kinds mostly to shippers. prices 14.00 14.50 with top 14.50. sows around 12.00. heavy hogs 13.00 14.35. light hogs 13.00 14.50. Cattle receipts 2 000 dull with limited good to choice offerings. best heifers 10.00. veal calves 11.50 to outsiders, packers up to 11.00. Sheep receipts 10 000 steady. native lambs 15.50 16.75. culls 10.60 11.00. fat hogs 4.50 6.25.
Unofficial figures from Chicago show Monday hogs at 38,000 head cattle 23,000 and sheep 17,000 as the latest livestock benchmarks.
Hogs receipts 6 500 market very active on light hogs most sales 25 to 35 cents higher top 14 55 bulk 160 pounds and up 14 40 to 14 50 1406 to 150 pounds 14 60 14 25 1380 to 140 pounds 13 50 to 14 00 no light pigs on sale packer sows 12 25 to 12 35 Cattle receipts 1 000 barely enough cattle here to make a market two loads 1 193 pounds steers 25c higher at 12 00 only steer sales noted beef cows and bulls nominally steady canners and good choice light vealers steady canners 2 50 to 2 75 vealers 10 00 to 10 25 Sheep receipts 750 practically no market today for lambs bidding around 1 lower good lambs offered at 14 04 no early sales
Charlevoix Michigan July 3 Mrs Charles Ridson of New York was elected president of the Phi Mu Sorority at the closing session of the Tenth biennial convention. Mrs Vans Hornberger of Omaha was chosen first vice president. Petitions from 188 schools seeking chapters were presented but only two were accepted the University of Iowa and Middlebury College Vermont.
Prices list from Washington markets shows butterfat cream per pound, eggs per dozen, various weights of hens, springs, ducks and geese per pound, and hides. No market for cull sick or thin poultry.
Chicago July 3 Wheat No 2 hard 1.47 percent, Corn No 2 mixed 1.00 to 1.01, multiple No 5 to No 6 mixed and yellow grades listed. Oats No 2 white 47 to 49, barley and timothy seed values noted. Lard ribs bellies market quotes included.
Commodity quotes show July to December futures for WHEAT OATS RYE and LARD and RIBS with varied percentages and price changes. Highlights include July wheat at 143 percent and rye at 93 percent, with oats around mid forties and meat futures nearing 22 dollars for ribs in September.
Wheat futures opened lower on reports of plant damage and a large sale but quickly recovered due to forecasts of unfavorable northwest weather and possible black rust. September and December contracts showed gains before a brief pullback as crop damage news spread. Corn and oats also firmed while provisions strengthened with the hog market.
A note on English lexicon size states the current un abridged dictionary holds about 490000 words and, when including dead words from the Oxford Historical Dictionary, totals reach about 700000 words.
Relatives in the Brighton area received word that N A Heacock died last Wednesday from heart trouble in Los Angeles. Heacock, once a long time resident, is survived by his wife Florence Rhodes and their foster daughter Natalie. The notice also lists numerous relatives visiting, traveling, and local events including surgery for Elaine Heacock and various travel updates by family members.
The article notes Paris equaled London in population at the century’s start and likely surpassed it earlier. It credits England’s dominance in India and London gaining wealth from Orient trade, which helped London forge ahead in inhabitants.
The Alaska railroad battles porcupines by raising rubber fixtures on high poles in pumping stations and across facilities to prevent damage. Government reports note porcupines interfere with operations and safety measures are being implemented.
Nature Magazine notes a rapid method to spin off and wash 600 pounds of sugar in five to six minutes. The process yields washed raw sugar and wash syrup, with the syrup mixed with the raw sugar at the refinery’s initial finishing stage.
The speech argues cooperation over conflict and calls for American leadership based on mutual trust and covenant among nations. It invokes Washington's ideals, stresses arbitration for unresolved issues, and frames peace with justice as Europe’s only path to revival and global progress.
The quote portrays winter as a thoroughly honest season, with no nonsense, and tolerating love in you, a comfort in the long run as observed by Lowell. It frames winter as a steadfast, trustworthy presence.
Veteran fishermen along the U S Atlantic coast forecast a warm water year driven by Gulf Stream mixing with Arctic currents. Mackerel travel inshore past Cape May while bluefish and weakfish advance toward landward waters, contrasting last year’s pattern when Gulf Stream mixing was weak. Historical notes record periodic disappearances and returns of bluefish and mackerel over decades, shaping current expectations.
W S Broadcasting shares Henry Shields garden methods using nicotine wash on transplanted asters and lime-treated soil to control root lice and aphids. Locals visit to buy seed and supplies including rape seed egg producing equipment as a 1926 hatchery plan for Pulaski eggs.
Eastbound and westbound timetable lines list arriving and departing trains including Golden State Limited and local passes. Knoxv il e branch services show daily and Sunday exceptions with several passenger and freight movements noted.
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