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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 21 000 with most good and choice weights selling at 7 50 to 7 66 per hundred. Slaughter hogs steady to higher with varied weights reported. Cattle receipts 11 000 steady to firm with best steers around 11 10 to 11 25 and fat cattle harder to move. Sheep receipts 12 000 slow with native lambs 14 75 to 16 06 and lambs down from prior.
Omaha reports June 18 hog receipts 15 000 with prices mostly 10 cents higher. bulk 20 to 306 pounds, top 7 16, averages 6 60 to 6 90. Cattle receipts 6 700 with well finished steers 10 to 15 cents higher, 1497 pound top at 10 60. cows steady to higher, vealers 8 00 to 8 50. Sheep 56 000 slow with lambs 25 to 50 cents lower, natives 14 00 to 14 25, western lambs 14 50, feeders slow, bids 12.00.
Kansas City cattle receipts 9 000 calves 1 500 slow with best steers 7 3 4 to 9 6 0 feed calves steady to weak beef cows 4 00 to 6 00 hogs receipts 12 000 7 10 top 7 06 6 75 to 7 00 240 325 lb sows 6 35 to 6 40 stocker pigs 5 50 to 5 00 sheep receipts 6 000 lambs steady to 25 lower natives 14 50 top other grades 14 00 to 14 26 Texas wethers 7 00.
Cattle receipts 3 000. market slow with killers steady to lower and stockers weak. Fat cattle ranges 7.00 to 10.50, bulk 7.76 to 9.60. cows 5.90 to 9.00. calves 4.50 to 7.50. feeders 4.50 to 7.76. Hogs 15 000. steady to higher. top 7.10, typical 6.50 to 7.05. Sheep receipts 3 000. market 25 cents lower.
Wheat prices range from No. 2 red at 1 18 to No. 3 hard at 1.174 to 1.19 dollars. Corn values feature No. 2 mixed at 8 7% and No. 2 yellow at 87 to 88 percent. Rye and barley quotes appear with No. 2 rye at 79% and barley at 76 to 82. Seed and fat products list Timothy seed 6.00 to 7.25, Clover seed 10.00 to 18.56, Lard 10.70, Ribs 10.25, Bellies 10.37.
Wheat and corn opened higher with prices hitting new high marks for the season. Wheat led gains as Liverpool quotes spurred Chicago, Winnipeg strength supported by wet corn belt conditions. Profit taking cooled some advances while oats and hogs also firmed on the day.
The Washington Band will perform five summer concerts in Sigourney starting June 26 with shows every other Wednesday. They are contracted to play Labor Day September 1 at a local celebration and may travel by car or train if roads are bad. The contract honors the band’s strong local and international reputation and growing demand.
Official Chicago estimates list hogs at 80000 cattle 8000 and sheep 13000 for tomorrow. The figures reflect expected market supply across major livestock categories in the region.
At St Paul the National Farmer Labor Progressive convention debated platform aims and endorsed a move toward a broad farmer labor mass party. W Z Foster and others argued the party will attract farmers and workers while opposing the two major parties. Senator Charles Taylor predicted the rise of a worker driven party and urged ballot box reform.
A testimonial claims fourteen years of gall stones and digestive suffering were cured by Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after doctors advised hospital care. The advert promotes the simple preparation as removing intestinal mucus and alleviating stomach and liver ailments with a money back guarantee and Lemmon's Pharmacy listed.
A newspaper advertisement outlines current poultry prices for fresh eggs cream and various birds. Prices show per pound rates for hens roosters broilers ducks geese and a Chinese swan plus hides and a per head payment for certain geese. The note excludes cull sick thin or crippled poultry and mentions a small premium for delivered poultry.
Dr George W Carver at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute has disclosed hundreds of products from sweet potato peanut and pecan and created Egyptian blue from clay He has earned a Royal Society fellowship and the 1923 Spingarn Medal for achievement by an African American.
A group of young bandits, mostly career criminals, was broken up by a Chicago police automobile squad. Four were captured while driving a taxicab and two robberies were attributed to the group with the cab as their getaway vehicle. One member admitted a longer crime career.
Count 64 Elsebeth Danneskjoeld Sam of an old Danish noble family applies for a furniture store saleswoman position. The proprietor rejects her after learning she is a communist, and she has recently become a communist aiming to apply her theories in work.
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