Daily Market Reports First Chicago Hogs and Cattle
Chicago market report shows estimated hog receipts 55 000 with holdover 17 405 and cattle 3 000. Sheep 7 000. Uneven hogs 10 25 lower with lights off, pigs 5 25 6 25, top 7 05. Beef steers 8 75 9 75. natives and springers 15 00 15 25. shipping cattle 3 40. heavies 2 75 3 50. Official yesterday shows receipts 36 554. hogs 10 cattle 13 sheep 7400 calves 4405. prices mixed with corn 83 ears. Liverpool wheat 1 lower, October wheat 1% lower.
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Chicago
Lil
Expedition recall of Iowa bird study to Laygon Islands
Iowa City June 8 An expedition by University of Iowa scientists led by Professor Home R Dill visited the Laygon Islands in the Pacific. The 1911 trip described by Emergon Hough in the Saturday Evening Post inspired a famous bird exhibit in the university museum. Associates included C J Albrecht A Corwin and Horace Young.
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Iowa City
United States Biological Survey
Laygon Islands
Pacific Ocean
University of Iowa
Home R. Dill
Vertebrate Museum
Emergon Hough
Saturday Evening Post
Iowa
Bird Museum
We University of Town
Frofessor Dill
C. J. Albrecht
A.corwin
Horace Young
Airette sky bicycle inventor vows sustained human flight
Paris June. Gabriel Poulain, first man to fly by human effort in a heavier-than-air machine, builds a new model Airette or sky bicycle. He predicts hops of 300 yards, 15 to 20 feet high, 25 mph, powered by legs, with a propeller and control devices for short flights.
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Paris
Gabriel Poulain
Poulain
Longchamps
France
Stray Giis of Wisdom Haunts the Past and Future
A fragmentary meditation reflects on wisdom as a guide through time. The speaker laments lost moments in the past yet resolves to step into the shadowy future with resolve and steady heart.
You are young my son sad as the days go by
A fragmentary line speaks to youth and change as time passes, urging reflection. It hints at setting life right and contemplating judgment on future matters, though the source is incomplete and terse.
Stuntz to preside at church meetings this fall
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz of the Omaha diocese will preside over five Methodist conferences this fall. District sessions are Sept. 5 in Newton, Sept. 12 in Des Moines at Ames, Sept. 26 in Sioux City, Oct. 3 in Manchester, and Aug. 20 in Fenton for the Northwest German district.
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Des Moines
Homer C. Stunts
Omaha
Methodist Episcopal Church
Iowa
Newton
Ames
Northwest Iowa
Sioux City
Upper Iowa
Manchester
Fenton
Stuntz
Wichita
Kansas
India
Bagpipes Seen As Ideal For Hilly Regions
A historic note explains bagpipes are not exclusive to Scotland but common in many hilly areas. It claims musicians climbing slopes tire easily and require an instrument that plays itself, which the bagpipe does due to the air stored in its bag.
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Scothand
The Labors of Map-Meking
Topographic engineers have walked about nine million miles to map 43 percent of the United States. Average walking ranges from five miles per square mile in ordinary country to ten or more in rough terrain.
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United States
Wisdom on obstacles turning into progress and rebound
A quotation notes that triumphs come from surmounting obstacles and learning from failures. Each setback shapes a stronger push forward, turning defeats into springboard rebounds that lift us higher in effort and resolve.
Henry County Farm Bureau notes and a calf tour
Henry County Farm Bureau reports radio weather and market news spreading via 140 stations with Agriograms. A Baby Beef Club tour drew about 100 members and relatives touring farms in Mt Pleasant area, inspecting roan and white Shorthorn calves, meeting critics, and financing for the state fair.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hene
Ralph
Merle Bunker
Mt. Pleasant
Clark Ibbotson
Mt. Union
Clark
California
Harvey Rickey
Winfield
Harvey
Ames
Farm Tour Near Here Succumbs To Muddy Roads
Members of the dairy association held a farm tour that started at the Hereford operation and ended early as the roads grew muddy northward. A judging demonstration at Cal Keith's Jefferson township farm was canceled. Officials plan another tour in about two weeks to visit remaining members and their calves.
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Barby
Baby Beef Club
Henry County
Courts House
Geo. Beattie
Homer
Walter
Ralph
John A. Day
Iowa Reef Producers Association
Roger
Jason A. Nundall
Johnnie
Joy Riders
Roy V. Lee
Virgil
Bert
Kenneth
Joan
John Day
Sam Lee
Willis
Prairie Home Farm
F. J. McCormick
Paul, Lee
Catherine McCormick
Mt. Pleasant
Clock Cambell's
John
Dale
Charles Mitchell
William Reitzell
Tom Scarff
Fred Hall
Reed
Joan Shorthorn
Clark
Joe
Saunders Cove
Court House
Joe Edgar
Roy Lee
F. P. Reed
Agnies
FE. Phelps
Howr
Newell Moore
Dale Wick
Winsca’ Moore
Harold Beattie
Ralph Lee
Wm. Young
Tommy
Bruce
McMillan’s
Will
Neville
Winsor
August Wick
Ina
Dick Ferrer
Angus
Archie
Russel
Stalky
Dad
Osbert Allender
Osbert
O. C. Young
Robert
Altho
Cal Keith
Jefferson Twp
Clubere
Tons of Butter Produced in Iowa
Iowa produced 124,168,089 pounds of butter in 1922, up 25,740,419 pounds from 1921, with butterfat prices averaging 40.55 cents. The Town Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association says the 1922 output would stretch 11,758 miles end to end if molded into pounds, and each of Iowa’s 2,500,000 residents would consume about 49.55 pounds.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Iowa
Town Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association
Druggng a Forest Color Change by Dye Injection
Scientists report a method to color trees in two nights using aniline dye injections. This process could enable a forest to be changed to any desired color, presenting a dramatic alteration of natural hues.
Observation as Educator According to Alcott
A. I. Alcott states that observation, not books or people, serves as the prime educator. The quote emphasizes experiential learning over formal instruction.
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A. I. Alcott
First Incubators and Egg Measurement Origins
Eggs were first measured in England by a charcoal fire under a cotton covering, a primitive method reflecting early experimentation in incubation and egg quality assessment. The note highlights historical practices in poultry technology and relates to early scientific curiosity about egg production.
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England
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Burlington
Liverpool
John A. Babcock
U. & Yard
Lay
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Oor
Oette
Aisha
Tge
Tex
Property Owners Federation
Tae
Mabel
Henry County Farm Bureau
Washington
Kernal
My Place
S. BE
West Chester
Clay Walton
Westinghouse
Bouvigs Co
Voalickh & Bates
North Iowa Ave
Creamery Association
W. S. Reister & Sons
Utter, Eggs, Poultry and Cream
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
Ube
Edward
Raven Mineral Mfg. CO
Dept. A. Rochelle
Ernest Carlson
Kreuger
Township
Range 9
Lime Creek Township
Washington County
Towa Sy Miles
Wellman
Frank Gottstein
Owner
Erdley Bell
Wollman
Tate Auction Co
Manning, Iowa
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