Chicago livestock market all kinds uneven as hogs steady to lower
Hog receipts total about 67 000 with light to mixed weights selling 15 to 25 cents below last week. Bulk 160 to 200 pounds averaged 9.25 to 9.35, 210 to 240 pounds 9.10 to 9.20, butchers and packing sows weak with some loads at 8.85 to 9.00 for 250 to 310 pounds. Cattle receipts 25 000 show weak to steady demand with fat steers 11.25 to 13.75 for large weights, vealers 10.00 to 11.50, cows 5.76 to 9.50. Sheep and lambs active with higher quotes for fat lambs and California yearlings around 14.90 to 15.00. Feeding stock and country lambs 12.00 to 14.00.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
California
Chicago Grain Market Snapshot
Grain prices and market cues for Chicago on June 6 show no detailed figures in the broadcast text. The note highlights an advertising slogan rather than concrete trading data or outcomes.
Burning of the Rock Island Bridge in 1864
The Rock Island draw and pier burned after sparks from the Davenport. Firefighters saved the main structure. the draw died in flames. The bridge cost about 350000, with the draw part worth over 70000. Reports span Civil War updates on Grant, Butler, Smith, Petersburg, and Sherman movements, plus a pleasant country ride and local bank news.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Bridge
Davenport
Rock Island Company
Grant
James River
Bermuda
Butler
Smith
Petersburgh
Petersburg
Hancock
Karthz
New York
Burnside
Sherman
Johnston
Chicago Cash Grain Prices for Wheat Corn Oats Timothy and Clover
Grain quotes show Wheat multiple lots. Red and hard grades range 1.43 to 1.50 with decimals. Corn quotes include yellow and mixed lots from 1.02 to 1.08 and 99 to 1.02 percent ranges with sample grades. Oats list white grades from 51% to 54 and 49% to 51. Timothy ranges 4.00 to 5.24. Clover falls from 25.00 to 24.00.
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Nyb
Chicago
Los
Town Folks Describe Rains and Hopes in June Journal
June 6 notes from Sage buggy era as T O George visits town. Mentions various people: Ray Reeves recovering from appendicitis, Jim Baird with mule teams, Harper Cherryholmes from Eldorado Kansas, Ed Jackson and Anthony Van Sickle planning Lake Michigan resort, and locals buying journals. A lighthearted slice shows farmers upbeat despite late season and mentions milk deliveries and fishing plans.
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Ray Reeves
Ben Brinton
Brighton
Harper Cherryholmes
Eldorado
Kansas
Crawfordsville
Jim Phillips
Jessie
Fairfield
Harriet Phillips
Clarence Jackson
Val Fuhr
D. W. Tucker
Donald
Troute 7
John Wilson
Ode Ferguson
John
Ode
Bill McCartney
West Chester town seeks local doctor and old-time charm
A West Chester correspondent laments the lack of a local doctor and urges residents to back a new physician in town. The piece recalls the value of practical innovations like chicken brooders and notes small-town happenings from visits by John Coakley to a Davenport Democrat subscription drive and a rainy day in Keota.
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Becca
John H
Crawfordsville
Noble Old 2Nd Town
J. N. Crawford
Austin Crawford
Henry E. Russell
Marshall Haines
John Ballon
Patterson McKinney
Leon
O.P. Neal
Thos Me-Cutcheon
Miss Alexander
S. A. Russell
Matthew Moorhead
Marshall
Henry County
Washington
West Chester
Clarence Pearson
Pete
George Baker
Jean
Lindbergh
John Coakley
Hall
Davenport Democrat
Ladies Aid society notices at West Chester church
The serving committee Mrs Walter Duval Mrs Walter Bauer Mrs Elmer Nevins Miss Anna Ross and Mrs R C Ferguson invite the community to a Ladies Aid meeting at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon June 5. A second notice for the Pythian Sisters states a regular hall meeting Tuesday at 8 pm with balloting. all members urged to attend.
