Village Stirs as Car Thieves and Grandpa Fight Back
Old Man Bates in Valley Post stops a bank robbery by plugging a car tailpipe with a potato, arresting the robbers while townsfolk converge. He later shares his grandson’s future-film plans and defends his sharp instincts, saying he’s not as old and dumb as some think.
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Hogs and cattle market snapshot from Chicago USDA report
Hogs receipts 11,000 with active but uneven trade. Barrows and gilts up 10-15 cents from Monday, sows 25 cents higher, mostly 186-250 lb butchers 21.25-21.75, heavier weights mixed. Sheep 1,000 head with lambs weak to steady, cattle and calves mixed to weak with slaughter steers slow and weights up to 1,525 lb at 37.00, heifers steady to weak, cows and bulls steady to lower, stock cattle weak.
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Tornado Slashes Iowa Suburb Killing Child and Harming Others
A tornado near Parkersburg Iowa killed Ruth Miller a child and injured two siblings in Buck Grove. A school house serving as a polling place was leveled and power lines were toppled. a ballot box was swept away during the Iowa primary.
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Grain table shows mixed futures with small gains
Grain table lists futures for corn oats and soybeans with Jul Sep Dec Mar prices and various percentage changes. It notes slight up and down moves across different months and contracts with several decimals and symbols indicating price shifts.
Tornado Displaces Buck Grove Residents After Storm
Election officials, uninjured, sought the missing box and ballots with aid, but the items were not found. The storm damaged four farm buildings and a county maintenance garage, blew across highways, and traffic was tied up while farmers fled the Buck Grove area by auto.
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