Market summaries for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago
Estimated receipts today total 7 909 hogs 3 000 cattle and 9 000 sheep. Hog prices opened up 10 cents with close 16 to 25 cents higher than yesterday and top around 18 85 with most sales 17 75 to 18 70. Cattle demand mixed with steers 25 higher than week ago and veal calves 25 to 50 higher. lambs 25 to 25 lower. stockers steady. Shipments and receipts reported for yesterday and today with direct to packers noted and market activity muted vs last week.
Close of grain futures observed in Iowa City market
Iowa City reports closing grain futures notes from July 20 1918 with prices for corn and related commodities. Trade activity appears limited as markets await further guidance from Chicago and regional exchanges.
Wheat harvest and clover talk in Washington county notes
Farmers discuss threshing and binding oats and spring wheat timing near Jno Zieglowsky’s land. Clover seeding on pastures is advised by Herman Luers, with references to Washington county practices andWallace's Farmer data. analysis compares historical crop labor income in twelve north-central states and Iowa during 1917 amid wartime conditions.
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Carl Zieglowsky and Sons
Jno. Zieglowsky
Herman Luers
West Chester
Pottawattamie
Washington County
North-Central States
Iowa
North-Central
Towa
Dun
Grateful Mothers Endorse Foley's Honey and Tar
Grateful mothers from Wisconsin and Ohio share experiences praising Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for severe croup whooping cough and persistent childhood coughs. They report relief after using the remedy and recommend it based on personal results. Lemmon's Pharmacy, Washington.
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Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Wachington
Man with a broken arm harvests hay and oats
Despite a broken arm, Harry Dyce mowed, raked hay, and drove the binder in oats and spring wheat. His beard ed spring wheat is healthy and expected to yield 5 bushels per acre, with heavy shocks and a disease free stand of scab resistant grain.
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Harry Dyce
Harry
Reverend Field Ainsworth Aids Harvest Work
Ainsworth resident Rev Field assisted H Rademaker with harvest tasks on a hot Friday. The activity took place outdoors and involved hay handling.
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Rev Field of
Ainsworth
H. Rademaker
Crop Labor Income Noted In Unusual Farm Condition
A Wallace's Farmer excerpt discusses crop labor income and an uncommon condition. The piece notes that statements are not absolutely correct and the final result nears truth, drawing on a chart that illustrates the issue.
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Wallace's Farmer
Immense Canning Factory at Pella Nears Completion
The Grimes Canning company builds a $125000 corn canning plant in Pella Iowa soon to be equipped with modern machinery. It will operate as Pella Canning company employing about 158 workers, supplying 1400 acres of nearby sweet corn for processing beginning in mid August. The Perry plant mirrors Pella’s design and layout.
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Pella
Grimes Canning Company
Grimes
Pella Canning Company
Perry
Man shoots at dog and kills himself in Iowa farm home
Fairfield Iowa July 29 Harry Junkin a young farmer from a Jefferson county family living about eight miles northwest of Fairfield shot and killed himself while trying to shoot a dog at his home. The gun did not fire at first and when he investigated it discharged striking his heart. He died at 6 30 this evening leaving a widow and two children.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Harry Junkin
Jefferson County
Superstitious Voyage With Thirteen Vessel Convoy
A convoy of 13 torpedoes and 13 vessels sailed on April 13 with 57 YMCA secretaries rescued recently. Passengers boarded Friday and 13 Methodist preachers were aboard on the thirteenth day. A black cat gave three kittens but otherwise no superstition marked the voyage.
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Cronsa
Wheat conservation aids war effort says Wells
Cedar Rapids July 20 G A Wells secretary of the Western Grain Dealers association cites United States food administration wheat flour rules saving over 100 million bushels this year and a one sixth share of last year s national wheat total. He notes a bumper 910 million bushel crop this year with distribution nationwide to avert famine and supply allies. He adds regulations remain in effect with possible modest changes as meetings of the association inform members about price, sale and export actions under the food administration.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Food Administration
G. A. Wells
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
United States
Wells
The
Food Administration
Mentrace
S. W. Wilder
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Chicago
Mr. Wells
Grain Corporation of the Food Administration
Europe
Montrose
Food Administration Cra
Des Moines
Burlington
Well Known Iowa Ranch Sells South Half of Section 28
The sale of the south half of section 28 ends the Cook ranch. A. E. Cook bought the land in the 1870s. The property included nearly twelve sections totaling about 7,500 acres. Prices rose from $2,240 per section to $166,400 per section over 47 years. Odebolt built a 1,000-head cattle barn. 206 head of cows were imported from England in 1882. The ranch drew visitors from across the nation before its sale by an Omaha firm after heirs adjusted ownership. Read The Evening Journal.
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Storm Lake
Odebolt
Union
C. W. Cook
A. BE. Cook
Charles
Fat hogs spark tension with Britain over trade
Burlington report notes Britain dislikes Iowa hogs grown on soft corn. Last year hogs weighed heavier, pork fatter than English tastes. Hoover asked to ship lighter meat next. Farmers, paid with bonds and charity, may curb heavy feeding this year per Food Administration guidance.
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Burlington
Iowa
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Hover
Deems
Leowa
Red Cross
Food Administration
Wheat Ration Set At Seventy Five Percent
Burlington July 20 special to the Journal reports the United States Food Administration will limit bread wheat to not more than seventy five percent. The exact ratio depends on this year’s crop and Allied needs and Hoover’s return from Europe.
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Burlington
United States Food Administration
Green's August Flower Sample Ad at Lemmon's Pharmacy
A vintage ad offers a free sample bottle of Green's August Flower for indigestion and related stomach issues. It claims fifty years of success and promotes the medicine as a gentle laxative available through Lemmon's Pharmacy and in civilized countries.
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Green
Lemmon’s
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Advt
Recreation hut high above Dolomites in Italy
A YMCA hut sits 8 000 feet above sea level in the Dolomites, serving visitors and climbers. The location highlights remote alpine recreation and organizational presence in Italy.
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Italy
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Close OF Grain Futures
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