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Walter Duval
Walter Bauer
Elmer Nevins
Anna Ross
R. C. Ferguson
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
West Chester
Pythian Sisters
Oats
Mrs Owen Hass Hosts Poinsetta Club Meeting
Mrs Owen Hass will be hostess to the Poinsettia Club Wednesday afternoon, welcoming members to the social gathering and coordinating activities for the week.
ABE MARTIN On National Anthem Debates and Mississippi Feelings
ABE MARTIN notes that nations resemble individuals and questions a new national anthem while the old one remains unpaid. He observes that people along the Mississippi River would relate to such debates, suggesting a shared regional perspective on national symbols.
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Mississippi River
Chautauqua Weather, Roads, and Grain Prices Debate
The writer laments bad roads and high chains costs, argues for cheaper gasoline and gravel paving, predicts steady corn prices for two years, and urges readers to watch Town for actions that could ridicule the state. He envisions modest paving and gravel in select spots while noting hogs at ten dollars and corn near dollar-level prices.
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Washington County
Crawfordsville News Briefs and Social Updates
Miss Margaret Gault returns from Monmouth College after freshman year as Dr. W. C. Williamson arrives to preach at United Presbyterian Church. Karl Monson and Jeannette Wooley visit family hosts. Rev E. W. Griffith’s son William Griffith arrives from Fairfield. Mrs W C Porter hosts dinner for Dr Williamson. Des Moines visitor Mrs Welle Leauch stays with her mother Mrs C. H. Fishburn.
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W. C. Williamson
Monmouth
Ill
United Presbyterian Church
Karl Monson
Iowa City
J. H. Crooks
Jeannette Wooley
William Griffith
Parsons College
Fairfield
E. W. Griffith
W. C. Porter
Hil
Flora
Mary Porter
Welle Leauch
Little
Des Moines
H Fishburn
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Wayland, Iowa
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T. O. George
Sage
T. O
Jim Baird
Ed Jackson
Antho van Sickle
Jock
May
Lake Michigan
Bill
D. Dayton
Abe Martin
Cyrus
T. L. Brookhart
H. P. Arthur Goodin
Sect
Zeredatha Council
D. Tt. Carbaugh
N. M
Arthur Goodin
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
W. R. Brown
E. C. Arthur Goodin
Ree
Alice Meek
W. M. Della McBride
Damascus Shrine
J.—Kregular
Masonic Temple
Maude B. Davis
Sarah—. Walker
Amos Chapter
de Molay
Krregular
William Bragg
M. C. Dale Shorts
Washington Lodge No
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A. M
L. B. Lupton
W. M. R. W. Thompson
Evening Journal
Chas. Zieglowsky
Yaro Sojka
Anquire Journal
Bumble Bee Corn, PLC
J. M. Kelly
Journal Office
Casey
American Pearl Button Co
Gots
Blue
Gott
Aladdin Lamp
C. F. Haight
South
Marion Avenue
J. N. Davis
Clarence Rathmel
Haskins
Iowa
Haskins Mutual
Montil
Mangold
S. R. Ranshaw
Paul Helen
W. S. Brown
R. J. Bleed
R. J. Catlett
Green
Poland
China
Sale- LE
FOI
J. Wittman
Gallagher
Wfordsville
Nellie Manners
Margaret Gault
Monmouth, Ill
Monmouth College
Ganges
Asia
And
Europe
Everest
Khyber
Turkestan
Irrawaddy River
Baku
Yellow Sea
Charles Vincent
Frisation
Charles Zieglowsky
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Guernsey
Busby & Payne
George Young
YotJeed
North
Iowa Avenue
Maa van Zandt
West Liberty
Sayd Gevege
Journal
Trarn
R. A. Beauchamp
D. AL RR
Fern Cliff Boys Club
Mary
Grace Thomp
Margaret Qwen
First United Presbyterian Church
Howard Crozier
Pilotsburg Ladies Aid Society
Allen Fickling
Washington Produce Markets
Iée
Ose
A. H
Harry) Herbold
Pritchard Commission CO. Union Stock Yards
Pritchard Com. CO
Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
John A. Babcock
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