Market News Chicago Livestock Sales Report
Chicago cattle and hog markets show mixed results with receipts around 32 000 head. Hog prices mostly steady to slightly lower with top around 10.90 and weights 170 to 200 pounds trading near that level. Cattle see steady to lower trends on steers and feeders, with lean hogs and calves recorded among feed and slaughter values. Sheep and lambs remain fairly active with feeding lambs trading about 11.50 to 13.75 and slaughter lambs near 12.50 to 14.75 depending on weight and condition.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Idaho
Washington Do Farm Bureau Plans Second Achievement Day
Washington County Farm Bureau women plan a July 29 program at the Washington Baptist Church with exhibits from the second year clothing project. A key address by Iowa Farm Bureau Federation official Ellsworth Richardson will be featured along with township plays and a noon dinner.
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Farm Bureau
Baptist Church
Washington
Washington County
Ames
Ellsworth Richardson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Fair Grounds
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Reported For July 27
Chicago cash grain quotations list wheat with several grade distinctions and price ranges from 1.37 to 1.41 for red and hard wheat, corn quotes around 1.06 to 1.07 for 2 oats and 1.01 to 1.06 for white and mixed lots, oats and barley figures, timothy and clover prices, plus an advertisement proclaiming a trial will convince.
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Chicago
L Px
Ants Use Babies as Needles to Sew Leaf Nests
A naturalist describes how worker ants in a nest sew leaf edges high in trees. One group holds babies in their claws while another group uses the infant heads to deposit silk and form a thread. The process, called needle and thread babies, quickly builds the nest.
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Aenwood Clark
Glenwood Clark
The Journey of Life and Travel Preparation
The piece stresses careful planning before life’s journey, learning from travelers, and gathering accessible literature. It warns inconsiderate people who neglect preparation risk getting lost in dangerous places and suffering inconvenience, urging proper beginnings.
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Psychological Magazine
Thermometer heat exchange and air circulation effects
Weather note explains that a thermometer gains or loses heat by conduction with the air and by radiation with surroundings. Shielding from radiation yields consistent readings across wind speeds, while some air circulation around the thermometer is essential to reflect actual heat transfer.
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The
Weather Bureau
Redle Mou
Pageant proposed as battle between whites and Indians
The piece notes a proposed pageant where Indians claim whites have won in past shows and now insist on victory for themselves. Fort Mink figures are cited in a sardonic exchange about staging the event and watching the outcome. Mrs Sara Lewis travels to Ainsworth to stay with daughter Mrs W A McGinnis for several days.
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Toofus
Sar
Fort Mink
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sara Lewis
Ainsworth
W. A. McGinnis
Brighton Visit Reports Community Ties and Local Trades
July 27 notes describe roads to Brighton, a parades show on Burlington, and visitors from Washington. Local merchants Glenn Beal and Harold Duke host, with lunch at Quality cafe and tales of subscrip tions and farm life. The piece highlights farm scenes, a serious injury to Leroy Minert, and social gatherings including Grace Hill ice cream social and family reunions, ending with gratitude for the Journal.
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Brighton
Burlington Track
Washington
Glenn Beal
Dale
H. B. Duke
Chicago Producers Commissioneo
Harold
Chicago
Duke
Grandpa Duke
Quality Cafe
McCarty
Wm. Gibson
Geo. Maxwell
Gibson
Maxwell
Dr. Horner
Tom Downing
Charles Robertson
Russel Kendrick
Belgium
Minert
Leroy
Joe Arnold
Old Tennessee
Joe
L. B. Shidier
Wellston
Journal
Grace Hill
Sam Richardson
Gardner
McGugin
Wellman
Baurs
Zimmerman
Miller
Ben Beitel
Mr. Beitel
Mr. Gardner of
Wonderful Alpha Rays Explain Radium Energy
The Washington Star explains that alpha rays from radioactive matter are fast atoms moving about 6 000 miles per second. They heat radium by motion energy, do not travel far, with the fastest particle stopping after seven centimeters in air. It creates ions as it travels and, on average, breaks up about 100 000 molecules.
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Washington Star
Washington Produce Markets
Washington markets report lively activity in produce trade with buyers evaluating stocks and vendors highlighting seasonal arrivals and pricing trends at regional facilities.
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Washington Produce Markets
Famous Orphan Brigade Devoted to the Lost Cause
The Orphan brigade of the Confederate army traces its name to two causes. Many Kentuckians joined the South after remaining neutral at outbreak. Camp Boone formed near the Kentucky line north of Clarksville Tennessee, with fifty Kentucky companies forming the core of the First Kentucky.
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Orphan Brigade
Kentucky
Camp Boone
Kentucky Line
Clarksville
Tenn
Pathfinder Magazine
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