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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 21 000 hogs 9 000 cattle 15 000 sheep. Market mostly 10 to 15 off with top 16 15 for hogs. Beef steers prime 16 15 17 15. feeders and stockers varied. Lambs 13 50 16 75 with ewes and yearlings also listed. Official yesterday sums show hogs 33279 cattle 10870 sheep 125323 calves 3290 shipments 9099 4072 153 78.
Market summary from Beach Wickham Grain shows Chicago and Toledo cash quotes for corn oats wheat rye and barley. July futures Edge modestly higher while several contracts dip. provisions react with lard ribs and park futures around mid to high twenties.
The Journal reports upcoming Poland China sales by Taylor and Taylor of What Cheer on July 20 and Shaver Fry and Freese of Washington on July 21. It also covers a Marshall County silage experiment testing corn yield with soybeans, a U S Agriculture exhibit at the Iowa State Fair, and Iowa gravel pit pricing for road projects with unusual land-holder price demands and county purchases.
Foreign producers push large butter shipments to New York from Denmark while New Zealand and Britain plan lamb and mutton exports. US and Canada trade shifts widen as prices shift. Nebraska feed trial shows losses on fifty steers under varied rations. silage and corn-alfalfa mixes fared better but overall result negative. Grain markets report favorable conditions in surplus regions with some wet pockets. near-term carryover estimated at 15,000. Livestock forecasts for tomorrow: hogs 27,000 cattle 9,000 sheep 12,000.
Jefferson City Mo July 14 The corn crop in Missouri this year will probably be the largest on record with an estimated yield of 184108000 bushels The acreage is 15 per cent greater than last year when the crop amounted to 15412000 bushels The report also estimates the winter wheat crop at 31698000 bushels and the oats crop at 40526900 bushels Crop conditions are reported generally throughout the state with pears apples and peaches averaging 50 to 54 per cent normal.
In Anita Iowa on June 13 Thomas W Reed of Sydney Australia was shot and killed by a hunting companion. Reed aged about 35 had represented Overland Automobile company in Australia for four years and had lived in Anita. His father David C Reed of Anita attended the funeral held Sunday at the Congregational church with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Des Moines July business forecast notes slight declines in business activity and price recessions but reports transportation congestion easing. Auto freight rises while ocean traffic speeds. rail congestion remains but loadings improve. Rail gross earnings rose to 347 million dollars with net up 50 percent from last year. Building permits in principal cities total 604 million for January through April, a sharp rise from 1919 and 1918. Crop prospects are weak for 1920 with wheat acreage down. oats and hay yields look favorable.
The text notes early use of gold plain wedding rings and argues the diamond ring cannot replace the plain band. Fuller in Holy State suggests a diamond ring foretells evil because breaking the circle implies reciprocal love may not endure.
Mrs. E. K. Bruce of the Bruce goldfish hatchery testified before the interstate commerce commission on July 13 about proposed express rate increases. She argued the rise would harm fish businesses already strained by wage costs and losses from damaged goods. Bruce met with the commission vice chairman and noted heavy dealer presence in Washington, while describing White House gates and armed guards during her stay.
English paper asks for a loud second hand gramophone for reprisals, signaling a wartime or propaganda tone and a call for a portable phonograph to aid actions.
Scientists at Spencer Kellogg & Sons claim to have removed the nauseating taste from castor oil without altering strength or purity. The tasteless oil is marketed as Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil in three sizes, available at druggists, with insistence on genuine lab-filled bottles.
Bernice hosted a luncheon for her little friends and offered olives. Effie declined, prompting Bernice to remark that she did not like olives at first but urged Effie to accumulate a taste for them.
The note outlines steps to reduce valve pitting and prevent smutting at 6 percent. It also mentions providing twice the car service before overhaul is required.
An advertisement claims skin eruptions and related disorders arise from a blood disorder and touts S.S.S. as the radical remedy. It invites readers to write the Swift Laboratory medical director in Atlanta, Georgia for free medical guidance.
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