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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
2
Jul 23 market notes show hog receipts 29,000 with 10,257 holdovers and cattle receipts 10,000 while sheep reach 18,000. Prices span heavy and light cattle, beef steers, calves, feeders, and lambs with bids from 6.50 to 16.85 across weights and grades. Official yesterday totals list hogs 18,845 received and shipped 7,583. cattle 9,791 received and 3,950 shipped. sheep 14,890 received and 2,041 shipped.
The latest close shows wheat at 2.63 bid for December with some gains, corn quotes mostly steady around 1.54 to 1.60, oats and rye mixed, while provisions such as lard and ribs record varied values. Primary receipts and shipments data for wheat, corn, and oats are listed, plus threshing yields from Illinois and Iowa and official cash close figures for different grades.
Smylie of Columbus Junction orders 1900 catalogues for a mid summer bred sow sale to be held in his own pavilion on August 7. The Duroc herd is praised as exceptional this season with lines from Pathfinder Sensation and Colonel enhancing the stock.
An overview states Sanskrit as the oldest language, ancient to Hindus and now mainly a literary and sacred tongue in India. It is described as a mother language for many European tongues, with widespread historical influence.
The Shaver Fry and Friese sale of Spotted Poland China sows at East End Garage drew a large crowd despite extreme heat and threatening skies. A March 2nd boar sold for 2600 to Maul and Jackson of Lytton Iowa, and the top sow brought 1000 to a central Iowa firm. Banquet for 160 followed the sale with praise for the organizers.
A report notes that the Lapp language shares similarities with Finnish, highlighting structural features and lexical affinities observed by researchers. The discussion outlines linguistic parallels and notes ongoing studies into historical connections and classification within Uralic languages.
A fragmentary price list lists dairy butter cream and eggs with per dot and per pound figures. It references hens ducks old roosters and a sera percentage but the details are unclear due to OCR issues.
County druggists offer two bottles of Allenrhu as a money back guarantee for rheumatic sufferers. Inventor James HM Allen asserts the remedy has proven effective in severe cases and instructs all pharmacists to guarantee satisfaction or refund.
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