Last Game Takes All in a Small Town Gambit
In a rural town a print shop editor warns Speedy and Red about leaking a libel. Clara, Bruce Bigelow, and William Hudson play a final word game with high stakes, exposing a note from the bank directors that could ruin William. Bruce uses spelling to trap William, and Clara ends up choosing Bruce as the winner.
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Linotype
Speedy
Red
Barrymore
Walters
Clara Rivers
Northville Farmers’ Bank
William Hudson
Clara
William
Bruce Bigelow
Clary
Bruce
Will
Bear
Chicago Livestock Market Report
Market notes show hogs 4,000 head active and fully steady. good and choice barrows and gilts 140 pounds and up at 14.75. good and choice sows at 14.00. Cattle 1,600 with calves 500. general trade very active, with best steers to 17.75 and bulk 16.00 to 17.60. best heifers 17.00 and wearers steady at 16.00. Sheep 500 nominally steady. shorn fed lambs up to 15.35. medium to good native sprag lambs sold 15.25. bucks and scattering shorn native ewes 6.50 to 8.00.
Chicago Produce Market Report June 1
Market firm with eggs and poultry items. egg receipts 32,839 cases with varied pricing across extra firsts and current receipts. Poultry shows mixed lots including ducks, ducklings, geese, hens, roosters, chickens, capons, and turkeys with price ranges and weight notes.
Grain Table and Auto Output Through 1932
The report shows Chicago grain quotes for wheat corn oats and rye with July September and December contract prices and fluctuating highs and lows. It also notes automobile production rising from 11,235 in 1993 to 187,000 in 1910 and 970,000 by the mid 1910s, peaking in 1929 at 5,358,420 and collapsing to 1,370,678 in 1932 due to adverse conditions.
Plastic Eye Creations Aid Wounded Veterans Detailing
The War Department announces skilled technicians are producing water clear plastic eyes for wounded soldiers. The new eyes replicate natural color and anatomy, with layers for iris pupil eyeball and veins placed to resemble a real eye.
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War Department
Car Fleet Averages Age Jump From War To Peace
The report notes the average age of passenger cars at the end of 1944 reached 7.2 years, up from 5.8 years in peacetime. It highlights a longer lifespan for vehicles during wartime and a slow return to prewar aging.
Vermin Damage in the East Hits Crops
Destructive pests like the rat and mouse cause extensive agricultural damage across the eastern United States. The report highlights the severity of rodent impact on crops and food stores in the region.
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Eastern
United States
Thanks to Volunteers for Memorial Day At Elm Grove
Fred J. Longer, in charge of Memorial Day at Elm Grove cemetery for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, expresses gratitude to women’s patriotic organizations for their efforts, apologizes for car delays, praises the high school band, the State Guard under Sep. Sam Murson, the buglers for taps, and Rev. Fred Miller for a moving prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Longer
Elm Grove Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Guard
Sam Murson
Fred Miller
Funeral services for Ida Kolosick Saturday morning
Mrs Ida Kolosick will be buried at Elm Grove Cemetery after funeral services at St James Catholic Church Saturday at 9 am. Rev H J Corcoran will officiate with a rosary at the L A Jones funeral home tonight at 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Kolosick
St. James Catholic Church
H. J. Corcoran
Elm Grove Cemetery
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Hikes For Y Boys Begin Next Tuesday
The Y M C A will start a hiking program for boys next Tuesday with George Doran leading beginner groups. Parents must provide written permission. Additional age group hikes and softball games led by Doran are planned, with tournaments to follow once teams form.
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Y.M.C.A
George Doran
Clean Crust for Kerosene Stove Wicks
Advice urges weekly cleaning of stove wicks by rubbing or pinching soot-free crust to improve performance and extend service life.
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New London
George Norman
Whittaker and Barnes
Savicke
Montgomery Ward
Iowa
H. H. Hiett
Montgomery Ward and Company
Washington
Ortable Milling Service
Charles W. Jackson
ABC
Wellman
ELP
McLellan Stores Co
Cotter
LeRoy Owens
Columbus Junction
Roy Brewer
Sona
State Cafe
Liberal Commission
Ainsworth
J DD
Rabenold
Geo. E. Culberson
Tiffin
Finney Feed and Supply CO
R. H. Tracy
Brighton
Hawk
Capital
Iowa City
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
John Deere Corn
John Frame
Katong
Bud Mulcahy
Buffalo
Porter Elevator
West Chester
Baker Hatchery
Marion
Highway No North
White Rocks
New Hampshire
Ramseyer’s Hatchery
Hordwell
Bordwell Feed Store
J. H. Jones
Crawfordsville
R. E. Brown
Pittsburgh
Pioneer Drug
Keclipse Lumber Company
Baker's Hatchery
Highway 1
Eclipse Lumber Company
Call
Berlou
Berloui
Pioneer Drug Store
McAllister
Walter Nicholson
South Second Ave
PRATT
Washington Oil Company
North
Ford Bulls
Ira J. Schafer
Sotote
du Pont
Farrel Young
Albert Adams
Reister Hatchery
Chicago Livestock Ars
Chicago
Chicago Grain Table
Journal
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Iseyond
Evoready Plumbing & Heating
San Anit
Auto Age
James Dunn
Dorothy McGuire
Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Farmers Co.op Exchange
Washington Porter Elevator
George J. Breitenbach
Federal
Geo
Umphrey, Sec
Treas
National Farm Loan Ass’ns
Fairfield
Jeffrey Building
Jefferson and
Washington Coun
Firesere
Washington Concrete Co
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Rock Island Tracks
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