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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
2
Chicago market notes show estimated hog receipts 33 000 with 15 663 holdovers. Cattle receipts 10 000 and sheep 7 000. Whole market steady to higher with top hogs 7.05 and beef cattle strong. yearlings up and heavy calves noted. Grain prices listed by Beach Wickham with rye wheat corn futures and car tonnage. Liverpool Cable July wheat 1 1 2 higher. October wheat 1 1 2 higher.
John A. Babcock listed with the Exchange Commission location at Merchant Co. Yard in Chicago Illinois, occupying rooms 27 and 28 on the main floor.
State Fair officers replanning a large farm bureau camp for this year’s exposition. Indications point to the biggest farm bureau gathering in the state. An entire section of the main camp grounds will be renewed, a headquarters building fitted out, and the tract leveled and drained. Reservations may be made through county agents. Visitors from
The Lee County swine breeders meet at Donnellson on June 26 with a separate county camp for agents and a show of about 350 pigs from the 4H pig club. Hamilton County hangs the Webster City fair grounds June 14 with speaker Carl Vrooman, ex-assistant secretary of agriculture, and a parade opening the picnic plus a baseball game and horseshoe event. The Iowa Farm Federation backs the three percent immigration law as a benefit for capital seeking labor over jobs. Beula Rogers and Kathryn Bolibaugh lead Iowa’s champion girls canning team touring Europe with Miss Josephine Amnquist, state leader of girls’ club work.
A reflective quip asserts that if Noahs Ark were built by a company the keel would remain unfinished and notes that large enterprises often fail to match single minded effort. The message emphasizes individual achievement over collective action.
A Richmond Times Dispatch note reflects on a woman's life turning point after finding old papers and dried rose leaves from a past marriage. The piece uses intimate imagery to frame regret and memory within a domestic context.
Dr. Irving Fisher told Iowa bankers that a stable dollar is essential to end cycles of inflation and deflation. He urged periodical readjustment of dollar value via discount rates and gold exchange, proposing weight changes to fix purchasing power and curb price swings affecting labor and farmers. He warned the Fed to cooperate, noting recent price rises paused and inflation risks remain.
A Ames Iowa report notes that county agents question whether young farmers can study college courses via radio without interrupting farm duties. The radio is delivering valuable information to hundreds of farms, with the potential to expand in the state.
A report from Leibers in Prussia notes oil containing 20 percent benzine gushed from wells when first struck. The field area under development spans 9,000 acres with tall boring towers visible as production begins.
Mrs. C. O. Scott of Keota was a visitor here yesterday, calling on local residents and sharing news of her travels.
Mrs Earl Yeats of Renton Street Kansas City Missouri reports Tanlag as a safe path to health showing a ten pound gain and renewed energy after prior loss of appetite indigestion headaches dizziness and back pains. She describes improved meals and vitality restoring strength and happiness.
The ad proclaims Tanlac as a natural remedy for constipation and health boost, claiming over 27 million bottles sold and that it is sold by all good druggists with no substitute. It urges sharing the good news with friends and notes Tanlac Vegetable Pills are for sale everywhere.
A compact price note lists beef hides at 120 percent per pound and horse hides priced per each, at 80. The item appears as a brief commodity listing with no additional context or names.
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