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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
8
Local notes report residents returning home from visits to the Webster Dayton residence and shopping. The item mentions a city taxi service contact and lists several individuals from Fairfield traveling to Keota for an event related to Mr. Conrad this afternoon.
The First U P church ladies announce a bake sale and new dress event for children at Barclay's store this Saturday July 19. Mrs L G Batley and her daughters Genevieve and Mary depart for Trenton Missouri for a visit.
A compilation of small items from Darclay's dress sale for children this Saturday July 19 13112 and various short notices. Mrs Melba Budge of Verdi spent yesterday in Washington while others travel between Fair field Batavia Sigourney Keota Muscatine Ainsworth Pleasant Plain Sioux Falls and Stewart with chiropody notices and local visiting plans. Recurrent names include Dr Watts chiropodist and the Palmes families with casual travel and store references.
The United States women’s 400 metre relay team clocked 4 minutes 58.8 seconds to break the world record on July 18 at Les Tourelles. Kealoha won the 100 metre backstroke in 1 minute 13.6 seconds, setting an Olympic mark. The men’s 809 metre relay qualified for the semi finals. Weissmuller led a strong American performance in the 400 metres.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilson plan a Tuesday departure for Vancouver British Columbia. They will travel through Yellow Stone and Seattle visiting places, then return mainly through Canada to Washington by the Mississippi. Mrs. D. C. Kilgore and grandson Robert Day of Brighton are visiting relatives here.
Chicago July 18 Speculative value of grain crops in the United States and Canadian northwest rose by more than a billion dollars after wheat prices gained about 30 cents a bushel in the U S and 42 cents in Canada July wheat sold at 1.997 8 on June 9 touched 1.30 1-2 yesterday with a 4 1-2 cent daily rise. Wheat futures volume and prices surged to the highest since May 1 1923 while total grain futures traded exceeded 111 million bushels. July corn climbed from 78 cents to 1.13 in six weeks and cash No 2 yellow corn reached 1.16 1 4 a strong multi year high alongside oats at 61 cents and rye at 87 cents a bushel.
A New York businesswoman markets tea in small ready to use bags to hotels and has over 350 customers including some in St. Louis.
The Women's Relief corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, asserts it is the world’s largest patriotic society with more than 200000 members in its national organization.
The Union Stock Yards in Chicago grew since 1865 into a major live stock mart. They span about 820 acres with 10 000 pens and handle tens of thousands of cattle hogs calves and horses daily. Peak daily receipts reached 49 128 cattle on November 16 1908 and calves 1 528 on March 25 100.
The article notes livestock counts by species for various dates and highlights 1918 as the peak year with a total stock value of 4 715 457 dollars. It reports 3 780 022 cattle 657 7607 calves 8 614 190 cows 4 620 736 sheep and 87 820 horses received, averaging 3.2738 head per hour over the year.
The inventor of the grooved rib and paragon frame for umbrellas earned over 2.5 million dollars from his idea though his identity remains uncertain.
The original Five Nations Cayuga Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca formed the Six Nations after the Tuscarora joined. Located in New York and Canada with a presence in Oklahoma, the confederacy spans multiple regions.
Salmon fishermen in Wales now use skin covered coracles, the same type of boats employed by Britons 2,000 years ago.
A moral quandary contrasts a Robin Hood style bandit who robs the rich to aid the poor with a financial magnate who robs everyone and gives nothing. The piece asks which figure warrants harsher punishment and explores justice and equity.
A woman baffled by a man’s fuss over a missing button shows how routine pinning habits can spark humor and domestic misunderstanding. The light anecdote highlights gendered expectations in daily life.
A compact presentation defines history as a narrative of events formed by a man who did not witness them, drawn from writings of others and likely misinformed.
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