Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago and Iowa
Daily market reports show opening hogs estimated 29 000 today with holdover and receipts around 2 000. Cattle receipts 7 000 with slow to steady tone and sheep stock dull. prices listed for heavy and light weight hogs cattle and sheep. Also includes Chicago futures for wheat corn oats and cash wheat notes and a church gathering report from Keota and Washington touching on fatherhood and unity.
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Chicago
Corp
West Chester Baptists Host Banquet For Fathers and Sons
Last Thursday night the West Chester Baptist church hosted a large Fathers and Sons banquet with about 70 attendees from area Baptist churches including Washington Keota Ainsworth and Louisa Center. The event featured a three course dinner a Washington male quartet and ten minute talks with Rev EB Anderson as toastmaster. Visitors enjoyed electric fans and decorative flowers while the program opened with song and speakers celebrating the gathering.
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Iro. Lemley
Washington Church
Keota
Riddington
Ainsworth
Washington
Thomas Morgan
Louisa Center Church
Bro
T. C. Reeves
Prairie Flower Church
F Rh. Sage
Washington Association Men’s Brotherhood
Rec
West Chester
Baptist Churches of
Louisa Center
EB. A. Anderson
Iowa crops a banner year amid warm weather and rich forage
Des Moines reports that Iowa crops show excellent growth overall due to warm weather and abundant moisture. Corn stands nine inches high in the north with early growth above knee high in many areas, though drought risks temper optimism. Winter wheat looks good but red rust may trim yield. alfalfa and potatoes prosper. cabbage planting continues. fruit crops like blackberries and raspberries look strongest this year. Labor for wheat harvest expected to be ample across regions with wages cited in Kansas and Texas.
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Des Moines
Corm
C. D Reed
Crete
Iowa
Farmers Learn Serum Treatment in Iowa
Des Moines reports a new serum law effective July 1 allows county agents to organize schools of instruction for hog cholera serum administration upon request of seven farmers. Participants pay five dollars, must pass an exam, and receive a one year permit to vaccinate only their own hogs.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Extension Department of
Ames
Extension Department
Farm Bureau
Thirty Ninth General Assembly
Breeding success for Hartnett with Victoria lineage cattle
William Hartnett selects two Victoria family cows from Clegg Brothers of Ainsworth for breeding superiority. White Adelaide, a Maxwalton Masher daughter bred by J. Deane Willis, joins grand champion Bellipar Iris with a roan bull calf from The Callant as dam. The Ainsworth herd showcases strong pedigree and world class merit.
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William Hartnett
Clegg Brothers
Ainsworth
Town
Hartnett
Victoria
Adelaide
Maxwalton Masher
J. Deane Willis
Cruick@hank
Callant
Examinations Set at Washington Court House
Notice states regular examinations for county certificates take place at the Court House in Washington Iowa on June 22 23 and 24 1921. Those not holding regular estate or county certificates should write exams in June or July Schedule lists subjects by day with times and rooms. County Superintendent Kathryn Z Montgomery signs the notice.
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Court House
Washington
Iowa
No Tips in China Barbers Offer Bargain Services
The article notes that Chinese barbers do not expect tips and charge modest prices. Patrons can get a retreat, head and face shave, and a shoulder and back massage for under five cents, using triangular straight razors made from crude steel.
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China
Bacher
Some Women Seek Marriage Amid Wartime Discipline
In Paterson New Jersey residents joke about marriage seekers and the wartime home front. The piece notes attitudes toward spousal expectations and the social pressures of the era.
Generous Old Lady Helps Operator With Extra Nickel
The woman, using the tele for the first time, thanks the operator and adds an extra nickel to the bus fare as a gesture of appreciation.
Des Moines Sets New Motor Vehicle Speed Limits
New Iowa law effective July 1 restricts speeds by vehicle weight and tire type. Maximums range from 30 mph for light vehicles with pneumatic tires to 12 mph for heavy units with solid tires, with city districts allowed 20 mph suburban and 15 mph business zones.
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
An Unclimbed Mountain
The article notes it would take two years to climb Mount Everest in the Himalayas, the world’s highest peak, and points out that no white man has yet conquered the snow-clad giant.
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Mount
Everest
Himalayas
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