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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1924
Page
2
Market report from Chicago covers hogs cattle sheep and grains with receipts and bids. Open data shows mixed livestock demand with higher slaughter pig and packing sow prices and steady to strong cattle values. Grain quotes include wheat corn oats lard ribs and bellies with varying futures and cash prices.
July 29 report shows hogs 16000 cattle 16000 and sheep 14000 anticipated for tomorrow's market.
The article notes glaciers on Kilimanjaro Ruwenzori and Kenya with icecaps up to 200 feet thick. It cites foreign stock making two thirds of leading US city populations and contrasts native white ancestry in Chicago New York and Boston. It mentions easy divorce in Japan and minimal formalities. It ends with advice to merchants about newspaper ads.
Fresh buying pushed corn rye and hogs to record highs for the season while wheat fell back after early gains. May corn to 1.01 a bushel September rye 1.00, October corn 4.40 and hogs 11.16, with wheat turning downward amid profit taking and favorable Canadian weather.
A collage of humorous maxims and observations on work weather marriage and daily life appears alongside brief notes on music at the Iowa State Fair and tribal payments to Apache Kiowa and Comanche groups Iowa market oddities and Icelandic language continuity are touched with short statistical remarks demanding a careful reader.
July 29 market notes show sacks firmer for potatoes while barrels soften. Receipts reach 458 shipments nationwide with Kansas sacked Irish cobblers selling 1.25 to 1.45 per unit and fancy grades 1.50 to 1.55. Virginia barrels Irish cobblers bring 2.50 to 2.75.
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor reports 30 percent of 2181 apparently well children in medical clinics were malnourished. It outlines causes, actions, and a nutrition guide with rules for feeding, meals, hygiene, and daily routines to combat malnutrition in tenement districts.
Winnipeg July 29 A merger aims to market all wheat from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta through one cooperative, uniting provincial pools. Backers expect wholesale operations to begin next year even if this year's crop timing remains uncertain. A government official notes Canada’s 20 year old cooperative system has lifted farmer prices with lower marketing costs. The text also mentions the first Pacific air crossing by US Army Air Service on May 17 and labor demographics in China's cotton mills.
The Fascist government plans up to twenty thousand rooms in twenty buildings to house pilgrims for Rome's Holy Year. In France, the new premier's habit of kissing party leaders and cabinet members on the mouth stirs public opinion.
Britain reports a fiscal year surplus near 250 million dollars while unemployment declines. The government notes improving economic conditions and a shrinking jobless totals as the year closes.
DES MOINES July 29 More than 1000 Iowa junior farmers prepare cattle swine sheep and poultry for the Boys and Girls division of the state fair August 2022 Officials say prize money will exceed 11000 this year The juniors will present continuous programs and demonstrations in farming and home economies including poultry culling sewing cooking and canning A pageant of prize livestock and club floats is planned for Wednesday August 27.
California has required the study of the United States in all public schools. The policy ensures every student receives curriculum on national history as part of the general education mandate.
Skowhegan Maine resident Mrs Percy W Richardson testifies she recovered energy and ended headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She explains three bottles restored her ability to work all day without fatigue. The advertisement notes decades of praise and availability through druggists.
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