Percheron Stallion Vaillante Descends in Iowa Sale Pitch
A 1909 advertisement from Cedar Rapids based dealer L DeClow promotes a gray Percheron colt sired by Vaillante and dam Lisette. The seller touts bloodlines from France, notes the stallion’s elite government status, and urges Ainsworth farmers to invest for American stock advancement. Terms allow $15 insurance to insure foal standing. J A Kolosick of Ainsworth, Iowa, endorses the sale.
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Vaillante
Lisette
France
M. Fullard
Paris
Europe
America
Wheat and corn markets rally amid tight supply signals
Chicago reports on June week showing strong gains in wheat futures despite mixed crop prospects. Prices rise as millers contract for new crop while storage expands. corn futures climb on strong cash demand and ongoing rains. Oats hold steady and provisions rise as hog prices hit year highs. weekly board shows mixed closing figures across grains and meats.
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Chicago
Ohio
Kentucky
Bears
Kansas
Missouri
Argentine
Northwest
Canada
Chicago Weekly Review
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Show Mixed Wheat and Corn Rates
Chicago cash grain listings display varied wheat quotes with No 2 red at 1.55 and No 2 hard near 1.304% while corn markets hold No 2 at 76 cents and No 2 white around 76 cents, reflecting regional price differences.
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Chicago
Oats Rye Barley Prices Mixed in Cash Quotes
Market notes show Oats No 3 white 57 to 59 cents, No 4 white 56 to 58 4 cents, Rye cash 88 cents Sept 82 cents, Barley cash 78 14 to 80 cents. Prices reflect standard market conditions.
Hog and cattle market prices hit new high for year
Hog prices rose to a record $7.80 for choice lots on Friday as packers remained the top buyers. Week ended with firmer hog values but a softer tone after heavier receipts, while cattle demand stayed slow and prices eased 10 to 25 cents with Texas grass cattle entering the market. Sheep held steady with moderate demand and lambs quoted near $5.00 to $8.50.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices Report from South Omaha Market
South Omaha cattle and hog quotes show steers at 5.00 to 6.75, heifers 3.25 to 6.00, stockers 3.00 to 5.60, calves around 3.00 to 7.00, hogs heavy 7.35 to 7.55, pigs 5.00 to 5.50, bulk sales about 7.20 to 7.45, sheep yearlings 5.75 to 5.75, ewes 5.40 to 6.40, lambs 7.25 to 8.25.
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South Omaha
Market Quotations Des Moines Livestock Report
Des Moines market notes list hogs at 6.49 and 6.8 per unit with nine pigs. Cattle and calves show prices including steers at 5.50 to 6.10, cows and heifers at 2.49 to 3.90, calves around 5.55 to 5.55.
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Des Moines
Market Prices Reported for St. Joseph Ranch Stock
Cattle steers range from 4.50 to 7.00 with cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.50 and calves 3.50 to 7.25. Hogs top at 7.55 with bulk 7.25 to 7.50. Sheep and lambs fetch 7.00 to 8.75.
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St. Joseph
Market Quotation Note on Goods Prices and Shipment Costs
The notice describes open market transactions where goods change hands in lots. It states an advance over jobbers' prices is charged to secure the best goods for shipment and to cover incurred costs.
Butter Poultry and Eggs Prices Listed
Creamery butter 26c and 22c renovations stock 158c. Poultry items include pullets 104c, old cocks 5c, spring chickens 20c, ducks 9c, geese 5c. Eggs No 1 candled 21.4c, No 2 19c, checks 18c.
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Ae Creamery
Fruit and Vegetable Prices Listing in Local Market
The ad itemizes numerous produce prices including lemons three fifty a box oranges two fifty to four dollars, grapes figs and berries with assorted regional varieties. Vegetables list potatoes asparagus onions lettuce cabbage beans tomatoes and more with per dozen crate hamper or per crate pricing across regional sources.
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Iowa
Bermuda
Florida
Hay Feed and Flour Prices From Local Market Report
The listing shows prices for hay including Timothy choice to No 1 at 12.00 to 13.50 per unit, straw for oat and wheat at 5.50 to 6.50, various feeds from 27.00 to 31.00 per unit, cereals and flours with multiple per cwt and per barrel rates, and linseed cake by ton and smaller lot prices.
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C. C. Graham
Falcon Graham
Falcon
Commodity price listing for hides pelts and related goods
The notice lists horse hides, sheep pelts, pelts varieties, tallow and beeswax bids with grade numbers and unit prices. Prices include horse hides No 1 at 2.00 to 2.25, No 2 at 1.25 to 1.50, tallow raw No 1 14c No 2 3c, beeswax bright 20c to 22c, dark 12 to 15c.
Health and Beauty Linked by Healthy Body
The article asserts beauty rests on health and internal condition not mere skin deep. It argues perfection of figure and features reflects tissues and organs, while disease and weakness spoil beauty regardless of rank or wealth. Health-building is urged as the path to true beauty.
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People's Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
A Hot Weather Luxury Classic Pudding Recipe
A Manhattan pudding recipe features raspberries with sugar two hours maceration mash and cheese cloth strain add water and lemon juice then brick mold. Whip heavy cream with sugar vanilla salt and walnuts then pour over fruit and chill under ice and rock salt several hours. Woman's Home Companion for June.
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Woman's Home Companion
High Flown Romance Over an Aeronaut
In a June Bohemian verse a boastful aviator courts a town beauty. The dove rebukes him and he resorts to a forceful grab, dragging her from a car. The maiden remains defiant and mocks the aeronaut’s pretensions as aeronaughty.
Bear Trapped Inside Hollow Log Becomes Winter Provisions
A narrator describes freeing a bear trapped in a log by cutting four holes for the paws and pulling the log with a rope into camp. The clever plan yielded all their food and fuel for the winter from one bear.
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Outing Magazine
Farmers and Mechanics Benefit From Chamberlains Liniment
Farm and mechanic readers learn that Chamberlains Liniment speeds healing for cuts bruises and sprains and prevents blood poisoning if applied early. The ad notes availability at Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy. Also announced is a public address at First United Presbyterian church next Friday at 8 pm with Rev Charles Wishart Pittsburg speaking Life as Three Poets View It music by Nora Corette and Lena Maxwell. The talk is free and open to all.
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Chamberlain
F. L. Stolte
Lemmon
Men's League of the
First United Presbyterian Church
Chas. F. Wishart
Pittsburg
Wishart
Nora Corette
Lena Maxwell
Williams Family Weekend Visit at Humble Home
Mr and Mrs H ER Williams and their son Darwin visited over Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Humble. Bernard Williams, son of the Williamses, is ill at the Humble home and his wife is helping care for him.
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H. ER. Williams
Darwin
Ralph Humble
Bernard Williams
Humble
Child self harm case treated at University hospital
Viola Cox a girl from Sigourney Iona has been eating her own fingers and toes as doctors try to avert further self harm. The Cox family brought the child to the hospital hoping to prevent additional injuries and possible loss of limbs or life. Physicians have treated her, but the parents removed her and will monitor her at home to save her hands feet or life. Mrs. C. C. Laffer and daughters Georgia and Winifred returned to Sigourney after visiting Chas Needham.
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University Hospital
Viola Cox
Sigourney
Iona
Wm. Cox
Iowa City Daily Press
C. C. Laffer
Georgia
Winifred
Chas. Needham
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Jack Emporium
J. A. Kolosick
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Arkansas
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Klein Klothing
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