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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
2
Hogs receipts 28 000 mostly to shippers and yard traders. prices 13 for 180 pounds up to 13 85 top, new averages 13 35 13 60. lightweight and heavy hogs varied. Cattle receipts 9 000 with weak to lower outlets, top steers 13 85, yearlings strong, vealers 11 50 12 50. Sheep receipts 14 000 fat lambs active, natives around 15 00, western lambs 14 75 15 00, ewes 6 00 7 50.
Hogs receipts around 7 000 with prices mostly steady to higher on light hogs and underweights. Cattle receipts about 13 400 with native steers scarce and bids lower on western types. light vealers higher. Sheep receipts 1 500 with top lambs around 14 ½ dollars and general steady prices.
Official live stock estimates for tomorrow list hogs receipts at 26 000 cattle 3 000 and sheep 9 percent decline in the Chicago market.
Dublin reports the Free State crops are three weeks later than usual but recent fine hot weather improved the outlook. Early June rain had raised fears for the harvest though conditions improved. potato prospects on poor wet western soils remain doubtful.
The fragment captures a couple discussing a fifty year milestone, calling the upcoming golden anniversary a cherished event. The tone hints at intimate affection and long shared history, framed as a private exchange.
Market price list shows butterfat test cream at 38e per lb eggs at 260 per dozen hens divided by weight ranges leghorn and springs with figures 14e 44e 24e 20e per lb etc. Swan geese 5e per lb. Beef hides 6e per lb. Horse hides $3.00 each. No market for cull sick thin or crippled poultry.
Wheat prices range from 1.54 to 1.66 with No 1 hard at 1.54 and No 4 hard at 1.48. Corn shows mixed bids up to 1.66 for several grades, oats at 49% for No 2 white, rye unavailable, barley 83 to 85, Timothy seed 6.85 to 7.50, Clover seed 19.00 to 26.76. Prices for pork cuts listed as ribs 18.75 and bellies 22.00.
The Chicago market shows mixed results with Wheat July near 1.47 to 1.48, Sept at 1.44, and Dec around 1.46. Corn reads July at 1.00, Sept 1.02, and Dec 0.86, while Oats and Rye display varied levels, with Lard and Ribs edging lower and Bellies advancing for July and September.
A Brooklyn organization of young married couples celebrated its first anniversary. Each office is held by a couple and no partner may attend a meeting alone. The Huach Club at St Mark's Church has more than doubled its membership in a year with officers and committees serving in pairs. Mr and Mrs C Percy Lent are President and Mr and Mrs R A MacMullen are Vice President.
Tokyo June 8 Osaka Asahi and Osaka Mainichi agree to limit Chinese characters to 2490 from about 6000 previously used by compositors. Exceptions apply to imperial edicts laws and proper names. Attle Want-ad will do it.
Dayton Tennessee asserts its long standing map status well before the Scopes trial. The city touts strawberry shipping leadership with 900000 peach trees planned and mining revival prospects. Citizens highlight hills ranges and river valleys as local attractions amid preparations for visitors.
All steel air planes under construction in England are planned to fly to India during a three day voyage. Each craft, with three 2000 horsepower motors, aims for 100 mph or more and carries 20 to 25 passengers with a four to five crew. They will travel day and night with sleeping berths and electric meals.
A dance at the Pickwick Club in Boston ended in tragedy when the building collapsed. Firemen and police carried away injured and dead as wreckage lay strewn across the ruins, showing the extensive damage from the disaster.
Dr Jerome M Watters of Newark warns against promiscuous tooth pulling just because diagnosis is difficult urging thorough exams and removal of impacted molars and abscessed roots He cites a case where removing a root cured ear trouble and lists other speakers from Louisville Toronto Fort Wayne Wichita Chicago and Kansas City. Copenhagen divorces rise over 100 percent since 1916 with 917 cases then 1872 in 1923 and most divorces follow three to five years.
In Des Moines Iowa Mrs Sanford Hinshaw sought divorce alleging cruel treatment on the golf course He would kick her ball off when she played well and often beat her to greens Judge Hubert Utterback granted the divorce and awarded $50 monthly alimony to Mrs Hinshaw.
In Oxford England on June 22 expressions of regret at the departure of S. EB Morison of Harvard University were voiced at a dinner shortly before his return to the United States. Morison had been the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth professor of American history at Oxford.
In Fecamp France on June 19 a Carnegie prize was awarded to the Fecamp life-savings station with silver and bronze plaques for the captain and crew. During a February storm the Danish ship Nordstiern was dismasted and unable to reach port. the Fecamp lifeboat went to sea at great risk and saved all aboard.
Railway timetables list eastbound and westbound arrivals and departures for several lines, including Golden State and Knoxville Branch services. Notable trains include No. 4, No. 12 Express, No. 50 Local Pass, and No. 83 Local Freight, with times ranging from early morning to late evening. Local agents J. C. McKay and Hl. W. Russell are named in charge of schedules.
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